The general guidelines governing the NSF Inter-Club Challenge Competition Grand Finale - 2023/2024, scheduled to hold from 19th - 21st April, 2024 in Ijebu-Ode (Ogun State), are as detailed in the Table below:

Guidelines

TEAM COMPOSITION

Each Team shall be composed of 7 Players only!

Only 5 members of a Team can play in any one match.

RATINGS

All Matches shall be rated at no cost to the Teams.

ARBITRATION

The “Main Organizing Committee” (MOC) which is as constituted by the NSF Board shall be the Final Arbiter in all disputes (However it must be noted that Frivolous grievances shall not be entertained by the MOC).

The Submission of the MOC on any issue is FINAL!

All grievances/disputes at must be submitted and resolved before the start of the next stage of the Tournament, as the set-out Tournament time-table will not be adjusted to accommodate unresolved disputes.

ENTRY SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Deadline for Submission of Team Players’ names is: Monday 15th April, 2024.

PLAY FORMAT

Group Qualifiers (3 Groups - 4 teams/Group - 3 matches/team - 5 games/pair - 15 Rounds of games) - WESPA, PANASA & NSF Rated

Q/Final (Top Half vs Bottom Half - 1 match/team - 5 games/pair) - NSF Rated

S/Final (King of the Hill - 1 match/team - 5 games/pair) - NSF Rated

Final (King of the Hill - 1 match/team - 5 games/pair) - NSF Rated

ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

1. Arrivals/ Accreditation/ Briefing - 17th April, 2024
2. Day 1 - Group Qualifiers (No substitutions) - 19th April, 2024
3. Day 2 - Group Qualifiers (No substitutions) - 20th April, 2024
4. Day 2 - Quarter Final (Substitutions allowed) - 20th April, 2024
5. Day 3 - Semi Final (Substitutions allowed) - 21st April, 2024
6. Day 3 - Final (Substitutions allowed) - 21st April, 2024

GAME RULES

All Current WESPA & NSF Rules/ Guidelines will apply during the Grand Finale, except otherwise stated.

DICTIONARY

Collins Scrabble Words (CSW) 2021 - Updated.

TIME ALLOTMENT

25 minutes will be allotted each player per game/Round.

Please note: For further enquiries or clarification or information, kindly contact the NSF NTD

(Curtis John: GSM - 08036257270) or the Sec. Gen. of NSF (Mrs. Ejiro Thukson: GSM - 08089897767).