Famous Birthday Tournament

The Nigeria Scrabble Veterans jolly together in their usual way as Hon. Famous Daunemighan hosts them to celebrate with him on his birthday at Yenagoa in his residence.

Famous birthday cake

A scrabble competition was held tagged "Famous Birthday Tournament" that included only the Nigeria Scrabble Veterans with a standard prize band. A lot of merry and celebratory pleasantries were shared with him from family, friends and more. 

The Nigeria Scrabble Veterans

Famous Daunemighan

The tournament was intriguing with word power show offs and wisdom moves from the elders of Nigeria scrabble.





The President, Yenagoa Scrabble Club
Timi with his captain Malas

Below is the final results from the tournament. 

Dokun 452 vs Ojior 399 rnd12

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FAMOUS BIRTHDAY TOURNAMENT
Results from round 12
1 Dokun Esan 9 +860
2 Ojior Osikhena 9 +464
3 Olobatoke Aka 9 +316
4 Majemite Prince 8 +429
5 Adegbenro Segun 8 +271
6 Matthew Ekpagha 8 -76
7 Frank Ishekwene 7 +391
8 Ologungbiri Clement 7 +220
9 Azu Ogbogu 7 +216
10 Bob Okoridem 7 +34
11 Dinyain Tare 7 -635
12 Okim Eugene 6 +230
13 Emmanuel Efanga 6 +101
14 Tony Emefile 6 -26
15 Adigun Lanre 6 -122
16 Alilionwu Innocent 5 +316
17 Ephraim Ajuruchi 5 +110
18 Farrel Umoren 5 +69
19 Femi Simpson 5 +59
20 Famous Daunemighan 5 -50
21 Faruk Abdullahi 4.5 -238
22 Nwobi Ifeanyi 4 +126
23 Chux Ndibe 4 -277
24 Julie Imbiakpa 4 -1048
25 Orife Jake 3.5 -783
26 Musa Emmanuel 1 -957


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