History
| Year | MASTERS | STATE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINNER | Best State | Best Individual | ||
| Melbourne | 2005 | Trevor Halsall | SA | Carmel Dodd (SA) |
| Wollongong | 2006 | Bob Jackman | WA | Edie Mueller(WA) |
| Melbourne | 2007 | Naween Fernando | VIC | Tony Hunt (NSW) |
| Melbourne | 2008 | David Eldar | QLD | Harry Malcolm (VIC) |
| Sydney | 2009 | Andrew Fisher | QLD | Chris Hall (WA) |
| Melbourne | 2010 | Peter Kougi | NSW | Michael McKenna (NSW) |
| Adelaide | 2011 | Edward Okulicz | QLD | John Spaan (ACT) |
| Sydney | 2012 | Edward Okulicz | NSW | Tony Hunt (NSW) |
| Melbourne | 2013 | Alastair Richards | VIC | Matte Dunn (VIC) |
The format
Australia's top 20 players are selected over a 12 month qualifying period, and then additionally a there are teams of three players representing each of the participating states and territories. You can see how the selection worked at this page.The top 20 play a round robin of 19 rounds, and simultaneously the 21 players in the State Challenge play a modified round robin which has each player playing the 18 players from the opposing teams.
The competitors
| MASTERS | ||
|---|---|---|
 | VIC Naween Fernando | 2017 |
 | NSW Edward Okulicz | 1978 |
 | SA Daniel Piechnick | 1975 |
 | VIC Andrew Fisher | 1958 |
 | NSW Esther Perrins | 1920 |
 | VIC Peter Kougi | 1896 |
 | QLD Cameron Farlow | 1880 |
 | VIC Trevor Halsall | 1838 |
 | NSW Ron Baginski | 1834 |
 | NSW Bob Jackman | 1776 |
 | NSW Joanne Craig | 1775 |
 | QLD Ryan Anderson | 1765 |
 | WA Russell Honeybun | 1725 |
 | VIC Mythili Rudra | 1713 |
 | NSW Rod Talbot | 1690 |
 | VIC Matte Dunn | 1674 |
 | SA Trevor Tao | 1664 |
 | SA Adam Kretschmer | 1642 |
 | NSW Tony Hunt | 1613 |
 | WA Edie Mueller | 1570 |
| STATES | ||
|---|---|---|
 | NSW Victor Tung | 1704 |
 | NSW Rocky Sharma | 1648 |
 | NSW Ryan Sutton | 1648 |
 | SA Carmel Dodd | 1701 |
 | SA Jane Taylor | 1596 |
 | SA Tony Miller | 1581 |
 | QLD Karen Richards | 1677 |
 | QLD Helen Hynes | 1653 |
 | QLD Jane Brown | 1542 |
 | VIC Norma Fisher | 1613 |
 | VIC Natasha Podesser | 1587 |
 | VIC Harry Malcolm | 1537 |
 | ACT John Spaan | 1710 |
 | ACT Noel Barrett | 1502 |
 | ACT John Hamilton | 1479 |
 | WA Chris Hall | 1597 |
 | WA Dianne Ward | 1554 |
 | WA David Vanzyl | 1454 |
 | TAS Dianne Brumby | 1627 |
 | TAS Keri Heart | 1371 |
 | TAS John Hayes | 1191 |