By Asif Khan
KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 12, 2012: 15 year old Javeria Mirza became the youngest scrabble player in Pakistan to win a ranking tournament. She won 8 out of 9 matches to take the title at the 13th Ranking Scrabble Tournament played at Beach Luxury hotel on Sunday.
The newly selected players for the World Youth Scrabble Championship displayed great skills against much experiences and seasoned players. No less than 5 players in the top 10 were teenagers.
The senior players found the going very tough against the highly motivated youth players. Only the national champion Waseem Khatri managed to put up some resistance before succumbing to Javeria and finishing 2nd with 7 wins while another 15 year old Muhammad Inshal finished 3rd with 6 wins.
The youngsters who have been practising very hard for the World Youth Scrabble Championship took full advantage of the opportunity to compete against the top players in the country and gained the much needed practise ahead of the world championship which is to be played in England during December.
PSA officials are very confident of the team's chances at the world championship this year as the players have been doing very well at the ranking tournaments of late.
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