Shinobu Aota (Aomori, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aota defeated Michelle Englot (Regina, SK) 6-4, then went on to lose 10-1 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Aota responded with a 8-5 win over Michelle Corbeil (Lloydminster, AB). Aota went on to lose 6-5 against Candace Chisholm (Estevan, SK). Aota lost 6-4 to Englot in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 11 of the event schedule, Aota did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 65th to 66th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 16.855 total points. Aota ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.905 points earned so far this season.