Scrabble Australia
International: World Youth Scrabble Championships
Selecting Australia's World Youth Scrabble team for 2008
The third WYSC will be held in Penang, Malaysia on December 9th to 11th, 2008.Australia is entitled to send seven young players.
For more information about Youth Scrabble in the international context, including reports of the 2006 and 2007 WSC please visit http://www.youthscrabble.org
Selection process
This is an invitational event where players are selected by the Council of Australian Scrabble Players Association. The rules for selection for 2008 are:- You must be an Australian citizen, or have resided in Australia for at least 12 months prior to 31.07.2008.
- You must be an ASPA member (or junior member, in NSW) before 31.07.2008
- You must be born 1 Jan 1991 or later
- The qualifying period is 01.08.2007 to 31.07.2008.
- Contenders are ranked by their peak rating over the qualifying period.
- There are three rating hurdles :
- You must have played 50 games within the Australian rating system before any peak.
- You must play at least 25 games during the qualification period.
- The peak rating must be at least 1000.
The secondary criterion is number of rated games within the qualification period. If two players have the same peak rating, the one with the greater number of games in the qualification period is ranked higher.
Please inform Karen Richards (karenrichards@virginbroadband.com.au) if you are aware of any other young Australian Scrabble players.
More information about Youth Scrabble at www.youthscrabble.org
Qualification status at 12.05.2008
| CONTENDERS | Games before 01.08.2007 |
Games in period |
Peak | Status |
| 1 Alastair Richards (NSW) | 2075 | 186 | 1793 |  |
| 2 Natasha Podesser (VIC) | 379 | 148 | 1403 | |
| Grant Breadsell (QLD) | 188 | 0 | 1251? | Needs to play 25 games in the period. |
| 3 Matthew Selvanera (SA) | 84 | 48 | 1244 | |
| 4 Michael McKenna (NSW) | 53 | 146 | 1167 | |
| 5 John Hamilton (NSW) | 146 | 126 | 1142 | |
| 6 Kitty-Jean Laginha (NSW) | 14 | 154 | 1051 | |
| 7 Phillip Hamilton (NSW) | 22 | 107 | 1037 | |
| James Gunner (SA) | 99 | 86 | 990 | Needs to get a rating of at least 1000. |
| Anand Bharadwaj (VIC) | 0 | 61 | 884 | Needs to get a rating of at least 1000. |
| Ganesh Vaheisvaran (NSW) | 0 | 7 | 834? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Alwin So (NSW) | 7 | 29 | 750? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Steven Chan (NSW) | 0 | 7 | 706? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Reece McKenzie (NSW) | 0 | 21 | 619? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Bela Laginha (NSW) | 0 | 16 | 580? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Ruby-Rose Laginha (NSW) | 0 | 6 | 532? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Shirin Heggie (NSW) | 0 | 14 | 503? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Morgan McKenzie (NSW) | 0 | 21 | 500? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Sathey Vaheisvaran (NSW) | 0 | 7 | 500? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Prakesh Vaheisvaran (NSW) | 0 | 7 | 500? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Jordynne Winsor (NSW) | 0 | 6 | 500? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Daniel Buzalski (NSW) | 0 | 5 | 500? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
| Haritha Gunasekera (NSW) | 0 | 3 | 500? | Needs to have 50 games before peak. |
Recently processed:
12.04.2008 SA April (SA) , Matthew
(+15)
13.04.2008 Langwarrin (VIC) , Natasha (+54)
19.04.2008 Blacktown (NSW) , Michael (+12), Kitty-Jean (+54), Phillip (+30), John (+4), Shirin (+3)
26.04.2008 KALGOORLIE 2008 (WA)
27.04.2008 ANZAC Tournament (NSW)
27.04.2008 MATCHPLAY KICKOFF (VIC) , Natasha (+4), Anand (+42)
03.05.2008 Queensland Championships (QLD)
03.05.2008 Sydney West (NSW) , Michael (+14)
12.05.2008 Xiao-ting Box (VIC)
Upcoming tournaments:
17.05.2008 Ulladulla Championships (NSW),
17.05.2008 East Coast (TAS),
18.05.2008 Melville (WA),
25.05.2008 Dandenong (VIC),
25.05.2008 May Tournament (SA),
27.05.2008 May Do Well (QLD),
31.05.2008 Woy Woy (NSW),
01.06.2008 WA State Championships (WA)