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CNSC 2008 Player Roster: Detailed, Alphabetical
| Photo | Name | Rating | Home |
|---|---|---|---|
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/anglin_timothy_2.jpg) |
Age withheld, retired |
Record: 30th (1996), 31st (1998), 29th (2000), 20th (2003), 21st (2005) |
Home: Toronto, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: Atlantic City, Buffalo, Bozeman, Alaska Cruise, Mississauga, Daytona Hobbies: flyfishing |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/berofsky_evan.jpg) |
32, Freelance Writer, Logistics Analyst |
Record: 24th (2000), 3rd (2003), 5th (2005) |
Home: Thornhill, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: 4-time Toronto Club champ, 2-time Michigan Madness winner Hobbies: Trivia, sports, movies, power walking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/boys_david_2.jpg) |
44, Programmer Analyst |
Record: 5th (1996), 5th (1998), 18th (2000), 1st (2003), 6th (2005) |
Home: Dorval, QC Awards and Tournament Wins: 1995 WSC; 2003 CNSC Hobbies: Soccer, Hockey, Softball, Golf, Sitting on my butt |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/broersma_jason.jpg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
First-time competitor |
Home: Milton, ON |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/brown_ross_2.jpg) |
46, software designer, Windows/Mac/Unix desktop operating systems integrator |
First-time competitor |
Home: Kanata, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: BMath, winner of Canadian national high-school mathematics contests in 1970s Hobbies: soccer referee, curler, puzzler, recreational mathematician, shareware author, linguist |
![[no photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif) |
Age withheld, High School Science Teacher, Author |
First-time competitor |
Home: Grimsby, ON |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/castellano_vince.jpg) |
Age withheld, Software Engineer |
Record: 30th (2003) |
Home: Fairfax, VA, United States Awards and Tournament Wins: 1st Degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do (WTF) Hobbies: Music, Physics, Tae Kwon Do |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/cornelis_lou.jpg) |
59, Actuary |
Record: 36th (2003), 13th (2005) |
Home: Ottawa, ON |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/daniel_robin.jpg) |
46, Mom/Psychotherapist |
Record: 9th (1996), 5th (2003) |
Home: Toronto, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: Played in 1993 1995 1997 2001 WSC; played in 2002 2004 Can-Am; 2000, 2001 Toronto; 2003 Atlantic City; 2003 Boston Premier Hobbies: Fitness, Gourmet Cooking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/d/desiato_salvatore.jpg) |
45, Manager, Valuation Projects |
Record: 23rd (2003), 28th (2005) |
Home: Toronto, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001 Toronto SCRABBLE Club "B" Division Champion. Hobbies: Crosswords, mathematics, biking, soccer dad, watching baseball |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/e/edelson_mark_2.jpg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
First-time competitor |
Home: Toronto, ON |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/goatcher_shaun.jpg) |
55, Retired |
Record: 4th (1996), 11th (1998), 36th (2000), 17th (2003), 3rd (2005) |
Home: Mississauga, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: 18 tournament wins, most recently at Cambridge ON 2005-04 Hobbies: Music (guitar), antiques |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/golding_andrew_2.jpg) |
42, IT Professional |
Record: 20th (1996), 6th (1998), 37th (2000), 10th (2003), 12th (2005) |
Home: Verdun, QC Awards and Tournament Wins: Represented Canada at World Scrabble Championship 2003 Hobbies: Hypothetical eventual wine-making |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/gotlieb_bernard2.jpeg) |
49, Tutor |
Record: 19th (1996), 27th (1998), 27th (2000), 6th (2003) |
Home: Montréal, QC Awards and Tournament Wins: 1998 Michael Wise NSA Director of the Year and Cote St. Luc Volunteer Award Hobbies: Chess, some stamp and coin collecting |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/hildebrand_jeremy.jpg) |
32, Animation artist |
Record: 25th (2005) |
Home: Ottawa, ON Hobbies: Golf |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/hoekstra_ron_2.jpg) |
39, Accountant |
Record: 32nd (1998), 1st (2000), 11th (2003), 9th (2005) |
Home: Kentwood, MI, United States Awards and Tournament Wins: 2000 CNSC Hobbies: Hockey, music, languages |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/karanofsky_sary2.jpeg) |
56, School secretary |
Record: 33rd (1996), 16th (1998), 32nd (2000), 40th (2003) |
Home: Cote Saint-Luc, QC |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kaufman_zev_2.jpg) |
61, Contractor |
Record: 6th (1996), 24th (1998), 8th (2000), 9th (2003), 22nd (2005) |
Home: Toronto, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: Qualified for Canada's Team to World Championships 4 times. Toronto Club Champion 12 times. Hobbies: Talmud and Kabbalah |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kramer_evan.jpg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
First-time competitor |
Home: Vancouver, BC |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/krueger_jason_2.jpg) |
38, Investor relations / corporate finance consultant |
Record: 48th (2005) |
Home: Calgary, AB Hobbies: traveling, fishing, spending time with family |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/lancashire_michael_2.jpg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
First-time competitor |
Home: Toronto, ON |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/leah_tony.jpg) |
58, Labour Union Educator |
Record: 7th (2003), 2nd (2005) |
Home: Ajax, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: 2nd, 2005 CNSC Hobbies: labour history, music |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/logan_adam.jpg) |
32, Mathematician |
Record: 1st (1996), 4th (1998), 2nd (2000), 1st (2005) |
Home: Waterloo, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: 2005 WSC; 1993, 1998 Waltham Premier; 1996 NSC; 1996, 2005 CNSC; 2004 British Elimination ST; 2005 Durham (11-0); etc. Hobbies: Classical music, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/macaulay_george_2.jpg) |
59, Miner |
Record: 28th (1996), 14th (2000), 4th (2003), 10th (2005) |
Home: Saskatoon, SK Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-03 Vancouver BC Hobbies: Long distance running and gym |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/madden_carl_2.jpg) |
32, Restaurant Owner |
Record: 26th (2000), 35th (2003), 36th (2005) |
Home: Brantford, ON Hobbies: Baseball, Online gaming |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/withheld.gif) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
First-time competitor |
Home: Georgetown, ON |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/murray_marilyn.jpeg) |
Age withheld, occupation withheld |
Record: 29th (1998) |
Home: Richmond, BC Awards and Tournament Wins: 2004-03 Vancouver BC |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/o/ozorio_steve.jpg) |
50, Hotelier |
Record: 46th (1998), 43rd (2000), 33rd (2003), 24th (2005) |
Home: Mississauga, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: Bahrain Champion 1987/1988 Hobbies: Scrabble, chess |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/panitch_maxim_2.jpg) |
32, resarcher |
Record: 11th (2005) |
Home: Toronto, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: Ottawa (2002, 2003) Hobbies: baseball, photography, guitar |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/parsons_jeff_2.jpg) |
44, University Professor |
Record: 36th (1996), 30th (1998), 13th (2000), 19th (2003), 43rd (2005) |
Home: Logy Bay, NL Hobbies: fly fishing, squash, kayaking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/robertson_john.jpg) |
44, Private tutor, occasional writer, jack of all trades |
Record: 21st (2000), 24th (2003), 37th (2005) |
Home: Cambridge, ON Hobbies: Scrabble, Softball umpire, Trivia, Sports research |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/rowland_craig_4.jpg) |
42, Library Assistant |
Record: 12th (1996), 20th (1998), 33rd (2000), 8th (2003), 16th (2005) |
Home: Mississauga, ON Hobbies: Minority European languages, endangered languages, Romansch, Apple Records, Värttinä, Ultra Bra, Yoko Ono, Helen Shapiro |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/saldanha_dean.jpeg) |
25, Castings administrator |
Record: 2nd (2003), 7th (2005) |
Home: Richmond, BC Awards and Tournament Wins: (1st) 2005 Vancouver; (2nd) 2003 CNSC Hobbies: Hockey, soccer, tennis, basketball, music, chess, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/saldanha_dielle.jpeg) |
19, student |
First-time competitor |
Home: Richmond, BC Awards and Tournament Wins: 1st place- div 6, 2002 NSC; div 2, Portland 2005 Hobbies: field hockey, shopping, running, reading |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/schellenberg_mark_2.jpg) |
28, Shipper |
First-time competitor |
Home: Calgary, AB Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-01 Calgary, AB; 2003-01-25/26 Calgary, AB; 2003-05 Calgary, AB Hobbies: Travelling, golf, squash, board games, video games, movies. |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/silver_fran_2.jpg) |
64, Teacher |
Record: 14th (1996), 7th (1998), 22nd (2000), 13th (2003), 18th (2005) |
Home: Cote Saint-Luc, QC Awards and Tournament Wins: 2005-01 Melbourne, FL |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/stardom_john.jpg) |
31, Statistician |
First-time competitor |
Home: Ottawa, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: 2nd place, Div 4 2004 USSO, New Orleans Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, Euro strategy board games, Making fool of self |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/sykes_chris.jpeg) |
42, Computer Programmer/Analyst |
Record: 3rd (2000), 29th (2005) |
Home: Cambridge, ON Awards and Tournament Wins: 3rd Canadian Nationals 2000 Hobbies: nothing in particular |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tang_lam.jpg) |
Age withheld, Copywriter |
First-time competitor |
Home: Vancouver, BC Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-04 Moose Jaw, SK Hobbies: volleyball, snowboarding, possibly Ultimate |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/thomas_randall.jpeg) |
52, freelance tv graphics |
Record: 12th (1998), 30th (2000) |
Home: Calgary, AB Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-01, 2005-01 Calgary AB; NSA AB member since 2003; 105 tournament career includes 12 firsts, seven seconds and twelve thirds. Hobbies: moutaineering, reading, writing, films, music |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tillekeratne_siri.jpg) |
66, Consulting Engineer/College Lecturer |
Record: 23rd (1996), 25th (1998), 16th (2000), 39th (2003), 46th (2005) |
Home: Calgary, AB Awards and Tournament Wins: NSA Director of the Year 1996, Canadian Sportsmanship Award in Scrabble, 2005 Hobbies: Reading, Country Music |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tremblay_sue.jpg) |
50, Correspondence editor |
First-time competitor |
Home: Carlsbad Springs, ON Hobbies: swimming, skiing, cooking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/turney_jill.jpg) |
Age withheld, Dentist |
First-time competitor |
Home: North Vancouver, BC |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/v/vijayakumar_sinna.jpg) |
59, Electronic Manufacturing Services |
Record: 38th (2003), 30th (2005) |
Home: Mississauga, ON Hobbies: Sports and Music |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/wapnick_joel.jpg) |
61, University professor |
Record: 3rd (1996), 1st (1998), 15th (2000), 15th (2003), 4th (2005) |
Home: Montreal, QC Awards and Tournament Wins: (1st) 1983, (3rd) 1988, (2nd) 1992 (US) NSC; (2nd) 1993, (1st) 1999, (2nd) 2001 WSC; 1998 CNSC Hobbies: Piano playing, writing fiction, working out at the gym |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/williams_brian.jpeg) |
Age withheld, Insurance (Group Underwriting) |
First-time competitor |
Home: Winnipeg, MB Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-05, 2004-04 Winnipeg MB Hobbies: Music (writing/recording), table tennis, astral hitchhiking |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/williams_chris.jpg) |
38, Underachiever |
First-time competitor |
Home: Vancouver, BC Hobbies: Mathematics, reading, computer games, vegetating |
![[photo]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/wise_lynda.jpg) |
63, Life Coach/ Weight Loss Coach |
Record: 35th (1996), 37th (1998), 50th (2000), 37th (2003), 44th (2005) |
Home: Toronto, ON Hobbies: people, tennis, movies, food |
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