Gary Rowe (Ottawa, ON) finished 3-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rowe defeated Ron Hrycak (Ottawa, ON) 7-4, then went on to lose 9-5 against Ian MacAulay (Ottawa, ON). Rowe responded with a 5-3 win over Mark Homan (Ottawa, ON). Rowe went on to lose 6-5 against Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON). Rowe responded with a 5-1 win over Spencer Cooper (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Rowe did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 108th to 116th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 8.288 total points. Rowe ranks 480th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.