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Helen Gipson is the 5th European Open Scrabble Champion

The Scottish queen of words, Helen Gipson, has added yet another crown to her quite impressive tally of competitive titles and honours. Over four days of arduous competition at the Pergola Hotel in Melllieha, Malta, it was Gipson who crossed the finishing line ahead of the rest of the field when she won the 5th European Open Scrabble Championship with 24 wins out of 32 games, beating David Eldar of Australia who finished the tournament with a...

Mikki Nicholson is 2012 European Open Champion

Mikki Nicholson (on right of photo) emerged as the clear winner of the 4th European Open Scrabble Championship . Nicholson won the 32-round tournament with one game to spare, getting the better of fellow Englishman Craig Beevers and the player from Singapore Siu Hean Cheah who finished second and third respectively. The Maltese flag flew high with Cecil Muscat and Nicky Vella Laurenti taking the Section B ratings prizes for 1st and 2nd respectively...

Chinedu Okwelogu triumphs in Malta Open

Nigerian player, Chinedu Okwelogu, was the surprise winner of the 5th Malta International Scrabble Open , better known by its gastronomical acronym MISO, held between 18th May and 20th May at the Paradise Bay Hotel in Mellieha. Okwelogu won 17 of the 24 games that were played, just half a win better than runner-up Siu Hean Cheah of Singapore and Evan Cohen of Israel who finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The Maltese Charles Micallef claimed...

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.