Andrew Sinigaglio, Steffanie Speck and David Rohde enter the bloodless lists to unseat each other.	Alexander Lange, eventual champ Richard Fetzer, Marcy Morelli and Greg Schmittgens do combat.

Ivanhoe has a unique attendance record at WBC. In its nine- year WBC existence it has managed to grow every year! We saw another record turnout this year with a first heat boasting 74 entrants. I would love to see 90 next year and I believe it is completely attainable. Due to the overwhelming Tuesday night crowd, play started a bit late and ran even later with one of the 15 tables playing till nearly 1am.

Aside from shear numbers, I was pleased to see so many families participating. How heart warming that our little tournament was able to bring everyone together at the end of each night for a little healthy competition. Whether it be the Collinson's, the Yaure's or the Shea's, fun was had by all dueling for family honors. The Lange brothers walked away chipless on Night 1 but each returned to defend their honor and Ted emerged a participant in the Great Green Tournament of Heat #3 (more on that later).

We also had our share of power couples in attendance, with last year's finalist Angela Hoffman and her husband Dan, with qualifying this year for the semifinals. There was also Nick Ferris and Laura DeWalt qualifying for the semifinals and in attendance dressed to the nines for "Prom Night", but with only the fair maiden making it to the Final table. We even had a newby couple, the Roeper's who learned to play in a quickie, private demo on Night 3 and excelled, with Barb becoming first alternate in only two nights of play.

In the end it was the Fetzer family who enjoyed victory, even without a purple chip, with Richard claiming fealty over all and defending the family name. Richard's son, Matt, won all four heats last year only to lose in the semifinals, but dad got it done this year. Steve Caler should have been seeing red after Heat 3 as he was dragged into the Green Tournament to end all Tournaments. What a good sport he was, as he was repeatedly forced to defend green that night in a match we all thought would never end.

As a side note on next year, we are hoping to slightly change formats. I am toying with the idea of an earlier time slot and possibly doing two rounds in a night, giving everyone a chance to hit the hay earlier at least a few nights during the week. We are also tossing around a points system that should make rankings clearer for all participants. We have started an archive of players this year so check-ins should be quicker and smoother in the future.

Great fun was had by all. We hope to see last year's champion, Keith Levy, who was away at the Crusades fighting the new job wars, in attendance to defend his title properly against Richard. My wife and I certainly enjoyed meeting and playing alongside all of you in our first time GMing as a couple. Thank you all for making our honeymoon one to remember. We look forward to seeing you all next year!

Judy Wobbeking and Dan Hoffman are among the combatants.	Nessa Mongold oversees her finalists including ex-Caesar Pei.

 Ivanhoe Junior

Kirk Harris again ran a Junior version of Ivanhoe for 28 little knights. The most noble were:

Final Standings
1st - Antony Saccenti
2nd - Nicholas Sinigaglio
3rd - Mandy Mossman
4th - Megan Mossman
5th - Caitlyn Rau
6th - Jay Buckwalter