Leon Belony leads from the front as GASP Scrabble Scramble concludes

Jan 25, 2013 Sports

President of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP), Leon Belony celebrated his new portfolio with a resounding victory when the GASP staged the Scrabble Scramble at the Maltenoes Sports Club Thomas Lands, yesterday afternoon.
In a display on par with his leadership position, Belony defeated all of his opponents to amass a flawless 6 points and a positive spread of 614 while James Krakowsky rebounded from an earlier loss to the eventual champion to register 5 points and a positive spread of 672. Moen Gafoor completed the podium spots with 4 points

Leon Belony (right) is all concentration on his way to a victory over James Krakowsky.

and a positive spread of 226.
Enterprise Scrabble Club fielded a qualitative field and one of their players, Anand Mohabir carted off 2 prizes after finishing in the 4th place slot. He was also adjudged the best player outside of the top ten ranked players. He finished with 4 points and a positive spread of 62. Robert Williams carries the name of the former Deputy Mayor and while he is not that person, cleaned up several of his opponents and was adjudged the second best player outside of the top ten players. He amassed 3 points with a positive spread of 81.
Belony started the session on a positive note, defeating Orlando Michael (199) and by the end of the pre-lunch session had added the scalps of Mohabir (124) and Krakowsky (57) to his list. He resumed the afternoon session with victories over Colin Chichester (77), Gafoor (110) and Williams (47).
Meanwhile, the tournament witnessed the largest turnout in recent times and Mr. Belony was extremely delighted. Notable also, was that most of the players were on time for the registration period, allowing the organizers to start the tournament on time.
The newly elected President was delighted and urged the players to continue in the same vein even as he hinted on several initiatives being discussed to enhance the fortunes of the players. The date for the next tournament will be released soon but in the meantime the players will meet at the Maltenoes Sports Club for practice sessions on Thursday evenings‘.