Scrabble Australia
Australian Masters and State Challenge Trophy 2009
Contenders

Selective events

The event

Twenty of the top players will play the Australian Masters as a round robin in September 2009.
At the same time, teams of three players from each of seven states or territories play the State Challenge Trophy as head-to-head matches.

The contenders

The table below shows the teams according to qualification criteria set by the Council of the Australian Scrabble Players Association. It shows the selected teams as at 02.09.2008 plus 3 reserves from each state.

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Top of state indicated by +

Australian
Masters		 State
Challenge		Contender Q Stat
02.09.2008		 Games Peak (games)
Jul-Oct		 Peak (games)
Nov-Feb		 Peak (games)
Mar-Jun
1 M+David Eldar (VIC) 2040.000
2 M+Chris May (NSW) 2009.0028 2009 (28)
3 MEdward Okulicz (NSW) 1999.0029 1999 (29)
4 MNaween Fernando (VIC) 1983.006 1983 (6)
5 MAndrew Fisher (VIC) 1930.006 1930 (6)
6 MTrevor Halsall (VIC) 1900.0011 1900 (11)
7 MMichael Hornung (VIC) 1887.007 1887 (7)
8 MJulian McKail (VIC) 1886.000
9 MJoan Rosenthal (NSW) 1869.000
10 MPeter Kougi (VIC) 1841.004 1841 (4)
11 MEsther Perrins (NSW) 1836.0020 1836 (20)
12 MBob Jackman (NSW) 1827.0055 1827 (55)
13 M+Richard Jeremy (ACT) 1815.0020 1815 (20)
14 M+David Lowden (SA) 1792.000
15 MRod Talbot (NSW) 1786.0028 1786 (28)
16 MDaniel Piechnick (SA) 1779.0012 1779 (12)
17 MJohn Holgate (NSW) 1765.000
18 MMichael Cameron (SA) 1760.000
1 NSWAlastair Richards (NSW) 1757.0029 1757 (29)
19 M+Anne Drew (QLD) 1702.0069 1702 (69)
2 NSWKaren Richards (NSW) 1700.0084 1700 (84)
1 QLDDerek McKenzie (QLD) 1684.000
3 NSWTony Hunt (NSW) 1672.0027 1672 (27)
Wayne Jones (NSW) 1663.000
1 VICHarry Malcolm (VIC) 1659.006 1659 (6)
2 VICHeather Long (VIC) 1644.0019 1644 (19)
3 VICRay Alford (VIC) 1643.006 1643 (6)
Sal Costanzo (VIC) 1642.0011 1642 (11)
1 SACarmel Dodd (SA) 1639.0026 1639 (26)
Geoff Wright (VIC) 1639.0017 1639 (17)
Alistair Kane (VIC) 1635.006 1635 (6)
Mark Smith (NSW) 1632.0042 1632 (42)
John Barker (NSW) 1631.0042 1631 (42)
2 SASimon Walton (SA) 1631.0012 1631 (12)
1 ACTJohn Spaan (ACT) 1627.0020 1627 (20)
2 QLDHelen Maurus (QLD) 1589.0038 1589 (38)
3 QLDMatte Dunn (QLD) 1580.000
Quentin Abbott (QLD) 1554.0048 1554 (48)
3 SAMichael Vnuk (SA) 1545.006 1545 (6)
Teresa Dean (SA) 1538.006 1538 (6)
Sheryl Davidson (QLD) 1517.0015 1517 (15)
Trish Reynolds (QLD) 1507.0023 1507 (23)
Heather Lowden (SA) 1502.0012 1502 (12)
1 TAS+Dianne Brumby (TAS) 1481.000
2 TASPenny Wells (TAS) 1447.000
3 TASKhen Meerding (TAS) 1443.0014 1443 (14)
2 ACTSusan MacGillivray (ACT) 1438.0013 1438 (13)
Martin Rose (TAS) 1437.000
David Shuttler (TAS) 1423.000
Julia Annells (TAS) 1387.000
Jane Taylor (SA) 1381.0012 1381 (12)
3 ACTTim Reddan (ACT) 1352.0013 1352 (13)
Liam Cosgrave (ACT) 1342.000
Anne Schick (ACT) 1333.0033 1333 (33)
Caroline Scowcroft (ACT) 1277.0045 1277 (45)

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