1st Charles Reinke notched his third-straight gold medal in the weekly club standings with his 4-1 +370 performance. Most of his progress towards that first-place finish was achieved in round one, where he played in a two-on-one and scored over 500 in both games. Against Helen Flores, he won 521-345 despite Helen's nice find of HUMIDOR. Against Thomas Reinke, he also won handily, 538-439, thanks to bingos of LAPIDIST, LIFEBUOY, EVASIONS, and the Collins-only ALBITIZE#. Thomas got down FORCIPES (the "proper" plural of FORCEPS) for 104 points, plus KILORAD and STEANING#, but still fell almost 100 points short of victory. Charles' single loss came against Peter Schmiedicke in a not-particularly-close 358-469 affair. Peter struck early and often with RENEGES, REORDAIN, and ESTRIOL, while Charles made the most of his singular bingo, a nine-letter EXFOLIANT played off of the word EX already on the board.

2nd Dennis Lloyd demonstrated his readiness for the upcoming Word Cup tournament in Chicagoland with a 3-2 +59 effort. His best game was a round-one victory over the fearsome Peter Schmiedicke, 458-411. Dennis got a 104-point RICKETY, as well as a 70-point ENVISION, to topple Peter, who had three bingos of TEOPANS, OUTLINER, and DILATATE. He also won a well-fought game against Sara McLaughlin, 427-363, where he unleashed bingos of GLOATED and CAULKING. Sara had JERSEYS for 92 points to make sure the game stayed reasonably close. A game against Helen Flores was not so fruitful for Dennis, as he lost 367-404 despite Helen not playing a bingo. Games where a player scores 400 despite not bingoing are notable enough to be noted here...hence the use of the word "notable" (able to be noted).