Scrabble players are taking advantage of working at home to equip their skills as coronavirus pandemic brings the world to a standstill.
With no matches and championships across the world, the players have resorted to Internet Scrabble Club (ISC) as the rest of the world is complaining about coronavirus pandemic, putting all sporting activities to a halt.
Scrabble Kenya (SK), which was preparing Kenyan players for the East, Central and Southern Africa Scrabble Association (ECASA) that is supposed to be staged in Jinja, Uganda, is still waiting for any the communication, pronouncing the end of the pandemic.
SK chairman Bernard Amuken was optimistic that players who are working at home have found the best time to train read much and cram as many words as possible to ensure that they sharpen their skills.
“Right now everything is quiet. We were to go for the ECASA but we may not go because of the pandemic. But am happy that the majority of the players including me are seriously reading in their respective houses,” said Amuke.
He said that their dream was to return to ECASA to defend their title for the 4th time after conquering the region after top players led by Allan Oyende, Patrick Nderitu Gitonga, Bernard Koyyoko among others led the country at the world English Scrabble Players Association Championships (WESPAC) in Goa, India.
“This is the right time to prepare for the forthcoming events because sometimes work can be a hindrance for any scrabble player,” said the civil engineer known for installing large scale solar panels especially in big industries.
In ISC, Amuke said they are sharpening skills against the rest of the world with big players but emphasized that the majority of Kenyan players are playing against each other and post results.
“We are monitoring all players online because they post results after each game. That shows scrabble, as a game will be going on though without a major championship,” added Amuke.