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Australian Records (All-Time Best)

All of these records were achieved during officially rated ASPA tournaments.

Category

Record

 Details
Highest game score 764
Russell Honeybun (WA) 26.08.2007 (vs Joy Deans)
720 Ryan Anderson (Qld) 08.08.2009 (vs Patti Ashwin)
706 Naween Fernando (Vic) 11.01.2009 (vs Dawn Browning)
698 Chris May (NSW) 14.10.2006 (vs Greg Pinchbeck)
Final board position
689 Bob Jackman (NSW), 26.3.2005 (vs John Hayes)
Final board position & scoresheet
688 Joan Rosenthal (NSW), 6.7.2002 (vs Chris May)
Final board position & scoresheet
685 Norma Engel (Vic) 17.01.2010
684 Naween Fernando (Vic) 27.12.2005
675 David Eldar (Vic) 09.06.2008 vs Trevor Halsall
Final board position & scoresheet
674 Edward Okulicz (NSW) 29.11.2006
665 Bob Jackman (NSW), 5.10.1996
663 Anne Drew (Qld), 3.5.2003 (vs Andrew Hamblin)
Final board position & scoresheet
Highest combined score

1099

582-517, Carmel Dodd (SA) & Karen Richards (NSW), 25.01.2009
1092 720-372, Ryan Anderson (Qld) & Patti Ashwin (Qld) 08.08.2009
1068 621-447, David Lowden (SA) & Gillian Briggs (SA) 22.7.2007
1063 632-431, John Holgate (NSW) & Peter Shaw (NSW), 12.2001
1055 569-486, Roger Blom (Vic) & Carmel Dodd (SA), 21.10.2000
1054 591-463, David Eldar (Vic) & Esther Perrins (NSW), 13.09.2008

1051

 621-430, Andrew Hamblin (Qld) & Ron Baginski (Qld), 4.5.2002
1050 567-483, Chris May (NSW) vs. Paul Cleary, 13.4.2002
Highest losing score

517

 Karen Richards (NSW) vs 582, Carmel Dodd (SA) 25.01.2009
510
Jayden Kuhne (Vic) vs 523, Norma Fisher (Vic) 10.01.2010
502
Michael Cameron (SA) vs 504, Stephen Blick (Vic) 24.3.2008
498
Andrew Hamblin (Qld) vs. 517, Edward Okulicz (Qld), 17.2.2002
492
Edward Okulicz (NSW) vs 513, Chris May (NSW), 5.3.2006
491 Paul Richards (NSW) vs 497, Kerry Constable (ACT), 28.7.2007
490 Anne Drew (Qld) vs 550, John Holgate (NSW), 8.1.2005

489

Trevor Halsall (Vic) vs 490, Barbara Berlin (Vic) 30.3.2003
Naween Fernando (Vic) vs 520, Michael Hornung (Vic) 15.1.2006
Largest game margin 521 764-243 Russell Honeybun (WA) vs. Joy Deans (WA), 26.08.2007
447 689-242 Bob Jackman (NSW) vs. John Hayes (Tas), 26.3.2005
435 688-253, Joan Rosenthal (NSW) vs. Chris May (NSW), 6.7.2002
432 684-252, Naween Fernando (Vic) vs Geoff Wright (Vic), 28.12.2005
421 685-264, Norma Engel (Vic) vs Carole Eden (Vic), 17.01.2010
419 698-279, Chris May (NSW) vs Greg Pinchbeck (NSW), 14.10.2006
414 611-197, Paul Richards (Qld) vs Peter Lavings (Qld), 22.10.2005
413
641-228, Joyce Browett (SA) vs Pam Chismon (SA), 19.7.1998
535-122, Tony Kalayzich (NSW) vs Diana Field (NSW), 22.10.2005
Highest drawn game

474

 Steve Sunter (Vic) vs. Lynne Butler (NZ), 26.11.2000
Most bonus words in a game

6

 Bob Jackman (NSW), 5.10.1996
BEVOMITS, CREATIVE, ESCOLAR, ONWARDS, APERIES, MINIATES (Game score 665)

6

 Andrew Fisher (Vic), 19.2.2003
DUBIOUS, PRIORATE, QUINTAIN, NONGOLFER, ASHAMED, SEMANTIC (Game score 642)

6

 Anne Drew (Qld), 3.5.2003 SAUTOIR, DISPOSAL, EXODIsT (opening 3 moves), then later
CHAssEUR, ELEVONS, OUTWEARY consecutively.� (Game score 663)
6
Edward Okulicz (Qld) 15.11.2003
ANVILLED, ANSATED, MEIONITE, TIERCeTS, SIDEWAYS, PEREGALS (Game score 637)
6
Edward Okulicz (ACT) 1.5.2004
BANKERS, EBONISE, LISENTE, ETOURDI, PATIENCES, TRIUNES

6

 Karen Richards (WA), 20.6.2004
SPEARED, DIGITIZE, TITMOUSE (opening 3 moves),
MOUTHING, WAINAGES, RELENTED (Game score 606)

6

 Bob Jackman (NSW), 26.3.2005
TRIBUTE, WORTHIEr, GOLLOPED, SYRINGE, FOrElAIN, LEGATION (Game score 689)
6
Michael Hornung (Vic), 4.7.2005
AUNTIES, LATENTS, TARRIED, DEFOREST, LEVIRATE, VERSION (Game score 582)
6
Carol Johnsen (Vic) 11.9.2005
SEATING, AROUSED, OVERACT, RESPITE, NOTABLY, REMOVES
6
Chris May (NSW) 14.10.2006
COHEIRS, CONDORES, MAUSOLEA, BANTERED, NITRATED, INFLATE (Game score 698)
6
Glenys Lawrie (WA) 2.12.2007.  EBONITES, ORNATEST, ITERATED, OUTNAME, PIRACIES, DONARIES
6
Esther Perrins (NSW) 12.04.2009
SPRINTS, ERASION, ELATIVE, ASTELIES, CHINKING, HEADMEN
Most consecutive bonus words by an individual in a game 5 John Holgate (NSW), 5.3.2003.ATREsIA, AUDIENT, dISLIMB, NEGATIVE, REFUGED
Glenys Lawrie (WA) 2.12.2007.  EBONITES, ORNATEST, ITERATED, OUTNAME, PIRACIES
Highest average score 553 Ryan Anderson (Qld) 08.08.2009 (7 games)
507 Paul Cleary (NSW) 8 games, 10.3.2002
502
Naween Fernando (Vic) 18.3.2007
499
Edward Okulicz (NSW) 01.02.2009 (11 games)
498
David Eldar (Vic) 4.7.2005 (5 games)
496
Andrew Fisher (Vic) 19.9.2005 (4 games)

495

 Anne Drew (Qld) 6 games, 2970 aggregate, 6.10.2001
Highest average margin 222 Ryan Anderson (Qld) 08.08.2009 (7 games)
206 Naween Fernando (Vic), 6 games, 1238 total margin, 6.2.2000
Highest word

284

 ELOQUENT, Ruth Fewings (Vic), 5.7.1986

284

 SLEAZIER, Joanne Craig (NSW), 10.6.2002
257 ACQUIGHT, Chris May (NSW), 19.7.2009
232 CRAZIEST, Sue Kyatt (Vic), 27.7.2003
230 MARQUISE, Ivy Nicholls (Tas), 28-29.10.2000
223 DAFFIEST, Alistair Kane (Vic), 23-24.7.1994
Highest play, non-triple-triple 164
BEZIQUES, Jason Stockdale (Vic) 28.12.2006
153 ZOUAVES, John Holgate (NSW) 15-17.4.1995
150 SQUISHY, Grace De Bonis (WA) 3.10.2004
146 SQUEEZY, Beryl Bell (WA), 10.6.2001
146 SQUEEZES, Marge Roberts (WA), 31.8.2003
144 QUAVERS, June Valentine (Vic), 8.4.1996
141 FUZZIER, Julie Schuurmans (Qld), 21.3.1999
Highest word (non-bonus) 171
REQUI(RE)D Graeme Lock Lee (NSW) 7.4.2007
153
ITCHWEED, Michael McKenna (NSW) 20.03.2010
144
EX(PAN)DER Teresa Dean (SA) 12.6.2005
135
PR(EF)ECTS Edward Okulicz (ACT) 16.10.2004
126
RE(PLAY)ED, Derek McKenzie (Qld), 8.9.1996
Longest word

14

 UN[(COMPUTER)ISED], Russell Honeybun (WA) 21.9.2008
Highest opening play 124 BEZIQUE, Joan Rosenthal (NSW), 7.1997
124 BEZIQUE, Sally Martin (WA) 21.11.2004
116 ZANJERO, Russell Honeybun (WA), 25.5.2003
114 SQUEEZE, Peter Bauer (Vic), 22.7.2000
114 QUICKEN, Ian Hoffman (Qld), 24.2.2002
Longest Winning Streak
- National Championships		 17 Edward Okulicz (Qld), Melbourne, April 2001. First 17 games.
12 Bob Jackman (NSW), Sydney, April 1999. First 12 games.
Andrew Fisher (Vic), Perth, April 2009, games 10-21
Longest Winning Streak
- Any Tournaments		 26 Steve Sunter (Vic) 1989. Last 8 games, Australian Championships, Perth. All 6 games, Dandenong Championships. All 12 games, Victorian Championships. (This streak followed previous 9 wins plus one loss at National Championships, i.e. 35 wins from 36 games).
26 Edward Okulicz (ACT), 2004. Last 4 games at the NSW/Vic Border Challenge (2.5.2004); all 14 games at the Mindbenders, Qld; first 8 games at the Victorian Championships (12.6.2004)
24 David Eldar (Vic). Last 7 games, National Championships - Open 21.4.2003; All 16 games, Vic Championships, Int/Rec, 7-8.6. 2003; First game, Queen Victoria Derby, 9.6.2003.
Oldest Tournament player 98 years
WORLD
RECORD		 Bil Rose (Vic) Date of birth: 21 January 1905. Died: 5 Sept 2003.
Bil was the official holder in the Guinness Book of Records as being the oldest consistent competitor in tournament Scrabble in the world.
ASPA Australian Scrabble® Players Association (ASPA)
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