Matthew Smith (St. John's, NL) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Smith finished 1-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Glenn Goss (St. John's, NL) 5-4, then went on to lose 5-4 against Rick Rowsell (St. John's, NL). Smith lost 8-3 to Paul Harvey (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 13 of the event schedule, Smith did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 692nd to 694th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Smith ranks 431st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.