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Fun fund-raising SCRABBLE event in aid of L-Istrina Campaign 2011

The Malta Scrabble Club, along with other Sports Clubs affiliated to Kunsill Malti ghall-iSport, has been invited to participate in a fund-raising event for this year's l-Istrina Campaign in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund.     The event will take place on Saturday 12th November at the Ta' Xbiex Aquatic Club, along the Ta' Xbiex Coast Road in Ta' Xbiex.     Each participant will...

Theresa Brousson wins English Open

The local Scrabble community is rejoicing at the news that the Malta’s top competitive Scrabble player, Theresa Brousson, has won this year’s English Scrabble Open, one of the toughest and most prestigious events on the British Scrabble calendar.  Brousson managed the feat against a daunting field of players, which included the former World champion Nigel Richards, considered by many to be the most brilliant Scrabble player...

Helen Gipson is Malta Open champion

  Helen Gipson, the UK’s strongest female Scrabble player, has claimed victory in the 4 th Malta International Scrabble Open , held between the 13 th and 15 th of May 2011. Playing in a tough open division, the Scot managed to get the better of Evan Cohen, of Israel, who had been leading for much of the tournament but who was beaten twice in the last two rounds by Gipson and therefore had to settle for second. In third place was...

Theresa Brousson wins European Open

In the first act of this year's scintillating spectacle of competitive Scrabble in Malta, the star was the Malta champion Theresa Brousson who won the 32-round  3rd European Open Scrabble Championship  with 25 wins, ahead of the Nigerian Chinedu Okwelogu, with 23 wins, and Mikki Nicholson from England, with 21 wins.  Jayne Mckenzie, from England, was the best Class B player of the tournament, placing ninth, while Eileen...

Tetley National Scrabble League 2011

After three months of intense competition, the 27 th  edition of the National Scrabble League, sponsored by Tetley Teas and organised by the Malta Scrabble Club, is now entering its final and most crucial phase.   In Division I, Theresa Brousson is set to claim a record sixth title in a row, thus emulating the five consecutive titles won by David Delicata, who after looking able to challenge Brousson for the title is now...

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.