LYNDA FINN JEMMIES BACKDOOR TO TOP EXPERTS

(RARITY factor 1 - NO REINKE'S IN TOP THREE!)

1st - Despite having an overall minus cume, Lynda Finn expertly stitched her way to a winning 4-1 -7 tally. Her big loss came at the all too familiar hands of Andy Bohnsack in a one-sided 347-613 game, This was Andy's second 600 game in recent weeks. Lynda even accounted for muscle in her own game there with her bingos of ITERANCE and RODEOING, despite being tossed off that "horse" by Andy's heavier scoring onslaught.

2nd - Andy Bohnsack's game was afire in his first three encounters, averaging an eye-popping 547 per game before "Hurricane Sandy Lauder" swept in to quench Andy's flames, in their closing game, for Andy a 291-475 loss. That's Andy's sixth consecutive loss to Richard in club games this year. Andy still finished solidly in 2nd at 3-1 +538! And, Andy moves into 2nd place in the club stats, chasing Thomas Reinke as the duo averge scores of 440 per game...only Michael David joins them in the "+425 averages club"

3rd - Richard Lauder ended at 3rd with a 3-1 +360, losing his first game 438-473 as Thomas Reinke went on a food tear, playing both OREGANOS to one triple word score, and the excellent find of the 9 letter HABANEROS into the same "S" of his first play as another triple word play. That "O" he hungrily hooked "HABANER' into came from Thoma's earlier play of MAYO to complete his tasty win. 

HARWINDER DOWD TOPS FIELD OF THREE INTERMEDIATES

1st - Harwinder had a beautiful album of wedding pictures to share with us before getting down to business with an outstanding 409-405 win versus expert barb Besadny. Harwinder ended the night at 2-1 +5 to take top spot in a field of only three intermediates.

2nd - Sue Goldstein, nursing a freshly injured hand, was thrown three times into the expert's wolf pack where she braved out the onslaughts, but the expert wolves won all three. The result was a 1-3 night, but still enough to garner 2nd place in her division, as she won her game with June Scott 380-272 with her bingo of JAILERS.

3rd- June Scott finished 3rd of the 3 Intermediates to round out Halloween's night where she saw mostly "tricks" on her board's squares.