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Bohnsack's Triumphal Return

1st Andy Bohnsack's, three win, one loss night was enough to achieve first place in the expert group, despite a paltry (by Andy's standards) +197 spread.  Most of that spread was gained in one game, when Andy beat Chris Vergeront 500-334.

2nd Mark Kenas overcame a first-round demolition at the hands of Charles Reinke to finish 3-1 +110.  The 346-583 loss was a result of the poorly-timed phony PREFLOOD, which slotted a D in the triple line, a perfect place for Charles to play the triple-triple RONDEAUX for 185 points.  Sometimes it's better not to challenge!  Mark got his revenge when he beat Thomas Reinke 457-295 with plays like SCANTER, OUTRUSH and DIORITES.

3rd Thomas "Streak Buster" Reinke came in third in the experts, but more importantly, ended Charles Reinke's win streak at 16, winning that matchup 418-409.  He also had a four-bingo frolic versus Peter Schmiedicke, playing SOLVERS, INERTIAE, LAUGHER, and RONNELS to Peter's PICTURE and REUSABLE.  Peter also got word of the week when he put down the nine-letter EDITORIAL against Lynda Finn.

Betty Takes Care of Business

1st Betty Hasselkus won all four of her games, locking up first place in the intermediates.  A visit from Sharlie Miura was the closest Betty got to losing a game, winning that one by a mere two points.

2nd Helen Flores went 3-1 +289 to take second place.  The highlight of her night was beating Sue Goldstein 419-277, getting down two bingos (FAINTEST and REACTION) to seal the deal.

3rd Barb Besadny came in third, splitting her games on the night.  She had a nice find of UNAWARES, utilizing the dreaded tandem of a U and a W, in a 320-293 win against Sharlie.

                    CHARLES REINKE HITS 14 WINS..

            NOW HAS "$5 BULLSEYE JACKET" ON AGAIN!

1st - Charles Reinke recorded his 14th straight win as he again swept the field, this time with a 4+0 +545 record. Charles's closest game of the night was his 452-370 win against his brother Thomas.  Charles played the lovely bingo of PALEOSOL (a layer of ancient soil) as one of his 10 bingoes overall that night.   He now has an 80% winning percentage. 

2nd- Mary Becker rose from a way too long losing streak several weeks back to a dominating 4-1 +201 night. including back to back 450 games vs. Richard Lauder and Peter "Bingo Machine" Schmiedicke before drawing Charles for her last game. She became Charles 14 straight victim.

3rd- Peter Schmiedicke's third place 3-1 +229 included the club's high game of the night, a convincing 557-441 shootout with Mark Kenas. Peter played ENACTOR, TOADIES, SORRIER and a triple-triple scoring  ROUSTING in that high scoring effort.  He and Mark combined for 998 points.

Thomas Reinke layed down the word of the week, AYURVEDAS, a nine letter world class play thru the disconnected Y and the second A. An Ayurveda is defined as a Hindu medicinal system...terrific play Thomas! Not many players looking at a Y,V, and the letter U would think their was any hope there at all. Not so with Thomas.

AKI MIURA TAKES 1ST WITH 1-1 -85

1st - Aki Miura emerged top Intermediate in a field of 3 players, with a narrow 5 point win vs. Sue Goldstein in his first of two games at the club.

2nd- Sue Goldstein's 1-3 -162 came as Sue played two games against experts as part of her 4 games played evening. Sue's win was a 323-270 2nd game with Sharlie Miura.

3rd - Sharlie Miura finished 3rd at 0-2 -124 as she and Aki once again helped Sue form a small but loyal showing of Intermediates.

CHARLES REINKE UNBEATABLE?  ...stay tuned....

1st - Charles Reinke's rocketship zooms upward again! With a dominating 4-0 +628 Charles reinke further solidified his Club leading position. Charles averaged 461 while his opponents recorded a more feeble 304 average score. He know has a 78.9% winning record. Helen Flores needs to play him more often these days to slow down this wordsmithing titan.

2nd - Andy Bohnsack recorded a 3-1 +190 to finish in 2nd. Andy played one of the funner words in our lexicon, SEXTARII (the plural of SEXTARIUS, an ancient Roman unit of measure) in his 2nd game matchup with Gail Salm. His sole lose came at the hands of "guess who", as Charles bested him 425-314.

3rd- Richard Lauder's 3-1 +83 was enough to land him at 3rd place. Once again, Charles handed that single lose to Richard in a 503-313 demolition exhibition. Charles started that game rolling along with his first play,  ISOTOPE, the "T" being the first of Charles's double blank drawing. Richard felt lucky in cracking the "300" plane by game's end.

         SUE GOLDSTEIN TOPS INTERMEDIATES

1st - Sue Goldstein, after playing nothing but experts last week, was heartened to see Aki and Sharlie Miura back once more. She Finished at 2-2 +122, saving her sole bingo (UNLEARN) for her game with expert gail Salm.

2nd - Aki Miura's 0-2 -162 was adequate for 2nd in the 3 player field.

3rd- Sharlie Miura's 0-2 -227 took 3rd in the field of 3 players.

We play next week at Attic Angel's.