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2005 World SCRABBLE® Championship

Congratulations to Canada's Adam Logan, the new world Scrabble® champion!

WSC 2005 Logo Final results for our clubmates:
Tim Adamson (14-10, +166, rank #25)
Lisa Odom (13-11, +272, rank #38)
Jim Kramer (11-13, +318, rank #61)
Jim Kramer Lisa Odom Tim Adamson

Kramer, Odom and Adamson Selected for U.S. Team

(July 15, 2005) Club 42 players Jim Kramer, Lisa Odom, and Tim Adamson have been selected to represent the United States at the 2005 World SCRABBLE® Championships (WSC).  The tournament will be held November 16-20 in London, England and is expected to include 104 players from 41 countries.  Kramer, Odom, and Adamson make up twenty percent of the 15-player U.S. team, and their selection makes Club 42 the only NSA club in the country to boast more than two players on the team.  In fact, only four other states claim more than one player: California, Maryland, New York, and Wisconsin. 

Jim Kramer will be making his third WSC appearance.  He finished 81st in 1997 (Washington, D.C.), third in 2001 (Las Vegas, Nevada), and fifth at the most recent WSC, in 2003 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).  His fifth-place finish in 2003 was the best of any U.S. player at the tournament.

Lisa Odom is the only female member of this year's U.S. team at the WSC, and it is her third WSC selection.  She finished 15th in 1993 (New York City) and 23rd in 1999 (Melbourne, Australia).  At the most recent National SCRABBLE® Championship (the North American championship) in 2004, she finished 21st overall: the highest-placing Minnesotan and the highest-placing woman in the field.

Tim Adamson is currenly the highest-rated player in Minnesota, but he had to secure his spot on the team with a top-three finish in the July 1-3, 2005 World SCRABBLE® Championship Qualifying Tournament in Bedford, Texas.  He finished second in the tournament and will be making his second WSC appearance.  He finished 10th at the 2003 tournament in Malaysia (he and Kramer were the two highest-placing Americans in the tournament).

Unofficially as of July 15, 2005, the fifteen-player United States roster is: 

     PLAYER            AGE, OCCUPATION, STATE
     Tim Adamson        51, Masonry Contractor, Minnesota
     Peter Armstrong    32, GIS Data Manager, Maryland
     Jim Geary          38, Professional Poker Player, Arizona
     Matt Graham        39, Unemployed, New York
     Randy Hersom       46, Computer Programmer, North Carolina
     Mark Kenas         52, Antiques Dealer, Wisconsin
     James Kramer       47, Proofreader, Minnesota
     Jerry Lerman       55, Risk Management Consultant, California
     Joey Mallick       25, Clerk, Maine
     Lisa Odom          46, Quality Assurance Analyst, Minnesota
     Sammy Okosagah     39, Food Service Industry, Maryland
     John O'Laughlin    25, Student, Wisconsin
     Joel Sherman       43, Scrabble Player, New York
     Dave Wiegand       30, Mortgage Underwriter, Oregon
     Steve Polatnick    60, Attorney, Florida

For more information see the National SCRABBLE® Association's NSC 2005 Page.

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