Scrabble Australia
Australian Masters and State Team Challenge 2021

Selective events 2021

The event

Twenty of the top players hope to play the Australian Masters as a round robin in Sydney over Sep 11 and 12. The venue is the Bankstown Sports Club.
At the same time, teams of three players from each of seven states or territories would play the State Team Challenge as head-to-head matches.
The lexicon is Collins Scrabble Words 2019.

Rule variation

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

The contenders

The table below shows the teams according to qualification criteria set by the Council of the Australian Scrabble Players Association.

Australian Masters

The selection comprises the best twenty active players (those players who have played at least one game during the qualification period) ranked by Q statistic.

State Team Challenge

Each state team will comprise three eligible players who have not already been selected for the Masters event and are the next best three from their state, ranked by Q statistic.
If insufficient eligible players are available, the state will not be permitted to participate in the State Team Challenge for that year unless a maximum of one stand-in can be fielded before the tournament from any state (generally, but not necessarily, that state in which the tournament takes place). That stand-in must also meet the above criteria.
An eligible stand-in may also be fielded in the event of illness or other unforeseen circumstance during the tournament.

The two peaks Q statistic

This is a temporary fix, taking into account the effects of Covid-19 during 2020.
The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic calculated like this: Here are the indicative selected teams as at 01.08.2021 plus 3 reserves from each state. A tick ✓ shows that the games quota has been met. Carol Johnsen is asking players whether they intend to go. Some players have already said YES, and are so designated. Others have said NO and are crossed out.


Selection has now finished.

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Masters
or State

Contender
Q Stat
01.08.2021
Games Peak (games)
Jan-Apr
Peak (games)
May-Jul
1 MDavid Eldar (VIC) YES 2146.0037✓ 2146 (37)
2 MChris May (NSW) YES 2078.0042✓ 2078 (42)
3 MJakob Teitelbaum (ACT) 2040.0036✓ 2040 (36)
4 MAndrew Fisher (VIC) 2027.0031✓ 2027 (31)
5 MEsther Perrins (NSW) 1962.0042✓ 1962 (42)
6 MPeter Kougi (VIC) YES 1924.0030✓ 1924 (30)
7 MCameron Farlow (QLD) 1889.0056✓ 1880 (40)1892 (16)
Daniel Piechnick (SA) 1844.0064✓ 1865 (36)1837 (28)
8 MEdward Okulicz (VIC) YES 1838.5032✓ 1885 (20)1823 (6)
9 MTrevor Halsall (VIC) 1823.7542✓ 1901 (29)1798 (7)
10 MJoanne Craig (NSW) YES 1817.7586✓ 1802 (76)1823 (10)
11 MAdam Kretschmer (SA) YES 1755.5051✓ 1757 (40)1755 (11)
12 MVictor Tung (NSW) 1749.0058✓ 1749 (58)
13 MMythili Rudra (VIC) YES 1740.0030✓ 1740 (30)
14 MJohn Holgate (NSW) YES 1736.0093✓ 1706 (72)1746 (21)
Graham Bell (WA) 1724.7545✓ 1742 (7)1719 (38)
15 MKaren Richards (QLD) YES 1724.5074✓ 1717 (48)1727 (26)
16 MBob Jackman (NSW) 1722.75107✓ 1698 (76)1731 (31)
17 MRael Hayman (QLD) 1707.0034✓ 1704 (24)1708 (10)
18 MRod Talbot (NSW) 1705.75119✓ 1735 (88)1696 (31)
19 MCarmel Dodd (SA) 1699.0096✓ 1687 (60)1703 (28)
20 MJohn Hamilton (ACT) YES 1660.7530✓ 1666 (17)1659 (13)
1 VICGeoff Wright (VIC) 1630.5051✓ 1659 (33)1621 (12)
1 NSWTony Hunt (NSW) 1596.0065✓ 1620 (47)1588 (18)
1 SAJane Taylor (SA) YES 1590.75106✓ 1587 (64)1592 (34)
1 QLDJane Brown (QLD) YES 1588.0039✓ 1582 (16)1590 (23)
1 ACTNoel Barrett (ACT) 1587.25126✓ 1567 (85)1594 (41)
2 ACTJohn Spaan (ACT) 1576.7540✓ 1579 (20)1576 (20)
2 SAMichael Vnuk (SA) 1562.7576✓ 1532 (40)1573 (28)
2 QLDPaul Richards (QLD) YES 1561.0063✓ 1561 (48)1561 (15)
3 ACTRonnie Bennett (ACT) YES 1560.0059✓ 1563 (44)1559 (15)
2 NSWGraeme Lock Lee (NSW) 1507.5058✓ 1533 (50)1499 (8)
3 SAAntony Kimber (SA) 1504.5096✓ 1533 (54)1495 (34)
3 QLDSheryl Davidson (QLD) 1501.5070✓ 1497 (40)1503 (30)
3 NSWIvor Zetler (NSW) 1500.0088✓ 1482 (67)1506 (21)
1 TASMartin Rose (TAS) YES 1495.2566✓ 1460 (31)1507 (35)
2 VICDianne Davis (VIC) 1491.5034✓ 1436 (21)1510 (13)
2 TASDianne Brumby (TAS) YES 1481.0038✓ 1481 (38)
3 TASJon Ford-King (TAS) YES 1480.5040✓ 1437 (13)1495 (27)
3 VICCarol Johnsen (VIC) YES 1472.5072✓ 1543 (60)1449 (6)
Garth van Vliet (NSW4) 1469.7543✓ 1451 (35)1476 (8)
Antonios Syrigos (SA4) 1468.0034✓ 1468 (34)
Jyoti Chandna (NSW5) 1465.2540✓ 1454 (9)1469 (31)
Alex Boiko (ACT4) 1461.0044✓ 1461 (44)
Greg Pinchbeck (NSW6) 1449.0090✓ 1449 (67)1449 (23)
Arnold Appelhof (QLD4) 1448.7573✓ 1439 (40)1452 (33)
Geoff Shepheard (VIC4) 1436.7538✓ 1379 (7)1456 (31)
Khen Meerding (TAS4) 1425.5040✓ 1406 (13)1432 (27)
Trish Brighton (QLD5) 1424.7531✓ 1436 (16)1421 (15)
Malcolm McAnulty (SA5) 1418.0036✓ 1418 (36)
Martin Waterworth (QLD6) 1406.0067✓ 1346 (16)1426 (51)
Angie Pearse (VIC5) 1375.0066✓ 1375 (66)
Tony Williams (ACT5) 1372.0044✓ 1399 (36)1363 (8)
Jenny Brysha (VIC6) 1368.7540✓ 1371 (27)1368 (13)
Margaret Griggs (TAS5) 1353.2547✓ 1333 (20)1360 (27)
Margaret Bishop (TAS6) 1321.0056✓ 1309 (21)1325 (35)
Susan MacGillivray (ACT6) 1239.5059✓ 1289 (44)1223 (15)

Too few games
Julie Brice (QLD) 28 games, (currently rated 1486)
Trevor Tao (SA) 27 games, (currently rated 1554)
Rocky Sharma (NSW) 27 games, (currently rated 1537)
Faye Williams (WA) 27 games, (currently rated 1344)
Tony Miller (SA) 26 games, (currently rated 1574)
Tim Reddan (ACT) 25 games, (currently rated 1417)
Heather Long (VIC) 24 games, (currently rated 1463)
Roberta Tait (QLD) 24 games, (currently rated 1398)
Anne Schick (ACT) 24 games, (currently rated 1226)
Jegatheva Jegathesan (WA) 21 games, (currently rated 1416)
Anand Bharadwaj (VIC) 20 games, (currently rated 1936)
Anne Zion (WA) 20 games, (currently rated 1396)
Norma Fisher (VIC) 19 games, (currently rated 1541)
Russell Honeybun (WA) 18 games, (currently rated 1701)
Carolyn Watt (WA) 18 games, (currently rated 1350)
Barry Harridge (VIC) 17 games, (currently rated 1392)
Helen Hynes (QLD) 14 games, (currently rated 1614)
Nat Podesser (VIC) 14 games, (currently rated 1586)
Chris Scholten (VIC) 14 games, (currently rated 1409)
Gillian Street (WA) 13 games, (currently rated 1300)
Michael McKenna (NSW) 10 games, (currently rated 1788)
Stephen Mooney Purse (TAS) 8 games, (currently rated 1721)
Adam Kauschke (SA) 8 games, (currently rated 1400)
Margaret Webb (TAS) 8 games, (currently rated 1336)
Penny Wells (TAS) 8 games, (currently rated 1282)
Naween Fernando (VIC) 7 games, (currently rated 1938)
David Vanzyl (WA) 7 games, (currently rated 1775)
Tim Mason (WA) 7 games, (currently rated 1688)
Edie Mueller (WA) 7 games, (currently rated 1524)
Gwen Lampre (VIC) 7 games, (currently rated 1392)
Marj Miller (VIC) 7 games, (currently rated 1379)
Kashi Thiris (VIC) 6 games, (currently rated 1441)
Alan Burn (VIC) 6 games, (currently rated 1429)