National Scrabble Champion, Abigail McDonald could not compete when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players staged a National Open
In this photo Belony is flanked by Gafoor and Cave (L & R respectively).
Championship, the first tournament since she regained her crown. Her rival, Moen Gafoor, participated but just could not seize the honours from Leon Belony whose top performance netted him 6 points and a positive spread of 376.
Gafoor notched up 5 points and a positive spread of 806 to seal off the second place, while Wayne Cave continued to show vast improvement when he sealed off the podium spots with 4 points and a positive spread of 107.
Belony benefited from a bye but also defeated Grace Hercules (200), Robert Williams (21), Gafoor (15) and Cave (61).