National Scrabble Champiionship Final 2012

2012 National Championship

Description: http://www.centrestar.co.uk/images/ccc2.jpg About the Event

The finals of the 2012 National Championship will be held on Sunday, November 4 at the Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London, W1G 9DT.

Players competed in six regional events throughout the country to qualify for a semi-final event, which was held in Birmingham on 15/16 September. Paul Gallen, 26, from Belfast and Wale Fasina,43 from Liverpool (the 2005 Champion) emerged as the top two players at that event, and they go forward to play for the title of National Scrabble Champion 2012.

We would love you to attend the Final and view our Theatre presentation of the games. Doors open at 10:00 A.M. and entry is free. The players play in a separate room, with their moves being placed on a large board in the Theatre as they are played. 2000 Champion – Brett Smitheram will be on hand to explain and comment on the moves to the audience as they occur (see Brett’s hints on how to improve your game at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19330297. Audience members are free to make their own comments and ask any questions they like, as the action unfolds. Refreshments are available for purchase throughout the event.

If you are unable to attend the event you may still view it live by searching for National Scrabble Championships on ustream.tv or follow each game move by move by clicking on the links below.

To find out more about competitive Scrabble in the U.K., please visit the ABSP website.

If you have any further queries about the event please contact the Organiser, Philip Nelkon on 01628 500283, philip.nelkon@mattel.com. Press should contact the Press Officer on 01628 500021.

Tournament Results

Paul Gallen

Wale Fashina

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· Final Game 5

Schedule

PRESENTATION THEATRE
10:30 A.M.	Game 1 – NSC
11:30 A.M.	Game 2 – NSC
12:30 P.M.	Lunch Break
1:30 P.M.	Game 3 – NSC
2:30 P.M.	Game 4* – NSC
3:30 P.M.	Game 5* – NSC
4:30 P.M.	Prize presentation*

* NSC Games 4 and 5 will be played only if necessary: the final is the best of five games. The presentation will take place once the tournament has been completed.

Past Champions

Year	Champion	Year	Champion	Year	Champion
1971	Stephen Haskell	1984	Mike Willis	1998	Mark Nyman
1972	Olive Behan	1985	Esther Byers	1999	Evan Simpson
1973	Anne Bradford	1986	Viraf Mehta	2000	Brett Smitheram
1974	Richard Sharp	1987	Nigel Ingham	2001	Mark Nyman (2nd title)
1975	Olive Behan (2nd title)	1988	Margaret Rogers	2002	Mark Nyman (3rd title)
1976	Alan Richter	1989	Russell Byers (2nd title)	2003	Harshan Lamabadusuriya
1977	Mike Goldman	1990	Philip Nelkon (3rd title)	2004	Mark Nyman (4th title)
1978	Philip Nelkon	1991	Phil Appleby	2005	Wale Fashina
1979	Christine Jones	1992	Philip Nelkon (4th title)	2006	Jake Jacobs
1980	Joyce Cansfield	1993	Allan Saldanha	2007	Paul Allan
1981	Philip Nelkon (2nd title)	1994	Mike Willis (2nd title)	2008	Allan Simmons
1982	Russell Byers	1995	(not contested)	2009	Craig Beevers
1983	Colin Gumbrel	1996	Andrew Fisher	2010	Mikki Nicholson
		1997	Andrew Cook	2011	Wayne Kelly

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