Players, officials and key stakeholders across the continent are excited with the new 2023 Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA), Awards and Recognitions bestowed on 17 top wordsmith who distinguished themselves last year in the Scrabble Circuit with their sterling and captiviting performances.
The PANASA Awards and Recognitions conferred on the players are in three categories. Grand Masters, Expert and Most Rated Games.
The continent’s voice of total acceptance and approval is echoed in the words of the President of Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) Engineer Toke Aka, “Scrabble Africa is alive and awards and recognitions like what Pan African Scrabble Association is giving out to deserving players is what the sport needs and it will spur the players to strive for excellence.”
Aka, an Executive Committee Member of the World English Scrabble Players Association (WESPA), says Africa has come of age in the game of words and the continent is ready to set the standard for others to emulate.
Six Nigerians and a Kenyan player were honoured with the prestigious recognition as Grand Masters.
The winner of the second edition of the West African Scrabble Championship (WASC), a 500-level pharmacy student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Oluwatimilehin Doko is among the exceptional players that were bestowed with the prestigious Grand Masters status.
Prince Osahon Omosefe, a player with multiple National titles, three African Scrabble Championship podium finishes is very elated with his new status. He stated, “it a mark of honour to be so appreciated by the governing body of scrabble PANASA.”