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Updated 11/17/2011

2011 WBC Report  

 2012 Status: pending 2012 GM commitment

Richard Meyer, MA

2011 Champion

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Event History
2000    John Reiners       95
2001    Michelle Hymowitz       88
2002    Tom Dunning     140
2003    Tom Dunning     109
2004    Steve Scott     116
2005    Alex Bove     121
2006    Chris Terrell     125
2007    Bobbi Warczak     150
2008    Alex Bove     145
2009    Alex Bove     176
2010    Alex Bove     162
2011    Richard Meyer     170

Euro Quest Event History
2003     Tom Dunning     22
2004     Ilan Tadmore     23
2005      Joe Jaskiewiez     20
2006     Arthur Field     34
2007     Tom Dunning     32
2008     Joe Jaskiewiez     32
2009     Kirk Harris     37
2010     Jeremy Oppenheim     32
2011     Daniel Eppolito     42
 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Alex Bove          PA    10    212
  2.  Tom Dunning        NY    09    178
  3.  Joe Jaskiewicz     MD    08     70
  4.  Winton LeMoine     CA    08     64
  5.  Mike Kaltman       PA    10     44
  6.  Steve Scott        CA    04     44
  7.  Richard Meyer      MA    11     40
  8.  David Buchholz     MI    09     40
  9.  Bobbi Warczak      CA    07     40
 10.  Chris Terrell      VA    06     40
 11.  David Rohde        MI    06     40
 12.  Michelle Hymowitz  MD    03     38
 13.  Henry Dove         MD    11     36
 14.  Scott Fenn         MD    10     32
 15.  John Reiners       NY    00     30
 16.  Jeremy Oppenheim   VA    11     28
 17.  Kenneth Horan      PA    11     24
 18.  Dominic Blais      qc    11     24
 19.  Eric Freeman       PA    08     24
 20.  Ken Rothstein      NY    07     24
 21.  Tom Browne         PA    06     24
 22.  Arthur Field       SC    06     24
 23.  Gordon Elgart      CA    02     24
 24.  Doug Galullo       FL    11     22
 25.  Cheryl Meek        MD    09     22
 26.  Daniel Eppolito    CA    11     20
 27.  Kirk Harris        NJ    09     20
 28.  Ilan Tadmor        NY    04     20
 29.  Tom Stokes         NJ    05     18
 30.  Jamie Tang         MD    01     18
 31.  Michael Johnson    MA    00     18
 32.  Alex Lange         ae    10     16
 33.  James Parauda      NJ    05     16
 34.  Pat Mitchell       DE    03     16
 35.  Harry Flawd        PA    11     12
 36.  Curt Collins II    PA    10     12
 37.  Rob Kircher        RI    10     12
 38.  Greg Thatcher      CA    08     12
 39.  Chris Burke        MD    06     12
 40.  Jeff Meyer         MA    06     12
 41.  Blair Morgen       NJ    05     12
 42.  Lyman Moquin       DC    04     12
 43.  Jim Fry            MD    02     12
 44.  Steve Brooks       FL    01     12
 45.  Dan Hoffman        NC    00     12
 46.  Frank Arndt        MD    01      9
 47.  David Earls        PA    00      9
 48.  Jennifer Gorman    PA    11      8
 49.  Keith Levy         MD    10      8
 50.  Jake Byrens        CA    09      8
 51.  Brad Sherwood      PA    08      8
 52.  Kevin Brown        GA    07      8
 53.  Paul Haynes        MD    04      8
 54.  Evan Tannheimer    MA    04      8
 55.  John Adams         MD    03      8
 56.  Sam Atabaki        CA    09      6
 57.  Michael Fox        IL    06      6
 58.  Robert Cranshaw    RI    05      6
 59.  Kathy Stroh        MD    04      6
 60.  Rich Shipley       MD    03      6
 61.  John Ellsworth     IL    00      6
 62.  Mary Ellen Powers  VA    11      4
 63.  Edward Fear        NY    11      4
 64.  Carmen Petruzelli  PA    09      4
 65.  Anne Chaplin       NY    09      4
 66.  Bob Wicks          CT    08      4
 67.  Jean-Francois Gagneqc    08      4
 68.  Luke Koleszar      VA    10      4
 69.  Brian Reynolds     MD    06      4
 70.  Steve Shambeda     PA    05      4
 71.  Kevin Coombs       GA    04      4
 72.  Dave Bohnenberger  PA    03      4
 73.  Dudley Anderson    PA    01      3
 74.  Keith MacFarland   NJ    00      3
 75.  Keith Boone        MD    11      2
 76.  Andy Latto         MA    10      2
 77.  Michael Brazinski  MD    08      2
 78.  Greg Knoll         MD    06      2
 79.  Bill Crenshaw      VA    05      2
 80.  Holliday Jones     MD    04      2
 81.  Phil Taylor        NJ    03      2

2011 Laurelists                                                  Repeating Laurelists: 0

Mike Kaltman, PA
2nd

Alex Lange, ae
3rd

Henry Dove, MD
4th

Curt Collins II, PA
5th

Luke Koleszar, VA
6th

Past Winners

John Reiners, NY 2000

Michelle Goldstein, NY 2001

Tom Dunning, NY 2002-2003

Steve Scott, CA 2004

Alex Bove, PA 2005, 2008-10

Chris Terrell, VA 2006

Bobbi Warczak, CA 2007

Richard Meyer, MA 2011
   

Jennifer Thomas, John Morris, Stephane Dorais, Dave Metzger and Steve Scott

The Juniors room can't hold those Doughan boys any more. They're everywhere!

Three in a row!

Ra enjoyed a 5% increase in attendance for its second highest total in its 12-year WBC run. The four heats drew 12,15,17 and 16 games respectively.

I heard some grumbling last year about taking too long to get the heats started. By the time I had everyone checked in, made announcements, assigned tables, it was 15-20 minutes before anyone actually started playing. My goal for this year was to get everyone started as soon as possible. I called it the "quick start plan". Basically, instead of signing everyone up as they arrived, I gave them an index card instead. Each table had instructions on how to fill out the card. All they needed on the card was their name, badge number, and place they finished for each heat they entered. I would sign them up on the official registration sheet later. That saved a lot of time. I had a little trouble the first heat because I kept losing track of how many games I would need. To make a long story short, I fixed the problem for the last three heats, and got the first 50 arrivals playing in less than five minutes.

The top qualifier was Jennifer Gorman who was the only 3-time winner. It marked the second straight year that a female stood atop the leader board as the only winner of three games. Last year it was Lexi Shea who "only" managed two wins this year. Six other qualifiers won twice. To further emphasize what a "game of luck" Ra is, three of those six were 4-time champion Alex Bove, 2006 champion Chris Terell and last years 3rd place laurelist Alex Lange.

In 2010 the 82nd best qualifier made the semi's due to no-shows? This year, Mark Parauda thanks you as he qualified for the semis from the #98 position.

In the first semi-final Jennifer Gordon continued her hot streak with her 4th straight win. It was a monumental victory as she ended defending champ Alex Bove's quest for an unprecedented 4th consecutive Ra title. Jennifer beat Stu Hendrickson by 2, Jeff Meyer by 3 and Alex by 5.

Another former champ went down in the second semi-final as Dominic Blais beat Chris Terrell by 7. Lexi Shea, who has won five heats in the past two years and 2010's third place laurelist Alex Lange also lost in this game.

In semi-final #3 Rich Meyer beat fellow San Diego gamer Carol Haney by 11.

In semi-final game #4 Harry Flawd took a break from the sports parlor long enough to enjoy a comfortable 10-point win.

Ken Horan completed the finalists by edging Ed Fear by a single point. Ed's narrow defeat earned 6th place laurels.

The Final was a nail-biter befitting a championship game as Rich edged Dominic by one point to win his first Ra Championship and sixth overall. Thanks to Bobbi Warzcak who put the results on a computer for easy sorting and printing to determine the top 25 qualifiers advancing to the semi-finals.

Deb Yaure, Mark Love and Aaron Fuegi

Defending champ Alex Bove and GM Steve Scott with the finalists.


2011 Euro Quest Laurelists

Daniel Eppolito, CA
1st

Henry Dove, MD
2nd

Jeremy Oppenheim, VA
3rd

Doug Galullo, MD
4th

Mary Ellen Powers, VA
5th

 GM      Steve Scott  [8th Year]   NA 
    sscott2753@aol.com   NA

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