NSF South-West closed Scrabble tournament lights up Ile-Ife

By Editor

Ile-Ife, the Yoruba’s ancestral home in Osun State, will be the venue for the first significant tournament in the year as the Nigeria Scrabble Federation’s South-West Closed Championship holds on April 3 and 4.

The regional competition is designed for players who are residents, students, or registered with clubs in the south-western states of Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Oyo.

The symbolic home of the Yoruba, famed as a base for knowledge and enlightenment, will witness its first major organised Scrabble championship in recent years.

Players will feature in Masters, Intermediate, and Open categories as organisers disclosed corresponding registration criteria with fees for intending participants on a dedicated link https://nsfsw.webmatterz.com.

Top players are expected to strive for prizes, honour, and rating points when exchanges on the board begin at the Eses Event Centre Olopomeji beside Sawmill along the old Ilesha Road.

It will be the first main rendezvous for players after the world championships, where the country reclaimed its top spot as the best playing nation in the world last November in Ghana.

NSF South-West Coordinator Engr. Dipo Akanbi has expressed his delight at the continuation of the tournament, which has been a veritable arena for players to fortify their skills and prepare for national and international competitions.

The annual South-West Closed Championship, which was revived by the immediate past coordinator Emmanuel Egbele in 2022, has been hosted in Ibadan, Abeokuta, and Akure, with Adeyemi Adeosun, Cyril Umebiye, and John Ayedun emerging as winners respectively.