2009 WORLD YOUTH SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP
1 | Ong Suanne (MY) |
2 | Alastair Richards (AU) |
3 | Michael McKenna (AU) |
4 | Preedee Khongthanarat (TH) |
5 | Charnrit Khongthanarat (TH) |
6 | Oluwaseun Oyelek (NG) |
7 | Wong Zhi Yuan (SG) |
8 | Wanchana Jirapitikul (TH) |
9 | Goutham Jayaraman (SG) |
10 | Charas 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 |
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