WORLD ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCRABBLE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP WESPAC 2015 PERTH AUSTRALIA.November 4th -8th 2015.
 
The competition kicked off on Wednesday on the 4th of November 2015 with over 265 players from all over the world  The competition is made up of three categories:
-The WESPAC
-The Open category. 
-World Youth Championship 
Nigeria is being reprented by six of its best master players:
-Wellington Jighere
-Eta Paul Karo
-Cyril Umebiye
-Onota Otheri
-Saidu Ayorinde
-Cyril Umobiye. 
A total of 32 games were played in the last four days at 8 games per day and at the end of today Jighere Wellington of Nigeria emerged as the best player in the world having won 25 of the 32 games played.   Lewis MacKay of United Kingdom emerged 2nd.   With this scenario Jighere of Nigeria will be playing a 7 game decider to determine the next Scrabble World Champion.
WELLINGTON JIGHERE SHORT PROFILE
:*Born in Benin City Edo State of Nigeria.*Graduated with honour in Crop Science from University of Benin and just recently concluded his NYSC.
*Gold Medalist-National Sports Festival Scrabble Sports.
*3rd Mumbai World Championship. Mumbai India
*Two Times African Scrabble Championship organized by PANASSA (Back to back Kenya 2008&Ghana 2010)
*winner Godswill Akpabio International Classics 2009
*2nd place winner World Championship
*1st place winner Kwete National Scrabble Championship Adamawa State
*1st place Lagos International Classics 2014
*1st place winner Nigeria-Ghana Friendly 2014
.*programmed Athlete Delta State Sports Council.
*Masterly Rated Player by WESPA*Masterly Rated Player Nigeria Scrabble Federation. *Member Club 911 Scrabble Club Warri Delta State.
We look forward to have the 1st World Scrabble Championship come tomorrow.
Fashola S Kayode
Players' Representative Nigeria Scrabble Federation Board.

Congratulations Wellington. The new king of Scrabble in the world. Proudly Nigerian





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WORLD ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCRABBLE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP WESPAC 2015 PERTH AUSTRALIA.November 4th -8th 2015

Nice one. Keep the flag flying.

I am so happy to hear that a Nigeria guy won the World Scrabble Championship, at lest the world will know that we have value and we can also do more than them. With time we shall start to show them the stuff we are made of. Congrat my MAN, "Jighere Wellington".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tHQYJ0pQmU

[size=15pt]Nigerian Wellington Jighere win the English language World Scrabble Championship.[/size]