James Pougher (Hawarden, WAL) finished 1-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pougher lost 8-3 to Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO), droppimg another game, 6-3 to Fraser Morton (Dumfries, SCO) where Pougher responded with a 10-2 win over Lucy Blair (Greenacres, SCO). Pougher went on to lose 7-6 against Willie Jamieson (Dumfries, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Pougher did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 343rd to 353rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.588 total points. Pougher ranks 678th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.