Josh Johnston (Toronto, ON) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Johnston lost 7-5 to Aaron Squires (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON), droppimg another game, 5-3 to Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) where Johnston responded with a 9-3 win over Ontario's Mark Homan. Johnston went on to lose 5-4 against Ontario's Dale Kelly in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Johnston did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 183rd to 188th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.950 total points. Johnston ranks 481st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.