Stats for August 20, 2025
1st Thomas Reinke was flawless (literally without flaw), posting a record of 4-0 +445. The starting point for his literally-without-flaw evening was a 442-309 win over Mark Kenas, finding SYRINGAS and PRESSMEN to Mark's GILTHEAD and DUOLOGUE (the latter bingo being the kind of word that would only ever get played after your rack management has gone horribly awry). Thomas then beat Richard Lauder 457-392, getting the nine-letter RETAILERS in addition to MISLEARN. A rematch against Mark Kenas was slightly closer than the first encounter, but still a comfortable victory for Thomas, 497-428; Thomas added to his hefty bingo total with SNATCHER, CIRRATE, and LAIRISES#. To cap off a perfect night where any accusation of flawedness can be summarily denied, Thomas defeated Ron Malzer 460-282, pummelling his opponent with bingos of OUTLINE, PURITIES, and GERUNDS.
2nd Richard Lauder went 3-1 for the third time in four sessions, this time with a +190 spread. He got his highest game of the year with a 524-369 clobbering of Ron Malzer; WEDGIER, CHEAPLY, and WASTREL were Richard's bingos, while Ron gamely fought back with SEMANTIC and AMORTISE. Richard found two more bingos, LUSTILY and ENTAILED, in his round two match against Thomas Reinke, but was felled for his only loss, 392-457. Richard recovered for round three, where he beat Lynda Finn in a lower-scoring game, 376-341. Lynda's phony of SHANDIE* stayed on the board (only SHANDY and SHANDIES - ADEHINS does not have a word in it, although one could argue it should), while Richard's UGLIEST was perfectly valid. In the final round of the night, Richard was matched against last year's club champion Bryan Benwitz, and rose to the occasion, prevailing by a score of 443-378 and getting two nice bingos, PHISHES and INFECTED (Bryan had ROSARIES and GRANDER).
3rd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +137 and had a club-leading per-game average of 472. He wasted no time racking up the wins as he defeated Lynda Finn in round one, 488-321, bingoing with VINTNERS and FOURTEEN (insert joke about how FOURTEEN scored more than fourteen points). He upped his bingo output with EVICTING, EMULGENT#, and RATIONAL in a high-scoring Collins-lexicon battle against Mark Kenas, which he won 510-473. Not content with a single 500+ game, Charles went for 500+ again in the very next round, beating Bryan Benwitz 560-436 on the back of PARTAKES (80), ZINCATES (122!) and PITHEADS (149!!). Bryan had some nice plays of his own, getting GHERKIN, ETALONS, and UNDERBED* (UNDERBID is a word). Charles' hopes of undefeatedness (not a word) were snuffed out in the final round, as his rematch against Mark resulted in a sizable loss, 369-520. Charles got down NICKERS, but Mark fired back with SIRLOIN, ENTERAL, and AMITIES.
We welcomed new player Carol, who went 2-1 and bingoed in all of her games. With such a promising start, we hope she returns soon!
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | SYRINGAS PRESSMEN MISLEARN RETAILERS SNATCHER CIRRATE OUTLINE PURITIES GERUNDS lairises |
| Bryan Benwitz | 10 | SERAGLIO NEARNESS COTTAGER COUMARIN GHERKIN ETALONS ROSARIES GRANDER suturer underbed |
| Charles Reinke | 9 | VINTNERS FOURTEEN EVICTING RATIONAL PARTAKES ZINCATES PITHEADS(3x3) NICKERS emulgent |
| Richard Lauder | 8 | WEDGIER CHEAPLY WASTREL LUSTILY ENTAILED UGLIEST PHISHES INFECTED |
| Mark Kenas | 7 | GILTHEAD DUOLOGUE RAVENER THINNED SIRLOIN ENTERAL AMITIES |
| Steve Hartsman | 6 | PUTLOGS AERIALS REINDEER RETIARII cabering reanswer |
| Ron Malzer | 4 | SEMANTIC AMORTISE RERAISES MAIDENS |
| Lynda Finn | 4 | HAULIER SPIRING LIGULES shandie |
| Carol | 3 | LIGHTING TRAINER SQUARED |
| Helen Flores | 3 | MARINER REALIZES diasole |
| Dennis Lloyd | 3 | THUNDERS BARNIEST TEOPANS |
| David Kinzer | 1 | MOUSIER |
| Avg. Game Score | 394 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 394 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 439 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 349 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
