2014 World Youth Scrabble Championships
Colombo
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WORLD YOUTH SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP 2014
Congratulations to the new champion, Jack Durand from England.
DATE: Friday 29th August to Sunday 31st August
LOCATION: Colombo, Sri Lanka
PRIZES:
- WINNER: Jack Durand (England)
- 2nd: Yong Jian Rong (Singapore)
- 3rd: Mariam Arif (Pakistan)
- 4th: Victor Gwee (Singapore)
- 5th: Sanchit Kapoor (United Arab Emirates)
- 6th: Gayaneth Chandrasena (Sri Lanka)
- 7th: Lewis Hawkins (New Zealand)
- 8th: Poh Ying Ming (Singapore)
- 9th: Abdulla Abassi (Pakistan)
- 10th: Viggnah Selvaraj (Sri Lanka)
- Age Group Champions (a player may receive more than one award)
- best player under 10 (born 1/1/2005 or later) : Minuki Satharasinghe (Qatar)
- best player under 12 (born 1/1/2003 or later) : Lewis Hawkins (New Zealand)
- best player under 14 (born 1/1/2001 or later) : Lewis Hawkins (New Zealand)
- best player under 16 (born 1/1/1999 or later) : Jack Durand (England)
- Encouragement Award
Youngest player to finish in the top 25: Lewis Hawkins (New Zealand)
- High Word : Gayaneth Chandrasena (Sri Lanka) 158 FLITTERS
Gayaneth Chandrasena (Sri Lanka) 158 SHEETERS
Abhijit Pradhan (India) 158 SPINDLER
- High Game : Rohan Kapur (United Arab Emirates) 682
- Best Novice - not competed in WYSC before : Gayaneth Chandrasena (Sri Lanka)
- Best National Team – results collated for the top 3 finishers from each country.
Singapore
120 young Scrabble players from 13 countries.
Not only do they enjoy the Scrabble, some of the games are really top class.
And it is a wonderful experience making friends from different backgrounds.
Here are some of the teams.
Australia
Back: Tim
Middle: Shekinah, Rahul
Front: Ronnie
Malaysia
Alif Akal Hashim, Arif Akasyah, Irfan Sabri, Aqil Azhar, Elvan Yeoh, Ridhwan Nasir,
Alif Iman,
Amirul Hakim, Amirul Hakeem, Wan Muhammad Akid, Danial Faris, Tengku Ariff Shah
Sri Lanka
Back row: Ruvindu, Migara, Hayati, Hansi, Pradeepani, Ayshwarya, Thirandi, Hemaka, Danusha, Nikesh
Middle row: Jithmal, Ryan, Sasika, Viggnak, Mukkesh, Lambhotharan
Front row: Janidu, Janul, Rivi, Radinka, Adhlan, Thavalakshman, Vignesh, Nisalga, Zeena
New Zealand
Middle row, left to right: Lewis
Pakistan
Back row:
Middle row:
Front row:
Thailand
Back row: Supitchaya, Nuttapong, Jiradet, Siriwat, Kukiat
Front row: Neeraparng, Hathaiphat, Micha, Nuti, Naravit
Qatar
United States of America
Paolo
United Arab Emirates
Sanchit, Varun, Sundaresh, Anush, Rohan
England
Jack, Alice
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