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Australian Masters and State Challenge
Twenty of the top players hope to play the Australian Masters as a round robin in Melbourne in September.
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 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 30 games in the qualifying period.
Here are the indicative selected teams as at
16.05.2022 plus 2 reserves from each state.
A tick ✓ shows that the games quota has been met.
Recently processed:
24.04.2022
April Round Robin (WA) New peak for Chris Hall, Dianne Ward, Sally Martin
24.04.2022
Nats After Party (VIC)
14.05.2022
East Coast (TAS) New peak for Jon Ford-King, Khen Meerding
14.05.2022
QAH May (QLD) New peak for Cameron Farlow
15.05.2022
LANE COVE INAUGURAL (NSW) New peak for John Holgate
15.05.2022
MAY TOURNAMENT (VIC) New peak for Nat Podesser, Geoff Wright
15.05.2022
Melville 2022 (WA) New peak for Chris Hall, Sally Martin