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1st Thomas Reinke repeated as weekly champion with his 4-1 +392 record, a feat that is becoming so common that he probably doesn't even feel joy when it happens. His per-game average of 488 points was also clearly tops among all players. Thomas started off in exciting fashion when his game against Mark Kenas fell just four points short of the vaunted "1000 combined" mark, with the final being 521-475 in Thomas' favor. Mark found bingos of ALLEDGED#, DICTATED, and MISWRITE, but was matched every step of the way by Thomas' ARTICLES, MANROPES, and FONDUES. A round three rematch saw Thomas suffer a rare defeat, with Mark prevailing 466-430. In that one, Thomas again bingoed thrice (ACEDIAS, DEALATE, and METAPLOT#), while Mark was limited to two bingos of NONACIDES and BETONIES. At the same time as that game was occurring, Thomas beat his brother Charles 456-410, thanks to finds of FLAVONOL, FOETIDER#, and TAWNIER. The first-place finish was secured when Thomas whomped Lynda Finn, 556-336, this time dishing out four bonus plays: TANDOORI, UNSERVED, COINAGE, and INSPECT.

2nd Richard Lauder overcame somewhat adverse levels of ambient noise in the playing area to finish 3-1 +103. He got his singular loss out of the way early when he was felled in round one by none other than Helen Flores, 308-347. That was the only game where Richard was held bingoless, while Helen got down REDDENS and DELATION. Richard followed that up with two well-contested wins against Margie Van Handel (352-336) and Sara McLaughlin (369-321). Each of those games saw one bingo from Richard: KAOLINES against Margie and PINTADAS against Sara. However, it was obvious that Richard was just saving up all his scoring power for the final game, woe betide his unsuspecting fourth round opponent. In the end, it was Bryan Benwitz who received the full might of Richard's built-up power, as Richard played four bingos (SAUTOIRE, CARBINE, HOUNDER, and GENITAL) en route to a 484-406 win.

3rd Bryan Benwitz topped a group of four players at 2-2, all with negative spreads, with his 2-2 -60 final tally. Things got off to a good start with a 408-392 win against Charles Reinke, aided by bingos of SEICENTO and BEDWARFS. However, that was immediately followed by a less successful Reinke match, this one ending 479-353 in Thomas' favor despite Bryan's high-prob bingos of NEGATES and TERTIAN. Bryan's best game was a solid 440-322 win over Lynda Finn, where a large chunk of his score (140 points of it, to be exact) came from his triple-triple bingo of PATENTED. A high-flying 406-484 loss to Richard Lauder in the final round sadly nuked Bryan's spread into the negatives.

1st Thomas Reinke finished at 4-1, but his usual dominant spread total was nowhere to be found, as he finished with a "mere" +98 point differential. His first two games were quite high-scoring overall, and they were also both wins for Thomas: 476-400 against Charles Reinke and 474-470 against Mark Kenas. As both games were in the Collins lexicon, some odd words were played: Thomas' bingos were SARNIES, ORBITIES#, DERNIER, UNGUENTA, RIBSTONE#, FEATURE, and SPHERULE. Switching over to the American lexicon, Thomas received his only loss at the hands of the unstoppable-as-of-late Bryan Benwitz, 393-441. Thomas got down DWINDLED and RETIARII (the plural of RETIARIUS, a type of gladiator that is armed with a net and is apparently notable enough to have its own Wikipedia article). Bryan had ARILLODE and REFORGES for his two bingos in that game. After dispatching Mark in a rematch, 460-423, Thomas ended the session in fine fashion with a well-fought 451-422 win over Richard Lauder. Both players had three bingos in that game: TRACHEID, AIRWISE, and AUDIENCE for Thomas, while Richard contributed RIVETING, ENCLOSED, and LIEVEST.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-0 +86, but was robbed of first place by a ranking algorithm which prioritzes total wins over win percentage. His total of three bingos is well below his average of over two per game, but the perfect record gets him ever closer to overtaking Thomas for the top spot in the club standings. His round-one game against John Bialek was a real nailbiter, but the final tally was just barely in Bryan's favor, 393-379. John managed to outbingo Bryan two to one (REMAINED and BANSHEE for John, GRIEVANT for Bryan), but it wasn't quite enough (next time John should play three bingos - that should do it). Bryan then defeated Beth Amos for the second straight week, 386-352, despite not playing a bingo. Beth had PARENTED and TOELESS (next time Beth should play three bingos - that should do it). Bryan finished off his shortened session with a 441-393 win against Thomas Reinke.

3rd Beth Amos continued her strong comeback tour with a 3-1 +212 record. Her only loss was the aforementioned game against Bryan Benwitz in round two. Her closest win was a 368-342 win over Dave Kinzer, where her 92-point LEATHERY and 68-point CAROLERS were of clear benefit for her winning chances. In rounds three and four, she faced off against both members of the Bialek power couple, and won both games with scores above 400. Against John Bialek, she won comfortably, 402-327, thanks to a bingo of GENUINE. An even more confortable win was scored against Wendy Bialek, 463-318, this time with two bingos for the winning side: NOISIER and the phony UNMASTED* (DEMASTED is valid).

1st Bryan Benwitz, with a 4-0 +401 record, notched another first-place finish, making him the weekly champion three out of the last four sessions. His path to an undefeated record was not easy, but he still averaged a weighty 454 points per game through the course of his four wins. Richard Lauder came closest to beating him, but Bryan prevailed 446-414, thanks in part to a stylish find of UPCURVE (the next-shortest word containing CPUUV that isn't an UPCURVE variant is NUNCUPATIVE). Bryan then faced the Reinke gauntlet but left relatively unscathed by the ordeal, beating Charles 500=326 and Thomas 435-348. TALIONS, NITERIE, SNUGGED, TENNIST, and LITHIUM were his bingos in those two games. With an undefeated session on the line, Bryan went up against Beth Amos and again won comfortably, 435-327, getting down STEEPED and DILATIVE for some timely fifty-point bonuses.

2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-2 +188, well behind Bryan's stellar record but still good enough for second place. Things didn't start off so well for Thomas as he was felled by his fraternal foe Charles Reinke, 451-478. Thomas got WAGERED and a triple-triple RESTATES, the latter for 122 points, but Charles one-upped him with INEXPERT for 125, in addition to AERIEST and DANDRIFF (an archaic spelling of DANDRUFF). A much-anticipated rematch in the final round saw Thomas get his revenge, 457-346, thanks to finds of LAKIEST and WAGMOIRE# (an archaic spelling of QUAGMIRE only valid in the international lexicon). A 509-372 win over Lynda Finn was Thomas' best showing, and the only game where he got three bingos: DILDOES, ELECTRON, and GREENIES.

3rd Charles Reinke went 3-2 -42. His two-on-one matchup against Lynda Finn and Thomas Reinke was quite fruitful, yielding two wins (498-285 against Lynda and 478-451 against Thomas) and five bingos. A 326-500 loss to Bryan Benwitz, with the high-probability SENATOR being his only bingo, damaged Charles' spread total in round two. Charles barely came away with the win when he faced off against Beth Amos; their three-point margin (411-408 for Charles) was the most closely-contested game of the night. Both players had two bingos: DIALING and ENATIONS for Beth, ACTINAL and SOLVERS for Charles.