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Australian Masters and State Challenge
Twenty of the top players play the Australian Masters as a round robin in Melbourne in September.
This event is to be held at the Olympic Hotel, 31 Albert Street, Preston, Victoria. It is a hotel with a bistro, gaming area and plenty of car parking, 30 mins drive from Tullamarine airport and from Melbourne CBD. It has many popular eateries close by.
The event has as its reference CSW19 and the Tournament Director is Nick Ivanovski.
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.
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 late announcement.
The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic calculated like this:
- The qualification period is Apr 1 to Aug 31 inclusive.
- Subperiods are the two months Apr 1 to May 30, and the three months Jun 1 to Aug 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 20 games in the qualifying period.
Here are the indicative selected teams as at
01.08.2022 plus 5 reserves from each state.
A tick ✓ shows that the games quota has been met.
| Australian Masters 2022 |
|---|
|
Contender |
Q Stat
01.08.2022 |
Games |
Peak (games)
Apr-May |
Peak (games)
Jun-Aug |
| 1 | Cameron Farlow (QLD) YES |
1977.33 | 39✓ |
1982 (31) | 1975 (8) |
| 2 | Peter Kougi (VIC) YES |
1951.00 | 24✓ |
1951 (24) | |
| 3 | Naween Fernando (VIC) YES |
1948.67 | 23✓ |
1948 (0) | 1949 (23) |
| 4 | Joanne Craig (NSW) YES |
1814.00 | 73✓ |
1876 (40) | 1783 (33) |
| 5 | Michael McKenna (NSW) |
1788.00 | 0 |
1788 (0) | |
| 6 | Trevor Halsall (VIC) YES |
1784.33 | 45✓ |
1747 (24) | 1803 (21) |
| 7 | Bob Jackman (NSW) YES |
1772.67 | 78✓ |
1766 (32) | 1776 (46) |
| 8 | John Holgate (NSW) YES |
1764.33 | 60✓ |
1733 (32) | 1780 (28) |
| 9 | Rod Talbot (NSW) YES |
1762.00 | 78✓ |
1778 (40) | 1754 (38) |
| 10 | Tony Hunt (NSW) YES |
1717.33 | 80✓ |
1698 (46) | 1727 (34) |
| 11 | Tim Mason (WA) |
1713.33 | 18 |
1688 (0) | 1726? (18) |
| 12 | Adam Kretschmer (SA) YES |
1703.67 | 24✓ |
1701 (8) | 1705 (16) |
| 13 | Karen Richards (QLD) YES |
1662.00 | 81✓ |
1734 (39) | 1626 (42) |
| 14 | Ronnie Bennett (ACT) |
1633.00 | 39✓ |
1633 (32) | 1633 (7) |
| 15 | Jane Taylor (SA) YES |
1615.67 | 75✓ |
1569 (38) | 1639 (37) |
| 16 | Noel Barrett (ACT) YES |
1610.00 | 73✓ |
1626 (40) | 1602 (33) |
| 17 | Geoff Wright (VIC) |
1608.33 | 51✓ |
1597 (14) | 1614 (37) |
| 18 | Rocky Sharma (NSW) YES |
1601.67 | 21✓ |
1581 (8) | 1612 (13) |
| 19 | Chris Hall (WA) YES |
1600.00 | 45✓ |
1636 (14) | 1582 (31) |
| 20 | Nat Podesser (VIC) YES |
1589.67 | 61✓ |
1607 (31) | 1581 (30) |
Players who decline:
David Eldar, Chris May, Jakob Teitelbaum, Anand Bharadwaj, Andrew Fisher, Edward Okulicz, Esther Perrins, Daniel Piechnick, David Vanzyl, Ryan Sutton, Ron Baginski, Russell Honeybun, Stephen Mooney Purse, Mythili Rudra, Victor Tung, Andrew Hamblin, Wayne Jones, John Spaan, Nick Ivanovski, John Hamilton, Rael Hayman, Michael Vnuk, Dianne Ward, Helen Hynes, Trevor Tao, Tony Miller, Edie Mueller, Alan Burn, Jegatheva Jegathesan, Ros Wilkinson, Faye Williams, Alex Boiko
Recently processed:
17.07.2022 SA July AGM (SA) New peak for Tracey Kneebone
24.07.2022 ACT AGM (ACT) New peak for Ronnie Bennett, Tim Reddan, Anne Schick, Susan MacGillivray, Owen Randall
24.07.2022 NSW Winter Masters (NSW) New peak for Joanne Craig, Rod Talbot, Ivor Zetler, Greg Pinchbeck, Dianne Brumby
24.07.2022 QLD July (QLD) New peak for Cameron Farlow, Jane Brown, Trish Brighton
24.07.2022 SCRABBLE IN JULY (VIC) New peak for Geoff Wright
30.07.2022 Townsville Saturday (QLD) New peak for Julie Brice
31.07.2022 Townsville Sunday (QLD) New peak for Liz Blanch