13th All African Games: Seven events to be competed for in scrabble – PANASA

Ifeanyi Eduzor
The Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA) says seven categories will be competed for at the scrabble event of the 13th All African Games to be hosted by Ghana next year between the 8th and 23rd of March.
This piece of information was made public after PANASA Executive Committee zoom meeting of the continental body over the weekend.
Each Federation is allowed a maximum of 4 Male players that’s 3 players and 1 reserve and 4
Female players 3 players and 1 reserve, totaling 8 players per Federation. The minimum
number of players a Federation can present is 2.
Ghana, the host Federation is allowed to submit a maximum number of 32 32 players, 12 male players with 4 male reserves and 12 female players with 4 female reserves.
Categories to be competed are male and female team event, male and female individual event, mixed team, men’s and women’s doubles.
About thirty five countries are expected to participate in the scrabble event of All African Games and the competition will be rated by the Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA), Fédérations et Associations Francophones de
Scrabble, (FISF) and World English-Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA).
The scribe of Scrabble Association of Ghana, Christie Ashley, told our correspondent that all the events both the English and French competitions will be decided at the same location at the Games.
Scrabble is fixturing at the All African Games for the first time as a demonstration event.
This is the second time in history that the games will be descentralised, as three cities in the country will host the event.
The three cities chosen are; Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast.