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2009 WORLD YOUTH SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

1Ong Suanne (MY)
2Alastair Richards (AU)
3Michael McKenna (AU)
4Preedee Khongthanarat (TH)
5Charnrit Khongthanarat (TH)
6Oluwaseun Oyelek (NG)
7Wong Zhi Yuan (SG)
8Wanchana Jirapitikul (TH)
9Goutham Jayaraman (SG)
10Charas Worapotpisut (TH)

The winner is Ong Suanne from Malaysia, pictured above at the start of one of her games against Alastair Richards. The top ten are as shown here. Presentations were made to all prizewinners at a prizegiving ceremony with honoured dignitaries including a royal princess from the Sultanate of Johor. Below is a photo of the players at the 2009 World Youth Scrabble Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Click the photo for a larger version and CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS AND DETAILED RESULTS


HIGH GAME: Wong Zhi Yuan 589
HIGH WORD: Nutt Treepoonsuk SEDGIEST 158
BEST PLAYER UNDER 10  Anand Bharadwaj (AU)
BEST PLAYER UNDER 12  Nicholas Vasquez (US)
BEST PLAYER UNDER 14  Matthew Malitao (PH)
BEST PLAYER UNDER 16  Michael McKenna (AU)
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD (youngest player in top 25): Victor Gwee (SG) age 12