1st Thomas Reinke topped a hardy cohort of three players with his unblemished 4-0 +166 record. The closest he came to experiencing the agony of defeat was a closely-fought 434-428 win over Charles Reinke. Thomas hit bingos of SENITIS and SHEAVING, but Charles fought back with URBANELY and POTSHARD. The high point of his evening came in the final round, when he vanquished Helen Flores 468-387. Helen played DUMPERS for 88 points en route to her highest loss of the year, but Thomas enjoyed a bounty of good tiles, as evidenced by his tripartite bingo assault of RELICTS, LARIATED, and BORACITE.