Clive Spate, Date of Birth

    

Clive Spate

British game show and Scrabble expert

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1952

Profession: Scrabble player

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Clive Spate

  • Clive Spate (born 16 January 1952) is a British game show contestant.
  • He was the winner of the eighth series of Countdown and has won many other TV quizzes, including the 2003 series Grand Slam, a contest between previous quiz show champions which also featured Olav Bjortomt, Mark Labbett, Graham Nash and David Edwards, among others. Spate is also a former tournament Scrabble player.
  • He was the top rated UK player in 1991, 1994 and 1995.
  • He competed at the World Scrabble Championship in 1993, finishing ninth out of sixty-four.
  • The winner that year was Countdown Champion of Champions, Mark Nyman - the first UK Scrabble player to hold the World Championship title.Spate gradually retired from the game, although he made a brief comeback in 2003, when he was the runner-up at the British National Scrabble Championship.

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