1st Charles Reinke went 3-1 with a modest positive spread of +132, earning lukewarm first-place honors. His high game was played against Helen Flores, who he defeated by a score of 457-375. Helen had two bingos of NATURALS and BEADERS, while Charles had AWAITED and REVEILLE. Charles also enjoyed a win against his similarly-surnamed foe Thomas Reinke, winning their encounter 410-391. Thomas was uncharacteristically limited to a single bingo of DIALYSIS (albeit for 98 points), but Thomas played a total of thirteen bingos combined in the rest of his games, so he'll be OK. Charles, for his part, got down IDIOLECT and RENNASE. The sole loss on Charles' scoresheet was given to him courtesy of Mark Kenas, 401-417. Mark demonstrated his disconcertingly deep dictionary knowledge with the Collins-only NAVARHOS#, in addition to AIGRETS and GLOUTED, which are acceptable in the American dictionary.

2nd Richard Lauder kept his yearly winning percentage well above 50% with a 3-1 -36 outing. He fought a close battle against Sara McLaughlin, winning that bout 376-362 thanks to a find of TEATIMES (Sara had RERISEN). A game against Helen Flores was similarly close in terms of winning margin but was even more anemic in overall scoring output, Richard escaping with a 345-332 victory despite challenging a few of Helen's valid plays. Each player played exactly one bingo: ARTSIER for Richard, SUBTLER for Helen. The one game where Richard got two bingos was also the one he lost; despite getting down OUTFIRES and HORNIEST, the scoring power of Thomas Reinke was too much to overcome, and the final was not particularly close, 351-450. Thomas' trio of eight-letter bingos, AVERSION, TALCIEST, and DOMINEER, were vital in securing victory.