NSC 2004 Photos

2004 National Scrabble Championship - Grand Final

Cavendish Conference Centre, London - Sunday 28th November 2004
Mark Nyman vs. Andrew Cook

The Audience

Ready to go

Commentary from the players

Father and son practise during lunch

Live Internet commentary by annotators Ross Mackenzie, Mauro Pratesi and webmasters Stewart Holden and John Chew

TV monitors displayed the annotators' comments to the experts on the stage, who then placed the moves onto large display boards for the packed audience

Brett Smitheram, 2000 National Scrabble Champion, takes on six players at once in a simultaneous Scrabble demonstration

Allan Simmons providing expert commentary

Word judge Chris Hawkins

Winner Mark Nyman displays his mascot - a photo of his one week old son, Max

Both Finalists pose for photos

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