Twenty-five players will vie for honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) convene at the Bank of Guyana Sports Club to compete for the crown in the National Scrabble Championships, slated for June 29-July 1 next.
Fifteen of the top seeds have already earned automatic qualification while 10 more will qualify when the GASP host a tournament among the lower rated seeds at the Malteenoes Sports Complex, Sunday June 9 next.
Those that have already qualified are defending champion, Abigail McDonald, Leon Belony, James Krakowsky, Moen Gafoor, Frederick Collins, Colin Chichester, Orlando Michael, Yvonne Murray, Ruby Cummings, Wayne Cave, Devraj Deonarine, Maurice Munro, Julian Skeete, Anand Mohabir and Robert Williams. Players are not required to post an entrance fee for Sunday’s qualifiers.
The winner of this year’s Nationals 2013 will represent Guyana at the World Scrabble Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, December 3 – 8, next.
Courts (Guyana) Ltd is the exclusive sponsors of this year’s tournament and has already handed over a cheque for more than $250,000 to the President of GASP, Leon Belony.