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• Posts in the year 2008

  Posts in May 2008

  NSF 2008 National Congress

• Posts in March 2008

  4th Ibadan Scrabble Opens 2008

  Announcing the 4th Ibadan Open Scrabble Tournament 2008.

• 4th Ibadan Scrabble Opens 2008

  Announcing the 4th Ibadan Open Scrabble Tournament 2008.

• Posts in the year 2007

  Posts in November 2007

  Nigel Richards wins WSC 2007

  Nigel Richards wins 2007 World Scrabble Championship. Jighere Wellington of Nigeria comes third.

• World Scrabble Championship Latest

  Latest results from the World Scrabble Championship 2007 taking place in India (November 9–12)

• Posts in October 2007

  Nigeria players ready for WSC 2007

  The 2007 World Scrabble Championships will be held in Mumbai, India between Friday 9 to Monday 12 November.

• Posts in August 2007

  Rating after WSC2007 qualifiers

  Ratings after 2007 World Scrabble Championship qualifiers.

• Posts in July 2007

  Karo wins Benin Opens and WSC trials invitees

  Eta Karo wins Benin Opens and qualifies for WSC trials.

• Rating After Benin Opens 2007

  Ratings after Benin Opens

• Anthony Ikolo wins Calabar Opens

  Tony Ikolo wins Calabar 2007 Opens Masters category.

• Ratings after Calabar 2007

  Ratings after Calabar 2007

• Posts in June 2007

  Moses Peter wins Ibadan Opens 2007

  Peter Moses celebrates first win in Masters division at Ibadan

• Ratings after Ibadan Opens 2007

  Ratings after Ibadan Opens 2007

• Posts in the year 2006

  Posts in November 2006

  Warri Opens - Falo ends Ikekeregors dominion

  Ibukun Faloye wins 2006 Warri (Shell) Opens tournament.

• Posts in September 2006

  Final Result ASC 2006

  Dennis Ikekeregor of Nigeria makes history as the first to win successfully defend the Africa Scrabble title. He also becomes the first ever to win the title twice..

• Results of game 23 ASC

  Karo to play Ikekeregor on Table One to determine if Ikekeregor would retain his Africa Scrabble Championship title without needing to wait for the the results of Table Two.

• Results after game 21-22 ASC 2006

  It’s round 21 and with 3 games to go, Mike Quao of
  Ghana joins the top 5 , a first in this tournament for a non-Nigerian.

• Results after games 18-20 ASC

  Results after rounds 18, 19 and 20 of the Africa Scrabble Championships Abuja 2006.

• Results after game 17

  After 17 games, Ikekeregor secures a victory over Awowade to get ahead of the 1996 champion.

• Game 16 ASC 2006

  Ranking after 16 games the last game of day 2 at the Africa Scrabble Championship..

• Games 15 ASC results and summary

  After 15 games day 2 of the Africa Scrabble Championship Abuja 2006, Femi Awowade still on top.

• Games 12-14 ASC results and summary

  After 14 games day 2 of the Africa Scrabble Championship Abuja 2006, Femi Awowade regains top spot again.

• Day 2 ASC 2006 results and ranking

  Results and ranking after games 9, 10 and 11 (day 2) of the 7th Africa Scrabble Championship 2006 Abuja 2006

• Results after game 8

  Results and ranking after game 8 at the 7th Africa Scrabble Championship 2006 Abuja 2006

• Results after game 7

  Results and ranking after game 7 at the 7th Africa Scrabble Championship 2006 Abuja 2006

• Results after game 6

  Ranking after game 6 at the 7th Africa Scrabble Championship 2006 , ABUJA 2006

• ASC 2006 results after four games

  Results and summary of the fourth round of the ASC Abuja 2006.

• ASC 2006 third round results

  Results and summary of the third round of the ASC Abuja 2006.

• Result second round

  Results and summary of the second round of the ASC Abuja 2006.

• First Round Results

  Results of the first round of games just rolled in. Defending champion starts on a winning note with 456 points to 352 points of Chris Mensah of Ghana

• ASC 2006 gets underway

  The first round of games of the Africa Scrabble Championship 2006 started a few moments ago.

• Mensah Mantey

  Profile: Mensah Mantey (Ghana)

• Patrick Litunya

  Profile: Patrick Litunya (Kenya)

• Wenwa Akinyi Odinga

  Profile: Wenwa Akinyi Odinga (Kenya)

• Tmens Charles

  Profile: Tmens Charles (Ghana)

• Chrys Placca

  Profile: Chrys Placca (Ghana)

• Victor Amartey

  Profile: Victor Amartey (Ghana)

• Wenya Munkonge

  Profile: Wenya Munkonge (Zambia)

• Micheal Akonor

  Profile: Micheal Akonor (Ghana)

• Mushtak Esmail

  Profile: Mushtak Esmail (Tanzania)

• Saheed Omotayo

  Profile: Saheed Omotayo (Nigeria)

• Temituoyo Mayuku

  Profile: Temituoyo Mayuku (Nigeria)

• Onota Oteheri

  Profile: Onota Oteheri (Nigeria)

• Timi Olaitan

  Profile: Timi Olaitan (Nigeria)

• Patricia Okoye

  Profile: Patricia Okoye (Nigeria)

• Oshodi Sunday Shobunmi

  Profile: Oshodi Sunday Shobunmi (Nigeria)

• Micheal Quao

  Profile: Micheal Quao (Ghana)

• Shemouna Sulemana

  Profile: Shemouna Sulemana (Ghana)

• Ibukun Faloye

  Profile: Ibukun Faloye (Nigeria)

• Kojo Acheampong

  Profile: Kojo Acheampong (Ghana)

• Segun Durojaye

  Profile: Segun Durojaye (Nigeria)

• Benneth Kpentey

  Profile: Benneth Kpentey (Ghana)

• Christian Isaac Mensah

  Profile: Christian Isaac Mensah (Ghana)

• Aquaisua Aquaisua

  Profile: Aquaisua Aquaisua (Nigeria)

• Samson Asare

  Profile: Samson Asare(Ghana)

• Sam Kantimathi

  Sam Kantimathi is the owner of SamTimer.com online retailers of the famous SamTimer digital clocks, (for scrabble, chess and other timed board games)

• Play Format ASC Abuja 2006

  Play Format to be adopted in the Abuja 2006 Africa Scrabble Championship.

• ASC 2006 Team Cameroon

  Cameroon’s representatives to the Africa Scrabble Championship (Abuja 2006).

• ASC 2006 Team Gambia

  The Gambia’s representatives to the Africa Scrabble Championship (Abuja 2006).

• ASC 2006 Team Tanzania

  Tanzania’s representatives to the Africa Scrabble Championship (Abuja 2006).

• ASC 2006 Team KENYA

  Kenya’s representatives to the Africa Scrabble Championship (Abuja 2006).

• ASC 2006 Team GHANA

  Ghana’s representatives to the Africa Scrabble Championship (Abuja 2006).

• ASC 2006 Team NIGERIA

  Nigeria’s representatives to the Africa Scrabble Championship (Abuja 2006).

• NSF Official Tournament Rules And Regulations

  Nigeria Scrabble Federation official Tournament Rules And Regulations.

• Posts in August 2006

  Invitees for Africa Scrabble Championship 2006 Qualifiers

  List of players who have been invited to play in the qualifiers to pick Nigeria’s representatives for the upcoming Africa Scrabble Championship (Abuja 2006).

• Posts in July 2006

  Prizes ASC 2006

  Approved Prizes for the 7th Africa Scrabble Championships Abuja 2006.

• ASC 2006 program

  Program of activities for the 7th African Scrabble Champioships 2006, Abuja Nigeria.

• Dennis Ikekeregor wins Ibadan Scrabble Opens

  After a total of 12 games in the Masters event, Dennis Ikekeregor the current African Scrabble Champion, beat Segun Durojaiye his closest competitor to win Ibadan Scrabble Opens.

• Ibadan Opens 2006

  The second Ibadan Open Scrabble Championships will be held from the 21st to the 23rd of July 2006.

• Posts in March 2006

  Gateway Games Scrabble Event Timetable

  Requirements and event list and timetables for the Scrabble Event of the National Sports Festival 2006 (Gateway Games).

• Posts in February 2006

  4th Turaki Adamawa Open Scrabble Tourney

  Venue and prizes for the 4th Turaki Adamawa Open Scrabble Championships.

• Posts in the year 2005

  Posts in December 2005

  Eta Karo is 2005 National Champion

  Delta State representative Eta Karo has won the maiden edition of the National Scrabble Championship held in Abuja on 7th-10th December 2005 at the capital city of Abuja.

• Posts in November 2005

  Adam Logan wins WSC

  Adam Logan 30, of Montreal Canada playing for Canada has emerged champion of the 2005 World Scrabble Championships

• Posts in September 2005

  Nigeria Scrabble National Championship Qualification Modalities

  The Board of NSF has resolved that the long awaited return of what used to be called WAMCO National Opens should now come back in a bigger way, to be called NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

• October Upcoming Tourneys

  This is to announce that the following scrabble tournaments are scheduled to hold in the month of October 2005.

• Nigerian Scrabblers Shine in UK!

  Top Nigerian scrabble players based abroad proved their mettle at major tournaments in the UK. The BMSC Scrabble Championships was recently held at the Yarnfiled Training Centre, Stone, Staffordshire. 5 Nigerian master scrabble players were rated in the Masters category known as the A Division.

• Posts in August 2005

  Team Ghana: World Scrabble Championships

  Ghana’s team for the 6^th World Scrabble Championships

• Posts in July 2005

  Toyin Saraki School Scrabble Tournament

  The 1st edition of Toyin Saraki School Scrabble Tournament (TSSST) was held at the Stella Obasanjo Multipurpose Hall Ilorin Kwara State from July 21st to 23rd.

• WSC Qualifiers Nigeria representatives emerge

  After 18 games at the Masters WSC qualifiers in Lagos, Lukeman Owolabi emerges champion to lead Nigeria’s team to World Scrabble Championships!

• WSCQ Results after 11 games

  The National qualifiers for the World Scrabble Championships are underway in Lagos… At the end of the 11 round games played on Saturday, Owolabi was in the lead with 9 wins, followed closely by Tunde Oduwole.

• Posts in June 2005

  NSF WSC Qualifiers Invitees

  Invitees for 2005 World Scrabble Championship qualifiers 1st-3rd July 2005

• PortHarcourt 2005 Opens And Masters

  This is to formally inform every one that there will be two different Tourneys of one day for each Tournament on Saturday and Sunday June 25th and 26th, 2005.

• Posts in May 2005

  WSC Qualifiers Modalities

  The NSF Technical committee at a meeting held on Jan 25th 2005 resolved as follows

• Posts in the year 2004

  Posts in October 2004

  Nigeria Wins ASC PANASA 2004!

  A new African Scrabble champion emerged in Tanzania at the end of the games of the 6th Africa Scrabble Championships.

• Posts in September 2004

  PANASA 2004 Round 10-18

  Round 10 at PANASA 2004! Nigeria show strong presence on the top ten with 4 players.

• PANASA 2004 Rounds 1-6 Results

  After the first two games, Bennet Kpentey of Ghana led the pack with 2 wins but did not last very long at the top.

• PANASA 2004 begins!

  The 6th African Scrabble Championships has commenced in Tanzania. 24 games will be played using SOWPODS.

• Posts in June 2004

  NSF Board Members

  The new NSF board 2005.

• Posts in February 2004

  Nigeria National Scrabble Champions

  Scrabble has been played in Nigeria since the middle of the last century. The first Nigerian National tournament was played in 1986. Here is a list of all the National Champions since then, in order of their first tournament victories

• History of Scrabble in Nigeria

  Scrabble as a leisure game has been played in Nigeria as far back as pre-Nigerian independence.

• Posts in the year 2003

  Posts in June 2003

  Scrabble Word List