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Updated Nov. 23, 2013

2013 WBC Report     

 2014 Status: pending December 2013 Membership Trial Vote

Curt Collins II, PA

2011-13 Champion

Event History
2000    Joe Lux     67
2001    Jamie Tang     77
2002    Bruce Young     84
2003    Arthur Field     73
2004    Luke Koleszar     64
2005     Jeff Mullet     65
2006    Fred Minard     40
2007     Steve Shambeda     44
2008    Paul Bolduc     32
2009     Curt Collins     64
2010    Bruce Reiff     46
2011    Curt Collins     48
2012    Curt Collins     38
2013    Curt Collins      39

Euro Quest BPA Event History
2003    Arthur Field     28

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Curt Collins II    PA    13    110
  2.  Arthur Field       SC    06     92
  3.  Bruce Reiff        OH    12     57
  4.  Luke Koleszar      VA    04     48
  5.  Steve Shambeda     PA    13     46
  6.  Jeff Mullet        OH    09     43
  7.  Fred Minard        PA    09     35
  8.  Joe Lux            NY    06     34
  9.  Bruce Young        SC    02     30
 10.  Jamie Tang         MD    01     30
 11.  Cliff Ackman       PA    13     28
 12.  Brandon Bernard    PA    12     24
 13.  Scott Pfeiffer     SC    02     21
 14.  Paul Bolduc        FL    08     20
 15.  John Wetherell     PA    07     19
 16.  Barb Flaxington    NJ    12     18
 17.  Jeff Meyer         MA    10     18
 18.  Rodney Davidson    AZ    09     18
 19.  Jim Carvin         PA    07     18
 20.  Tom Stokes         NJ    03     18
 21.  Davyd Field        SC    02     18
 22.  David Fritsch      VA    00     18
 23.  Jeff Senley        PA    09     16
 24.  Sean McCulloch     OH    12     15
 25.  Dan Mathias        MD    13     12
 26.  Bob Wicks          CT    11     12
 27.  Mike Backstrom     MN    04     12
 28.  Debbie Gutermuth   TX    03     12
 29.  Harald Henning     CT    03     12
 30.  Stu Hendrickson    VA    02     12
 31.  Bill Edwards       VA    00     12
 32.  Jason Ley          WA    11      9
 33.  Rich Meyer         MA    10      9
 34.  Chris Terrell      VA    05      9
 35.  Cathy Kratz        ID    04      9
 36.  Kathy Stroh        PA    01      9
 37.  Max Jamelli        PA    08      8
 38.  Jed Shambeda       PA    07      8
 39.  F. de Bellefeuille qc    13      6
 40.  Christin Kolstad   SC    12      6
 41.  Chris Trimmer      TX    11      6
 42.  Lisa Gutermuth     NC    10      6
 43.  Bruce Bernard      PA    09      6
 44.  Mark Guttag        VA    07      6
 45.  Matt Calkins       VA    05      6
 46.  Rich Zelano        RI    04      6
 47.  Ewan McNay         CT    03      6
 48.  Tom DeMarco        NJ    03      6
 49.  Evan Davis         IN    02      6
 50.  Michael Mahady     TX    01      6
 51.  Mike Hazel         SC    00      6
 52.  Tom Johnston       IL    08      4
 53.  Robert Kircher     RI    11      3
 54.  Thomas Saal        MI    05      3
 55.  Chris LeFevre      AZ    02      3
 56.  Kim Foster         TX    01      3
 57.  Steve Scott        CA    00      3
 58.  Mark F. Smith      SC    13      2
 59.  Peter Staab        PA    03      2

2013 Laurelists                                                  Repeating Laurelists:

Dan Mathias, MD
2nd

Cliff Ackman, PA
3rd

Francois de Bellefeuille, qc
4th

Steve Shambeda, PA
5th

Mark F. Smith, SC
6th

Past Winners

Joe Lux, NY
2000

Jamie Tang, MD
2001

Bruce Young, SC
2002

Arthur Field, SC
2003

Luke Koleszar, VA
2004

Jeff Mullet, OH
2005

Fred Minard, PA
2006

Steve Shambeda, PA
2007

Paul Bolduc, FL
2008

Curt Collins II, PA
2009, 2011-13

Bruce Reiff, OH
2010
       

Steve Packwood and Bill Beckman

Bruce Bernard and Barb Flaxington

 Two of BPA's most valued members: incorporator Scott Pfeiffer and illustrator Kurt Miller

 GM Max Jamelli oversees his victorious finalists but that will end for all but one now.

Three in a row!

Union Pacific ran once again as a non-stop Swiss tournament held on Monday afternoon. Attendance rose slightly from last year, but unfortunately the amount of games brought decreased. This caused some shuffling to a single 5-game table and having your humble GM sitting out of the event until the third heat.

Scores across the rounds were very close. In the 19 games played over the tournament, the average winning score was 122. Mike Stanley hit $163 in his 3-player Round 3 game to lead all scorers. Francois de BelleFeuille went for $133 to pace the 4-player games.

In defense of his title, Curt Collins II won his first two games and scored enough points in Round 3 to take the first seat at the Final table. Dan Mathias also won twice to take the second seat while Cliff Ackman and Francois de BelleFeuille earned their seats on tie-breakers.

In the Final, The El Paso/Rio Grande (green) company got rolling early as well as the Sioux Falls Royal Blue. Mathias took control of the EPRG and rolled it up to $14. The Sioux Falls got to 10, when Collins took advantage of first place in the Union Pacific to balance out his other firsts in the United Mexican White (which maxed at 7) and Miami Southern (which maxed at 14) to score $132. Dan's first in the EPRG helped push him to a second place score of $107. Ackman's $105 and de BelleFeuille's $92 rounded out the scoring.

With his third win in a row, and fourth overall in the last five years, Curt has put together a dynastic run reminiscent of the Yankees or Celtics in their heyday. That may mean he has to watch out for a bloop single in the UNP Final next year.

Please keep two things in mind for the UNP event next year. Bringing games is going to be a must. The last thing I want to do is turn people away (especially young gamers) but if we don't have the sets to play, there isn't much I can do. I want to thank and acknowledge Perrianne Lurie and Scott Saccenti who both stepped away from the tournament after Round 1 but allowed us to use their games for the subsequent rounds. Without their help, this event would not have had the number of games played that it did. Secondly, tie breakers will get a facelift next year with the number of UNP shares going down on the list. Refer to the 2014 event preview for more information on that.

 GM      Max Jamelli  [1st Year]   NA
    maxjamelli1@yahoo.com    NA 

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