3rd Malta International Scrabble Open(MISO)

 

The 3rd Malta International Scrabble Open (MISO), organized by the Malta Scrabble Club and sponsored by Intercomp (Dell Computers), Vascas Jewellers, Scotts Supermarket, ProPrint, Alliance Cruises, Tilefish and Seiko UK ltd., will be played from the 14th to the 16th May at the Suncrest Hotel in Qawra. It will be attracting no fewer than one hundred participants, sixty of them hailing from a total of fourteen foreign nations. Among the latter feature some very illustrious names, notably former world champion Nigel Richards, from New Zealand, arguably the world’s strongest Scrabble player, and top British players, the Englishman Craig Beevers and the Scot Helen Gipson.

The participants in the 3rd MISO will be gearing up for the tournament during the 2nd European Scrabble Open Championship which the World English Scrabble Players’ Association (WESPA), sponsored by Tilefish, Seiko UK ltd., Intercomp (Dell Computers), Vascas Jewellers, Scotts Supermarket, ProPrint, Alliance Cruises, will be staging in Malta between the 8th and 11th of May at the Victoria Hotel in Sliema.

To follow this two-act feast of competitive Scrabble live online, please log on to:
2nd WESPA European Scrabble Open Championship, 8-11 May (www.centrestar.co.uk)
3rd Malta International Scrabble Open, 14-16 May (http://www.poslfit.com/malta/2010/build/index.html)

 

 

2010 Tetley National League - Brousson makes it five in a row

 

Theresa Brousson recently completed an effortless victory of her fifth consecutive national title after dropping only three of the forty-two games played in the course of the 2010 Tetley Teas National Scrabble League. A resurgent Jojo Delia narrowly beat former national champion David Delicata to the finishing line for second place. In 2nd Division, Frans Farrugia managed to ward off the challenge of Josephine Mayo, who took the runner-up spot, while Anna Borg placed third. In 3rd Division, Mary-Rose Caruana was crowned champion, with Carmen Stafrace and Marlene Calleja finishing in second and third place respectively.

 

 

 

Malta Scrabble Club officially recognized as a sports organization

 

The club has been admitted into the ranks of local sports organizations by the Kunsill Malti għall-iSport, the government entity responsible for sport. This will allow the club to seek assistance from the Government in order to be able to further promote the sport of Scrabble in Malta.