Scrabble Australia
International: Trans-Tasman contenders

The event

A team of 12 Australians are to be selected to play against New Zealand in November 2006.

Qualifying criteria (brief) - Full criteria can be viewed here.

The qualifying period, July 2005 to June 2006 inclusive is broken into three trimesters. The qualifying statistic for this event is a weighted average of three peaks attained in these trimesters, calculated as Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4, and players must play 60 games over the twelve-month qualifying period.

A peak must be attained in the trimester, so if a player is idle for a trimester, their peak is zero for that trimester.

The top player in a state or territory will qualify over other contenders, provided he or she is ranked 24th or higher.

The Qualifiers


Andrew Fisher Naween Fernando
Alistair Kane
Chris May
Julian McKail
Trevor Halsall
Bob Jackman
David Lowden
Michael Hornung
Anne Drew
Richard Jeremy
Russell Honeybun
Name Q Statistic Games Peak
Jul-Oct
Peak
Nov-Feb
Peak
Mar-Jun
Status at 30.06.2006
1. Andrew Fisher (VIC) 1913.75 121 1882 1903 1935 QUALIFIER
2. Naween Fernando (VIC) 1865.50 123 1950 1854 1829 QUALIFIER
    David Eldar (VIC) 1855.75 178 1833 1874 1858 Declined invitation
    Edward Okulicz (NSW) 1846.25 292 1862 1853 1835 Declined invitation
3. Alistair Kane (VIC) 1813.00 205 1826 1816 1805 QUALIFIER
4. Chris May (NSW) 1799.75 167 1821 1814 1782 QUALIFIER
5. Julian McKail (VIC) 1795.50 144 1793 1803 1793 QUALIFIER
6. Trevor Halsall (VIC) 1792.50 103 1822 1794 1777 QUALIFIER
    Michael Cameron (SA) 1767.00 77 1761 1765 1771 Declined invitation
7. Bob Jackman (NSW) 1761.25 295 1773 1714 1779 QUALIFIER
8. Rod Talbot (NSW) 1751.00 214 1744 1714 1773 Late withdrawal
    Joanne Craig (NSW) 1736.50 207 1806 1684 1728 Qualified for New Zealand
9. Michael Hornung (VIC) 1734.75 106 1748 1727 1732 QUALIFIER
    David Lowden (SA) 1724.75 128 1698 1701 1750 QUALIFIER
    Esther Perrins (NSW) 1711.75 82 1735 1700 1706
    Daniel Piechnick (SA) 1708.00 92 1748 1712 1686
10. Anne Drew (QLD) 1685.00 217 1703 1677 1680 QUALIFIER - TOP OF QLD
     Joan Rosenthal (NSW) 1678.50 125 1712 1710 1646
11. Richard Jeremy (ACT) 1676.50 60 1706 1672 1664 QUALIFIER - TOP OF ACT

Qualifying criteria

  1. The qualifying period runs from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.
  2. Players must be Australian citizens or permanent residents.
  3. Players must have played at least 150 games in the Australian Rating System before their performance will be measured.
  4. Players must play a minimum of 60 rated games in the qualifying period.
  5. Players meeting the participation criteria outlined in (b),(c) and (d) at June 30, 2006 will be ranked using a weighted average of three separate peak ratings attained (not carried over) during set time periods:
    Period 1: July 1, 2005 to October 31, 2005
    Period 2: November 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006
    Period 3. March 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006
  6. The last of these peaks will be weighted doubly. Thus Peak Rating = (Peak 1 + Peak 2 + Peak 3 x 2) / 4, The peak rating in a period is the highest end-of-tournament rating attained during that period.
  7. If a tournament straddles two trimesters, it is counted in the trimester in which it starts, not ends.
  8. A player finishing in the top 24 qualifying players using the three-peak system will automatically qualify if they are the best-performing player in their state or territory.
  9. Players qualifying as top-of-state must be resident in that State or territory at June 30,2006 and have played at least 10 games in that State or territory over the qualifying period.
  10. Further players will be selected in the order they appear on the three-peak ranking list to select an Australian team of twelve players altogether.
  11. Should any player decline an invitation, their replacement will be the highest-ranked player , irrespective of state, using using the three-peaks measure not already in the team.
  12. The status of potential qualifiers will be regularly displayed on the CASPA Web site during the qualifying period.
  13. In the event of any unforeseen issue, the decision of CASPA is final.