Scrabble Australia
Australian Masters and State Team Challenge 2012
Contenders

The event

Twenty of the top players will play the Australian Masters as a round robin in September 2012.
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. In 2012, this event will take place on Sept 1-2 at Club Five Dock RSL at 66 Great North Road, Five Dock. Mark Smith will coordinate the acceptances for players who qualify.

Special Rule:

1. In the event of a player being absent for one game a forfeit will apply.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Any games already played will be recognised for calculating ratings.
5. 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 26.07.2012 plus 3 reserves from each state.
Selection has now finished. Results are at this link

More details revealed as you move your mouse over the table.
Top of state indicated by +

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Australian Masters	State Challenge		Contender	Rank	Q Stat 26.07.2012	Games	Peak (games) Jul-Oct	Peak (games) Nov-Feb	Peak (games) Mar-Jun
1 M		+	Chris May (NSW)	1	2026.50	140	2041 (96)	2067 (20)	1999 (24)
2 M		+	Alastair Richards (QLD)	2	1998.75	324	1928 (124)	1947 (76)	2060 (124)
3 M		+	Andrew Fisher (VIC)	3	1998.25	102	2036 (26)	1945 (20)	2006 (56)
4 M			Peter Kougi (VIC)	4	1980.25	210	1982 (70)	1989 (49)	1975 (91)
5 M			Edward Okulicz (NSW)	5	1979.00	86	1981 (55)	1981 (6)	1977 (25)
			Michael Cameron (SA)	6	1907.25	92	1857 (39)	1862 (22)	1955 (31)
			Naween Fernando (VIC)	7	1901.25*	65	2014 (57)	1997 (8)	1797 (0)
6 M			Trevor Halsall (VIC)	8	1881.75	145	1927 (33)	1894 (43)	1853 (69)
			Daniel Piechnick (SA)	9	1860.00	145	1824 (63)	1864 (33)	1876 (49)
7 M			Joanne Craig (NSW)	10	1858.25	259	1848 (108)	1859 (70)	1863 (81)
8 M			Bob Jackman (NSW)	11	1840.50	284	1816 (115)	1842 (87)	1852 (82)
9 M		+	Simon Walton (SA)	12	1831.00	140	1776 (62)	1762 (31)	1893 (47)
10 M		+	Russell Honeybun (WA)	13	1823.50	215	1820 (68)	1828 (68)	1823 (79)
11 M		+	Richard Jeremy (ACT)	14	1821.00	130	1885 (65)	1727 (16)	1836 (49)
12 M			Esther Perrins (NSW)	15	1818.25	136	1792 (75)	1769 (20)	1856 (41)
13 M			Michael McKenna (NSW)	16	1813.25	177	1859 (99)	1784 (25)	1805 (53)
			Joan Rosenthal (NSW)	17	1795.75	93	1802 (61)	1805 (17)	1788 (15)
14 M			Anand Bharadwaj (VIC)	18	1788.00	91	1742 (46)	1798 (13)	1806 (32)
15 M			Anne Drew (QLD)	19	1782.75	296	1743 (142)	1780 (72)	1804 (82)
16 M			Ryan Anderson (QLD)	20	1770.50	102	1777 (64)	1785 (7)	1760 (31)
17 M			Rod Talbot (NSW)	21	1756.25	270	1749 (131)	1712 (60)	1782 (79)
18 M			Carmel Dodd (SA)	22	1749.25	214	1735 (93)	1728 (48)	1767 (73)
			Graham Bell (WA)	23	1744.25	70	1734 (35)	1723 (15)	1760 (20)
19 M			Cameron Farlow (QLD)	24	1743.25	222	1682 (60)	1659 (66)	1816 (96)
	1 QLD		Karen Richards (QLD)	25	1715.00	340	1747 (124)	1681 (76)	1716 (140)
	2 QLD		Helen Maurus (QLD)	26	1715.00	64	1739 (41)	1721 (17)	1700 (6)
			John Holgate (NSW)	27	1707.50	135	1725 (74)	1681 (38)	1712 (23)
			Geoff Wright (VIC)	28	1704.25	131	1702 (35)	1715 (35)	1700 (61)
	1 ACT		John Spaan (ACT)	29	1699.75	98	1754 (34)	1679 (34)	1683 (30)
	1 NSW		Tony Hunt (NSW)	30	1694.00	200	1738 (80)	1704 (57)	1667 (63)
	1 VIC		Harry Malcolm (VIC)	31	1693.75	64	1723 (39)	1692 (19)	1680 (6)
	2 VIC		Nick Ivanovski (VIC)	32	1660.00	77	1625 (7)	1629 (13)	1693 (57)
20 M		+	Dianne Brumby (TAS)	33	1649.50	82	1633 (25)	1637 (19)	1664 (38)
	3 QLD		Roberta Tait (QLD)	34	1642.50	181	1617 (78)	1619 (53)	1667 (50)
	1 WA		Dianne Ward (WA)	35	1637.75	96	1579 (43)	1648 (14)	1662 (39)
	2 WA		Edie Mueller (WA)	36	1632.75	120	1711 (60)	1618 (21)	1601 (39)
	3 WA		Chris Hall (WA)	37	1630.75	81	1620 (28)	1627 (21)	1638 (32)
			Glenys Lawrie (WA)	38	1627.75	191	1654 (67)	1627 (48)	1615 (76)
			Graeme Lock Lee (NSW)	39	1623.00	172	1610 (81)	1532 (29)	1675 (62)
			Heather Long (VIC)	40	1621.75	166	1624 (43)	1659 (49)	1602 (74)
	3 VIC		Michael Rubinstein (VIC)	41	1602.75	131	1598 (35)	1577 (42)	1618 (54)
			Marj Miller (VIC)	42	1596.00	115	1639 (31)	1597 (13)	1574 (71)
			Gwen Lampre (VIC)	43	1590.00	106	1659 (33)	1619 (19)	1541 (54)
			Norma Fisher (VIC)	44	1589.00	203	1611 (75)	1571 (41)	1587 (87)
			Sheryl Davidson (QLD)	46	1584.25	100	1655 (44)	1610 (25)	1536 (31)
	2 NSW		Rocky Sharma (NSW)	47	1575.25	175	1561 (94)	1586 (17)	1577 (64)
			Sally Martin (WA)	48	1570.25	68	1630 (26)	1561 (10)	1545 (32)
			Jane Brown (QLD)	49	1566.25	105	1567 (31)	1504 (21)	1597 (53)
	2 ACT		John Hamilton (ACT)	50	1565.50	133	1570 (52)	1586 (25)	1553 (56)
	1 SA		Trevor Tao (SA)	51	1564.00	124	1517 (48)	1553 (27)	1593 (49)
	3 NSW		Greg Pinchbeck (NSW)	52	1560.50	186	1540 (66)	1588 (41)	1557 (79)
			Mark Smith (NSW)	53	1558.25	161	1608 (86)	1551 (43)	1537 (32)
	1 TAS		Stephen Mooney Purse(TAS)	54	1555.00	80	1503 (22)	1577 (46)	1570 (12)
	2 TAS		Martin Rose (TAS)	55	1554.50	124	1543 (41)	1545 (30)	1565 (53)
			John Barker (NSW)	57	1545.00	243	1645 (120)	1477 (48)	1529 (75)
			Khen Meerding (TAS)	58	1536.50	129	1552 (47)	1516 (30)	1539 (52)
			Michael Vnuk (SA)	59	1535.25	61	1567 (29)	1574 (16)	1500 (16)
	2 SA		Adam Kretschmer (SA)	60	1533.50	147	1576 (72)	1514 (30)	1522 (45)
			Garth van Vliet (NSW)	61	1526.00	308	1501 (105)	1581 (106)	1511 (97)
			Faye Williams (WA)	65	1503.25	114	1525 (42)	1456 (33)	1516 (39)
			Julie Gardiner (QLD)	67	1490.25	119	1410 (39)	1487 (30)	1532 (50)
	3 SA		Jane Taylor (SA)	68	1489.50	175	1520 (72)	1452 (33)	1493 (70)
			Tony Miller (SA)	75	1466.00	125	1477 (48)	1477 (33)	1455 (44)
	3 ACT		Caroline Scowcroft (ACT)	90	1418.50	156	1413 (62)	1359 (45)	1451 (49)
	3 TAS		Helen Metaxas (TAS)	92	1408.25	69	1362 (15)	1409 (30)	1431 (24)
			Ros Wilkinson (TAS)	99	1374.25	106	1353 (23)	1390 (16)	1377 (67)
			Jan Hill (TAS)	103	1370.25	134	1403 (37)	1378 (30)	1350 (67)
			Antonios Syrigos (SA)	109	1350.50	98	1294 (27)	1338 (28)	1385 (43)
			Alan Mathews (TAS)	116	1327.00	87	1321 (28)	1319 (30)	1334 (29)
			Owen Randall (ACT)	134	1273.25	87	1184 (7)	1289 (16)	1310 (64)
			Anne Schick (ACT)	144	1256.75	121	1234 (60)	1257 (45)	1268 (16)
			Joyce Browett (SA)	157	1226.25	69	1247 (18)	1280 (17)	1189 (34)
			Rhona Kenyon (ACT)	208	1074.25	174	1011 (68)	1062 (30)	1112 (76)

Too few games
Victor Tung (NSW) 57 games
Wendy Taylor (SA) 53 games
Tim Reddan (ACT) 49 games
Tony Williams (ACT) 48 games
Matte Dunn (VIC) 45 games
Jimmy Scarff (VIC) 44 games
Tracey Kneebone (SA) 43 games
Madeleine Emerson (ACT) 39 games
Penny Wells (TAS) 37 games
Quentin Abbott (QLD) 31 games
Marie London (TAS) 30 games
Nancy Sparling (SA) 29 games
Teresa Dean (SA) 26 games
Christine Foot (ACT) 25 games
David Eldar (VIC) 20 games
Kitty-Jean Laginha (NSW) 20 games
Alistair Kane (VIC) 17 games
Julian McKail (VIC) 13 games
Marc Hudson (SA) 12 games
Susan MacGillivray (ACT) 7 games
Gillian Briggs (SA) 6 games
Alex Hong (SA) 5 games

Missed a peak
Naween Fernando (VIC) (listed above)

Wanderers
Stephen Mooney Purse has played 68 games as a player from TAS and 12 games as a player from SA.
At this stage, Stephen Mooney Purse is regarded as representing TAS.
Alastair Richards has played 167 games as a player from QLD and 157 games as a player from NSW.
At this stage, Alastair Richards is regarded as representing QLD.
Karen Richards has played 183 games as a player from QLD and 157 games as a player from NSW.
At this stage, Karen Richards is regarded as representing QLD.
Simon Walton has played 73 games as a player from SA and 67 games as a player from NSW.
At this stage, Simon Walton is regarded as representing SA.