Scrabble Australia
Australian Masters and State Team Challenge 2018
Contenders

The event

The location for 2018 is the Gold Coast. Twenty of the top players will play the Australian Masters as a round robin in September 2018.
At the same time, teams of three players from each of seven states or territories play the State Team Challenge as head-to-head matches.

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Rule variation

Masters section has 5 point penalty for each word challenged but correct.

Special Rule:

1. In the event of a player being absent for one game a forfeit will apply.
2. Where a player is absent for more than one game, that player cannot resume participation in the tournament and no standby player may be introduced into the tournament.
3. Where a player is absent for more than one game, any games already played by the no-show/evictee will be voided for the calculation of tournament placings.
4. Any games already played will be recognised for calculating ratings.
5. In exceptional circumstances the Tournament Director may consult with the competitors and vary the ruling regarding no-shows

The contenders

The table below shows the teams according to qualification criteria (click here for details) set by the Council of the Australian Scrabble Players Association. It shows the selected teams as at 19.04.2018 plus 3 reserves from each state.

More details revealed as you move your mouse over the table.

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Australian Masters	State Challenge	Contender	Q Stat 19.04.2018	Games	Peak (games) May-Aug	Peak (games) Sep-Dec	Peak (games) Jan-Apr
1 M		David Eldar (VIC)	2100.75*	49	1932 (0)	2107 (10)	2182? (39)
2 M		Edward Okulicz (NSW)	2031.00	179	2002 (34)	2072 (61)	2025 (84)
3 M		Chris May (NSW)	2016.00	116	2017 (16)	2057 (32)	1995 (68)
4 M		Andrew Fisher (VIC)	1996.00	120	2015 (13)	1999 (29)	1985 (78)
5 M		Trevor Halsall (VIC)	1946.00	98	1887 (37)	1913 (7)	1992 (54)
6 M		Naween Fernando (VIC)	1939.50*	87	1760 (0)	1960 (16)	2019 (71)
7 M		Peter Kougi (VIC)	1935.00*	110	1766 (0)	1964 (29)	2005 (81)
8 M		Cameron Farlow (QLD)	1923.50	140	1923 (24)	1921 (41)	1925 (75)
9 M		Daniel Piechnick (SA)	1913.25	174	1914 (38)	1925 (66)	1907 (70)
10 M		Esther Perrins (NSW)	1895.25	130	1846 (18)	1859 (43)	1938 (69)
11 M		Russell Honeybun (WA)	1858.25	134	1914 (39)	1835 (47)	1842 (48)
12 M		Richard Jeremy (ACT)	1840.00*	5	1746 (0)	1934 (5)
13 M		Joanne Craig (NSW)	1826.75	244	1825 (62)	1872 (72)	1805 (110)
14 M		Michael Cameron (SA)	1810.50	95	1761 (31)	1860 (64)
15 M		Jakob Teitelbaum (ACT)	1808.75*	60	1782 (0)	1805 (16)	1824 (44)
16 M		Bob Jackman (NSW)	1795.25	223	1782 (33)	1809 (81)	1795 (109)
17 M		Anand Bharadwaj (VIC)	1781.00*	41	1649 (0)	1843 (10)	1816? (31)
18 M		Mythili Rudra (VIC)	1765.75	111	1718 (31)	1773 (10)	1786 (70)
19 M		Rod Talbot (NSW)	1750.75	283	1839 (86)	1722 (89)	1721 (108)
20 M		Diyath Visidagamage (VIC)	1749.50*	10	1800 (0)	1699 (10)
	1 NSW	Ryan Sutton (NSW)	1743.75	199	1820 (49)	1719 (63)	1718 (87)
	1 SA	Adam Kretschmer (SA)	1742.50	180	1698 (36)	1772 (64)	1750 (80)
	1 WA	David Vanzyl (WA)	1741.25	150	1768 (46)	1723 (54)	1737 (50)
	1 VIC	Nick Ivanovski (VIC)	1738.75	116	1765 (44)	1746 (24)	1722 (48)
	2 NSW	Wayne Jones (NSW)	1736.50	153	1733 (25)	1725 (51)	1744 (77)
	1 QLD	Ron Baginski (QLD)	1707.75*	130	1529 (0)	1778 (35)	1762 (95)
	2 SA	Trevor Tao (SA)	1703.50	135	1719 (41)	1775 (61)	1660 (33)
	3 NSW	Victor Tung (NSW)	1702.00	147	1676 (26)	1708 (60)	1712 (61)
	2 WA	Tim Mason (WA)	1699.50	70	1742 (32)	1690 (26)	1683 (12)
		Rael Hayman (NSW4)	1695.25	180	1703 (40)	1718 (78)	1680 (62)
		John Holgate (NSW5)	1692.00	203	1639 (8)	1651 (87)	1739 (108)
		Rocky Sharma (NSW6)	1690.00	87	1682 (35)	1670 (19)	1704 (33)
	3 WA	Graham Bell (WA)	1685.75	36	1670 (7)	1645 (14)	1714? (15)
	2 QLD	Karen Richards (QLD)	1666.25	164	1614 (32)	1681 (56)	1685 (76)
	3 SA	Simon Walton (SA)	1655.75*	16	1511 (0)	1704 (5)	1704? (11)
	3 QLD	Andrew Hamblin (QLD)	1633.75	72	1633 (16)	1588 (32)	1657 (24)
		Ryan Anderson (QLD4)	1630.50	18	1644 (14)	1617 (4)
	2 VIC	Alistair Kane (VIC)	1630.00	16	1626 (6)	1634 (10)
	1 ACT	John Spaan (ACT)	1623.25	129	1612 (18)	1625 (53)	1628 (58)
		Helen Hynes (QLD5)	1623.00	52	1585 (14)	1581 (9)	1663? (29)
		Carmel Dodd (SA4)	1612.75	150	1579 (22)	1626 (60)	1623 (68)
	1 TAS	Dianne Brumby (TAS)	1612.00	79	1680 (40)	1590 (18)	1589 (21)
	3 VIC	Heather Long (VIC)	1610.25	104	1616 (47)	1645 (33)	1590 (24)
		Edie Mueller (WA4)	1605.00	120	1597 (46)	1691 (53)	1566 (21)
	2 TAS	Stephen Mooney Purse(TAS)	1599.50	44	1633 (14)	1617 (26)	1574? (4)
		Natasha Podesser (VIC4)	1598.50	72	1571 (20)	1603 (16)	1610 (36)
		Jane Taylor (SA5)	1596.50	212	1615 (82)	1557 (54)	1607 (76)
		Jane Brown (QLD6)	1594.75	123	1629 (32)	1610 (59)	1570 (32)
		Geoff Wright (VIC5)	1591.75	123	1605 (44)	1580 (33)	1591 (46)
		Alan Burn (VIC6)	1589.25	166	1532 (60)	1589 (66)	1618 (40)
	2 ACT	Noel Barrett (ACT)	1584.25	217	1575 (68)	1554 (77)	1604 (72)
		Chris Hall (WA5)	1580.00	74	1653 (39)	1569 (28)	1549 (7)
		Ian Ting (WA6)	1576.75	109	1536 (46)	1563 (39)	1604 (24)
		Barry Jordan (SA6)	1574.50*	119	1625 (54)	1425 (0)	1624 (65)
	3 TAS	Martin Rose (TAS)	1556.75	115	1571 (21)	1574 (39)	1541 (55)
	3 ACT	John Hamilton (ACT)	1494.50	128	1469 (25)	1520 (103)
		Alex Boiko (ACT4)	1441.75	122	1463 (26)	1422 (56)	1441 (40)
		Khen Meerding (TAS4)	1438.00	70	1457 (21)	1443 (14)	1426 (35)
		Ros Wilkinson (TAS5)	1386.00	84	1291 (35)	1353 (21)	1450 (28)
		Tony Williams (ACT5)	1382.50	136	1377 (58)	1421 (35)	1366 (43)
		Helen Metaxas (TAS6)	1361.75	48	1385 (21)	1348 (14)	1357? (13)
		Tim Reddan (ACT6)	1345.75	67	1337 (15)	1344 (26)	1351 (26)

Missed a peak
David Eldar (VIC) (currently rated 2182) Peak 1 = 2132−200
Alastair Richards (QLD) (currently rated 2055) Peak 1 = 2055−200 Peak 2 = 2055−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1855
Naween Fernando (VIC) (currently rated 1950) Peak 1 = 1960−200
Richard Jeremy (ACT) (currently rated 1934) Peak 1 = 1946−200
Peter Kougi (VIC) (currently rated 1870) Peak 1 = 1966−200
Michael McKenna (ACT) (currently rated 1865) Peak 1 = 1865−200 Peak 2 = 1865−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1665 ,last played in 2016.
Julian McKail (VIC) (currently rated 1863) Peak 1 = 1863−200 Peak 2 = 1863−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1663 ,last played in 2015.
Jakob Teitelbaum (ACT) (currently rated 1824) Peak 1 = 1982−200
Kristian Saether (QLD) (currently rated 1811) Peak 1 = 1811−200 Peak 2 = 1811−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1611
Anand Bharadwaj (VIC) (currently rated 1806) Peak 1 = 1849−200
Michael Hornung (VIC) (currently rated 1754) Peak 1 = 1754−200 Peak 2 = 1754−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1554 ,last played in 2015.
Simon Walton (SA) (currently rated 1704) Peak 1 = 1711−200
Diyath Visidagamage (VIC) (currently rated 1699) Peak 1 = 2000−200
Jimmy Scarff (VIC) (currently rated 1671) Peak 2 = 1671−200 , off radar, Q =1571
Sue Kyatt (VIC) (currently rated 1643) Peak 2 = 1643−200 , off radar, Q =1543
Jason Stockdale (VIC) (currently rated 1628) Peak 1 = 1628−200 Peak 2 = 1628−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1428
Joan Rosenthal (NSW) (currently rated 1625) Peak 1 = 1625−200 Peak 2 = 1625−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1425 ,last played in 2015.
Ron Baginski (QLD) (currently rated 1621) Peak 1 = 1729−200
Barry Jordan (SA) (currently rated 1601) Peak 2 = 1625−200
Harry Malcolm (VIC) (currently rated 1593) Peak 1 = 1584−200 , off radar, Q =1488.5
Barry Argent (TAS) (currently rated 1579) Peak 1 = 1579−200 Peak 2 = 1579−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1379 ,last played in 2016.
Matte Dunn (VIC) (currently rated 1568) Peak 1 = 1568−200 Peak 2 = 1568−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1368 ,last played in 2015.
Michael Rubinstein (VIC) (currently rated 1558) Peak 1 = 1558−200 Peak 2 = 1558−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1358 ,last played in 2014.
Lois Binnie (VIC) (currently rated 1529) Peak 2 = 1529−200 , off radar, Q =1429
Mark Smith (NSW) (currently rated 1515) Peak 1 = 1517−200 , off radar, Q =1464.25
Garth van Vliet (NSW) (currently rated 1514) Peak 1 = 1514−200 Peak 2 = 1514−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1418.5
Leif Cooper (WA) (currently rated 1503) Peak 2 = 1482−200 , off radar, Q =1442.5
Mary McMahon (VIC) (currently rated 1454) Peak 1 = 1425−200 , off radar, Q =1398
Julie Gardiner (QLD) (currently rated 1430) Peak 1 = 1490−200 Peak 2 = 1490−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1360
Frank Csarics (VIC) (currently rated 1417) Peak 1 = 1427−200 , off radar, Q =1403.75

Wanderers
Keri Heart has played 114 games as a player from QLD and 28 games as a player from TAS.
At this stage, Keri Heart is regarded as representing QLD.

Recently processed:
25.03.2018 nats warmup (VIC) New peak for Natasha Podesser
29.03.2018 Nats Warmup (ACT)
31.03.2018 2018 Oz CHAMP (ACT) New peak for Daniel Piechnick, Jakob Teitelbaum, Esther Perrins, John Holgate, Ian Ting, Rocky Sharma, Helen Hynes, Barry Jordan, Jane Taylor, Noel Barrett, John Spaan, Alex Boiko, Heather Long
14.04.2018 Beecroft Marathon (NSW) New peak for Joanne Craig
14.04.2018 SA April (SA) New peak for Daniel Piechnick, Adam Kretschmer, Jane Taylor
14.04.2018 Saturday Session IV (VIC)
15.04.2018 Tangara (QLD) New peak for Andrew Hamblin