Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) finished 1-3 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blandford defeated Jim Cotter (Kelowna/Vernon, BC) 6-5, then went on to lose 8-7 against Jay Wakefield (New Westminster, BC). Blandford lost 7-3 to Chang-Min Kim (Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR). Blandford lost 6-5 to Brent Yamada (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Blandford did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Blandford ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.