Scrabble Australia
Australian Masters and State Team Challenge 2011
Contenders

The event

Twenty of the top players will play the Australian Masters as a round robin on the weekend of September 10th and 11th, 2011 in Adelaide.
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. After September 10th you can see event coverage at this event at this link

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.

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 12.07.2011 plus 3 reserves from each state.
Selection has now finished. Simon Walton will be contacting people to finalise acceptances. Those who are unable to participate are shown crossed out below.

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 12.07.2011	Games	Peak (games) Jul-Oct	Peak (games) Nov-Feb	Peak (games) Mar-Jun
			David Eldar (VIC)	1	2084.75	63	2121 (7)	2108 (50)	2055 (6)
1 M		+	Edward Okulicz (NSW)	2	2035.50	161	2067 (91)	2099 (46)	1988 (24)
2 M		+	Andrew Fisher (VIC)	3	2034.00	146	2030 (56)	2022 (26)	2042 (64)
3 M			Naween Fernando (VIC)	4	2027.25	131	2068 (55)	2009 (26)	2016 (50)
4 M			Chris May (NSW)	5	2003.25	106	1942 (36)	1991 (38)	2040 (32)
5 M			Peter Kougi (VIC)	6	1980.50	125	1979 (69)	1989 (16)	1977 (40)
6 M			Trevor Halsall (VIC)	7	1915.50	230	1871 (100)	1883 (49)	1954 (81)
7 M			Joanne Craig (NSW)	8	1913.25	307	1944 (137)	1927 (79)	1891 (91)
			Julian McKail (VIC)	9	1911.25	83	1929 (13)	1918 (7)	1899 (63)
8 M			Alastair Richards (NSW)	10	1910.00	231	2010 (117)	1888 (59)	1871 (55)
9 M		+	Richard Jeremy (ACT)	11	1898.25	152	1859 (48)	1850 (38)	1942 (66)
10 M			Bob Jackman (NSW)	12	1847.00	263	1850 (129)	1866 (88)	1836 (46)
11 M			Rod Talbot (NSW)	13	1821.50	266	1896 (114)	1862 (98)	1764 (54)
12 M		+	Daniel Piechnick (SA)	14	1804.50	157	1779 (54)	1799 (27)	1820 (76)
13 M			Michael McKenna (NSW)	15	1801.25	326	1762 (170)	1739 (93)	1852 (63)
14 M			Esther Perrins (NSW)	16	1794.25	177	1819 (63)	1782 (56)	1788 (58)
15 M		+	Russell Honeybun (WA)	17	1785.00	168	1696 (29)	1742 (59)	1851 (80)
			Joan Rosenthal (NSW)	18	1770.75	76	1754 (27)	1775 (34)	1777 (15)
16 M			Simon Walton (SA)	19	1743.50	198	1707 (63)	1751 (40)	1758 (95)
17 M			Michael Cameron (SA)	20	1735.50	72	1749 (5)	1743 (21)	1725 (46)
18 M			Carmel Dodd (SA)	21	1732.00	209	1739 (100)	1701 (31)	1744 (78)
19 M		+	Anne Drew (QLD)	22	1723.00	213	1772 (109)	1716 (58)	1702 (46)
20 M			Karen Richards (NSW)	23	1721.50	294	1789 (131)	1753 (75)	1672 (88)
	1 QLD		Ryan Anderson (QLD)	24	1709.25	81	1695 (43)	1708 (7)	1717 (31)
			Geoff Wright (VIC)	25	1701.75	163	1777 (67)	1682 (49)	1674 (47)
	1 VIC		Norma Fisher (VIC)	26	1697.00	213	1696 (69)	1700 (65)	1696 (79)
	1 NSW		Mark Smith (NSW)	27	1696.50	245	1696 (119)	1688 (69)	1701 (57)
	1 WA		Glenys Lawrie (WA)	28	1687.00	163	1737 (53)	1697 (39)	1657 (71)
	2 QLD		Helen Maurus (QLD)	29	1680.25	81	1652 (47)	1649 (10)	1710 (24)
	2 NSW		Tony Hunt (NSW)	30	1672.00	214	1668 (109)	1612 (60)	1704 (45)
	2 WA		Edie Mueller (WA)	31	1669.50	165	1641 (55)	1653 (39)	1692 (71)
			Matte Dunn (VIC)	32	1665.00	78	1690 (48)	1646 (24)	1662 (6)
	1 ACT		John Spaan (ACT)	33	1659.50	98	1693 (34)	1561 (16)	1692 (48)
			John Holgate (NSW)	34	1652.75*	102	1789 (73)	1762 (29)	1530 (0)
	3 NSW		Graeme Lock Lee (NSW)	35	1648.75	135	1672 (46)	1643 (52)	1640 (37)
			Heather Long (VIC)	36	1646.00	154	1650 (60)	1664 (52)	1635 (42)
	3 WA		Sally Martin (WA)	37	1636.25	66	1637 (26)	1634 (15)	1637 (25)
	2 VIC		Marj Miller (VIC)	38	1616.25	96	1572 (21)	1593 (14)	1650 (61)
	3 VIC		Anand Bharadwaj (VIC)	39	1614.00	92	1555 (21)	1579 (39)	1661 (32)
	3 QLD		Roberta Tait (QLD)	40	1610.75	142	1626 (39)	1667 (46)	1575 (57)
			Victor Tung (NSW)	41	1606.00	82	1639 (45)	1601 (29)	1592 (8)
			Natasha Podesser (VIC)	42	1596.75	123	1581 (14)	1608 (56)	1599 (53)
	1 TAS	+	Dianne Brumby (TAS)	43	1596.50	99	1537 (33)	1567 (28)	1641 (38)
			Chris Hall (WA)	44	1596.25	72	1591 (34)	1596 (24)	1599 (14)
			Rocky Sharma (NSW)	45	1595.75	182	1602 (88)	1619 (55)	1581 (39)
			Cameron Farlow (QLD)	46	1584.75	175	1534 (54)	1605 (61)	1600 (60)
	1 SA		Michael Vnuk (SA)	47	1582.75	60	1615 (12)	1580 (16)	1568 (32)
			Sheryl Davidson (QLD)	48	1576.50	99	1547 (61)	1533 (23)	1613 (15)
			Judy Jones (WA)	49	1574.50	105	1562 (42)	1616 (31)	1560 (32)
			Gwen Lampre (VIC)	50	1568.25	102	1536 (13)	1537 (39)	1600 (50)
			Jane Brown (QLD)	51	1564.00	122	1618 (56)	1520 (38)	1559 (28)
			Dianne Ward (WA)	52	1557.25	60	1558 (28)	1563 (7)	1554 (25)
			John Barker (NSW)	53	1554.25	322	1590 (174)	1601 (101)	1513 (47)
	2 SA		Adam Kretschmer (SA)	54	1540.50	158	1520 (46)	1510 (22)	1566 (90)
	2 TAS		Martin Rose (TAS)	59	1526.75	177	1536 (77)	1501 (35)	1535 (65)
	3 TAS		Khen Meerding (TAS)	61	1526.25	132	1565 (55)	1510 (35)	1515 (42)
	3 SA		Jane Taylor (SA)	62	1519.25	165	1525 (33)	1502 (32)	1525 (100)
	2 ACT		John Hamilton (ACT)	64	1516.00*	115	1583 (95)	1323 (0)	1579 (20)
			Lois Binnie (VIC)	66	1506.00	135	1509 (40)	1497 (35)	1509 (60)
	3 ACT		Caroline Scowcroft (ACT)	67	1504.00	370	1451 (132)	1547 (110)	1509 (128)
			Susannah Torcasio (TAS)	72	1488.75*	84	1627 (55)	1588 (29)	1370 (0)
			Marie London (TAS)	75	1474.25	96	1431 (22)	1506 (36)	1480 (38)
			Trevor Tao (SA)	85	1437.00	132	1367 (38)	1431 (32)	1475 (62)
			Stephen Mooney Purse(ACT)	86	1435.00	106	1405 (38)	1417 (37)	1459 (31)
			Denis Visentin (TAS)	89	1426.00*	65	1484 (36)	1540 (29)	1340 (0)
			Tony Miller (SA)	95	1404.25	124	1346 (51)	1375 (21)	1448 (52)
			Madeleine Emerson (ACT)	103	1382.00*	93	1409 (56)	1209 (0)	1455 (37)
			Betty Keese (SA)	144	1289.00	85	1317 (27)	1293 (16)	1273 (42)
			Anne Schick (ACT)	164	1250.25	159	1210 (69)	1279 (16)	1256 (74)

Too few games
Tim Reddan (ACT) 49 games
Quentin Abbott (ACT) 43 games
Nick Ivanovski (VIC) 30 games
Wendy Taylor (SA) 29 games
Marc Hudson (SA) 28 games
Heather Lowden (SA) 24 games
Nancy Sparling (SA) 23 games
Derek McKenzie (QLD) 15 games
Michael Hornung (VIC) 10 games
Jason Stockdale (VIC) 10 games
Teresa Dean (SA) 10 games
Robin Duncan (NSW) 8 games
Jimmy Scarff (VIC) 7 games

Missed a peak
John Holgate (NSW) Peak 3 = 1748−200 ,Qstat = 1652.75 (listed above)
John Hamilton (ACT) Peak 2 = 1523−200 ,Qstat = 1516.00 (listed above)
Susannah Torcasio (TAS) Peak 3 = 1627−200 ,Qstat = 1488.75 (listed above)
Denis Visentin (TAS) Peak 3 = 1484−200 ,Qstat = 1426.00 (listed above)
Madeleine Emerson (ACT) Peak 2 = 1409−200 ,Qstat = 1382.00 (listed above)
Patricia Mitchell (VIC) Peak 1 = 1317−200 ,Qstat = 1304.00
Lindy Lawson (NSW) Peak 3 = 1342−200 ,Qstat = 1269.50
Khwanjai Thammaping (VIC) Peak 3 = 1196−200 ,Qstat = 1048.25
Anne Hough (ACT) Peak 1 = 1080−200 ,Qstat = 1026.25
Del Hintz (QLD) Peak 2 = 1006−200 ,Qstat = 1016.75
Tony Williams (ACT) Peak 3 = 1100−200 ,Qstat = 1001.00
Nina Clarke (TAS) Peak 1 = 930−200 ,Qstat = 969.25
Ruth Fewings (VIC) Peak 3 = 933−200 ,Qstat = 856.00
Anna Palmer (VIC) Peak 3 = 909−200 ,Qstat = 787.00
Vera Etherton (WA) Peak 3 = 875−200 ,Qstat = 756.25

Wanderers
Stephen Mooney Purse has played 54 games as a player from ACT and 52 games as a player from TAS.
At this stage, Stephen Mooney Purse is regarded as representing ACT.