Australian Masters and State Challenge Trophy
Criteria for both parts
- To qualify for a state team, or to represent an Australian state or territory,
a player must be a financial member of ASPA for the entire qualifying period.
- The State of Representation is the State that the player was
representing in the majority of games played during the qualifying period.
Any anomalies concerning what amounts to a majority of games will be
resolved by CASPA.
- A player must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Temporary visa holders are not eligible.
- The method of ranking candidates is by the three peak statistic (the Q statistic) described below.
Australian Masters - Qualification criteria
The State Representative: The player with the highest Q statistic from each state
(territories are considered states according to the CASPA Constitution)
will be selected for the Masters team if he or she is among the national top 40 active players
(those players who have played at least one game during the qualification period)
ranked by Q statistic. If the top eligible state player declines the invitation to compete,
the place vacated will be offered to the next player from that state providing that player meets the above criteria.
Rest of the Masters team: After the state representatives have been selected, further players ranked by Q statistic
irrespective of state will make up the total of twenty.
State Challenge Trophy - Qualification criteria
Each state team will comprise three eligible players who have not already been selected for the Masters event
and are the next best three from their state, ranked by Q statistic.
If insufficient eligible players are available, the state will not be permitted to participate in the
State Challenge Trophy for that year unless a maximum of one stand-in can be fielded before the tournament
from any state (generally, but not necessarily, that state in which the tournament takes place).
That stand-in must also meet the above criteria.
An eligible stand-in may also be fielded in the event of illness
or other unforeseen circumstance during the tournament.
The three peaks Q statistic
The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic calculated like this:
- The qualification period is July 1 2009 to June 30 2010 inclusive.
- Subperiods are July to Oct 2009, Nov 2009 to Feb 2010 and Mar 2010 to June 2010.
- The qualifying statistic is Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4 , which is a weighted average of peak ratings in
three subperiods.
- If you play no games in a subperiod, your peak is equal to the rating before that period minus 200.
This applies to one period only, not the final period.
- You must have played at least 60 games in the qualifying period before the last peak.
The secondary criterion is number of rated games within the qualification period.
If two players have the same Q statistic,
the one with the greater number of games in the qualification period is ranked higher.
Etiquette for acceptance
Once the selection process is finished, it is incumbent on team members to
accept their places within a reasonable amount of time.
Any issues that may prevent a member from playing in the event should be discussed with
CASPA as soon as reasonably possible after they arise.
Such discussion may include negotiating with the reserve team members as to their ability to replace the team member."