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Updated 11/17/2011

2011 WBC Report  

 2012 Status: pending 2012 GM commitment

Patrick Monte, NY

2011 Champion

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Event History
2004    Alan Kaiser     151
2005    Blair Morgen     160
2006    Eric Monte     157
2007    Brittany Bernard     191
2008    John Faella     201
2009    Kyle Greenwood     220
2010    Anni Foasberg     206
2011    Patrick Monte     207

Euro Quest Event History
2004    Daniel Karp     45
2005    Tom Dunning     39
2006    Virginia Colin     49
2007    Virginia Colin     51
2008    Donna Davis     48
2009     Josh Githens     68
2010    Eric Monte     66
2011    Sceadeau D'Tela     78
 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Jay Fox            NJ    10     72
  2.  Virginia Colin     VA    11     70
  3.  Eric Monte         NY    10     70
  4.  Anni Foasberg      NJ    10     60
  5.  Kyle Greenwood     HI    09     60
  6.  John Faella        RI    08     60
  7.  Steve Shambeda     PA    19     54
  8.  Patrick Monte      NY    11     50
  9.  Lori Miskoff       NJ    11     48
 10.  Daniel Karp        MD    04     48
 11.  Tom Dunning        NY    09     44
 12.  Brittany Bernard   PA    07     40
 13.  Blair Morgen       NJ    05     40
 14.  Donna Davis        PA    08     36
 15.  Nico Parauda       NJ    08     36
 16.  Robert Cranshaw    RI    05     36
 17.  Larry Loicano      PA    07     32
 18.  Sceadeau D'Tela    NC    11     30
 19.  Josh Githens       SC    09     30
 20.  Alan Kaiser        OH    04     30
 21.  Curt Collins II    PA    11     27
 22.  Grant LaDue        NY    10     24
 23.  Jamie Tang         MD    08     24
 24.  Andrew Metrick     PA    06     24
 25.  Norman Rule        MD    11     21
 26.  Thomas Idzikowski  MI    11     20
 27.  Philip Shea        VA    09     20
 28.  Michael Richey     VA    06     20
 29.  Peter Eirich       MD    10     18
 30.  Tom DeMarco        NJ    10     18
 31.  Kathy Kilroy       PA    09     18
 32.  Jonathan Izer      MD    08     18
 33.  Tom McCorry        VA    04     18
 34.  Lee Mewshaw        MD    11     16
 35.  Arthur Wines       PA    07     16
 36.  Mike Backstrom     MN    06     16
 37.  Jim Fishkin        FL    05     16
 38.  Mark McCandless    LA    10     12
 39.  Tom Stokes         NJ    08     12
 40.  Anne Norton        NJ    08     12
 41.  Eyal Mozes         NY    08     12
 42.  Jeff Meyer         MA    06     12
 43.  Jean Francis Gagne qc    05     12
 44.  Arthur Field       SC    04     12
 45.  Tamara Houde       VA    04     12
 46.  Mark Geary         OH    11     10
 47.  Haim Hochboim      is    11      9
 48.  James Freeman      VA    09      9
 49.  Bill Zurn          CA    08      9
 50.  Cathy Kratz        ID    04      9
 51.  Amy Rule           MD    07      8
 52.  Gordon Rodgers     PA    06      8
 53.  Bob Heinzmann      FL    05      8
 54.  Raphael Lehrer     CA    10      6
 55.  Randy Buehler      WA    10      6
 56.  Alan Elkner        NJ    09      6
 57.  Shivendra Chopra   MD    09      6
 58.  Chris Goff         MD    08      6
 59.  Eric Haas          MD    04      6
 60.  Kathleen McCorry   NJ    04      6
 61.  Max DuBoff         NJ    11      5
 62.  Winton LeMoine     CA    07      4
 63.  Amy O'Neal         VA    06      4
 64.  Bill Duke          MD    06      4
 65.  Barb Flaxington    NJ    05      4
 66.  Marsha Hamel       NJ    05      4
 67.  Rodney Davidson    AZ    11      3
 68.  Sam Atabaki        CA    09      3
 69.  Philip Taylor      NJ    08      3
 70.  Mark Guttag        VA    04      3
 71.  Davyd Field        SC    04      3
 72.  Michael Thompson   PA    07      2
 73.  Bill Salvatore     MD    06      2
 74.  Chris Entwistle    MD    05      2

2011 Laurelists                                                Repeating Laurelists:

Lori Miskoff, NJ
2nd

Thomas Idzikowski, MI
3rd

Curt Collins II, PA
4th

Mark Geary, OH
5th

Max DuBoff, NJ
6th

Past Winners

Alan Kaiser, OH
2004

Blair Morgen, NJ
2005

Eric Monte, NY
2006

Brittany Bernard, PA
2007

John Faella, RI
2008

Kyle Greenwood, HI
2009

Anni Foasberg, NJ
2010

Patrick Monte, NY
2011
   

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.

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

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

Sceadeau D'Tela, NC
1st

Norman Rule, MD
2nd

Lee Mewshaw, MD
3rd

Haim Hochboim, Israel
4th

Virginia Colin, VA
5th

 GM      Claire Brosius [3rd Year]   NA 
    public.brosius@comcast.net   NA

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