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23 March 2001

TOP BANANAS

There follows a selection of profiles for some of the finest Scrabble players in the world today.

Name Description
Joel Wapnick World Champion 1999
Amnuay P Thailand Open Champion - 4 times
Phil Appleby UK National Champion 1991
Femi Awowade Pan African Champion 1994/6
David Boys World Champion 1995
Brian Cappelletto North American Champion 1998
Gerry Carter Asia - Pacific Champion 2000
James Cherry Strong Canadian player and creator of ACBot
Paul Cleary Australian National Champion 1997, 1999, 2000
Andrew Cook UK National Champion 1997
Joe Edley North American Champion 1980, 1992 and 2000
Naween Fernando Sydney International Masters winner 2001
Andrew Fisher UK National Champion 1996
Keiichiro Hirai Japanese National Champion 1999, 2000
Ganesh Asirvatham Singapore Open winner 1999
Jim Geary US Masters Champion 1997
Steven Gruzd South African National Champion 1992, 1994
Ron Hoekstra Canadian Champion 2000
John Holgate Australian Champion - 8 times
Trevor Hovelmeier 3rd - South African Open 2001
Sam Kantimathi Well-travelled strategist and creator of the SamTimer
John Lam Malaysian National Champion 2000
Bob Lipton 4th - World Championship 1995
Adam Logan North American and Canadian Champion 1996
Philip Nelkon UK National Champion - 4 times
Mark Nyman World Champion 1993
Lisa Odom 15th - World Championship 1993
Steve Polatnick Long-term high-rated US player
Pui Cheng Wui Malaysian National Champion 1999
Nigel Richards Bertam World Masters Winner 2000
Odette Rio 3rd Singapore Open 2000
Lester Schonbrun 2nd - US National Championship 1991
Joel Sherman World Champion 1997
Brett Smitheram UK National Champion 2000
Tony Sim Singapore champion - 4 times
Allan Simmons British Matchplay Champion 1987, 1988 and 1991
Michael Tang Singapore Open Champion 1998
Rod Talbot Queensland State Champion 2000
Gareth Williams 2nd - UK National Championship 2000, 1996