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Jighere Wellington Emerges 2015 World Scrabble Champion

Jighere Wellington has emerged the new Scrabble champion of the world after defeating Lewis Mackay 4-0 in a Best of Seven series in Perth Australia.

Jighere Wellington, who had already finished first in a 32-Game Scrabble marathon to qualify for the two-man finals, defeated his English opponent in just four games (out of seven) and thus, becomes the new World Scrabble Champion.

Wellington also placed 3rd at the World Scrabble Championship in 2007.

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Oak Pension Win 2015 Ikeja Golf Club Corporate Challenge Cup

The Oak Pension Team has emerged winners of the 2015 Corporate Challenge Cup concluded at Ikeja Golf Club in Lagos.

The Oak Pension Team comprising of Christopher Obije, Yomi Egbe, Alaba Adetunji and Abdulmajeed Aberuagba set the tone for their nine points lead from the first round of the 36-hole play on Friday September 18, 2015.

According to the Captain of the club, “it is a highly sought after event and I am not surprised with the way most players took on the course from the first day”.

The Oak Pension Team garnered 99 stableford points on day-one at the expense of other 16 teams assembled for honours at Ikeja Golf Club before sealing their victory with an unassailable 98 points on the second day.

Victor Enosegbe, Competition Secretary of the Club, said:

“I think more and more teams are seeing the value of showcasing their team at this event and more especially, the benefit of partnering with a golf club like ours.”

With nine shots adrift of the champions are Prime Metro Properties; a team represented by Rasheed Adebisi, Austin Aigbotsua, Bidemi Ojo and Biodun Oyewoga. They totaled 188 stableford points to pick the runner up prize at the event. ICMA Services, featuring, Jimoh Odundare, Muyideen Olaitan, Rasaki Muritala and Kehinde Afolayan carded 185 points over 36 holes to place third at the event.

The best three teams apart from receiving gifts at the 2015 Corporate Challenge Cup have the unique honour of branding three different strategic holes for the next twelve months as a way to perpetuate the teams’ brilliant show at the 2015 Corporate Challenge Cup.

Other competitors at the yearly 36-hole competition included Alpha Pharmacy, Adeco Project Engineers, Berger Paints 7Up Bottling Companies, Jungle Film Works, Grand Treasures, Consolidate Hallmark Insurance PLC, Sterling Bank Plc, Digital Media Limited, Ubosi Eleh and Co and Prime Prime Metro UK.

Nigeria Emerge 2015 Afrobasket Champions

Nigeria beat Angola 74-65 in the final of the 2015 AfroBasket competition in Rades, Tunisia to claim their first-ever continental championship.

In being crowned African champions of the 2015 AfroBasket competition, the Nigerians also qualified for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Meanwhile, second-place Angola joined third and fourth-place Tunisia and Senegal in booking their places for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQTs).

Angola went into the final looking to win a 12th African title and led early on, before Nigeria’s rotation made the difference as they turned the score around in the second quarter and once they took the lead, they held on to it, going up by as many as 19 points.

Chamberlain Oguchi hit a trifecta of three-pointers on his way to a game-high 19 points for Nigeria, with Olaseni Lawal finished with a dozen. Carlos Morais led the Angolans with 15 points while Yanick Moreira added 13. Click here for the full game report.

Oguchi was rewarded for his impressive tournament and huge individual performance in the Final by receiving the Most Valuable Player award, presented by Tissot.

The 29-year-old headlined the All-Star Five, which also included his Nigeria team-mate Al-Farouq Aminu, Morais of Angola, Tunisia’s Makram Ben Romdhane and Gorgui Dieng of Senegal.

In the words of Chamberlain Oguchi:

“It’s the best moment of my life, to be able to come here after missing the last AfroBasket, to be able to come here and do this with my brothers, it feels amazing.

I’m happy to be able to share this moment with them and for me personally, it’s just really great.”

Tunisia bounced back from their Semi-Final defeat to Angola on Saturday to beat Senegal 82-73 in Sunday’s Third-Place Game. Michael Roll made 4 of his 8 three-point attempts to lead all scorers with 25 points as the tournament hosts – despite playing without their star Salah Mejri – led for most of the contest and gave their fans something to cheer about. Click here for the full game report.

In the Classification Games, Egypt edged out Algeria 69-63 to finish fifth, Mali came in seventh after defeating Gabon 94-82, Cameroon cruised past Cape Verde 88-66 for ninth place, Mozambique topped Cote d’Ivoire 70-63 for 11th place, Morocco saw off Central African Republic (CAF) 86-74 for 13th place and Uganda defeated Zimbabwe 72-64 for 15th place. Chamberlain Oguchi (198-G/F-86, college: Illinois St., agency: Octagon Europe).