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            ANDY BOHNSACK SACKS EXPERT OPPONENTS

1st - Andy Bohnsack finished the night at 4-0 +392 as he handily repulsed four other experts, closing his night with a solid 486-271 game with Susan Vergeront as they battled for top honors.  Andy played bingoes of UPSTAIR, RELAYER and EXITING in his closing win.

2nd- Charles Reinke likewise had a 3-1 +376 effort, inclduing an impressive 4-bingo win (RENNASE, CUTICLE, OVERNEAT and OUTRAVES) in his opening 498-360 win vs. Mark Kenas.  Charles is now back in 2nd place on the club's yearly stats, while his brother Thomas holds the Numero Uno spot.

3rd - Richard Lauder took third with a 3-1 +291 performance, including two rare wins over both Thomas and Charles Reinke, games in which Lauder only had single bingoes each time (SEPTAGE and TAURINES) but he scored well enough on other plays to hold the dangerous duo out of their more unusual winning results. 

SUE GOLDSTEIN TOPS INTERMEDIATE REGULARS WITH 2-1 +47

1st - Sue Goldstein took away two games from the Miura's while dropping her other game 309-390 to expert Langdon Martin to finish atop the regulars in the Intermediate group. .

2nd - Aki Miura took second on a 1-2 -29, winning his second game with June Scott by a 335-270 score. 

3rd- Sharlie Miura also had a 1-2 record, as she won a very narrow win 281-264 as she and June Scott traded their words from their drawn tiles on their way to her night's sole win.

               THOMAS REINKE BACK AT NUMERO UNO

1st - Thomas Reinke once again regained the alpha position briefly held in the hands of an interloping Michael David with his 5-0 performance in the Experts.  Thomas broke 400 in all five of his games along with a nine bingo splurge, including such gems as FOREYARD, HOOVERED and ECLOGUE. 

2nd - Chris Vergeront was alpha male from the Vergeront ranks, finishing 2nd at 3-1 +98, his night including an 89 point win over the Vergeront's Alpha female, Susan in a 404-315 head to head matchup. Chris relied on bingos of GRATINE and TEARILY to outpace his mom in that family-specific club encounter.

3rd - Susan Vergeront took 3rd place with her 3-2 +29 record. a night that saw her playing eight bingos including the high scoring QUIETEST for 84 big ones. This is the first time two Vergeronts cracked the elite top 3 spots at nights end. Until now, all the smart money was won by betting on a REINKE-REINKE pairing. Oddsmakers had the VERGERONT team at 100-1 before this.  : )  Stay tuned....

            HARWINDER DOWD UNSCATHED IN INTERMEDIATES

1st- With a perfect 3-0 +151 Harwinder Dowd topped the Intermediates as the top record holder in the eight player group. Harwinder opened stronly, with a 386-335 game against Max Maxwell, including the bingo play of CLOSETS.

2nd - Sue Godstein lost only to Harwinder (264-317) but managed her tile play to three other wins without the help of a single bingo to finish at 3-1 +22 to capture the penultimate position at Attic Angels. Sue was a living angel herself, as she bought in a large box full of tasty little cakes that found takers across the spectrum all trying them out.  Thanks to Sue for the yummy GATEAUX!

3rd- Helen Flores celebrated her new lease on physical ambulations as she walked confidently into the club, aided with her high tech walking stick, after her recent surgery and rehab. She played her night's high game, a 441-249 start with our club's most recent newbie, Theresa. BTW, Theresa made a very decent initial start at club, with her 2-2 record in her inaugural debut.

EXPERTS

1st CHARLES REINKE led the pack with 4 wins, one loss, and THIRTEEN bingoes.  He accumulated 463 more points than his opponents.  He ended the evening playing his brother Thomas in a close game 533 to 513.  Both Charles and Thomas had 4 bingoes in the game so the fact that they both had 500 games is not a surprise.  Did anyone get a picture of that board?

2nd MICHAEL DAVID was undefeated in his 3 games +163 and getting 2 bingoes in each match.

3rd LYNDA FYNN won 3 of her 4 games accumulating +244 and 7 bingoes.

INTERMEDIATE

1st MATT RUST won 3 of his 4 games losing only his last game to Sue Goldstein.

2nd KATIE DAVID won 2 of her 3 games losing only to Matt.

3rd JUNE SCOTT won 2 of her 3 games lsong only to Katie.

Leslie brought her daughter to entertain the 19 Scrabblers who met at Barnes and Noble to play our favorite word game.  Lynda chose NUDZH for the prize word of the week.  Peter won the prize for for high "NU" playing ounces for 22 points.  Matt won for low D.  Christopher won high Z for ZEATINS and Barbara was rewarded for the low H play.  Prize word for our April 18 meeting at Attic Angels will be AECIA ae·ci·um ( s - m, sh -). n. pl. ae·ci·a (-s - , -sh -). A cuplike structure of some rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.