This year the format is likely to be a round robin with 14 Aussies and 10 Kiwis and will be hosted in Sydney from 5-7 Nov 2022.
This event will be rated within Australia. Many New Zealand players have a rating in the Australian rating data base. The lexicon is Collins Scrabble Words 2019.
The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic calculated like this:
If two players have the same Q statistic, the one with the greater number of games in the qualification period is ranked higher. Bob Jackman is asking contenders whether they intend to go.
Play? |
CONTENDERS 14 quota |
Games | Q Stat
03.07.2022 |
Peak (games) Apr-Jun |
Peak (games) Jul-Oct 3 |
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1. | David Eldar (VIC) | 47 | 2088.00 | 2088 (47) | |||||
2. | Chris May (NSW) | 24 | 2044.00 | 2044 (24) | |||||
3. | Jakob Teitelbaum (ACT) | 0 | 2025.00 | 2025 (0) | |||||
4. | Cameron Farlow (QLD) | 31 | 1982.00 | 1982 (31) | |||||
5. | Anand Bharadwaj (VIC) | 16 | 1982.00 | 1982 (16) | |||||
6. | Andrew Fisher (VIC) | 40 | 1977.00 | 1977 (40) | |||||
7. | Peter Kougi (VIC) | 24 | 1951.00 | 1951 (24) | |||||
8. | Naween Fernando (VIC) | 16 | 1949.00 | 1949 (16) | |||||
9. | Edward Okulicz (VIC) | 47 | 1913.00 | 1913 (47) | |||||
10. | Esther Perrins (NSW) | 0 | 1882.00 | 1882 (0) | |||||
11. | Daniel Piechnick (SA) | 20 | 1824.00 | 1824 (20) | |||||
12. | David Vanzyl (WA) | 7 | 1789.00 | 1789 (7) | |||||
13. | Michael McKenna (NSW) | 0 | 1788.00 | 1788 (0) | |||||
14. | Trevor Halsall (VIC) | 31 | 1783.00 | 1783 (31) | |||||
ALMOST IN | |||||||||
15. | Ryan Sutton (NSW) | 0 | 1781.00 | 1781 (0) | |||||
Joanne Craig (NZ) | 48 | 1779.33 | 1876 (40) | 1731 (8) | |||||
16. | Rod Talbot (NSW) | 53 | 1778.00 | 1778 (53) | |||||
17. | John Holgate (NSW) | 53 | 1776.67 | 1770 (45) | 1780 (8) | ||||
18. | Bob Jackman (NSW) | 53 | 1768.00 | 1776 (45) | 1764 (8) | ||||
19. | Ron Baginski (QLD) | 0 | 1752.00 | 1752 (0) | |||||
20. | Russell Honeybun (WA) | 25 | 1745.00 | 1745 (25) | |||||
21. | Victor Tung (NSW) | 24 | 1739.00 | 1739 (24) | |||||
22. | Karen Richards (QLD) | 63 | 1734.00 | 1734 (63) | |||||
23. | Tim Mason (WA) | 18 | 1726.00 | 1726 (18) | |||||
24. | Tony Hunt (NSW) | 67 | 1714.67 | 1712 (59) | 1716 (8) | ||||
25. | Stephen Mooney Purse (TAS) | 4 | 1712.00 | 1712 (4) | |||||
26. | Adam Kretschmer (SA) | 18 | 1705.00 | 1705 (18) | |||||
27. | Mythili Rudra (VIC) | 24 | 1700.00 | 1700 (24) | |||||
28. | Wayne Jones (NSW) | 0 | 1689.00 | 1689 (0) | |||||
29. | Andrew Hamblin (QLD) | 24 | 1675.00 | 1675 (24) | |||||
30. | John Spaan (ACT) | 40 | 1671.00 | 1671 (40) |
Recently processed:
18.06.2022 Toowoomba June (QLD)
19.06.2022 SA June (SA) New peak for Daniel Piechnick
25.06.2022 ACT Winter Open (ACT) New peak for John Spaan
26.06.2022 Bassendean (WA) New peak for Russell Honeybun, David Vanzyl
26.06.2022 Vic June Tournament (VIC) New peak for Trevor Halsall, Edward Okulicz
28.06.2022 Kingston (TAS) New peak for Stephen Mooney Purse
02.07.2022 NO FRILLS 3 (NSW) New peak for Tony Hunt, John Holgate, Bob Jackman, Joanne Craig