Ojih, Archibong win African youth titles as Nigeria dominates scrabble championship

David Ojih and Prestige Archibong of Nigeria, at the weekend, won the U-19 and U-15 categories respectively of the Winifred Awosika African Youth Scrabble Championship (AYSC), which featured players from Kenya, Liberia, Ghana, Uganda and host, Nigeria.

David won the U-19 championship after four-days’ of 24 rounds of intensive mind game, which he won 19 and lost five games with a cumulative score spread of plus 2022.

Joy Ola came second with 28 wins and a cumulative score of plus 1097 ahead of Lateef Musa, who recorded 17 victories and cumulative points of plus 1012.

The top honour for the PANASA Winifred Awosika Foundation’s AYSC U-15 category went to another Nigerian, Prestige Archibong, who won 16 games with a cumulative score spread of plus 2614.

Quodos Aliu came second with 13 wins and a cumulative score spread of plus 1358, while Cinton Imode came third in the competition that featured 88 players from five countries.

The winners shared from the $9, 000 prize money and other spot gifts like laptop, tablets and smart phones.

Nigeria’s Godwin Victor was also the king of the PANASA President’s Cup, dethroning former world champion, Wellington Jighere, by 3-2, with a cumulative points of plus 101 in the final decided at the Orchid Hotel Ikota-Lekki, Lagos.

To reach the final, Victor stopped Adeyemi Adeosun in the semifinal 3-0 with 236 cumulative points, while Wellington Jighere did the same to John Aiyedun with a higher margin of 512 cumulative points.

Victor got $5,000 and the Gbenga Ojofeitimi trophy for his effort at the President’s Cup, which featured players from Botswana, Cameroun, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Uganda, United States of America and host Nigeria.

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