NAME :
Steven Gruzd

AGE/AREA :
29 from Johannesburg, South Africa

OCCUPATION :
Policy Researcher

ACHIEVEMENTS :

• 6th at the 1995 World Championships
• SA National Scrabble Champion 1992, 1994
• Represented South Africa at every WSC since 1993
• Highest placed South African in all WSCs he has played in

COMMENTS :
Current national chairperson of SANSPA, the South African National Scrabble Players' Association.

The new project he is most proud of is the School Scrabble Programme - the 2001 event had 112 players participate from 18 schools .

He once played the word EMBOXiNG/MARC as a triple-triple for 301 points, in a competition game where he was trailing by 100.

Steve's hobbies include scuba diving, squash and debating.