100 scrabble players converge on Edo for NSPC Season 5 Championships

Scrabble

By Dorcas Jonah
Abuja, April 24, 2018 (NAN) No fewer than 100 players from across the country will converge on Edo for the Nigeria Scrabble Players Championships (NSPC) Season 5 Championships sponsored by Nigeria Scrabble Friends.

The competition, which will hold from April 27 to April 28 at Vichi Gates Hotel and Suites in Benin, is being co-sponsored by the Edo State Scrabble Association.

The National Scrabble Senior team Coach, Anthony Ikolo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that the championships would come in three categories — Masters, Intermediate and Opens.

He said that prize pool would be a minimum of N1 million and that registration for the competition was Masters N6,000, Intermediate N5,000 and N4,000 for the Open category.

He added that registration would end on Thursday. (NAN)
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(Editing by Peter Ejiofor)