The Main Organizing Committee (MOC) of the maiden edition of Engineer Olobatoke Aka Jubilee National Scrabble Championship has increased the prize money and spread for the event which holds on Saturday at the Hotel de Bentley in Utako-district, Abuja.
The Chairman of the Main Organizing Committee (MOC), Chukwudi Ehibudu made this known during a meeting with the Technical Committee and the Ceremonial Committee of the one-day Championship.
Ehibudu explained that the increase in prize money and spread is aimed at motivating, as well as to encourage the over eighty five players who beat the registration deadline to give their all on the board come Saturday.
"It's a Championship that is being used to celebrate excellence, hard work, dedication and the passionate love for the game of words, which the President, Toke Aka epitomised, so increasing the total prize money by twenty five percent captures that essence of the occasion," the MOC chairman stressed.
The winner of the Masters category will now get N300,000, second player at the end of the 12 rounds of games will smile home with N210,000, and the third place finisher wins N150,000, and the Organizing Committee will also reward the top 15 players instead of top 10 in both the Masters and Intermediate categories.
The best Intermediate player in the expanded Masters category will also get the PANASA President's Cup ticket which is worth about N250,000 naira.
The best player in the Intermediate event has N180,000 naira to take home along with full sponsorship to the PANASA President's Cup in Lagos, come August, N126,000 goes to the second spot and N90,000 is reserved for the third position.
The veterans were not left out in the new arrangement, the top prize is now N150,000 naira, first runner up pockets N105,000 and the second runner up's account will be credited with N75,000 naira.
The prize spread for the Veterans is 1st to 9th top players.
We gathered that 32 players will be competing for honours in the Masters, 28 are in the Intermediate and 25 Veterans will be on board when the first round of matches will be called by 8am Saturday at Hotel de Bentley in Utako-district, Abuja.
Three former African Champions, Wellington Jighere, Dennis Ikekeregor and Nsikak Etim are among the top players in the Masters category.
Two other former NSF Green Jacket holders Dipo Akanbi and Olatunde Oduwole who is also the Champion of Champions are battle-ready for the Masters category.
The super heavyweight contingent of dynamites, landmines and grenades that will exposed at the Masters event.
Masters category:
1. Prince Omosefe
2. Jimoh Abdulmumin
3. Emmanuel Ofidi
4. Umukoro Oghomaria
5. Emmanuel Umujose
6. Ben Quicken
7. Christopher Nnamani
8. Curtis John
9. Chukwudi Ehibudu
10. Eta Karo
11. Olaribigbe Hakeem
12. Bright Idahosa
13. Anthony Ikolo
14. Dennis Ikekegor
15. Opeyemi Oloro
16. Tuoyo Mayuku
17. Friday Ogbonyomi
18. Godwin Victor
19. Samson Salau
20. Dipo Akanbi
21. Akeem Ogundokun
22. Olatunde Oduwole
23. Ebomah Peter
24. Negro Igbinadolor
25. Olumide Oyejide
26. Nsikak Etim
27. Wellington Jighere
28. Ebi Aweh
29. Adedeji Khaleel
30. Akpos Malafakumo
31. Oshevire Avwenagha
32. Onota Ojiru
Intermediate category:
1. Clarkson Ismail
2. Elizabeth Eze
3. Idorenyin Anthony
4. Faith Iyamu
5. Adowei Ebikeme
6. Lateef Salami
7. Benjamin Isa
8. Pam Nding Bitrus
9. Jonathan Mangai
10. Victor Lokoja
11. Agada Uroko Luke
12. Okafor Batholomew
13. Charles Uzamere
14. Francis Molokwu
15. Janet Iwuagwu
16. Sule Success
17. Saporu Tunde
18. Olu Chinedu
19. Kamil Soretire
20. Andrew Ocheme
21. Okerete Akpaidiok
22. Chiamaka Gabriel
23. Olayinka Ezekiel
24. Abba Godwin
25. Sanya Adebola
26. Onazi Saviour (Wildcard)
27. Sanda Jonathan
28. Mohammed Bashir
The Veterans category has in its fold, chief Engineer Toke Aka in who honour the Championship is being stage.
Veterans category:
1. Olobatoke Aka
2. Osikhena Ojior
3. Ologungbiri Clement
4. Okotie Richard
5. Tunji Ayeni
6. Chukwukelu Peter
7. Daniel Alabrah
8. Allen Egbe
9. Tony Garba
10. Hamza Madaki
11. Austin Isiekwe
12. Segun Adegbenro
13. Majemite Prince
14. Ahon Martins
15. Lanre Adigun
16. Azu Ogbogu
17. Doku Esan
18. Emmanuel Mogbolu
19. Tijani Aliyu
20. Tony Emefile
21. Udoette Ubong
22. Okim Eugene
23. Faruq Abdullahi
24. Frank Ishekwene
After the Engineer Olobatoke Aka Jubilee National Scrabble Championship, the Main Organizing Committee (MOC) led by Chukwudi Ehibudu will be hosting a pool side party for the NSF President Engineer Toke Aka, fondly called the Jagaban of African Scrabble.
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