KARACHI: The Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) announced the Pakistan team for the World Scrabble Championship (WSC) and Junior World Scrabble Championship (JWSC) on Tuesday.
Addressing a crowded press conference at a local hotel, PSA’s Director Youth Programme Tariq Pervez informed that JWSC will be played at Torquay in England from Oct 20 to 22 while WSC will be played from Oct 23 to 28 at the same venue.
The Director Youth Programme expressed great hopes from the players at the championship as Pakistan is considered the best youth team in the world having won five of the six age categories at last year’s championship in Nottingham.
He said he was very confident of not only defending five of the titles but also of winning all six age titles this time. Pakistan has at least one player considered among the favorites to win in each of these categories.
It was also mentioned that all this success of the Pakistan scrabble team has been achieved without any financial support from the government. The entire Pakistan team has got their visas and will be flying to London on Thursday.
All the youth players along with senior players Waseem Khatri and Tariq Pervez will play in the WSC which starts right after the JWSC.
Team: Moiz Baig, Sohaib Sanaullah, Daniyal Sanaullah, S. Imaad Ali, Hassan Hadi, Hammad Hadi, Hasham Hadi, Taha Mirza, Absar Mustajab, Monis Khan, Hamza Naeem, Umar Naeem, Saim Waqar, Basil Khan, Misbah-ur-Rehman, Muzammil Asim, Fatima Siddique.
Published in Dawn, October 18th, 2018