Theresa Camilleri, David Delicata and Jojo Delia will be representing Malta in the World Scrabble Championships which will be held in Mumbai, India in November.

This will be the first time that Malta will have three representatives in the world championships.

Camilleri and Delicata qualified as the top two players in the National League whereas Delia was the highest rated player at the end of the last rating tournament held prior to the selection of the Malta representatives.

The National League was a direct tussle between Theresa Camilleri and David Delicata. In the end only a point separated the two players after a gruelling 48-match tournament.

Camilleri finished first on 65 points to retain the title while Delicata finished on 64 points. Third-placed Cecil Muscat, finished on 53 points.

The third spot was decided during the last event organised an 18-round tournament played over three days.

Jojo Delia dominated this tournament, winning 17 out of 18 games, while Cecil Muscat finished joint second with Mario Saliba with 14 wins – not enough for any of these two to threaten Delia’s third placing in the overall ratings.