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2026 Trans Tasman

Selecting Australia's team for 2026

The 2026 Trans Tasman will be held in Brisbane on 26th to 28th September. 12 Australians will play 12 New Zealand players over 24 games. You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident on 30 June 2026, and be a financial member of ASPA on 30 June 2026.

Selection by ratings

The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic
Details
  • Subperiods are Jul to Oct 2025, Nov to Feb and Mar to Jun 2026.
  • 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.
  • Third peak: You cannot earn the peak in the third subperiod until you have played 40 games rated by ASPA in the qualification period.
  • Penalty: If you do not earn a peak in a subperiod , your peak in that subperiod is equal to the last rating minus 200. This may be applied more than once.
  • Incomplete tournament: If you miss a game for any reason other than an assigned bye, you cannot count a peak attained in that tournament for any qualification purposes. Games played will count towards games quotas. Ratings will be calculated as usual, with byes and forfeits not rated.
  • Games: You must have played at least 40 games in the qualifying period.
  • Tie breaker: If two players have the same Q statistic, the one with the greater number of games in the qualification period is ranked higher.

Players may appeal to CASPA for a special dispensation in exceptional circumstances. In the event of any unforeseen issue the decision of CASPA is final.



The Qstat is Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4 where P1, P2, P3 are peaks from Jul to Oct 2025, Nov to Feb and Mar to Jun 2026. Qstat is shown, together with the peak(games) in each period. 40 games required.
Priority is given to players who have said that they will go or maybe go.

CONTENDERS
12 quota
Q (games)
03.08.2025
Peak (games)
Jul to Oct
Peak (games)
Nov to Feb
Peak (games)
Mar to Jun
David Eldar (VIC) 2223.00(18)2223(18)
Peter Kougi (VIC) 1922.00(0)
Edward Okulicz (VIC) 1895.00(18)1895(18)
Andrew Fisher (VIC) 1893.00(0)
Josh Watt (NSW) 1871.00(26)1871(26)
Cameron Farlow (QLD) 1865.00(8)1865(8)
Naween Fernando (VIC) 1861.00(0)
Joanne Craig (NSW) 1858.00(26)1858(26)
Sam Amarasinghe (QLD) 1848.00(0)
Ryan Sutton (NSW) 1836.00(18)1836(18)
Tony Hunt (NSW) 1806.00(32)1806(32)
Bob Jackman (NSW) 1802.00(26)1802(26)
ALMOST IN
Esther Perrins (NSW) 1794.00(18)1794(18)
Trevor Halsall (VIC) 1762.00(18)1762(18)
Max Mason (SA) 1754.00(10)1754(10)
Russell Honeybun (WA) 1753.00(0)
Nick Ivanovski (VIC) 1743.00(13)1743(13)
Adam Kretschmer (SA) 1719.00(0)

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