Ivanhoe had tough sledding in its debut at WBC when its scheduled GM, Frank Hamrick, suffered a heart attack the Monday before the convention. While able to recover sufficiently to attend later in the week, his friends assumed the GM chores without any preparation and consequently we have no report submitted for this particular event.

Suffice it to say that the show must go on and we appreciate the efforts of those who stepped in to replace Frank at the last minute and look forward to his less eventful return next season. As for the tournament we know only that it was step two in young Rebecca Hebner's record setting grand slam performance which saw her claim four plaques.

Speaking of young, Alex Henning proved the best of 13 young knights and ladies contesting Ivanhoe Junior. Rebekah Broh-Kahn took second and Natalie Beach and Shea Lawson tied for third.