Shangrila boy Moiz Ullah Baig claim No. 1 spot while Hammad Hadi Khan secured runner-up spot in the Junior World Scrabble Championship 2018 played at Torquay, England.
Junior World Scrabble Championship (JWSC) 2018
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Mattle and TMA International yet again are proudly presenting another edition of World Scrabble Championship (WSC) and Junior World Scrabble Championship (JWSC) with the partnership of Collins Dictionary and MindSports Academy.
This year, the World Scrabble Championship returns to the UK for what is special this time in Scrabble is its 70th birthday.
From Saturday 20th October to Monday 22nd October, the World Junior Scrabble Championships will be played which is open to players aged 21 and under, it is a 24 round event played over 3 days. And then the mega event will commence from Tuesday 23rd October to Sunday 28th October, the World Scrabble Championships which will be a 35 round event played over 4 days. There will be 2 divisions. At the end, the top 8 return to play on the final Saturday in a Quarter Final and Semi-Final with the Grand Final to complete the week on Sunday 28th.
The Director Youth Program, Pakistan Scrabble Association Mr. Tariq Pervez confirmed the participation of 17 players from Pakistan who will be competing with the other players from all over the world in this mega event.
He also said that all this success has been achieved without any government support and the team did not get any financial support from the Government. But fortunately we got the support of Shangrila Foods who have kindly agreed to sponsor the team for this event as well. To which Mr. Mohsin Ali, Brand manager of Shangrila (Pvt) Ltd assured complete support to scrabble and announced that the support will continue for future scrabble events as well.
He expressed great hopes from the players at the championship as Pakistan is considered the best youth team in the world having won five of the six age categories at last year’s championship in Nottingham, England.
Following is the list of the participating players along with their world ranking:
1. Matthew O’Connor – USA – 1801
2. Moiz Ullah Baig – Pakistan – 1741
3. Sohaib Sanaullah – Pakistan – 1550
4. Hammad Hadi Khan – Pakistan – 1544
5. Hassan Hadi Khan – Pakistan – 1480
6. Wolfram (Ying Ming) Poh – USA – 1469
7. Hasham Hadi Khan – Pakistan – 1441
8. Jason Wai Yin Tsang – Hong Kong – 1408
9. Daniyal Sanaullah – Pakistan – 1308
10. Syed Imaad Ali – Pakistan -1273
11. Mirza Taha Hassan – Pakistan – 1263
12. Sumbul Siddiqui – UK – 1133
13. Absar Mustajab – Pakistan – 1102
14. Dustin Brown – USA – 976
15. Monis Hussain Khan – Pakistan – 953
16. Muhammad Saim Waqar – Pakistan – 938
17. Basil Ali Kham – Pakistan – 871
18. Muhammad Hamza Naeem – Pakistan – 863
19. Muhammad Umar Naeem – Pakistan – 841
20. Oluwapese Alo – Nigeria – 669
21. Muhammad Misbah Ur Rehman- Pakistan – 646
22. Ernest Yat Long So – Hong Kong – 610
23. Muhammad Mazammil Bin Asim – Pakistan – 605
24. Warnasuriya Patabendige Inuri Supuni Amaya De Silva – Qatar – 578
25. Andra Diana Sandu- Romania – 499
26. Fatima Siddique – Pakistan – 474
27. Ana Delia Diac – Romania – 470
28. Zaina Inas Zarook – Qatar – 463
29. Daniel Lawal – Nigeria – 442
30. Fortune Ezennia – Nigeria – 383
31. Janindu Winuth Chintaka De Silva – Qatar – 379
32. Cristian Dimitrie Caba – Romania – 362
33. Sadeera Thevni De Silva Warnasooriya Patabendige – Qatar- 300
34. Angela Osaigbovo – Nigeria – 300
35. John Muti – Kenya
36. David Ampah Baiden – Ghana
37. Deborah Asirifi – Ghana
38. Elkanah Boadi – Ghana
39. Evans Tetteh – Ghana
40. Lydia Egyiri – Ghana
41. Samuel Obeng – Ghana
42. Wai Yan Oo – Myanmar
43. Adegboyega Odunaiya – Nigeria
44. Jasmine Lawal – Nigeria
45. Kesiena Great Akpobasah – Nigeria
46. Priscilla Akhabue – Nigeria
47. Seliat Odunaiya – Nigeria
48. Duaa Ilyas – Pakistan
49. Wisha Naeem – Pakistan
50. Krishanthan Sarvesh – Qatar
51. Krishanthan Vidyesh – Qatar
52. Reuben Moisey – UK
53. Joshua Moisey – UK
54. William Raichura – UK
All the youth players along with senior players Waseem Khatri and Tariq Pervez will play in the WSC which starts right after the JWSC and the entire Pakistan team will leave on 18th October to London.
