Evergreen scrabble competition

KOCHI: The third EWA Evergreen Inter-school scrabble competition was held in Kochi recently. A total of 38 teams participated in the event.In the senior category, Krishna Das S Nair and Madhav Gopi of Bhavan’s Adarsha Vidyalaya won the first place while Swetha Kurian and Arundhathi Menon of Bhavan’s Varuna Vidyalaya won the second place and Yusuf Ali and Shihel Jinna of Al-Ameen Public School came third.In the juniors category, Paulson Paul and Vivek I Mathai of Choice School came first while Joseph Jacob and Eleesa Sara of Choice School came second and Roshan Babu and Naveen Mathew of Rajagiri Public School came third. Cash prizes of `2,500, `1,500 and `1,000 were given to those who won the first, second and third positions in each category.The prizes were distributed by Ernakulam Women’s Association president Shobha Thampi. The winners were also given the EWA Evergreen Rolling Trophy.