SEYCHELLES' representative at the recent Fifth Pan-African Scrabble Championship which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, W. T. D. Silva, won rounds of applause when he won eight of his 18 matches played.

Silva, a teacher at the Belonie Secondary School, was neck-and-neck in the scores of the other 10 matches he conceded.

Silva, who along with Johnson Fasuba, an engineer employed by the Ministry of Local Government, Sports and Culture (MLGSC), defended Seychelles' colours in the World Scrabble Competition in Melbourne, Australia, two years ago, won his matches against players from Nigeria (Motolanie), Kenya (Eric Kusimba), Uganda (Dr Allan Mpairwe) and Tanzania (Dr Mushtak, Murtaza, Makbool, Makbul Manji and Hamisi Quezi).

Invited to take part in the Fifth Pan-African Scrabble Championship by the Kenya Amateur Scrabble Association, Silva was honoured when he was made to distribute the awards.

South African Trevor Holmiere won the U. S. $1,000 cash prize and the Pan-African Scrabble Championship Cup after defeating the much fancied Segun of Nigeria in the final.