Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Hungary's Gyeorgy Nagy 8-5, then won 7-2 against Jamie King (Edmonton/Calgary, AB). Laycock went on to lose 7-4 against Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN). Laycock lost 6-5 to Darren Moulding (Red Deer, AB). Laycock lost 5-4 to Matt Lemna (Airdrie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Laycock did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 11th place on the World Ranking Standings with 119.785 total points. Laycock ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.550 points earned so far this season.