1st Steve Hartsman topped a sizable group of players with his 4-1 +111 record. In round one, he was given the opportunity to accumulate wins at twice the normal rate (via a two-on-one game), and made the most of it: the two games ended with eerily similar scores, but they were both wins for Steve, 487-376 vs. Dave Kinzer and 489-372 vs. Sara McLaughlin. His bingos in the two games were FOSSATE, EROSION, EVASION, and WRESTLE. A game against Lynda Finn was somewhat more of a nailbiter, but Steve again got the win, 413-392. In round three, Steve scored a much-sought-after win against the formidable Bryan Benwitz, 398-369, halting a five-game losing streak (Steve got down ANGLERS and BENEFITS while Bryan had SLOTTED and TAPERING). Going into the final round, Steve had his sights set on a rarely-achieved 5-0 record, but was held bingoless in his matchup against Charles Reinke, which ended 363-511 in Charles' favor.

2nd Mark Kenas made it through the Collins-lexicon gauntlet of Reinkes to go 3-1 +264. He got his second-highest-scoring game of the year in the first round as he drubbed Charles Reinke 566-414. Charles gamely fought on with ONAGERS and MORTISER, but stood no chance against Mark's bingoey barrage of ANTIPYIC, UNPAVED, TOWNLAND#, SALTANDO#, and STREWING. Mark's bingo output dropped to zero in the second game, but he still beat Thomas Reinke 397-363 (Thomas found the nice HOGMENAY, but learned that nice bingo finds are not awarded extra points). Facing Charles again in round three, Mark got down DYSTOCIA, URETHRAL, and RITORNEL# to get another win, 459-340. Thomas was able to spoil an impending 4-0 record by defeating Mark in the final game, 480-439, getting a cool nine-letter OVERTRIPS# (after a failed OVERTAMED* earlier in the same spot) in addition to ANTILOGY and TENTERED; Mark had SUSTAINS and POSERISH# (ROSEHIPS is the NWL word in those letters).

3rd Lynda Finn averaged 444 points per game, her highest session average this year, while going 3-1 +215. Her first game against Ron Malzer was a 459-325 victory; nice finds of BRANNIER, SPIRANT, and FICUSES helped her extend her winning streak against Ron to seven games. However, she was derailed in the second round as she was felled by Steve Hartsman, 392-413, despite finding the uncommon EVACUEES (for diehard bingo nerds, that's just the third CUV bingo played this year, after UNIVOCAL and EVACUATE). In the third game, Lynda halted a long-term losing streak dating back to June of last year, as she beat Thomas Reinke in a close one, 410-397. She wrapped things up with a high-scoring 513-424 bout against Richard Lauder, playing ANOMIES and THEATRE against Richard's GUNITES, SEEDIER, and BLURTING.

4th Helen Flores went 3-1 -39, not quite enough for a "top 3" paragraph but certainly enough for a "consolation" paragraph. Her best game was a 416-388 win against Richard Lauder.

We welcomed two new players, Kimberly and Tajah, to our club. We hope to see one or both of them again soon!