?Tama­ra John and Lloyd Pierre were the out­stand­ing play­ers when the T&T Scrab­ble As­so­ci­a­tion, in part­ner­ship with Ari­ma Ro­tary Club and the Min­istry of Sport and Youth Af­fairs, host­ed the fi­nals of the an­nu­al scrab­ble tour­na­ment on Sat­ur­day at the Roof Top of the Mount Hope Hos­pi­tal. John, a for­mer na­tion­al play­er, was out­stand­ing in the Se­nior cat­e­go­ry. The 17-year-old East Zone cham­pi­on won all five games she played. John has been un­beat­en for this sea­son and con­tin­ues to keep the lega­cy of her grand­par­ents Pat and Robin John, who rep­re­sent­ed T&T at ma­jor na­tion­al scrab­ble tour­na­ments. Out­stand­ing plays al­so came from Pierre, who copped most of the prizes among the ju­niors.

He was the East Zone win­ner, and he cap­tured the high­est "J Word", the high­est "Z Word", the high­est sin­gle play with 119 points and the high­est game score with 528 points. Play­ers from To­ba­go al­so shared in the prizes, with Tami­ka Mitchell and Kade­sha Kent hold­ing their own against their Trinidad coun­ter­parts. Fa­ti­ma emerged the top school among the ju­niors with nine wins and a points dif­fer­en­tial of 474. In sec­ond place was Sig­nal Hill (sev­en wins) and third St Mary's (six wins). St Au­gus­tine Girls' copped the Se­nior Di­vi­sion ti­tle with eight wins and a points dif­fer­en­tial of 261. AS­JA San Fer­nan­do was run­ner-up and St Mary's third.

School win­ners:

Ju­niors: 1 Fa­ti­ma (9 wins - Point Dif­fer­en­tial 474); 2 Sig­nal Hill (7 wins - Points Dif­fer­en­tial 660); 3 St Mary's (6 wins - Points Dif­fer­en­tial 258).

Se­niors: 1 St Au­gus­tine Girls (8 wins - Points Dif­fer­en­tial 261); 2 AS­JA San Fer­nan­do (7 wins - Points Dif­fer­en­tial -92); 3 St Mary's (6 wins - Points Dif­fer­en­tial 258)