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Nothing fills the ballroom like a
Ticket to Ride heat. |
Pam Gutermuth, Curt Collins, Blair
Morgen and Mark Geary. |
Riding the Rails ...
 Ticket to Ride was again one of the largest tournaments,
breaking the 200 mark for the fourth straight year and causing
the Distelfink depot to burst at the seams with 119 at the first
heat and 96 at each of the other two. But registration went smoothly
under the direction of WBC's newest GM of the Year. Most games
finished in approximately 45 minutes.
The preliminaries produced seven double winners, with Faith
Wobbeking seeded first with two wins and a second. The best single
game score in the heats belonged to John Mewshaw with 178, making
nine out of nine tickets and getting the most tickets bonus in
1910 while denying Faith her third win.
One quarter-final game ended 107 - 106 - 104 - 103 as the
closest game of the tournament. Curt Collins came out the victor
in that nail biter when leader Lynda Shea missed a two-train
connection between Boston and New York.
Our four finalists were Collins, Patrick Monte, Thomas Idzikowski,
and a rare repeat performance by 2010's 4th place laurelist,
Lori Miskoff. It was a very fast, efficient game with the northwest
corner getting built first and spreading out from there. Patrick
Monte quietly made all seven of his tickets as he flew beneath
the radar to claim his first title with a score of 137 and most
tickets made. Lori took second with 130 while Thomas claimed
third with 95 and the longest route. Curt manned the caboose
with 85.
Sarah Beach and Nikki Bradford did a stellar job as the Conductors
sorting the players as they came in to get the crowds seated
and playing in record time. Shiny train key chains were awarded
to all the heat winners adding to the bling on peoples' name
badges.
Thanks all, every heat and playoff game went great. Lots of
kids and adults alike again had a great time with Ticket to
Ride.
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Jennifer Thomas, Kellie Wicks, Rachel
Long and Grant LaDue. |
GM Claire Brosius and her finalists. |
 Ticket To Ride Junior
28 pint-sized travellers contested GM Matthew Beach's Juniors
tournament. Top honors went to:
1st: Tessa Lytle
2nd: Thomas Morris
3rd: Ethan Shipley-Tang
4th: Sophia Holmquist
5th: Abigail Elliot
6th: Sean Duffy
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GM Matt Beach has his hands full with
28 little conductors. |
Look out adults ... next year I'm
coming for 'ya! |
| 2011
Euro Quest Laurelists |
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Sceadeau D'Tela, NC
1st |
Norman Rule, MD
2nd |
Lee Mewshaw, MD
3rd |
Haim Hochboim, Israel
4th |
Virginia Colin, VA
5th |
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Claire Brosius [3rd Year]
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