International tournaments

NZ has historically done very well in international tournaments, especially considering our small population base. Our best results were in 2007, 2011 and 2013 when Nigel Richards won the Scrabble World Championship/Scrabble Champions Tournament.

Lewis Hawkins and his mother, Lynley Jenness (right) with Ronnie and Sam Bennett (Australia), in Kuala Lumpur before the World Youth Scrabble Championships, 2017.	NZ team for the Trans Tasman Challenge, November 2018 Back row: Howard Warner, Joanne Craig, Peter Sinton, Andrew Bradley, Cicely Bruce Middle row: Glenda Foster, John Foster, Lynne Butler, Patrick Carter, Lawson Sue Front row: Scott Chaput, Dylan Early