Australian Masters and State Team Challenge

Selective events 2018

Selective events 2019

The event

The location for 2018 is the Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland. Twenty of the top players will play the Australian Masters as a round robin on September 8/9 2018.
At the same time, teams of three players from each of seven states or territories play the State Team Challenge as head-to-head matches.

Rule variation

Masters section has 5 point penalty for each word challenged but correct.

Special Rule:

In the event of a player being absent for one game a forfeit will apply.
Where a player is absent for more than one game, that player cannot resume participation in the tournament and no standby player may be introduced into the tournament.
Where a player is absent for more than one game, any games already played by the no-show/evictee will be voided for the calculation of tournament placings.
Any games already played will be recognised for calculating ratings.
In exceptional circumstances the Tournament Director may consult with the competitors and vary the ruling regarding no-shows

The contenders

The table below shows the teams according to qualification criteria (click here for details) set by the Council of the Australian Scrabble Players Association. It shows the selected teams as at 04.05.2018 plus 3 reserves from each state.

Selection has now finished. Wayne Willis will be contacting people to finalise acceptances. Players who declined are crossed out below.

More details revealed as you move your mouse over the table.

Australian Masters	State Challenge	Contender	Q Stat 04.05.2018	Games	Peak (games) May-Aug	Peak (games) Sep-Dec	Peak (games) Jan-Apr
1 M		Edward Okulicz (NSW)	2031.00	179	2002 (34)	2072 (61)	2025 (84)
2 M		Chris May (NSW)	2016.00	116	2017 (16)	2057 (32)	1995 (68)
3 M		Andrew Fisher (VIC)	1996.00	127	2015 (13)	1999 (29)	1985 (85)
4 M		Trevor Halsall (VIC)	1946.00	98	1887 (37)	1913 (7)	1992 (54)
5 M		Naween Fernando (VIC)	1939.50*	87	1760 (0)	1960 (16)	2019 (71)
6 M		Peter Kougi (VIC)	1935.00*	110	1766 (0)	1964 (29)	2005 (81)
7 M		Cameron Farlow (QLD)	1923.50	140	1923 (24)	1921 (41)	1925 (75)
8 M		Daniel Piechnick (SA)	1918.75	179	1914 (38)	1925 (66)	1918 (75)
9 M		Esther Perrins (NSW)	1895.25	130	1846 (18)	1859 (43)	1938 (69)
10 M		Russell Honeybun (WA)	1858.25	141	1914 (39)	1835 (47)	1842 (55)
11 M		Joanne Craig (NSW)	1826.75	244	1825 (62)	1872 (72)	1805 (110)
12 M		Jakob Teitelbaum (ACT)	1808.75*	60	1782 (0)	1805 (16)	1824 (44)
13 M		Bob Jackman (NSW)	1795.25	223	1782 (33)	1809 (81)	1795 (109)
14 M		Mythili Rudra (VIC)	1765.75	111	1718 (31)	1773 (10)	1786 (70)
15 M		Rod Talbot (NSW)	1750.75	283	1839 (86)	1722 (89)	1721 (108)
16 M		Ryan Sutton (NSW)	1743.75	199	1820 (49)	1719 (63)	1718 (87)
17 M		Adam Kretschmer (SA)	1742.50	185	1698 (36)	1772 (64)	1750 (85)
18 M		David Vanzyl (WA)	1741.25	157	1768 (46)	1723 (54)	1737 (57)
		Nick Ivanovski (VIC)	1738.75	123	1765 (44)	1746 (24)	1722 (55)
19 M		Wayne Jones (NSW)	1736.50	153	1733 (25)	1725 (51)	1744 (77)
20 M		Michael Cameron (SA)	1735.25*	95	1761 (31)	1860 (64)	1660 (0)
	1 QLD	Ron Baginski (QLD)	1707.75*	130	1529 (0)	1778 (35)	1762 (95)
	1 SA	Trevor Tao (SA)	1703.50	140	1719 (41)	1775 (61)	1660 (38)
	1 NSW	Victor Tung (NSW)	1702.00	147	1676 (26)	1708 (60)	1712 (61)
	1 WA	Tim Mason (WA)	1699.50	77	1742 (32)	1690 (26)	1683 (19)
	2 NSW	Rael Hayman (NSW)	1695.25	180	1703 (40)	1718 (78)	1680 (62)
	3 NSW	John Holgate (NSW)	1692.00	203	1639 (8)	1651 (87)	1739 (108)
		Rocky Sharma (NSW4)	1690.00	87	1682 (35)	1670 (19)	1704 (33)
	2 QLD	Karen Richards (QLD)	1666.25	164	1614 (32)	1681 (56)	1685 (76)
		Tony Hunt (NSW5)	1661.75	242	1660 (48)	1635 (88)	1676 (106)
	3 QLD	Andrew Hamblin (QLD)	1635.25	79	1633 (16)	1588 (32)	1660 (31)
		Graeme Lock Lee (NSW6)	1633.25	142	1609 (48)	1600 (21)	1662 (73)
	1 ACT	John Spaan (ACT)	1623.25	136	1612 (18)	1625 (53)	1628 (65)
	2 SA	Carmel Dodd (SA)	1612.75	150	1579 (22)	1626 (60)	1623 (68)
	1 TAS	Dianne Brumby (TAS)	1612.00	79	1680 (40)	1590 (18)	1589 (21)
	1 VIC	Heather Long (VIC)	1610.25	104	1616 (47)	1645 (33)	1590 (24)
	2 WA	Edie Mueller (WA)	1605.00	127	1597 (46)	1691 (53)	1566 (28)
	2 VIC	Natasha Podesser (VIC)	1601.00	79	1571 (20)	1603 (16)	1615 (43)
	3 SA	Jane Taylor (SA)	1596.50	217	1615 (82)	1557 (54)	1607 (81)
		Jane Brown (QLD4)	1594.75	123	1629 (32)	1610 (59)	1570 (32)
		Geoff Wright (VIC)	1591.75	130	1605 (44)	1580 (33)	1591 (53)
	3 VIC	Alan Burn (VIC)	1589.25	173	1532 (60)	1589 (66)	1618 (47)
	2 ACT	Noel Barrett (ACT)	1584.25	217	1575 (68)	1554 (77)	1604 (72)
	3 WA	Chris Hall (WA)	1580.00	74	1653 (39)	1569 (28)	1549 (7)
		Ian Ting (WA4)	1576.75	109	1536 (46)	1563 (39)	1604 (24)
		Barry Jordan (SA4)	1574.50*	124	1625 (54)	1425 (0)	1624 (70)
		Norma Fisher (VIC4)	1566.00	201	1550 (60)	1600 (63)	1557 (78)
		Carol Johnsen (VIC5)	1560.75	129	1550 (23)	1565 (46)	1564 (60)
	2 TAS	Martin Rose (TAS)	1556.75	115	1571 (21)	1574 (39)	1541 (55)
		Roberta Tait (QLD5)	1549.75	108	1502 (39)	1599 (33)	1549 (36)
		Antonios Syrigos (SA5)	1543.00	68	1549 (28)	1549 (34)	1537 (6)
		Tony Miller (SA6)	1540.75	150	1587 (37)	1546 (65)	1515 (48)
		Dianne Davis (VIC6)	1535.00	127	1486 (31)	1484 (23)	1585 (73)
		Liz Blanch (QLD6)	1532.50	141	1491 (68)	1545 (33)	1547 (40)
	3 ACT	John Hamilton (ACT)	1507.75	135	1469 (25)	1520 (103)	1521 (7)
		Anne Zion (WA5)	1466.50	127	1489 (46)	1479 (53)	1449 (28)
		Dianne Ward (WA6)	1454.50	67	1524 (39)	1474 (21)	1410 (7)
		Alex Boiko (ACT4)	1441.75	122	1463 (26)	1422 (56)	1441 (40)
	3 TAS	Khen Meerding (TAS)	1438.00	70	1457 (21)	1443 (14)	1426 (35)
		Ros Wilkinson (TAS4)	1386.00	84	1291 (35)	1353 (21)	1450 (28)
		Tony Williams (ACT5)	1382.50	136	1377 (58)	1421 (35)	1366 (43)
		Margaret Griggs (TAS5)	1348.50	62	1357 (21)	1323 (20)	1357 (21)
		Tim Reddan (ACT6)	1347.25	74	1337 (15)	1344 (26)	1354 (33)
		Jan Hill (TAS6)	1323.00	101	1314 (35)	1322 (21)	1328 (45)

Too few games
Helen Hynes (QLD) 52 games, (currently rated 1663)
Jimmy Scarff (VIC) 24 games, (currently rated 1671)
Sue Kyatt (VIC) 6 games, (currently rated 1643)
Quentin Abbott (QLD) 25 games, (currently rated 1547)
Leif Cooper (WA) 23 games, (currently rated 1503)
Harry Malcolm (VIC) 7 games, (currently rated 1593)
Lois Binnie (VIC) 24 games, (currently rated 1529)
Carolyn Watt (WA) 25 games, (currently rated 1472)
Helen Metaxas (TAS) 48 games, (currently rated 1357)
Madeleine Emerson (ACT) 24 games, (currently rated 1363)
Marie London (TAS) 13 games, (currently rated 1310)
Sharon Bellette (TAS) 7 games, (currently rated 1250)

Missed a peak
~~Alastair Richards (QLD)~~ (currently rated 2055) Peak 1 = 2055−200 Peak 2 = 2055−200 Peak 3 = 2055−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1855
Naween Fernando (VIC) (currently rated 1950) Peak 1 = 1960−200
Peter Kougi (VIC) (currently rated 1870) Peak 1 = 1966−200
~~Michael McKenna (ACT)~~ (currently rated 1865) Peak 1 = 1865−200 Peak 2 = 1865−200 Peak 3 = 1865−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1665 ,last played in 2016.
~~Julian McKail (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1863) Peak 1 = 1863−200 Peak 2 = 1863−200 Peak 3 = 1863−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1663 ,last played in 2015.
Michael Cameron (SA) (currently rated 1860) Peak 3 = 1860−200
Jakob Teitelbaum (ACT) (currently rated 1824) Peak 1 = 1982−200
~~Kristian Saether (QLD)~~ (currently rated 1811) Peak 1 = 1811−200 Peak 2 = 1811−200 Peak 3 = 1811−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1611
~~Michael Hornung (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1754) Peak 1 = 1754−200 Peak 2 = 1754−200 Peak 3 = 1754−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1554 ,last played in 2015.
~~Jimmy Scarff (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1671) Peak 2 = 1671−200 Peak 3 = 1671−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1521
~~Sue Kyatt (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1643) Peak 2 = 1643−200 Peak 3 = 1643−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1493
~~Jason Stockdale (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1628) Peak 1 = 1628−200 Peak 2 = 1628−200 Peak 3 = 1628−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1428
~~Joan Rosenthal (NSW)~~ (currently rated 1625) Peak 1 = 1625−200 Peak 2 = 1625−200 Peak 3 = 1625−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1425 ,last played in 2015.
Ron Baginski (QLD) (currently rated 1621) Peak 1 = 1729−200
Barry Jordan (SA) (currently rated 1619) Peak 2 = 1625−200
~~Harry Malcolm (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1593) Peak 1 = 1584−200 Peak 3 = 1593−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1440.75
~~Barry Argent (TAS)~~ (currently rated 1579) Peak 1 = 1579−200 Peak 2 = 1579−200 Peak 3 = 1579−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1379 ,last played in 2016.
~~Matte Dunn (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1568) Peak 1 = 1568−200 Peak 2 = 1568−200 Peak 3 = 1568−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1368 ,last played in 2015.
~~Michael Rubinstein (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1558) Peak 1 = 1558−200 Peak 2 = 1558−200 Peak 3 = 1558−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1358 ,last played in 2014.
~~Quentin Abbott (QLD)~~ (currently rated 1547) Peak 3 = 1547−200 , off radar, Q =1449
~~Lois Binnie (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1529) Peak 2 = 1529−200 Peak 3 = 1529−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1379
~~Mark Smith (NSW)~~ (currently rated 1515) Peak 1 = 1517−200 , off radar, Q =1464.25
~~Garth van Vliet (NSW)~~ (currently rated 1514) Peak 1 = 1514−200 Peak 2 = 1514−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1418.5
~~Leif Cooper (WA)~~ (currently rated 1503) Peak 2 = 1482−200 , off radar, Q =1442.5
~~Carolyn Watt (WA)~~ (currently rated 1472) Peak 3 = 1472−200 , off radar, Q =1365.25
~~Mary McMahon (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1454) Peak 1 = 1425−200 , off radar, Q =1398
~~Frank Csarics (VIC)~~ (currently rated 1445) Peak 1 = 1427−200 , off radar, Q =1403.75
~~Julie Gardiner (QLD)~~ (currently rated 1430) Peak 1 = 1490−200 Peak 2 = 1490−200 , more than one peak lost, Q = 1360

Wanderers
Keri Heart has played 114 games as a player from QLD and 28 games as a player from TAS.
At this stage, Keri Heart is regarded as representing QLD.