Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting lost 6-4 to Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, ON), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Erika Brown (Madison, WI) where Sweeting responded with a 9-5 win over Allison Pottinger (St. Paul, MN). Sweeting won 8-4 against Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT). Sweeting went on to lose 7-3 against Amber Holland (Kronau, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Sweeting did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 24th to 27th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 42.177 total points. Sweeting ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.090 points earned so far this season.