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Photos: WSC 2011: Before the Tournament

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Caption List

• The Inn Under the Red Hog
• Wild boar and dumplings, The Inn Under the Red Hog
• Random billboard near The Inn Under the Red Hog
• Random architecture near The Inn Under the Red Hog
• The exterior of the Warsaw Hilton
• Waiting for registration: Adam Logan (CAN) Chris Lipe (USA), Naomi Landau (ISR) and others.
• Event bag.
• Waiting for registration: Bradley Whitmarsh (USA), Adam Logan (CAN), Jim Kramer (USA), Chris Lipe (USA), Sam Rosin (USA), Mohammad Sulaiman (ARE), Geoff Thevenot (USA), Laurie Cohen (USA) and others.
• Name badges at registration
• At registration: TD Wilma Vialle, Chris Cree (USA) and his friend Elizabeth Phifer
• Waiting for registration: Nigel Richards (Wru), Chris May (AUS), Andrew Fisher (AUS), Joshua Otieno Manase (KEN) and others.
• Waiting for registration: Edward Martin (Eng), Mark Nyman (Eng), Chris Cree (USA) and others.
• At registration: Sam Rosin (USA), Chris Lipe (USA), Brian Bowman (USA), Naomi Landau (ISR), Evan Cohen (ISR) and others.
• At registration: Suzanne Dundas (NLD), Tony Leah (CAN), Gareth Williams (Wal) and others.
• Herve Bohbot (FRA)
• Blue Thorogood (NZL), posing for new head shot.
• Philip Nelkon's welcomes the players.
• Philip Nelkon's welcomes the players.
• Players being welcomed by Philip Nelkon.
• Players being welcomed by Philip Nelkon: Bradley Whitmarsh (USA), Sam Rosin (USA) and others.
• "Every Word Counts!"
• Checking tile distribution
• Players arrive in the playing room
• Team New Zealand: Craig Beevers (Eng), Blue Thorogood (NZL), Howard Warner (NZL), Lynne Butler (NZL)
• South African warmup game: Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF), Brett Smitheram (Eng) and Rodney Romany (TTO) watch, Steven Gruzd (ZAF) and Dylan Early (ZAF) play
• Opening ceremony
• Opening ceremony
• Opening ceremony
• Opening ceremony: Philip Nelkon
• Opening ceremony: Philip Nelkon
• Opening ceremony: Philip Nelkon
• Opening ceremony: Tomasz Zwolinski
• Opening ceremony emcee
• Opening ceremony: Sanjay Luthra
• Opening ceremony: Sanjay Luthra
• Opening ceremony Q&A
• Polish Scrabble Federation president Krzysztof Sporczyk being interviewed for television.
• Converting the opening ceremony theatre into playing space
• First coffee break
• Wilma Vialle lays down the law.
• Players awaiting the start of Round 1