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:
- The qualification period is Jan 1 to 31 July inclusive.
- Subperiods are the four months Jan 1 to April 30, and the three months May 1 to July 31.
- The qualifying statistic is Q = (P1 + 3 x P3)/4 , which is a weighted average of peak ratings in two subperiods.
- If you miss a game for any reason other than an assigned bye, you cannot count a peak attained in that tournament for any qualification purposes. Games played will count towards games quotas. Ratings will be calculated as usual, with byes and forfeits not rated.
If you play no games in a subperiod, your peak is equal to the rating before that period minus 200. Only one subperiod may be missed in this manner.
There is no penalty for a missed peak
- You must have played at least 30 games in the qualifying period.
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.
More details revealed as you move your mouse over the table.
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)