Pakistan Scrabble Championship begins tomorrow

National Scrabble Championship. -AP Photo

KARACHI: Pakistan Scrabble Association’s (PSA) biggest annual tournament, the 23rd Pakistan Scrabble Championship, to be held in fourcategories, gets underway at the Beach Luxury Hotel from June 4 (Saturday).

“The categories represent players between the age group of 11 to 17, 18 to 25, 25-plus and Masters. The first two days of the event will be reserved for the Masters’ competition while the mega event will commence on June 12 with the 11 to 17 age group vying for the honours.

“The following Sunday, June 19, will see the players between the ages of 18 to 25 and 25+ in action,” informed tournament director Tariq Pervez while addressing a press conference at the event venue on Thursday.

PSA has already sent invitations to 250 schools from all over Pakistan to take part in the 23rd Pakistan Scrabble Championship. Entry forms are also available from Liberty Books and the PSA website: www.pakistanscrabble.org

PSA, the first and only registered scrabble club in Pakistan, has been organising numerous championships across Karachi for the past two decades and is now also aiming to spread to other cities of the country with the launch of their Lahore and Islamabad chapters this year.

“In order to encourage the players coming in from all parts of Pakistan, we have also arranged special trophies for the best player of each city,” said the tournament director.

Pakistan will be participating in the World Scrabble Championship (WSC) to be played in Warsaw, Poland, in October and the World Youth Scrabble Championship (WYSC) in Malaysia in December.

“The would-be participants of these events will also be seen in action in the 23rd Pakistan Scrabble Championship,” said Tariq Pervez.