Howard Warner

Age 50
Occupation Editor/lecturer
NZ Rating Nov 2008 2054
Previous TT Performance Year Place
1996 19
1998 5
2000 7
2002 1
2004 12
2006 4
Best Scrabble Performances
1990-2006
18th World Scrabble Champs 2005
1st NZ Masters 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008
1st NZ Nationals 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006
Memorable Scrabble Moments Beating Joel Wapnick, defending World Champ, at the top table in the 2001 Las Vegas WSC, after he had won 11 straight games.

In my first tournament win in Hastings 1998, scoring 702 against David Lloyd for a NZ record combined score of 1078 and averaging 497 over 13 games.