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WESPA Report

Announcement

Scrabble Kenya and the World English Scrabble Players' Association is pleased to announce that WESPA Championship 2017 will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 6th-12th November 2017. This is the 2nd edition of WESPAC after its hugely successful debut in Perth 2015. Scrabble Kenya is proud to offer a warm African welcome the global Scrabble community and we look forward to a spectacular event. The tournament venue is the Kenyatta International Convention Center, the premier meeting venue in East Africa and located within the Nairobi CBD.

November 2017: Player list for WESPAC as at 3rd November

There are over 100 players from 30+ countries taking part in the Main Event in Nairobi.

Here is the player list in alphabetical order:

October 2017: A message from Daniel Machanje, of Scrabble Kenya:

As we draw closer to the #WESPAC2017 (23 days left!), I would like to request for some information and also remind you about some other important things:

Flight itineraries: For the purposes of our logistics that will include picking up and dropping off of players from the Airport, I would like to request that you request your players to send me their flight itineraries. The information to send includes the player name, country, inbound flight number, arrival date, arrival time, outbound flight number, departure date, and departure time.
Rack labeling: Scrabble Kenya will be providing one free, labeled wooden rack. We would like to request that you send the writing you would like on the rack. This should be a maximum of 30 characters, including space. An extra rack can be bought at $5 per piece.
Payments: For those who have registered, please remember to pay early enough for you to get the $50 discount courtesy of a $5,000 donation by Elie Dangoor. Payment will be indicated by an asterisk against the player's name on the website.
Side Events (LCQ and KIO): Please remind your players who did not qualify for the main event that they can still qualify by registering for the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) where 20% of the best performers will play in the main event. Also, The Kenya International Open (KIO) will be a great opportunity to interact with other players and win top prizes.

Please do not hesitate to ask about any pressing issue as we draw closer to the tournament!

LET'S MAKE THIS THE BEST WESPAC EVER!

September 2017

Click to play this special invite from Scrabble Kenya

A premier international tournament like WESPAC, run in Africa for the first time, is deserved recognition for the quality and hospitality of African Scrabble and we are looking forward to a successful event in November 2017.

The WESPAC 17 website is now active and can be found here.

You can also follow updates via our special Facebook event page, which will include lists of people who are attending and your chance to discuss the upcoming event!

The player allocations as mentioned on the WESPAC website can be found here.

May 2017: Nation Qualifiers under way

There has been a flurry of announcements from Nation Associations in relation to WESPAC Qualification.

Thailand have nominated three players so far: Gerry Carter, Akkarapol Kwansak and Thacha Koowirat.
India will nominate their team in June with their last qualifier in May.
Malaysia will select their team in August.
The Philippines have a qualifier in May.
New Zealand will have formulated their team by June.

As the Team nominations come in, you can keep track of who to follow here.

March 2017: Country Allocations Now Open

March 1 2017 saw the declaration of country quota allocations for Nairobi in November. Places have also been allocated to the Champion and Runner Up of WESPAC 2015 (

Wellington Jighere and

)Lewis Mackay, the 2016 World Champion and Runner Up (

Brett Smitheram and

Mark Nyman ), the 2015 and 2016 WYSC Champions (

Nic Hong and

Sanchit Kapoor ) and to the Top 2 players on the WESPA rankings as at 1st March 2017 (

Nigel Richards and

David Eldar).

	Australia	13
	Austria	2
	Bahrain	2
	Barbados	3
	Canada	9
	Czech Republic	2
	England	16
	France	2
	Gabon	2
	Gambia	2
	Germany	2
	Ghana	2
	Guyana	3
	Hong Kong	2
	India	3
	Indonesia	2
	Ireland	3
	Israel	3
	Japan	2
	Kenya	4
	Kuwait	2
	Liberia	2
	Malaysia	5
	Malta	3
	Mauritius	2
	Netherlands	2
	New Zealand	7
	Nigeria	7
	Northern Ireland	5
	Norway	2
	Oman	2
	Pakistan	3
	Philippines	2
	Poland	2
	Qatar	2
	Romania	2
	Saudi Arabia	2
	Scotland	5
	Sierra Leone	2
	Singapore	8
	Slovakia	2
	South Africa	2
	Sri Lanka	2
	Sweden	2
	Switzerland	2
	Tanzania	2
	Thailand	9
	Trinidad and Tobago	3
	Uganda	2
	United Arab Emirates	2
	USA	18
	Wales	2
	Zambia	2
	TOTAL	196