Scrabble Australia
Australian Masters and State Team Challenge 2014
Contenders

The event

Twenty of the top players will play the Australian Masters as a round robin in Adelaide on September 13-14 2014. The venue is the Adelaide Theosophical Society at 310 South Terrace. Enquiries to Jane Taylor (08) 8120 8736, jjsroadshow@gmail.com, 0408 981 833
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.

Rule variation

Masters section has 5 point penalty for each word challenged but correct.

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.
5. In exceptional circumstances the Tournament Director may consult with the competitors and vary the ruling regarding no-shows

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 14.08.2014 plus 3 reserves from each state.
Selection has now finished. Adam Kretschmer will be contacting people to finalise acceptances.

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 14.08.2014	Games	Peak (games) Jul-Oct	Peak (games) Nov-Feb	Peak (games) Mar-Jun
			Alastair Richards (QLD)	1	2093.50	207	2097 (96)	2115 (61)	2081 (50)
1 M		+	Andrew Fisher (VIC)	2	2051.00	132	2052 (42)	2080 (42)	2036 (48)
2 M		+	Daniel Piechnick (SA)	3	2014.00	159	1964 (39)	1988 (42)	2052 (78)
3 M		+	Edward Okulicz (NSW)	4	1961.75	172	2005 (72)	1934 (52)	1954 (48)
4 M			Peter Kougi (VIC)	5	1944.75	156	1991 (51)	1996 (43)	1896 (62)
5 M			Esther Perrins (NSW)	6	1927.00	171	1901 (88)	1929 (43)	1939 (40)
6 M			Naween Fernando (VIC)	7	1908.50*	123	1958 (81)	2042 (42)	1817 (0)
7 M		+	Cameron Farlow (QLD)	8	1904.50	213	1914 (62)	1922 (79)	1891 (72)
8 M			Bob Jackman (NSW)	9	1873.50	310	1920 (94)	1836 (106)	1869 (110)
			Richard Jeremy (ACT)	10	1849.25	119	1847 (35)	1874 (38)	1838 (46)
9 M			Trevor Halsall (VIC)	11	1842.25	177	1825 (50)	1842 (59)	1851 (68)
10 M			Joanne Craig (NSW)	12	1824.50	319	1838 (145)	1854 (81)	1803 (93)
11 M			Ron Baginski (QLD)	13	1805.75	87	1745 (20)	1810 (43)	1834 (24)
			Michael McKenna (NSW)	14	1804.75	176	1819 (82)	1832 (75)	1784 (19)
			Michael Cameron (SA)	15	1791.25	90	1771 (37)	1764 (11)	1815 (42)
12 M			Rod Talbot (NSW)	16	1791.00	258	1848 (100)	1874 (90)	1721 (68)
13 M		+	Russell Honeybun (WA)	17	1770.75	213	1831 (80)	1732 (47)	1760 (86)
14 M			Ryan Anderson (QLD)	18	1761.75	63	1727 (23)	1756 (11)	1782 (29)
15 M			Adam Kretschmer (SA)	19	1743.75	165	1767 (61)	1758 (36)	1725 (68)
16 M			Mythili Rudra (VIC)	20	1738.75	141	1735 (53)	1736 (50)	1742 (38)
17 M			Matte Dunn (VIC)	21	1731.75	101	1709 (39)	1740 (7)	1739 (55)
			John Holgate (NSW)	22	1728.75	181	1682 (77)	1753 (59)	1740 (45)
18 M			Trevor Tao (SA)	23	1726.00	181	1676 (79)	1726 (42)	1751 (60)
			Nick Ivanovski (VIC)	24	1723.50	142	1729 (39)	1703 (31)	1731 (72)
19 M			Tony Hunt (NSW)	25	1719.00	215	1752 (98)	1770 (55)	1677 (62)
			Geoff Wright (VIC)	26	1711.75	105	1648 (41)	1727 (52)	1736 (12)
20 M			Edie Mueller (WA)	27	1703.75	145	1759 (53)	1688 (22)	1684 (70)
	1 SA		Carmel Dodd (SA)	28	1685.50	305	1722 (135)	1618 (62)	1701 (108)
	1 NSW		Ryan Sutton (NSW)	29	1683.75	214	1692 (83)	1671 (76)	1686 (55)
	1 ACT	+	John Spaan (ACT)	30	1682.00	72	1653 (32)	1699 (24)	1688 (16)
			Joan Rosenthal (NSW)	31	1680.25	82	1652 (32)	1689 (8)	1690 (42)
	1 QLD		Helen Maurus (QLD)	32	1677.25	61	1707 (40)	1698 (11)	1652 (10)
			Heather Long (VIC)	33	1661.25	150	1594 (39)	1663 (49)	1694 (62)
	2 QLD		Karen Richards (QLD)	34	1652.75	309	1703 (143)	1684 (79)	1612 (87)
	2 NSW		Victor Tung (NSW)	35	1651.25	117	1639 (50)	1626 (43)	1670 (24)
	1 VIC		Norma Fisher (VIC)	36	1649.50	182	1659 (81)	1677 (50)	1631 (51)
	1 WA		Chris Hall (WA)	37	1647.25	93	1691 (39)	1592 (15)	1653 (39)
	1 TAS	+	Dianne Brumby (TAS)	38	1644.25	91	1619 (23)	1616 (14)	1671 (54)
	2 SA		Stephen Mooney Purse(SA)	39	1626.75	147	1649 (57)	1612 (36)	1623 (54)
	3 SA		Jane Taylor (SA)	40	1622.50	202	1574 (51)	1580 (48)	1668 (103)
	2 ACT		John Hamilton (ACT)	41	1600.50	171	1534 (44)	1644 (61)	1612 (66)
	2 VIC		Harry Malcolm (VIC)	42	1599.50	98	1616 (65)	1598 (19)	1592 (14)
	2 WA		Dianne Ward (WA)	43	1592.00	75	1662 (39)	1598 (22)	1554 (14)
	3 QLD		Jane Brown (QLD)	44	1591.25	129	1598 (58)	1613 (40)	1577 (31)
	3 NSW		Rocky Sharma (NSW)	45	1589.25	155	1644 (96)	1595 (24)	1559 (35)
	3 VIC		Natasha Podesser (VIC)	46	1587.50	166	1611 (42)	1615 (42)	1562 (82)
			Tony Miller (SA)	47	1585.25	131	1605 (35)	1596 (42)	1570 (54)
			Michael Rubinstein (VIC)	48	1584.75	62	1612 (14)	1579 (17)	1574 (31)
			Paul Richards (QLD)	49	1577.25	139	1605 (43)	1582 (45)	1561 (51)
			Graeme Lock Lee (NSW)	50	1576.50	165	1643 (76)	1585 (49)	1539 (40)
			Sheryl Davidson (QLD)	51	1560.00	110	1584 (48)	1518 (39)	1569 (23)
			Mark Smith (NSW)	52	1557.75	101	1562 (48)	1533 (16)	1568 (37)
			Garth van Vliet (NSW)	53	1553.75	84	1509 (46)	1576 (26)	1565 (12)
			Lois Binnie (VIC)	54	1551.75	74	1524 (21)	1595 (46)	1544 (7)
			Trish Reynolds (QLD)	55	1546.75	120	1568 (39)	1509 (24)	1555 (57)
			Martin Rose (TAS)	57	1539.50	130	1525 (49)	1527 (28)	1553 (53)
			Gwen Lampre (VIC)	58	1519.75	169	1562 (48)	1503 (46)	1507 (75)
	3 ACT		Noel Barrett (ACT)	59	1507.50	189	1445 (69)	1507 (48)	1539 (72)
			Karrin Henderson (QLD)	64	1487.25	156	1471 (54)	1506 (33)	1486 (69)
			Oliver Jenner-O'Shea(SA)	70	1459.00	120	1443 (37)	1451 (27)	1471 (56)
			Antonios Syrigos (SA)	75	1451.00	67	1428 (16)	1452 (20)	1462 (31)
			Khen Meerding (TAS)	77	1450.75	83	1427 (41)	1436 (27)	1470 (15)
			Judy Jones (WA)	78	1448.50	127	1413 (35)	1443 (29)	1469 (63)
			Helen Metaxas (TAS)	79	1440.75	95	1406 (15)	1369 (27)	1494 (53)
	3 WA		David Vanzyl (WA)	80	1440.25	99	1372 (21)	1457 (22)	1466 (56)
			Tim Mason (WA)	83	1430.00	127	1314 (28)	1320 (29)	1543 (70)
			Faye Williams (WA)	84	1418.25	111	1452 (35)	1381 (21)	1420 (55)
			Caroline Scowcroft (ACT)	90	1401.25	123	1454 (68)	1361 (31)	1395 (24)
			Robin Andersen (WA)	91	1400.75	127	1362 (28)	1383 (29)	1429 (70)
			Tony Williams (ACT)	101	1365.50	131	1335 (20)	1373 (73)	1377 (38)
			Jan Hill (TAS)	103	1356.25	89	1305 (23)	1338 (28)	1391 (38)
			Anne Schick (ACT)	118	1313.00	150	1276 (46)	1288 (50)	1344 (54)
	2 TAS		Keri Heart (TAS)	134	1266.50	85	1225 (23)	1253 (24)	1294 (38)
	3 TAS		John Hayes (TAS)	137	1259.75	71	1260 (15)	1231 (27)	1274 (29)
			Lynne Jarvis (TAS)	140	1249.25	88	1261 (8)	1272 (27)	1232 (53)
			Ivy Nicholls (TAS)	145	1225.00	102	1282 (22)	1232 (27)	1193 (53)

Too few games
Chris May (NSW) 24 games
Anand Bharadwaj (VIC) 54 games
Simon Walton (NSW) 11 games
Graham Bell (WA) 7 games
Wayne Jones (NSW) 11 games
Nick Cavenagh (VIC) 15 games
Sally Martin (WA) 47 games
Ray Alford (VIC) 53 games
Quentin Abbott (QLD) 33 games
Barry Harridge (VIC) 50 games
Leif Cooper (WA) 36 games
Madeleine Emerson (ACT) 39 games
Carolyn Watt (WA) 53 games
Marie London (TAS) 38 games
Penny Wells (TAS) 51 games
Tim Reddan (ACT) 57 games
Alan Mathews (TAS) 31 games
Ros Wilkinson (TAS) 30 games
Heather Rubock (TAS) 14 games
Frances Adams (TAS) 42 games

Missed a peak
Naween Fernando (VIC) (currently rated 2017) Peak 3 = 1958−200 ,Qstat = 1908.50 (listed above)

Wanderers
Michael McKenna has played 149 games as a player from NSW and 27 games as a player from ACT.
At this stage, Michael McKenna is regarded as representing NSW.
At this stage, the player formerly known as Helen Maurus is regarded as Mrs Hynes