Imaad, 13, bags World Junior Scrabble title

Imaad, 13, bags World Junior Scrabble title

LAHORE: Pakistan’s 13 years old Syed Imaad Ali has become the youngest player ever to clinch the Junior World Scrabble Championship played at Torquay, England.

Imaad maintained the lead throughout the championship and was declared a champion with one match to go with a 17/3 record and a spread of 2159. He was only the second player in history to have won both the World Youth Scrabble Championship (now renamed WESPA Youth Cup) and the Junior World Scrabble Championship the first one being compatriot Moiz Baig.

Pakistani players dominated the championship and walked away with trophies and top five positions.Daniyal Sanaullah won the runner-up trophy with 15 wins and a spread of 1335 while Hassan Hadi finished third with 15 wins and a spread of 1024 while Sohaib Sanaullah and Hammad Hadi finished 4th and 5th, respectively.

The age category titles included Under-18 World Champion Taha Mirza (Pak); U-16 World Champion Rory Kemp (Eng); U-14 World Champion, Saim Waqar (Pak), U-12 World Champion Monis Khan (Pak), U-10 World Champion, Misbahur Rehman (Pak).

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