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Nations best spellers go head to head as GASP presents Labour Day Open today
Just three days ago, top scrabble player, Leon Belony, turned in one of his better performances, rebounded from a first round loss to Colin Chichester and eventually amassed 5 points and a positive spread of 530 to capture the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged the GASP Open Championship at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomaslands Sunday afternoon last.
Additionally, the prolific word former had staved off strong challenges from top seed, James Krakowsky and National Scrabble Champion, Abigail McDonald, to his eventual triumph. This morning, the players will square off once again when the subject entity stages the Labour Day Open at the very venue.
Abigail McDonald
Other than those three principals, several other word formers have shown great improvement and will be out to clinch the spoils. Orlando Michael had been ominous during the pre-lunch session of the last tournament and had chalked up 3 points after defeating Grace Hercules (128), Maurice Munro (87) and Colin Chichester (47).
The competitiveness of the tournament was apparent when Michael returned in the post lunch session and failed to register a win, surrendering all three games to Krakowsky (91), Cave (58) and Belony (71) respectively. He would have rued his luck, licked his wounds and return this morning, invigorated and anxious to reverse his fortunes.
Moen Gafoor was unavailable for the last competition and is likely to compete in today’s tournament. When one adds Colin Chichester, former national champion, Fred Collins, Maurice Munru and the ever improving Wayne Cave to the equation, selecting a winner is certainly a troublous task and Belony will realize that the going will not be that easy today.
Further, the players will soon be engaged in the National Scrabble Championships due to get underway soon and they will obviously view these tournaments as worthwhile practice sessions. Once again lucrative prizes will be on offer and players are asked to note that the registration period commences at 09:30hrs with the first tile being moved half an hour later.
The registration fee is $700 but players conforming within the specified 30 minutes will enjoy a $200 discount.
Otherwise late comers will pay the original $700 and their clocks will be started in their absence. Those players with clocks and boards are asked to have them at the venue at least half an hour prior to the start of the competition.
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