Tournament Report: Inter-School Scrabble Championship 2016 - Primary (Novice)

On 23 January 2016, HKSPA organised the Inter-School Scrabble Championship 2016 - Primary (Novice) for local primary schools new to the Scrabble field. 13 schools competed in this tournament.

Tournament in progress

Each school can send 1 or 2 teams. Each team consists of 2 players, and they will play against 2 other players on 1 board. The teams are paired by Swiss draw. For schools sending 2 teams, the average results of the 2 teams will be counted towards the final school ranking.

Players from Toi Shan Association Primary School

After 5 games, Lok Wah Catholic Primary School got the Gold Cup Champion with 4 wins and a spread of +701, while Ho Lap Primary School (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) got the Gold Cup 1st Runner-up. Christian Alliance S Y Yeh Memorial Primary School got the Gold Cup 2nd Runner-up.

Carson Ip, the tournament director, presenting the Gold Cup Champion trophy to teacher and students from Lok Wah Catholic Primary School

Below is the final school ranking:

Rank School Averaged Wins Averaged Spread
1 Lok Wah Catholic Primary School 4 +701
2 Ho Lap Primary School (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) 4 +653
3 Christian Alliance S Y Yeh Memorial Primary School 3.5 +240.5
4 Tin Shui Wai Methodist Primary School 3 +238
5 Tin Shui Wai Catholic Primary School 3 +193
6 Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee Kung Yik She Primary School 3 -15.5
7 Toi Shan Association Primary School 2.5 +50.5
8 Tsz Wan Shan Catholic Primary School 2 -56.5
9 Po Leung Kuk Camoes Tan Siu Lin Primary School 2 -98.5
10 Canossa School (Hong Kong) 2 -184.5
11 Ming Tao Primary School 2 -249
12 Our Lady of China Catholic Primary School 2 -291
13 Lions Clubs International Ho Tak Sum Primary School 1 -553

The complete winner list can be viewed here.

Students from Christian Alliance S Y Yeh Memorial Primary School playing

The Primary (Open) Category of the Inter-School Scrabble Championship will be held on 9 April 2016. We hope to see those young players again!

Group photo after the tournament

More photos of that day can be viewed here.