Every two years, Australia and New Zealand compete in the Trans-Tasman event.
In 2024, the competition will be held in New Zealand, and the format for 2024 will have 12 Aussies and 12 Kiwis, playing over 24 rounds. The lexicon is CSW19. The tournament will be held on the three days from 15 Nov in Auckland. Liz Fagerlund (scrabbliz@inspire.net.nz) says
Venue - Mt Eden Village Centre - corner of Mt Eden Road and Ngauruhoe Street. It's a church as well as having rooms to hire.
It's a great location being near good cafes, restaurants (including immediately over the road) and shops.
I did start looking at possible accommodation too, but might have to leave that to those attending! However if players see something they think looks ok I'm happy to check it out. Buses go from the city to Mt Eden.
There may be some billets available too.
Selection process
This is an invitational event where players are selected by the Council of Australian Scrabble Players Association.Qualification criteria
The qualification criteria are:- A player must be a financial member of ASPA for the entire qualifying period.
- A player must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Temporary visa holders are not eligible.
- The method of ranking candidates is by the three peak statistic (the Q statistic) described below.
The three peaks Q statistic
The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic calculated like this:
- Subperiods are Oct to Jan , Feb to May and Jun 1st to Sep 8th 2024.
- The Qstat: The qualifying statistic is Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4 , which is a weighted average of peak ratings in the three subperiods.
- If you play no games rated by ASPA in a period, your peak in that period is equal to the rating before that period minus 200. This applies to one period only.
- You must have played at least 40 games rated by ASPA in the qualifying period before the last peak.
The secondary criterion is number of rated games within the qualification period. If two players have the same Q statistic, the one with the greater number of rated games in the qualification period is ranked higher.
The contenders
The table below shows the notional team as at 14.07.2024 plus 10 more who are almost in.✔ denotes willing to go and ? denotes might go if their Qstat is high enough on Sep 8.
On Sep 9, the team will be decided accordingly.
Contender |
Q Stat
14.07.2024 |
Games need 40 |
Peak (games) Oct to Jan |
Peak (games) Feb to May |
Peak (games) Jun 1st to Sep 8th |
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| Russell Honeybun(WA)✔ | 1875.00 | 114 | 1862 (21) | 1942 (75) | 1848 (18) | ||
| Victor Tung(NSW)✔ | 1769.75 | 76 | 1783 (37) | 1778 (32) | 1759 (7) | ||
| Rod Talbot(NSW)✔ | 1767.25 | 134 | 1769 (62) | 1774 (42) | 1763 (30) | ||
| Ryan Sutton(NSW)✔ | 1757.25 | 100 | 1772 (62) | 1757 (31) | 1750 (7) | ||
| Adam Kretschmer(SA)? | 1756.50 | 85 | 1755 (22) | 1758 (63) | |||
| Bob Jackman(NSW)✔ | 1688.50 | 135 | 1710 (54) | 1700 (74) | 1672 (7) | ||
| Karen Richards(QLD)✔ | 1648.75 | 214 | 1663 (84) | 1620 (102) | 1656 (28) | ||
| Jane Taylor(SA)✔ | 1602.50 | 176 | 1603 (73) | 1641 (81) | 1583 (22) | ||
| Paul Richards(QLD)✔ | 1515.75 | 181 | 1517 (75) | 1556 (76) | 1495 (30) | ||
| David Eldar(VIC) | 2119.75 | 81 | 2113 (31) | 2140 (35) | 2113 (15) | ||
| Cameron Farlow(QLD) | 1942.00 | 103 | 1958 (47) | 1926 (56) | |||
| Naween Fernando(VIC) | 1938.00 | 55 | 1952 (24) | 1924 (31) | |||
| ALMOST IN | |||||||
| Peter Kougi(VIC) | 1914.00 | 10 | 1915 (7) | 1913 (3) | |||
| Trevor Halsall(VIC) | 1868.50 | 40 | 1874 (7) | 1910 (12) | 1845 (21) | ||
| Esther Perrins(NSW) | 1850.00 | 26 | 1874 (18) | 1826 (8) | |||
| Daniel Piechnick(SA) | 1746.00* | 36 | 1616 (0) | 1792 (26) | 1788 (10) | ||
| Mythili Rudra(VIC) | 1733.00 | 12 | 1741 (5) | 1725 (7) | |||
| John Holgate(NSW) | 1714.75 | 103 | 1791 (54) | 1752 (26) | 1658 (23) | ||
| Geoff Wright(VIC) | 1681.00 | 111 | 1784 (42) | 1694 (47) | 1623 (22) | ||
| Carmel Dodd(SA) | 1649.00 | 185 | 1658 (73) | 1728 (92) | 1605 (20) | ||
| David Vanzyl(WA) | 1641.75 | 77 | 1632 (14) | 1649 (45) | 1643 (18) | ||
| Tony Hunt(NSW) | 1635.25 | 139 | 1597 (36) | 1632 (78) | 1656 (25) | ||
Daniel Piechnick (SA) (currently rated 1768) Peak 1 = 1816−200
Candidates who are unavailable:
Edward Okulicz,Andrew Fisher,Joanne Craig,Nick Ivanovski,John Spaan
(Joanne Craig plays for New Zealand)
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30.06.2024 SA June (SA) New peak for Geoff Wright, Jane Taylor
30.06.2024 SUNDAY SESSIONS (VIC) New peak for Trevor Halsall
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