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ANDY BOHNSACK CLEAN EXPERT CLOCKS

1st Andy Bohnsack powered his way to a perfect 4-0 +445 to finish atop a strong expert field. Andy also scored 10 bingoes on the night, marred only by his first phony of the year, when he played “flapond” in his 527-295 win vs. Gail Salm. Andy had transposed the “f” and the “p” from the correct spelling of PLAFOND, a actual word referring to ceiling decorations.

2nd Charles Reinke took second on a 4-1 +210 tally. Charles had his closest game when he bested Shayla Dunn 420-383, for a 37 point win, aided by his two bingoes of ANTBEAR and GERANIOL.

3rd Lynda Finn following up on her impressive 1st place finish in the fabled Minnesota Redeye Tournament topped Mark Kenas 417-371 in her final game on her way to a 3-1 +171 night, nailing down a 3rd place finish.

SUE GOLDSTEIN 1st IN INTERMEDIATES

1st Sue Goldstein rode a 2-1 +282 scoring evening to top spot in a teeny field of Intermediates at the club. Sue drew well in her games with June Scott as she averaged over 400 in those opening salvos.

2nd Harwinder Dowd finished in 2nd with an abbreviated 1-1 evening. Her loss came at the hands of expert Susan Vergeront, 295-373 in the second game match up.

3rd June Scott ended in 3rd in the field of 3 intermediates, with a 0-3 record. Despite the lack of wins, June continues to enjoy just playing the game and sharing the social interactions. Her quick wit and well known gentle laugh add to everyone’s enjoyment of our little club.

20 scrabble players met at Attic Angels this week,... No one was awarded the $4 prize for the highest “YC” play (in YCLAD), Shayla Dunn had the lowest L play, Gail Salm took high A, and Barbara Besadny had the finishing low D play.
Bingo King this week was Charles Reinke with 11 including back-to-back plays of ANTELOPE and UNSOCIAL. ANTELOPE takes a “G” front hook to make another noun, GANTELOPE.
Next week, CALIF (n, an Eastern potentate) will provide the $4 royalties.

LYNDA FINN’S 3-0 TOPS FIELD FOR 1ST IN EXPERTS

1st Lynda Finn came in after a long drive in from St. Paul, Minnesota to finish at 3-0 +229. Lynda won her final game vs. Richard Lauder 347-339 as she held only a single tile at the end, that tile being the second blank… and it was her turn to make a play. That’s the true definition of a REAL power tile!

2nd Charles Reinke averaged a solid 422 over four games as he totaled a 3-1 +122 record to finish atop the expert field. He won his final game 415-405 against Mark Kenas thanks to his two bingo finds of REFUNDS and the 50 point scoring boost he got from TAILWIND.

3rd Mark Kenas finished in 2nd with his own 3-1 +81 tally. Mark opened the night with his highest game so far this year, a 523-468 shootout with Susan Vergeront. Mark played FETATION, SEALING and REGEARED to help his winning cause there.

HARWINDER DOWD'TOPS INTERMEDIATES

1st Harwinder Dowd reaped the benefits of her generosity of providing a warmly received cookie collection as she finished 2-1 +107 in a small field of 4 Intermediates. Harwinder’s high game was her opening 425-204 encounter with June Scott. Harwinder’s YANKEES play fueled her high total.

2nd Sue Goldstein finished in 2nd with a 2-2 -33 record. She gave expert player Andy Bohnsack almost all he could handle, losing by only two points (380-382) as she dropped ESQUIRE onto their board, thereby increased Andy’s normally placid heart rate.

3rd Barbara Lazewski took 3rd at 1-3 -347 as she joined us for her second but hopefully not last visit to our ranks. Barbara has recently retired and is hoping to be able to pursue many of her favorite activities, including playing scrabble with our seasoned players.

20 scrabble players met at Barnes & Noble this week,... Barbara Lazewski was awarded the $4 prize for the highest “GI” play (in GIFTEE), Thomas Reinke had the lowest F play, Andy Bohnsack took high TE, and Know Buddee claimed the finishing low E play.

A newbie player and grad student at the UW, Molly Gardner joined us and proved herself to be ready for the “big league play” at expert level, recording five bingoes in her first three games. Welcome aboard!
Next week, YCLAD (adj, clothed) will provide the $4 club fittings.

ANDY BOHNSACK TOPS COMBINED FIELD WITH 4-0 +441

1st Andy Bohnsack was back from a two week scrabble club hiatus, rested and ready to rumble. He was bingo king this week with 10. He topped Mary Becker in the final game, 545-368 as he plunked down REZONES, OUTBRED, GORIEST and the word of the week, NECKLINE on his way to a 4-0 showing.

2nd Thomas Reinke finished in 2nd with his own 4-0 record, besting Mark Kenas in his closer, 438-362 as he found and played ITERATED and INVOKES in that winning effort.

3rd Charles Reinke took 3rd at 3-1 +255. He played the beautiful find of ASTIGMIA (a visual defect) into an A in his game with Lynda Finn that he won going away, 488-266.

4th Mark Kenas finished in 4th at 3-1 +126. Mark started the night with a win vs. Charles Reinke, 429-377 as he played REGISTER and DEFOAMER in his 52 point win there.

17 scrabble players met at Attic Angels this week and the two groups were combined into one large field as only two brave intermediates were in attendance,... Gail Salm was awarded the $4 prize for the highest “WI” play (in WIMMIN), Shayla Dunn had the lowest M play, Charles Reinke took high MI, and Chris Vergeront won the finishing N play.