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1st Charles Reinke came in first place with his 4-2 +163 record, which, due to a quirk of the stats system's ranking algorithm, was "better" than Mark's 3-1 and Dennis' 2-0. His final record could very easily have been an even 3-3, but he pulled out a close round-one victory against Richard Lauder, 433-426. Richard fought bravely with bingos of OVERRUN and EASTERN, while Charles got down KARYOTIN (also spelled CARYOTIN) and NUGGETS. Later, Charles would face Richard again and this time he widened the margin of victory by a considerable amount, with a final score of 478-367. Richard's 95-point find of RAREFIES did much to stem the bleeding. Things were looking pretty good for Charles until the last round, where Thomas Reinke showed no mercy towards his own brother, and issued a decisive 505-433 victory thanks to bingos of NEONATE, AEROSAT, and the Wisconsiny CHEDDAR. Charles had MANTOES# (only valid in the international dictionary) and RESOWING.

2nd Mark Kenas faced off against a neverending stream of Reinkes, but emerged from the fracas relatively unscathed, going 3-1 +323 and averaging a sizable 472 points per game. He cruised to victory in round one against Charles Reinke, winning by a score of 504-351 and getting down three bingos in the process: FROLICS, DROWSILY, and a 108-point double-double BARRELED. Later in the evening he sniffed the 600-point line, but didn't quite reach it, with a crushing 588-372 triumph over Thomas Reinke. TOLZEYS#, CARTAGES, VOMITING, and WATERIER were the bingos played by the winning side. However, a perfect record was thwarted by Charles, who bested Mark in the final game, 456-345.

Dennis Lloyd went 2-0 +146. The site's algorithm doesn't think he deserves a blurb but this writer thinks otherwise. Dennis was remarkably consistent in his two games, beating Thomas Reinke 440-381 and Richard Lauder 441-354. His bingos between those two wins were DEARIES, FAIRNESS, RECRUITS, and word of the week FERRYMAN.

We also welcomed new player Matthew Carrick to the club and hope he joins us again!

1st Charles Reinke made some early-season headway in the club standings with his flawless (literally without flaws of any kind whatsoever) 5-0 +701 performance. He made quick work of his closest rival in last year's final standings, Thomas Reinke, winning their encounter by a lopsided score of 580 to 382. Thomas found OVERTAX for a nice 99 points, but Charles bingoed four times (DAILIES, ENDEMIAL, SURBASE, ROTENONE) to render Thomas' bingo moot. That 580 score was almost equalled in the final round when Charles score 575 point against Mark Kenas, who scored 365. Again, Charles outbingoed his opponent four to one: HOLIEST, ANOOPSIA, TZIGANE, and a 185-point triple-triple PREAMBLE were Charles' bonus plays, while Mark had CENSURED but nothing else.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +414, beating Thomas Reinke by ~230 spread points to snag second place. He got off to a fantastic start by defeating Renato Umali, who was playing in his first club game in over nine years, 527-299. Bingos of TUBBIER, POISONER, BONEHEAD, and URALITE served as a somewhat excessive "welcome back!" for the returning Renato. Bryan crested the 500-point mark again in round four when he vanquished Dennis Lloyd by a score of 505-236, propelled by three bingos: CARVERS, GURNETS, and CRUISERS. However, Bryan received a taste of his own bitter medicine when he found himself sitting across the table from the fearsome Thomas Reinke and was solidly defeated, 337-543.

1st Richard Lauder bounced back from last week's 1-3 performance to finish with an immaculate 4-0 record and a +280 spread. By the end of the first round he had already recorded two wins, as his two-on-one against Dennis Lloyd and Helen Flores was a successful venture. He beat Dennis 364-326 without playing a bingo, and beat Helen Flores 401-333 with bingos of ELITISTS and DOCKING. Richard's major success came in the following round as he easily wiped the floor with Charles Reinke, winning 446-357 and playing three bingos: EULOGIA, OUTHEARS, and STILLED. After another solid win in round three (396-311 vs. Dave Kinzer), Richard wisely decided to sit on his undefeated record and not play the fourth round.

2nd Thomas Reinke went 4-1 +324, continuing his strong start to the new club season. He incrementally improved his chances of repeating as club champion by defeating his closest opposition, Charles Reinke, by a score of 490-354 in the third round. He found bingos of DISRATE, COLLAGED, and REBASED to carry him to a comfortable victory. However, round three saw Thomas suffer his only loss, a 408-467 scuffle with Mark Kenas. It was Mark's turn to bingo thricely as he slapped down HETAIRA, REINVADE, and CORACLES, while Thomas had a single bingo of INSANELY. Thomas finished his evening with a 413-339 win over Helen Flores in a game where he was outbingoed zero to two - Helen's antonymic bingos of UNSEXIER and AROUSER were just not enough.

Of note was Dennis' 149-point triple-triple of MANACLES, played against Dave in the final round.