The first-ever Scrabble tournament was brought to Hong Kong, jointly by Mattel and Broadlearning, in 2003 though the game of Scrabble was invented some 60 years ago. From 2003 to now, the number of Scrabble competitions has been on the rise. Over the same period of time, most, if not all, Scrabble competitions targeted on students ranging from primary schools to universities.
According to Wikipedia, many of Hong Kong’s large-scale Scrabble competitions are virtually organized by local schools. To name a few, they are S.K.H. St. Michael’s Primary School, Ho Lap College, S.T.F.A. Leung Kau Kui College, C.C.C. Mong Man Wai College, St. Mark’s School, etc…
Mattel and Broadlearning introduced the first-ever Scrabble Championship in 2003. There are two categories in the competition, namely Primary Category and Secondary Category. In each category, 60 schools are invited to compete for the group trophies and individual awards. A total of 7 rounds will be played on the day of Semi-Final and that of Grand-Final. Each school can send 3 representatives to mat ...
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S.K.H. St. Michael's Primary School established its Scrabble Club in 2002. Over the past 12 years, it has trained up many elite Scrabble players who were able to take home trophies for groups or individuals. It is Hong Kong's only primary school which could excel in almost every category of all the Scrabble invitationals organized by the local secondary schools. Besides, it began holding interschool Scrabbl ...
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Ho Lap College started its Scrabble training in 2002. For the past decade, it has always been the overall winner among Hong Kong's secondary schools. If S.K.H. St. Michael's Primary School is the best among all primary schools, then Ho Lap College would be its counterpart among all secondary schools. In 2009, Ho Lap College was the first school to hold cross-level inter-school Scrabble championship on an in ...
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S.T.F.A. Leung Kau Kui College commenced its Scrabble training without any help of teachers! In its history of Scrabble competitions, it was able to stand out among many teachers-led school teams. Back in 2006, it was the first school in Hong Kong to hold invitational Scrabble tournament and it contributed a lot to promoting the practice of holding invitational Scrabble competitions in the territories! S.T. ...
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C.C.C. Mong Man Wai College has always been one of the title contenders in many Scrabble competitions. From time to time, it spends quite a lot on running a quality Scrabble squad. In 2010, it began holding interschool Scrabble championships for secondary schools once every year. C.C.C. Mong Man Wai College's Invitational Scrabble Championship requires the participants to compete on a 5-round, individual ba ...
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