Eight-time Na­tion­al Scrab­ble Cham­pi­on and cap­tain of the Hap­py Hour Scrab­ble Club, Rod­ney Ro­many, beamed with pride as his club dom­i­nat­ed the win­ner's cir­cle at this year's na­tion­al pre­sen­ta­tion cer­e­mo­ny. Hap­py Hour cap­tured both the pres­ti­gious League and Knock-Out tro­phies, clinch­ing the dou­ble for the eighth time.

Ro­many's tri­umph in the na­tion­al cham­pi­onships earned him the right to rep­re­sent T&T at the World Scrab­ble Cham­pi­onship, held in Oc­to­ber at the Hilton Ho­tel, Poland. Ro­many pro­vid­ed the coun­try with its best ever per­for­mance at these cham­pi­onships, plac­ing 59th from a field of 106 par­tic­i­pants.

Fel­low team-mates Bri­an Yates and Comp­ton Welch, con­tin­ued their club's win­ning streak as Yates emerged as the league's Most Valu­able Play­er (MVP) and al­so se­cured the prize for scor­ing the most bonus words, (126), set­ting a new na­tion­al record.

Welch took the prize for the high­est sin­gle play and teamed up with Adol­phus Alexan­der to win the pairs tour­na­ment. Alexan­der al­so took the prize for the high­est game score, (718 points).These three team mem­bers re­ceived steady sup­port from scrab­ble queen, Car­ol Ross, Ronald Fer­reira, Curvis Fran­cois and their in­spi­ra­tional leader, Ro­many.