scrabbleinschoolsinitiative: May 2011

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

WINNERS EMERGE @ THE WASTFS

1st Prize winner: Arinze Onwuachusi of Chrisland Schools Opebi N250000

2nd Prize winner: Tobi Fasuyi of Chrisland Schools Opebi N150000

3rd Prize: Khaleed Yusuph of St Mary's Primary School N100000

4th Prize: Sasa Adejuwon of Tomobid School N50000

5th Prize: Ibhaguezejele Oseiwe of Hallmark School N50000

6th Prize: Ibukun Opaneye of Sunnyfield School N25000

7th Prize: Seyitan Akinboyo of Carol School N25000

8th Prize: Toyosi Kuti of Chrisland School Ladipo Oluwole N25000

Friday, 27 May 2011

Winifred Awosika Scrabble Tournament for Schools (WASTFS)

THE BATTLE OF WORDS, CREATIVITY AND OUT-OF-THE BOX THINKING!

Winifred Awosika Scrabble Tournament for Schools (WASTFS)

DAY ONE

8 FINALIST EMERGE, HERE THEY ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

IBUKUN OPALEYE (SUNNY FIELDS)
SEYITAN AKINBOYO (CAROL SCHOOLS)
TOYOSI KUTI (CHRISLAND SCHOOLS LADIPO OLUWOLE)
KHALID YUSUF (ST MARY'S)
ARINZE ONWUAJUSI (CHRISLAND SCHOOLS OPEBI)
SHASHA ADEJUMO (TOMOBID SCHOOLS)
OSEIWE IBUHAGUEZEJELE (HALLMARK SCHOOLS)
TOBI FASUYI (CHRISLAND SCHOOLS OPEBI)

THESE EIGHT WILL SLUG IT OUT AGAIN ON SATURDAY 28TH 11AM.

Sunday, 22 May 2011

WASTFS: Game structure, rules and others

LIST OF SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN WASTFS

St Leo’s Catholic school
St Pauls School
ST& T
Grange school
Home science
Unilag primary school
Sunny fields
Corona
Meadow hall
Kingdom Heritage Model school
Carol school
Mind builders
Dansol primary school
Beehive school
Nikwhales schools
Tomobid school
Hallmark school
Chrisland primary school
Oak school
St Mary
M.D schools
St Peters Anglican School
Opebi primary school
Maryland school
Olusosun primary school
Agindingbi primary school

PROGAMMES OF EVENTS

7:30am Arrivals of participants & events

8:00am Opening song/prayer

8:05am National Anthem/National Pledge

8:10am Dance by Burney girls

8:20am Scrabble presentation

8:30am Welcoming of special guest

8:40am Welcoming of participants

8:55am Presentation on WAF and High Chief Dr (Mrs) W.A Awosika

9:10am Welcome address and first play by M.D Chrisland schools

9:20am Draws and Exchange of memorabilia by various schools participating

9:30am Games begin-(1^st round 26 tables for 2 players)

10:30am Games continue (2^nd round 13 tables for 2 players)

11:30am Break

12noon Games continues (3^rd round 8 tables for 2 players)

1pm Games ends/gathering of boards

1:10pm Announcement and closing.

DAY 2

11:am Arrival of participants and guest

11:05am Opening prayer

11:10am National anthem

11:20am Song for Mama

11:35am Presentation of WAF

11:45am Final rounds begin

11:50am 4^th round (4 tables)

12:50pm Semi finals (5^th rounds)2 tables

12:50am 5^th prize match 1 table (match winner gets the 5^th prize)

1:50pm Break

2:10pm Finals 3^rd place match

3:10pm Award of prizes/closing prayer

3:20pm The end

Winifred Awosika Scrabble Tournament for Schools (WASTFS)

The WASTFS holds on Thursday 26th and Saturday 28^th May 2011 at Victor Awosika hall inside Chrisland Schools Opebi Ikeja. In this maiden edition, 26 schools will log it out in the battle of Words, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking.

Participants will come from both public and private schools. 1^st prize winner goes home with N250000, 2^nd prize N150000, 3^rd prize N100000, 4^th and 5^th prizes will go home with N50000 each. The ‘Ibironke’ award for spectacular play will be given to the player with the highest score in a single play.

The WASTFS is proudly sponsored by the Winifred Awosika Foundation (WAF) and organised by the Protégé Centre (www.protegecentre.com) and the Scrabble in Schools Initiative SiSi (www.scrabbleinschoolsinitiative.blogspot.com).

The WAF is founded by High Chief Dr (Mrs) Winifred Adefolahan Awosika who is also the Founder and Chairman of Chrisland Educational Organisation. Visit www.winifredawosikafoundation.com for more on WAF and WASTFS.

Two letter words

SOME THREE LETTER WORDS

AAH

AAL

AAS

ABA

ABB

BAA

BAC

CIS

DAK

EAN

FAA

GAE

HAE

KIF

QAT

QUA

ZAG

ZAS

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE For 52 players representing 26 schools (2 representatives from each school)

FIRST ROUND: 26 tables for 2 players (26 winners will qualify for second round)

SECOND ROUND: 13 tables for 2 players (13 winners and 3 best losers will qualify for 3^rd round)

THIRD ROUND: 8 tables for 2 players (8 winners will qualify for Quarter finals)

FOURTH ROUND (Quarter final): 4 tables for 2 players (4 winners will qualify for semi finals 4 losers will play for fifth prize)

FIFTH PRIZE MATCH: 1 table for 4 Players.

FIFTH ROUND (SEMI FINALS): 2 tables for 2 players (2 winners will qualify for finals and the 2 losers will play for 3^rd and 4^th prize)

3^RD PRIZE MATCH: 1 table for 2 players

SIXTH ROUND (FINALS): 1 table for 2 players

Note: players will be timed 2 minutes per play. First player to hit the 150 mark wins (each player has equal play frequency except when there is loss of turn)

Visit www.scrabbleinschoolsinitiative.blogspot.com for more information.