Vernon Boyd (Grande Prairie, AB) finished 1-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Boyd lost 3-0 to Matvey Vakin (St-Petersburg, RUS), droppimg another game, 6-3 to Gabor Eszol (Budapest, HUN). Boyd lost 8-4 to Christian Durtschi (Adelboden, SUI). Boyd lost 6-4 to P.N. Raju (IND/USA, www). Boyd lost 7-6 to Mark Mooney (Ardsley, USA) where Boyd responded with a 7-5 win over John Scott (Hamilton, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Boyd did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Boyd ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.