Roseville Man a Word Warrior

A Roseville man will be among nearly 350 people from 40 states and several foreign countries competing in the 2011 National SCRABBLE Championship (NSC), from Saturday through Wednesday in Dallas, Tex.

The Roseville resident-Jim Kramer, 52, a proofreader by trade- is the 2006 National SCRABBLE champion and has played in multiple national and world championships, according to Katie Schulz, markerting and media director for the National SCRABBLE Association. “Jim has been playing tournament SCRABBLE since 1983.”

The SCRABBLE competitors will play 31 matches with the players ranging in age from 12 to 81 years.  They  know thousands of more words than the average person, according to SCRABBLE officials.

To learn more about the event, you can visit www.scrabbleplayers.org.  For more information on Jim Kramer's SCRABBLE career visit http://cross-tables.com/results.php?p=1525.

Current champion Nigel Richards of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will defend his title against multiple national and world SCRABBLE champions as well as young School SCRABBLE competitors, all vying for the $10,000 first prize courtesy of game manufacturer Hasbro, according to SCRABBLE association officials. 

“There are 200 official SCRABBLE tournaments every year but the National SCRABBLE Championship is the one that everyone wants to win,” Chris Cree, co-president of the Dallas-based North American SCRABBLE Players Association (NASPA), said in a statement.

SCRABBLE experts and enthusiasts can follow the live online coverage at www.scrabbleplayers.org. SCRABBLE is a trademark of Hasbro in the United States and Canada.