IMPORTANT: Selection processes will now give priority to Australian players who have told CASPA that they will attend or might attend.
Send an email to nro@scrabble.org.au with the subject line saying the event, and an indication of YES, NO or MAYBE.
Any Australian ASPA member may ask to be considered, not just the ones listed as contenders.
Australian Masters and State Challenge
This selective event has 20 top players playing a round robin and seven state teams of three playing against other states.
The event has been held annually since 2005 (except for two covid years). You will be able to follow the progress
Venue:gateway Shopping Mall Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Terminal 2 (KLIA2) Eligibility: A senior is classed as anyone born 1969 or earlier. Fee: 300 Malaysian ringgit payable on site Format: 25 games (9+10+6); WESPA Rules V4; 25-minute game; CSW21 dictionary; 5-point challenge
Gateway International Open
All ages
Venue:gateway Shopping Mall Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Terminal 2 (KLIA2)
Trans Tasman
The dates and venue for the 2024 Trans Tasman have been settled. Over three days, Friday 15th
to Sunday 17th November 2024, twelve Aussies and twelve Kiwis will play 24 rounds at Mount Eden,
a picturesque suburb of Auckland. The Australian team is selected by rating performance over 11½ months. See
2025 WESPA Championship
The 2025 WESPA Championship will be held at the Alisa Hotel,
North Ridge, Accra, Ghana.
World Team Scrabble Championship
- World Team Scrabble Championship and Side Events.
Sixteen teams of five players will play over three days.
See who will play for us,
More details at the
WESPA Championship
November 11, 2025 - Last Chance Qualifier
November 12-15, 2025 - WESPA Championship and Side Events
November 16, 2025 - Best of 7 Final
Australia is entitled to send 14 players in addition to David Eldar who qualifies because he was World Champion.
Selection is by ratings over a twelve month period ending May 31 2025. See full details
IMPORTANT: The selection process will now give priority to Australian players who have told CASPA that they will attend or might attend.
Send an email to nro@scrabble.org.au with an indication of YES, NO or MAYBE.
Any Australian ASPA member may ask to be considered, not just the ones listed as contenders.
News
The inaugural Australian Junior Scrabble Championship took place in Sydney. 32 players took part.
The first Australian Junior Scrabble Champion emerged as Oscar Ivanovski who won all 7 games.
1st: Oscar Ivanovski,
7 wins +1563 margin
Prizes were also given by age band. See
Oscar will proceed to represent Australia at the World Youth Scrabble Championship in Sri Lanka.
Ashwin Page and Danira da Silva will also be playing.
Cameron Farlow wins the Queensland Championship yet again.
Cameron Farlow, Karen Richards, Guy Newsham
See
results
CSW24
A new edition of Collins Scrabble Words has been published.
It has 1816 additions, 847 of them being words of length 3 to 8.
There are no new two letter words. Deletions include ALF (and ALFS).
WESPA has endorsed its use from .
OWO and UWU are expressions of surprise and cuteness respectively represented as emoticons.
UWU will be a happy emotion for those trying to dump the awkward WU combination.
SEALION is finally in (it used to be just ANISOLE).
MPOX (formerly monkey pox) has been in the news recently and it is now in, as also is COVID.
The blog at
scrabble.collinsdictionary.com/blog/collins-official-scrabble-words-2024
gives a few teasers of new words.
Chris May commemorated
Chris May 1984 - 2023
The Winter Masters in Sydney was dedicated to Chris. Prizes were presented by his widow. The winner was Trevor Halsall.
See the results.
John Hamilton did an admirable job in directing, updating round by round results
and video on Facebook.
The Victorian Scrabble Championship has been won by David Eldar.
Victorian Championship Winner: David Eldar
Second was Edward Okulicz, 3rd was John Hamilton, 4th was Oscar Ivanovski
Edward Oscar, John
See results
The West Australian Scrabble Championship has been won by Ian Ting.
See results
