The selection process for scrabble players who will represent Ogun State at the 21st edition of the National Sports Festival began yesterday at the Ogun State Sports Centre, Ijeja, Abeokuta.
The 17-day trials are holding at the newly remodelled Scrabble Hall.
The trials will see a total of 30 players compete for limited slots on offer in the Masters, Intermediate, Ladies and Opens categories.
A schedule recently released by the Technical Committee, as approved by the Ogun State Scrabble Association, indicated that the first-leg of the trials would see invited players compete in Ladies and Opens categories from September 13-15 while the Masters and the Intermediate players would battle on the board from 16 to 18 of the same month.
Each category will witness a total of 28 games where the top three with a reserve will qualify for the camping proper from 19-30 for the fiesta in Asaba, Delta State.
Meanwhile, the Scrabble governing body, the OSSA said that all provisions have been made available for the comfort of the players who are expected to display a high level of professionalism during the selection process.
Chairman of the Association, Adekoyejo Adegbesan, while wishing all players the best, reiterated the uncompromising desire of the new board to re-engineer and reposition scrabble as a sport in the state.