The Australian Masters

This event is a prestige selective event held at a different location each year. In 2017 it is being held in Adelaide, at the Bridge Association at 243 Young Street, Unley.
The ratings system is used to invite the top twenty active Australian Scrabble players to compete in a round robin over 19 rounds.

The winner

The winner was by no means certain in the final rounds. There were several likely winners. It was only in the final round that Andrew Fisher was able to claim the title being one win clear of his rivals.
Here are the top three, pictured with Olly O'Shea, President of ASPA South Australia

1. Andrew Fisher

2. Joanne Craig

3. Daniel Piechnick

Competitors this year

VIC	Andrew Fisher	1995
WA	Russell Honeybun	1914
SA	Daniel Piechnick	1908
NSW	Esther Perrins	1846
NSW	Joanne Craig	1772
WA	David Vanzyl	1768
SA	Michael Cameron	1754
NSW	Rod Talbot	1730
QLD	Ron Baginski	1729
NSW	Ryan Sutton	1726
NSW	Bob Jackman	1721
SA	Trevor Tao	1713
WA	Tim Mason	1706
NSW	Rocky Sharma	1682
SA	Adam Kretschmer	1681
NSW	Tony Hunt	1660
NSW	John Holgate	1639
TAS	Stephen Mooney Pursell	1633
QLD	Karen Richards	1600
SA	Carmel Dodd	1578

Winners

Host	Year	WINNER
Melbourne	2005	Trevor Halsall
Wollongong	2006	Bob Jackman
Melbourne	2007	Naween Fernando
Melbourne	2008	David Eldar
Sydney	2009	Andrew Fisher
Melbourne	2010	Peter Kougi
Adelaide	2011	Edward Okulicz
Sydney	2012	Edward Okulicz
Melbourne	2013	Alastair Richards
Adelaide	2014	Cameron Farlow
Sydney	2015	Naween Fernando
Melbourne	2016	Joanne Craig
Adelaide	2017	Andrew Fisher

The State Challenge Trophy

At the same time, there is a team event for the states and territories. Three players from each of Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania compete in a 19 round event. Each player plays the 18 players from states other than their own (and has one bye round).

Winners

It was quite close with Tasmania taking the lead for many rounds. In the end Victoria prevailed, and a late rally by the Australian Capital Territory put them in second place, separated only on spread. Tasmania was only one game behind.

	VIC	ACT	TAS	WA	SA	QLD	NSW
Wins	31.5	31.5	30.5	29.5	25.5	25.5	25.5
Spread	+1113	+379	+573	-13	-326	-825	-901

The winning team: Gwen Lampre, Carol Johnsen, Norma Fisher

The individual winner was Edie Mueller from West Australia. She had to work hard for her wins, and this is the second time she has won.

South Australian Scrabble Association President Olly O'Shea presented the prize to Edie Mueller.

Competitors this year

TAS	Dianne Brumby	1680
ACT	John Spaan	1602
SA	Jane Taylor	1577
ACT	Noel Barrett	1575
TAS	Martin Rose	1571
QLD	Jane Brown	1566
SA	Tony Miller	1553
VIC	Carol Johnsen	1550
SA	Antonius Syrigos	1542
WA	Ian Ting	1536
VIC	Norma Fisher	1523
WA	Edie Mueller	1519
QLD	Trish Brighton	1510
NSW	Ivor Zetler	1509
VIC	Gwen Lampre	1509
ACT	John Hamilton	1452
NSW	Peter Shaw	1451
QLD	Sheryl Davidson	1442
WA	Anne Zion	1417
NSW	Greg Pinchbeck	1371
TAS	Keri Heart	1316

Past winners

Host	Year	State	Individual
Melbourne	2005	SA	Carmel Dodd (SA)
Wollongong	2006	WA	Edie Mueller(WA)
Melbourne	2007	VIC	Tony Hunt (NSW)
Melbourne	2008	QLD	Harry Malcolm (VIC)
Sydney	2009	QLD	Chris Hall (WA)
Melbourne	2010	NSW	Michael McKenna (NSW)
Adelaide	2011	QLD	John Spaan (ACT)
Sydney	2012	NSW	Tony Hunt (NSW)
Melbourne	2013	VIC	Matte Dunn (VIC)
Adelaide	2014	NSW	Ryan Sutton (NSW)
Sydney	2015	NSW	Tim Mason (WA)
Melbourne	2016	WA	David Vanzyl (WA)
Adelaide	2017	VIC	Edie Mueller (WA)