World champion Jighere, 7 others qualify for World Scrabble Championship

Wellington Jighere, the world scrabble champion,
heads the eight-man list of players who have
qualified for the 2017 World English Scrabble
Players’ Association Championship (WESPAC),
an official said on Wednesday.
Tony Ikolo, the Senior National Team Coach of
the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), disclosed
this on Wednesday.
Ikolo said the team was now on a five-day
voluntary open camp in Port Harcourt in
preparation for the competition slated to hold in
Kenya from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12.
“We are on a five-day voluntary open camp to
help us begin in earnest preparations towards
defending our world scrabble crown,’’ he said.
The coach disclosed also that the federation had
also given invitation to other players in the
country to come and train with the team.
The 2017 WESPAC is the second edition, after a
hugely successful debut in Perth 2015.
The Full List of Qualifiers:
Ratings Name
Points
1. 1 Wellington Jighere –
Defending Champion – 1763
2. 2 Moses Peter
– 1746
3. 3 Dennis Ikekeregor
– 1734
4. 4 Eta Karo
– 1732
5. 5 Nsikak Etim
– 1718
6. 6 Olatunde Oduwole
– 1712
7. 7 Quickpen Ben
– 1639
8. 8 Olaiya Kabir
– 1609