Full house as team Nigeria travel for 13th edition of Africa Scrabble Championship
Team Nigeria will be jetting out to Kenya for the thirteenth edition of the Africa Scrabble Championship by 1300hrs later today from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.
Leading the delegation is the Jagaban himself Engr. Chief Olobatoke Aka.
The team is made up of
1. Wellington Jighere (World Champion 2015) currently ranked no. 8 in the world.
2. Eta Karo currently ranked no. 9 in the world.
3. Moses Peter currently ranked no. 14 in the world
4. Dennis Ikekeregor currently ranked no. 22 in the world
5. Olatunde Oduwole currently ranked no. 42 in the world
6. Nsikan Etim currently ranked no. 50 in the world.
7. Curtis John no. 102
8. Raymond Gbaraba no. 123
9. Oyebola Alli no. 143
10. Osikhena Ojior no. 188
11. Oyeleke Oluwaseun no. 299
Eta Karo, Moses Peter, Olatunde Oduwole and Nsikan Etim will later join Ayorinde Saidu currently ranked 13 in the world in Malaysia for the Alchemist Cup (of nations) after the ASC(5th – 9th December 2018).
The 13th ASC is slated to commence on the 29th November – 2nd December 2018. It is taking place in Kirinyaga County(Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kutus and its largest town is Wanguru.) an hour or two out of Nairobi, Kenya.
Nigeria has continued to dominate Africa since the championship started in Kenya in 1994.
The Republic of Kenya has hosted the tournament three times in the past. This will make it the fourth time Kenya will be hosting.
Past Winners
1st Kenya 1994 Ifeanyi Onyeonwu NGR (Tourney was known as the Pan-African Scrabble Championship)
2nd Nigeria 1996 Femi Awowade NGR
3rd South Africa 1998 Jimoh Saheed NGR
4th Ghana 2000 Moshood Sanni NGR (Tourney became known as Africa Scrabble Championship)
5th Kenya 2002 Trevor Hovelmeier SA
6th Tanzania 2004 Dennis Ikekeregor NGR
7th Nigeria 2006 Dennis Ikekeregor NGR (Became the first person to win ASC twice and successfully defend the title)
8th Kenya 2008 Jighere Wellington NGR
9th Ghana 2010 Jighere Wellington NGR
10th Zambia 2012 Ogbakpa Rex NGR
11th South Africa 2014 Nsikak Etin NGR
12th Ghana 2016 Saidu Ayorinde NGR
13th Kenya 2018?
Will lightning strike a third time for Dennis Obeyoma Ikekeregor or Wellington Jighere or will it be a double for Etim Solomon? Will Eta Paul a former national champion clinch it or will Moses Peter the current National Champion (2nd time) and 2017 World English Scrabble Players Association Championship first runner-up add it to his title, or will Olatunde Oduwole a former National Champion (2016) make Nigeria proud?
Sunday the 2nd of December will show and tell.
