www.nairaland.com/attachments/3744565_bnoa8530516sch20160516153934_jpeg6cc91ca3b310851f0f5a9f7e8bf7d745 Wellington Jighere with his trophy after winning the world championship.PHOTO: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

32 year old Nigerian, Wellington Jighere, became the World English-language Scrabble Player’s Association champion in Australia on Sunday, 8th of November. He defeated Brit Lewis Mackay in four straight rounds out of seven in the finals of a four-day competition. The win made him the first African to win the scrabble championship and he will be returning home with $10,000. The Nigerian team was also one of the best of the tournament as four of its five players made it into the tournament’s top 50 list. Here are five things we learned about Jighere.
1. He’s not a newbie to the game
Wellington Jighere placed third and eleventh in the 2007 and 2009 championships, respectively.
2. He’s focused
He has been unemployed for the past four months, to have more time to prepare for the championship.
3. And committed like you wouldn’t believe
He played 32 rounds of matches within a period of 4 days, winning all. He won despite suffering from jet lag aided by a 20-hour trip from Nigeria to Australia.
4. He’s an underdog
Wellington was an underdog before the resumption of the championship. He is not even in the top ten of the current best scrabble players. Number one on the list is New Zealander, Nigel Richards.
5. He’s humble
Wellington Jighere’s greatest strength is “humility”, according to Nigeria’s Scrabble Federation President Suleiman Gora. Wellington seemed to confirm these when he remarked after winning “Nigel is still the master, it just happens that today is my day.”

http://venturesafrica.com/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-wellington-jighere-africas-first-english-scrabble-winner/

Summary of the whole epistle is "Five letter words is key to winning a game of scrabble."

hmmmm..

Will learn Scrabble, when Spelling can buy fuel at the gas station...

I love this game.


I remember the almost orgasmic feel of playing premiums back to back like olamide said.

The look on your face when for a last play your opponent tosses Q and Z back in the bag.

See him teeth smh ,

Who Scrabble epp

Nice...that guy's smile though

Kudos to Mr Wellington.
Scrabble, just like Chess is a game for ONLY the Smartest.

I love scrabble a lot. its entertaining and also a great way to learn new words. kudos to him.

princeofpeace22:
See him teeth smh ,

Who Scrabble epp

SMH for you. If not for scrabble you wouldn't be reading about this world celebrity from your own homeland, who I guess is already super made for life through his winnings and achievements. De there de dull yourself.

LongJohnS:

SMH for you. If not for scrabble you wouldn't be reading about this world celebrity from your own homeland, who I guess is already super made for life through his winnings and achievements. De there de dull yourself.

ekpa

princeofpeace22:
ekpa

Lol
Same to you my brother.

LongJohnS:

Lol
Same to you my brother.

orue

princeofpeace22:
orue

Oniovo mavor??

LongJohnS:

Oniovo mavor??

hehehe wado

Men why is this Op giving us an old stale news and post here..all these mods on NL ar so lazy and inefficient....truth must be told I dnt care u can ban me forever..uhmmm ... became the World English-language Scrabble Player’s Association champion in Australia on Sunday, 8th of November

princeofpeace22:
ekpa

Warri no dey carry last

Dem suppose do urhobo scramble for those 2guys above.

skarlett:





Warri no dey carry last

Na so

armadeo:
Dem suppose do urhobo scramble for those 2guys above.

seconded

Na so!

Awesome

Stale news. . . Oh nah lala thread, make i sharperly book seat for front page.

OK