Malafakumo Akpos of Bayelsa state overcame all opposition to pick the Gold medal in the Female Singles event at the National Sports Festival in Asaba Delta State. (more…)
Delta State overtook Edo State at the summit of the medals table by claiming Gold medals in the Masters and Open categories of the Men's Team event and a Silver in the Women's Team event to bring their tally to 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals (a total of 7).
In contrast, Edo State who also has a total of 7 medals was only able to add a Bronze medal to their tally today in the Open category of the Men's Team event. Edo finished in 2nd place with 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze medals. Bayelsa who could not add any medal to their tally in the Team events finished in third place with 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal. For the full medals table in Scrabble click here.
Here are the results and (final round scores) for medalists only. For round by round results and statistics click here.
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
| 1 | Team Ogun | 9 - 1 | +1759 | a 101-100 WIN vs Team Edo |
| 2 | Team Delta | 7 - 3 | +1205 | a 242-100 WIN vs Team Fct |
| 3 | Team Oyo | 7 - 3 | +950 | a 394-100 WIN vs Team Rivers |
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
| 1 | Team Delta | 8 - 2 | +674 | a 400-100 WIN vs Team Plateau |
| 2 | Team Plateau | 8 - 2 | +305 | a 100-400 LOSS vs Team Delta |
| 3 | Team Niger | 7 - 3 | +1161 | a 250-100 WIN vs Team Akwa-Ibom |
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
| 1 | Team Kebbi | 9 - 1 | +1388 | a 249-100 WIN vs Team Fct |
| 2 | Team Lagos | 7 - 3 | +435 | a 172-100 WIN vs Team Akwa-Ibom |
| 3 | Team Rivers | 7 - 3 | +434 | a 101-100 WIN vs Team Plateau |
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Won-Lost | Spread | Last Game |
| 1 | Team Delta | 8 - 2 | +1123 | a 309-100 WIN vs Team Edo |
| 2 | Team Lagos | 7 - 3 | +890 | a 247-100 WIN vs Team Bayelsa |
| 3 | Team Edo | 7 - 3 | +369 | a 100-309 LOSS vs Team Delta |
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Delta state added another Gold medal yesterday in the Women's Doubles event at the ongoing 19th National Sports Festival. The duo of Tuoyo Mayuku and Seun Oshagbemi won Gold in the event with 8 points and a +457 spread. Edo state doubles team took the Silver medal with 7 points (+628) and Rivers got Bronze with 7 points and a spread of +316.
In the Open category, Edo State doubles team clinched the Gold medal with 7 wins and a +697 spread. Bayelsa got Silver (7 +422) while Abia Doubles team edged out Oyo State to claim the Bronze medal with 7 wins and a +129 spread.
In the Masters category, Niger state surprised all to clinch the Gold medal with 8 points and a +624 margin. Lagos State got her first medal in Scrabble when her doubles team clinched Silver ( 7 points, +124) while the Bronze medal went to Bayelsa (6 points, +296).
Edo state doubles team clinched another Gold in the Intermediate category beating Oyo and Plateau to the second (Silver medal) and third (Bronze medal) positions respectively. Edo team had a perfect score of 10 wins out of 10 and a spread of 1497. The Oyo state pair of Kazeem Raji and Qamar Adebowale defeated Ogun state in the final game to clinch the Silver with 7 points (+224) while Plateau team took the Bronze with 6 points and a spread of +336.
The Singles event of the 19th National Sports Festival was concluded on Wednesday 12th December. Fifteen games were played in each of the 4 categories (Masters, Open, Intermediate and Ladies/Women). Click here for full results and stats across the categories.
In the Women category, Tuoyo Mayuku, arguably Africa's strongest female Scrabble player was given a run for her money. The Delta state player was beaten thrice but survived to win the Gold medal with 12 points and +1027 spread. Edo's Sule Success won the Silver medal with 12 points and a spread of +720 while Zini Yeribo of Rivers state won the bronze with 11 points +670 spread.
The Masters category had current African and National champion Moses Peter of Akwa Ibom state and former World champion Wellington Jighere playing for Delta state participating. At the end of 15 rounds Moses Peter proved he is still the man to beat currently in Nigeria Scrabble circuit by clinching the Gold medal with 12 points and a spread of +845, edging out Olatunde Oduwole of Plateau state (10 points, + 753) and Jighere Wellington (10 points +746) to Silver and Bronze medal positions respectively.
In the Intermediate Men singles, Bayelsa state's Igali Precious proved superior. He won the Gold medal with 11 points and a + 597 spread while Olueh Godwin (Edo) clinched the Silver medal (11 points, +381) ahead of Raji Kazeem of Oyo state who took away the Bronze with 10 points and a spread of +654. The keenly contested Open category was won by Henry Nwosu of Kano state with 11 points and a spread of +392. Ituah Iyasele of Edo state clinched the Silver medal with 10 points and a +979 spread while Ejenavi Omovie of Delta state won Bronze with 10 points and a spread of +705.
