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1st Thomas Reinke showed no signs of relinquishing his stranglehold on the top spot of the yearly standings, and in fact tightened that stranglehold with a 4-1 +491 performance. There was some hope that Thomas would lose momentum after a first-round loss to Mark Kenas, 441-471, but Thomas silenced all doubters by winning his other four games by impressive margins. With a 489-392 win over brother Charles Reinke, Thomas has now won 11 of 12 in the head-to-head series, certainly introducing some strife into their otherwise peaceful household. Following that victory, Thomas launched himself well into the 500s with a 574-371 victory against Mark Kenas, where Mark's ENJAMBED for 97 point was overwhelmed by Thomas' four bingos: STIRRAHS#, EUCAINES, ACINOSE, and PLUSHING* (the real word there is the Collins-only INGULPHS#). Another 500-point game was scored against Bryan Benwitz; Bryan's triple-triple of OUTRANCE for 113 points couldn't prevent a high-scoring 535-426 win for Thomas, who played INGOTED, DISTASTE, DONEGAL, and RANDIES.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +277, losing in the final round to disrupt his dreams of an undefeated night. However, all his games before that point were won comfortably. He got off to a hot start by defeating Lynda Finn 507-390, unleashing a 149-point triple-triple of VITALIST for 149 points to build an unassailable cushion for himself (for those counting along at home, that makes two triple-triples for Bryan in the session). His other bingos in that one were PINCERS and AERADIOS, while Lynda got down GRUNTERS and FOAMIEST. The second round saw Bryan take down Helen Flores 432-261, thanks to a find of TRUSTEES. His third and final win was against Sara McLaughlin, 445-347, where he got down TONGUER* (a common phony which should only be played in dire circumstances) and PASTILS.

3rd Charles Reinke went 3-2 +174, meaning that the weekly top three exactly matches the order of the yearly top three. His highest game was in round one against Ron Malzer, 469-265. Ron found a bingo of TUGGERS, while SYENITE and RENEWERS were played by Charles. The second round was devastating for Charles' first-place ambitions, however, as his two-on-one match against Mark Kenas and Thomas Reinke resulted in two losses, 438-456 and 392-489 respectively. Revenge was achieved against Mark in the final round as Charles won their rematch, 466-448. Both players played three bingos in that game, and all of them were eight-letter words: RESINOID, ENERGIES, and SONORANT for Charles, BEADLIKE, TOASTIER, and EMERITAE for Mark. As a whole, 56% of the bingos played at club are seven letter words, while 43% are eights (.66% are nines or above).

In addition to Bryan's two triple-triples, Dennis Lloyd also had a triple-triple, INGESTED for 149 points against Thomas Reinke.

1st Thomas Reinke returned from a compulsory club-wide hiatus (dang those 100 degree temperatures) without missing a beat, finishing at 4-0 +499 and averaging 521 points per game. His best game was a monstrous 629-433 drubbing of longtime expert Mark Kenas, thanks to his bingos of GYNECOID, TABOURET, ISLEMAN#, PLASTRON, and UNGROUND. Mark, meanwhile, found BEATIER#, HIERATIC, and ASTEROID. That score of 629 somehow does not crack the list of Thomas' ten highest scores ever, but it is his best game this year, as well as third-highest this year among all players (behind Charles' 649 and Bryan's 634). Thomas' "worst" game was a "mere" 438 points scored against John Bialek, who scored 316. John found a bingo of FIDDLING, but Thomas responded with the high-probability SAUTOIR as well as ERASURE. A perfect record was sealed when Thomas took on his brother Charles and triumphed, 556-487. After playing five bingos against Mark in the previous round, Thomas' list of four bingos seemed positively paltry: BRIDLED, QUINTALS, UNEDITED, and NAVICERT.

2nd Charles Reinke didn't quite reach the lofty heights that his brother did, but still finished quite well, going 4-1 +228. Aside from an enfortunate encounter with his brother in the final round, Charles' scoresheet reflected nothing but wins. The first of those wins was a relatively low-scoring 393-358 win against Bryan Benwitz. Bryan played BEAGLING, which was never hooked to make BEAGLINGS, while Charles had NANOBOT and MISLEARN. Charles followed that up with a solid 486-384 victory against Mark Kenas, playing just one bingo (FUTHARCS for 101) and proving that flashy bingo totals aren't strictly necessary to win games (although more bingos is generally a good thing). A rematch against Mark also ended in Charles' favor, 512-436, this time with Charles playing three bingos: GELATIS, EQUATED, and BASTIDES#.

3rd Richard Lauder went 3-1 for the second consecutive session, this time ending at 3-1 +199. His standout win was a dominant 503-313 showing against Wendy Bialek, propelled by bonus plays of CREAMING and BLEATING. Richard upped his bingo output in a later game against Bryan Benwitz, getting down PERSONA, LOGIEST, and RIOTING in a 408-332 victory where Bryan was uncharacteristically held to zero bingos (remember, Bryan is the one who played fourteen bingos in four games just two weeks ago!). Richard's win over Bryan also snaps a rather long losing streak for Richard against that particular opponent, stretching back to pre-COVID times - Richard's last win in the series was in December 2019. Richard's single loss was to second-placer Charles Reinke, 319-403.

4th Helen Flores also went 3-1, but fell seventeen points short of a medal with her +182 (note that any mentioned medals are purely metaphorical). For her efforts she gets a short mention in the writeup.

1st Bryan Benwitz averaged 508 points per game and dazzled his opponents with 14 total bingos, finishing at 4-0 +730. He didn't waste any time in commencing the carnage as he trounced John Bialek in round 1, 515-295, bingoing with TORNADIC, TELEXING, PEASANTS, and DEAERATE. The "Bryan Bingowitz" nickname continued to be fully applicable as Bryan got down four more bingos (RETAINED, OVERLAIN, ESOTERIC, PEANUTS) while defeating Ron Malzer 483-287. In round three, Lynda Finn was the first player to manage a bingo against Bryan, getting EUSOCIAL for 80 points. However, Bryan's nine-letter bingo of DEPICTING, in addition to SERINES and RATTLIER, delivered him a comfortable 512-315 victory. To put the cherry on top, Bryan bested club leader Thomas Reinke 522-405, playing a trio of high-probability eight letter words: GERANIAL, TORTOISE, and LEVANTER. Thomas did, however, put a blemish on Bryan's undefeated night when he got away with a phony UNSNARE* in that game.

2nd Richard Lauder didn't quite match the heights that Bryan reached, but he still averaged a hefty 433 points per game while going 3-1 +325. Things started off poorly with a six-point loss to Lynda Finn, 385-391. Richard did outbingo Lynda two-to-one in that game (DENSEST and SILTIER vs. Lynda's BUTANES), but couldn't muster the few extra points needed to grab the win. Things improved after that, with a 418-368 win over Dennis Lloyd (bingoing with FRIAGATE and CHASERS) and a close 399-389 victory against John Bialek (getting UNDERLIT and GRASSED). In the final round, Richard clinched a top-three performance, and got his second-highest score of the year, when he vanquished Ron Malzer, 528-257. Ron found a bingo of RELINES, but otherwise couldn't get much going, while Richard had RESTING, SEINERS, and BOARDING.

3rd Helen Flores rounded out an anomalously Reinke-free top three with a 3-1 +6 final tally. She had considerable success against players surnamed "Bialek", first getting a big 476-351 win over Wendy Bialek thanks to three bingos of EGESTED, BOLONEY, and TAUPIER*, then defeating John Bialek 395-305 with bingo finds of TOUPEES and MOULDED. Her bingo of AUNTIES helped notch a third victory against Ron Malzer, 364-335. A doomed round one encounter against Charles Reinke, which Helen lost 342-580, in hindsight proved to provide exactly the motivation she needed to run off three straight victories and snatch a much-coveted writeup paragraph.