Canadian Scrabble Championship

Canadian Scrabble Championship

The Canadian Scrabble Championship is the Canadian national Scrabble competition in the English language, held by invitation-only to the top 50 Canadian players.

History

In 1975 the Toronto Scrabble Club was registered and is now the oldest and largest club in North America. In 1996, Hasbro Canada recognized that Canadian players, who had already won the top American and World titles, needed an opportunity to test their mettle against each other. Hasbro asked Mike Wise, a founding member of the Toronto Scrabble Club, to organize and direct the first Canadian Championship.

The first CNSC was won by Adam Logan, then a 21-year-old mathematician and reigning American Champion, who defeated English literature specialist Peter Morris, 1991 World Champion, in the finals to become the first Canadian Champion.

The second CNSC was held in 1998 directed by John Chew. Joel Wapnick, a music professor at McGill and 1983 American Champion, defeated Albert Hahn, a truck driver from Calgary, in the finals. Wapnick went on to become World Champion in 1999, and is one of only two players (along with Adam Logan) to have won all three titles.

The third CNSC was held in 2000, again directed by John Chew. The finals matched 32-year-old expat accountant Ron Hoekstra of Michigan against 1996 champion Adam Logan, and Hoekstra surprised many observers by easily defeating Logan.

The fourth CNSC was held in 2003, directed by John Chew. The finals saw 1995 World Champion David Boys, a programmer analyst, win confidently against student Dean Saldanha by 3-1 (scores 465-304, 336-418, 402-291, 414-344). [ [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2003/csc/build/notes/20.html CSC 2003 site] ]

The fifth CNSC was held in 2005, directed by John Chew. The finals saw maths lecturer and 2005 World Champion Adam Logan beat education coordinator Tony Leah by 3-1 (scores 475-278, 402-385, 405-407, 438-403). [ [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2005/csc/build/notes/20.html CSC 2005 site] ]

The sixth CNSC was held in 2008, directed by John Chew. The finals saw two former World Champions (and Canadian Champions) Adam Logan and David Boys play a full five-game final. Logan became the first three-time Canadian champion defeating Boys 454-308, 448-383, 337-404, 342-464, and 492-354.

Results

ee also

*World Scrabble Championship
*World Youth Scrabble Championships
*Thailand International
*National Scrabble Championship
*National School Scrabble Championship

References

External links

* [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2005/csc 2005 CSC Home Page]
* [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2008/csc 2008 CSC Home Page]


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