NO fewer than 18 athletes are expected to compete in the 3rd qualifier of the 2nd Scrabble Mindgames Premier Championships (MPC) scheduled to hold in August in Lagos.

Lukeman Owolabi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mindgames Incorporated (MGI), organisers of the competition made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

Owolabi said the 1st qualifier was held in May in Port Harcourt and the 2nd in June in Enugu, while the 3rd would take place in Lagos in August.

He said that 18 players had emerged so far in the open category, while five players were contending for the best intermediate player slot having attended two qualifiers so far.

He noted that Helen Orji was the best female among those who had qualified, while Charles Princewill had attended the two qualifiers and would qualify automatically if he attends the rest of the MPC qualifiers.

Owolabi warned that any of the players that qualified for the competition but refused to show up at the grand finale would forfeit his or her spot.

He said that such a player’s spot would be allocated to the next player in the line.

“Only clubs that partner with MGI and foreign players are eligible for wildcards at the grand finale holding from Nov. 22 to Nov. 24 at the Lagos country club, Ikeja.

“Under no circumstances will any player outside the group mentioned above be considered for wildcards,’’ Owolabi said.

He said that MGI believed that it would only be fair that only the players who had travelled round the country would claim their spots at the MPC final competition.

-NAN

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– June 19, 2019 @ 13:05 GMT |