Nakuru County Open

This was a tournament to behold falling on Jamhuri Day, our country's independence day. It was a three day tournament coupled with KESPA elections from the 11th-13th of December. The Nakuru county club hosted a total of 38 players, this included hardline players such as Manase Otieno, Allan Oyende, Magwanga Onani, Phillip-Phenomenon Mugisha, Willy Mwangi, Gigaton Gitonga Nderitu among others.
KESPA saw new faces coming to its secretariat with elections took the center stage of the second day
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They elected the following to run the Kenya Scrabble Players Association for 2 years as follows:

Chairman VICTOR IKAWA

Vice Chairman METRIC MUKHALASIA

Treasurer JOHN MBOTE

Secretary General GEORGE NYAKUNDI

Assistant Secretary General MUEMA MUUMBI

Fixtures Secretary PETER MURAGURI KAMAU

Publicity Officer GITONGA NDERITU

Member MILLIE KIKECHI

Member MACKTON WAFULA

Member SAM MWITI

Results after game 21 NAKURU DEC 11/2010 -- NAKURU NATIONAL Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Willy Mwangi 16 934 2 Allan Oyende 15 868 3 Manase Otieno 14 896 4 Francis Wachira 13 951 5 Joseph Chavutia 13 492 6 Mackton Wafula 13 217 7 Charles Kariuki 13 32 8 John Mbote 12.5 67 9 Phillip Edwin-mugisha 12 408 10 Gitonga Nderitu 12 319 11 Gilbert Oluoch 12 295 12 Magwanga Onani 12 101 13 Patrick Litunya 11 685 14 Fred Magu 11 487 15 Gitonga Simon 11 172 16 Francis Theuri 11 128 17 Kariuki Kariuki 11 52 18 Martins Mutahi 11 -100 19 David Mbugua 10.5 343 20 Samson Midigo 10.5 -640 21 Charles Kimani 10 493 22 Julius Odongo 10 182 23 Awiti Ngoya 10 -134 24 Kepher Ochiene 10 -419 25 Charles Nderitu 10 -755 26 Ezra Omwanza 9.5 225 27 Bernard Nderitu 9.5 8 28 Muema Muumbi 9 172 29 Mwangi Kamau 9 -193 30 Sammy Mwiti 9 -206 31 Alukhaba Saul 9 -325 32 George Nyakundi 8.5 -269 33 Peter Mbuthia 8 -166 34 Duke Micheka 8 -639 35 Nicholas Muchai 8 -764 36 John Maina 8 -1272 37 Oburu Maurice 7 -466 38 David Njuguna 1 -2179 HIGH GAME: Ezra Omwanza 596 HIGH WORD: Fred Magu