Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock lost 8-7 to Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 6-3 win over Heath McCormick (New York, NY). Laycock went on to lose 5-4 against Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK). Laycock lost 7-6 to Brock Virtue (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Laycock did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 14th place on the World Ranking Standings with 101.801 total points. Laycock ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.470 points earned so far this season.