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1st Charles Reinke won his third straight club session with a 3-1 +409 outing. All three of his victories saw him surmount the 500-point barrier, leading to an average per-game score of 490 for the evening. His single loss was delivered to him by none other than Mark Kenas, 393-538. Mark used his 3+ decades of bingo study to blitz Charles with bonus plays, getting down PREGAME, EYESHOT, GRUNTER, and QUINOAS, while Charles was left with a single bingo of INVADERS. Revenge was served in round four as Charles reversed that result and then some, beating Mark 516-324. In between those two games, Charles unleashed his own ample reserves of bingo knowledge upon club founder Richard Lauder, playing an astonishing five bingos (CAVEATS, GATEPOST, INTARSIA, LENIENT and EVULSION) en route to a 534-321 victory.

2nd Thomas Reinke turned in yet another solid performance with a 3-1 +199 record. While accustomed to playing more bingos than his opponents in most games, Thomas subverted that expectation by beating Helen Flores 436-360 despite getting outbingoed two to one. Thomas only had GALLEINS in that game, compared to Helen's ETOILES and CAROUSES. In a later match against Dennis Lloyd, Thomas unsubverted that expectation by playing three bingos (FETATIONS, BARTEND, RESISTOR) to Dennis' one (LUNGERS) in a 469-352 triumph. Thomas fell short of a perfect record when he was bested by Mark Kenas, 377-448, finding himself unable to withstand Mark's barrage of scoring plays which included RATLINS, SERVANTS, and WAIRUAS#.

1st Charles Reinke was top dog for the second straight week, finishing at 5-0 +396. He welcomed back the returning Mark Kenas with a pair of Collins-dictionary victories: the first one was relatively closely-contested at 441-407, but the second was a proper drubbing, 503-342. Charles had ATEMOYA, DOATING, ATTENDEE, and BETOILS# as his bingos across those two games, while Mark had MERONYM, POLICERS, and RATTEENS (fun note: MERONYM takes a Y for MERONYMY, as well as the S). In a game against Helen Flores, Charles was held well below his yearly average of 439, but nevertheless prevailed in a tightly-fought game, 399-363. Helen got a nice 103-point play of ENQUIRE (pairing nicely with a 101-point SQUIRTER in her previous game); Charles had ONBOARDS for a comparatively wimpy 72 points.

2nd Thomas Reinke went 4-1 +373, but despite that impressive-looking record, averaged a "lowly" 416 per game (comparing against his yearly average of 449). He started things off with a 410-357 win against Sara McLaughlin where both participants had one and exactly one bingo: FASTENED for Thomas, RUSTING for Sara. However, Thomas' hopes for an undefeated night were quashed early by Mark Kenas, who easily bested in him round two, 484-364. Thomas had the high-probability eight-letter words of TOENAILS and INSOLENT for his bingos, while Mark got a bit more creative with UNENVIED and XEROTIC (fun fact: Mark's XEROTIC is the fourth bingo played at our club since 2011 that starts with an X. The others are XEROXES, XEROSIS, and XEROSIS again). Revenge against Mark was achieved in the final round as Thomas came away with a 430-375 victory, thanks in part to crafty finds of ABOMASI and PHOSGENE.

3rd Richard Lauder went 3-2 -34, performing poorly against players with the last name "Reinke" but otherwise performing admirably against the rest of the field. In a two-on-one match in the second round, Richard overcame stacked odds to win both, 331-319 against Sara McLaughlin and 382-323 against Sue Goldstein. His bingos in those two games were PADRONE, ANNUALS, and PIRATED. After suffering a 305-439 loss against Thomas Reinke, Richard scored his third and final win against the latecoming Dennis Lloyd, 390-311, despite not having a bingo.

1st Charles Reinke reigned supreme with his 3-1 +484 record and his 492 per-game average. He put a major amount of hurt on Dennis Lloyd with a crushing 576-312 victory, unleashing four bingos (UNDERPAY, TRECENTO, GISARME, LISTENED) to achieve victory. LITHOED was the single bingo played by the losing side. However, while that 576 score was quite nice, Charles was not completely happy with it, so in the following round he pulled out all the stops to achieve a 609-399 win over his brother Thomas. This time, Charles drew upon the full power of his word knowledge to set forth five separate bingos in his quest to vanquish his brother: ENSEARS#, DEUTZIAS, THYMINE, TUTORAGE, and HISTOGEN. For his part, Thomas got down three bingos of his own: AMIRATES, WEAKSIDE, and TRIBADE. This win was vengeance for an early 365-414 loss against the same opponent.

2nd Thomas Reinke finished with an identical 3-1 record to the first-place finisher, but fell short in terms of spread with a +215. A first-round victory is always a good thing for establishing momentum and the proper frame of mind, and Thomas exemplified this perfectly with a 508-299 win against Richard Lauder. Richard did not manage to play a bingo, while Thomas got down INTERNET and SAVATES. Thomas enjoyed similar fortune against Sara McLaughlin, emerging triumphant in their encounter, 444-277, thanks to finds of VIDEOING and UTILISER. A perfect 4-0 record was thwarted, however, by Charles Reinke, who beat Thomas 609-399 in a display of Scrabbling so barbaric that the details of it can never be uttered.

Dennis' LIBELOUS was chosen as word of the week.