This is the roll of honour of major event winners since 1987.
The National Scrabble Championships is organised by Mattel, the Scrabble trademark owners, and has had a variety of formats over its years of existence. More recently the event has been a joint effort between Mattel and the ABSP.
The British Matchplay Scrabble Championships (BMSC) is the flagship event of the ABSP. Consisting of 17 games played over the August Bank Holiday weekend, it was held in Nottingham until 2001, moved to Birmingham until 2004 but has more recently found a home at Yarnfield Conference Centre in Staffordshire.
The ABSP Masters is an elite invitational event for the 16 best players in the UK. It is a 'round robin' event (i.e. everyone plays everyone else once) held in 2004 at La Manoir Aux Quat Saisons restaurant in Oxfordshire.
National Champion BMSC ABSP Masters
1987 Allan Simmons
1988 Allan Simmons
1989 Russell Byers Gareth Williams
1990 Philip Nelkon Phil Appleby
1991 Phil Appleby Allan Simmons
1992 Philip Nelkon Mark Nyman Di Dennis
1993 Allan Saldanha Andrew Fisher Phil Appleby
1994 Mike Willis Russell Byers Allan Simmons
1995 - Allan Saldanha Mark Nyman
1996 Andrew Fisher Mark Nyman Gareth Williams
1997 Andrew Cook Andrew Davis Mark Nyman
1998 Mark Nyman Helen Gipson Andrew Fisher
1999 Evan Simpson Andrew Perry Andrew Davis
2000 Brett Smitheram David Acton Mark Nyman
2001 Mark Nyman Andrew Cook Andrew Davis
2002 Mark Nyman Mark Nyman Andrew Davis
2003 Harshan Lamabadusuriya Brett Smitheram Mark Nyman
2004 Mark Nyman Brett Smitheram Mark Nyman
Other Major Events
The four weekend tournaments below are held in March, April, July and December respectively. They are considered to be the 'Majors' of Scrabble and were officially ABSP tournaments until 2002. Now independent events run by the same organisers, they are still considered to be 'the big four' after the BMSC and National Championships.
Durham Easter Matchplay Summer Matchplay Winter Matchplay
1988 Mark Nyman
1989 Barrie Knox Darryl Francis
1990 Pete Finley Mark Nyman
1991 Simon Gillam Mark Nyman Mark Nyman
1992 Andrew Fisher Gareth Williams Mark Nyman
1993 Mark Nyman John Grayson Andrew Fisher Evan Simpson
1994 Helen Grayson Mark Nyman Clive Spate Mark Nyman
1995 Mike Willis Terry Kirk Russell Byers Andrew Cook
1996 Clive Spate Andrew Fisher Martin Fowkes Joyce Cansfield
1997 Clive Spate Terry Kirk David Acton Bob Violett
1998 Peter Preston Phil Appleby Karl Khoshnaw Jackie McLeod
1999 Rob Dowse Andrew Perry Joyce Cansfield Andrew Perry
2000 Mike Willis Allan Simmons Paul Allan Andrew Cook
2001 Paul Allan Gareth Williams Paul Allan Andrew Cook
2002 David Acton Andrew Fisher Robert Richland Shanker Menon
2003 Allan Simmons Femi Awowade Martin Thompson Pete Finley
2004 Adam Philpotts Phil Appleby Lewis Mackay Pete Finley
2005 Adam Logan Ed Martin
For details of all of these tournaments and others, have a look at the Calendar.
