Ashley Palmer (Thunder Bay, ON) finished 8-9 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Palmer defeated Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, ON) 6-3, then won 6-4 against Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer went on to lose 6-3 against Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer lost 8-0 to Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer lost 7-2 to Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, ON) where Palmer responded with a 7-6 win over Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer won 9-6 against Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer went on to lose 10-3 against Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO). Palmer lost 6-3 to Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, ON) where Palmer responded with a 7-5 win over Rob Skinner (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer went on to lose 7-2 against Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer responded with a 6-3 win over Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer won 7-6 against Claire Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer went on to lose 6-5 against Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer responded with a 9-7 win over Myles Stevens (Thunder Bay, ON). Palmer went on to lose 7-1 against Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NO). Palmer lost 6-1 to Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Palmer ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.