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Join the Senior Citizens Scrabble Tournament
View(s):The All Island Senior Citizens Scrabble Tournament organised by Sri Lanka Association of Senior Citizens will take place for the 20th consecutive year on November 10 at the Amethyst Room, Hilton Colombo with the registration starting at 7.30 a.m.
The tournament will be conducted under two categories. Category “A” will be for the contestants who use the Collins Scrabble Words Dictionary and the winner will be awarded the Deshabandu Clara Motwani Memorial Cup. Category “B” is for the players who use more traditional words from the Oxford English Dictionary and the winner will receive the Rajathy Kandasamy Memorial Cup. Prizes will be awarded for the best word score and best game score along with spot prizes at each of the games played.
Entry forms can be obtained from Indrani Athukorale, No.102/1, Dharamapala Mawatha, Colombo 07 (Tel:0112696993), Farida Akbarally, No.28, Clifford Road, Bambalapitiya (Tel: 0112582244) and during Friday gatherings of the Colombo branch of the Sri Lanka Association of Senior Citizens at St. Paul’s Church Hall, Milagiriya.
Entry fee is Rs. 900 and the closing date for entries is October 31. Late entries after November 3 will be subjected to a late fee of Rs.50.