NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES

Kwara eyes gold in boys singles scrabble event

...Victoria Chukwuebuka of Anambra leads the girls' category after seven games

...Team Lagos' Sophia Ekeruche is a win away from the leader while three Afonja Warriors are closing down on the front two

By Oluwatobiloba Zeal-Adepetu Kumoye

Olamide Olojoku of Kwara is the pacesetter in the boys' scrabble event at the 8th National Youth Games which enters Day 4 today (Sunday), the 15th of September 2024.

Olamide Olojoku, is yet to drop a game after seven rounds and he has a cumulative of plus 956 points and two wins from the last three games which will give him gold.

Olojoku's teammate Basit Zarumi Ibrahim, Peace Adegunte from Ekiti and Gateway boy Adam Gbadebo are closely behind Olamide Olojoku with 6 wins each.

Captain of Team Kwara Scrabble Khalid Olosun, Simthe Jimjel of Adamawa, Edide Pereowei, Samuel Emelike, Saviour Onzi, August Shannon, Simthe Jimjel, Oluwaseun Asaolu, Jordan Isa and David Ajibola are all on 5 wins from a possible 7 games.

Khalid Olosun's chance of finishing with a medal in the singles event is very bright as he holds a fat cumulative point of plus 1071 and the high game of scrabble Day 1 belongs to Khalid Olosun with 716.

Victoria Chukwuebuka of Anambra leads the girls' category with 7 wins and a good cumulative point of plus 1255.

The huge cumulative points of Sophia Ekeruche, gold medalist at the last Games in 2023 of 1578 will come handy when the going gets tough. She is on 6 wins.

Three very talented players, Aishat Abdullateef, Balqis Ajao and Hadiyah Olojoku, all from Kwara State are the biggest and most fearsome forces behind the front two of Victoria Chukwuebuka and Sophia Ekeruche.

A record 21 States are participating in the Scrabble event of the 8th National Youth Games (NYG), Asaba 2024.

FIRST ZEALMEDIACAST BLOG'S coverage of the 8th National Youth Games (NYG), Asaba 2024 is supported by Janet Adowei Memorial Scrabble Classics (JAMSC) and Ultimate Scrabble Showdown Solutions Limited.

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