Lankan shines at int'l scrabble championship

Migara Jayasinghe, a student of Lyceum International School, Wattala showed major colours at the Under 14 category of the 7th World Youth Scrabble Championship (WYSC) 2012, organised by the World English Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA) held recently in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Migara won 14 games out of 24 with a margin of 642 and was placed 13th at the championship.

This is his 2nd award at this prestigious tournament, with the first being the Under 12 Championship in Manila, Philippines in 2010.

From the seven member Sri Lankan team, Lambhotharan Yoganathan and Hayati Rassool from Lyceum, Wattala were placed 32nd and 45th.

This tournament attracted 60 players from 11 countries including the UK, USA, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Singapore.