Gary Houghton (Elora, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Houghton finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Houghton lost 6-4 to Terry Corbin (Brantford, ON), then responded with a 5-3 win over Nick Rizzo (Brantford, ON). Houghton went on to lose 5-4 against Alex Foster (Georgetown, ON). Houghton responded with a 8-3 win over Rob Brockbank (Dundas, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 12 of the event schedule, Houghton did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 479th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Houghton ranks 272nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.