2024 AUSTRALIAN MASTERS

Twenty of the top players will play the Australian Masters as a round robin in Adelaide at the Glenelg Club Stratarama Stadium on Sat 7th and Sun 8th September. 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.

The contenders

The table below shows the teams according to qualification criteria set by the Council of the Australian Scrabble Players Association.

Australian Masters

The selection comprises the best twenty active players (those players who have played at least one game during the qualification period) ranked by Q statistic.

State Team Challenge

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 … If insufficient eligible players are available, the state will not be permitted to participate in the State Team Challenge 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.

Selection by ratings

The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic
Details

Players may appeal to CASPA for a special dispensation in exceptional circumstances. In the event of any unforeseen issue the decision of CASPA is final.



The Qstat is Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4 where P1, P2, P3 are peaks from Jun to Sep, Oct to Jan and Feb to May. Extrapolated Qstat is shown, together with the peak(games) in each period. 40 games required.



Australian Masters


Contender
Q Stat
23.03.2024
Games
need 40
Peak (games)
Jun to Sep
Peak (games)
Oct to Jan
Peak (games)
Feb to May
David Eldar (VIC) 2126.5074✓ 2113(37)2113(31)2140(6)
Edward Okulicz (VIC) 1947.50106✓ 1927(80)1968(26)
Cameron Farlow (QLD) 1934.50115✓ 1936(51)1958(47)1922(17)
Andrew Fisher (VIC) 1917.7551✓ 1921(37)1906(7)1922(7)
Naween Fernando (VIC) 1917.5087✓ 1922(56)1952(24)1898(7)
Trevor Halsall (VIC) 1861.0056✓ 1848(49)1874(7)
Peter Kougi (VIC) 1859.25*10   1696(0)1915(7)1913(3)
Esther Perrins (NSW) 1852.0087✓ 1882(61)1874(18)1826(8)
Victor Tung (NSW) 1799.0080✓ 1815(43)1783(37)
Adam Kretschmer (SA) 1756.7583✓ 1756(40)1755(22)1758(21)
John Holgate (NSW) 1756.00154✓ 1729(85)1791(54)1752(15)
Ryan Sutton (NSW) 1754.75139✓ 1741(70)1772(62)1753(7)
Rod Talbot (NSW) 1739.25179✓ 1782(94)1769(62)1703(23)
Geoff Wright (VIC) 1735.50134✓ 1770(57)1784(42)1694(35)
Joanne Craig (NSW) 1733.50116✓ 1777(58)1741(34)1708(24)
Daniel Piechnick (SA) 1729.50*52✓ 1833(36)1603(0)1741(16)
Bob Jackman (NSW) 1704.25170✓ 1725(85)1710(54)1691(31)
Stephen Mooney Purse(TAS) 1700.0013   1696(4)1704(9)
Nick Ivanovski (VIC) 1682.5068✓ 1706(48)1690(14)1667(6)

State Challenge


Contender
Q Stat
23.03.2024
Games
need 40
Peak (games)
Jun to Sep
Peak (games)
Oct to Jan
Peak (games)
Feb to May
Mythili Rudra (VIC1) 1679.00*9   1525(0)1741(5)1725(4)
John Spaan (ACT1) 1650.0068✓ 1660(35)1652(17)1644(16)
Ronnie Bennett (ACT2) 1646.5055✓ 1678(40)1615(15)
Carmel Dodd (SA1) 1645.00187✓ 1622(82)1658(73)1650(32)
Jane Taylor (SA2) 1637.75209✓ 1690(101)1603(73)1629(35)
Rael Hayman (NSW1) 1634.5078✓ 1670(54)1612(9)1628(15)
Karen Richards (QLD1) 1627.25242✓ 1624(109)1663(84)1611(49)
Tony Hunt (NSW2) 1620.25108✓ 1644(49)1597(36)1620(23)
Noel Barrett (ACT3) 1601.00175✓ 1712(102)1664(58)1514(15)
Rocky Sharma (NSW3) 1593.0069✓ 1604(24)1590(37)1589(8)
John Hamilton (ACT4) 1588.2549✓ 1617(15)1618(26)1559(8)
Nat Podesser (VIC2) 1586.5051✓ 1607(37)1593(7)1573(7)
Trevor Tao (SA3) 1577.50*20   1596(4)1396(0)1659(16)
Oscar Ivanovski (VIC3) 1563.50128✓ 1513(73)1587(38)1577(17)
Graeme Lock Lee (NSW4) 1561.5088✓ 1630(70)1493(18)
Jyoti Chandna (NSW5) 1547.7585✓ 1452(18)1579(44)1580(23)
Dianne Brumby (TAS1) 1539.2583✓ 1468(43)1535(26)1577(14)
Heather Long (VIC4) 1526.5016   1517(6)1536(10)
Dianne Davis (VIC5) 1523.2584✓ 1496(39)1533(31)1532(14)
Greg Pinchbeck (NSW6) 1517.50156✓ 1526(70)1520(71)1512(15)
Antony Kimber (SA4) 1514.50114✓ 1536(35)1540(52)1491(27)
Alistair Kane (VIC6) 1510.00*7   1413(0)1607(7)
Paul Richards (QLD2) 1502.75200✓ 1596(101)1517(75)1449(24)
Helen Hynes (QLD3) 1485.00*13   1545(7)1345(0)1525(6)
Martin Rose (TAS2) 1482.5068✓ 1489(26)1491(21)1475(21)
Tony Miller (SA5) 1480.0054✓ 1497(10)1509(28)1457(16)
Michael Vnuk (SA6) 1469.7580✓ 1473(16)1502(32)1452(32)
Jane Brown (QLD4) 1465.00109✓ 1505(51)1511(50)1422(8)
Liz Blanch (QLD5) 1458.5092✓ 1483(58)1425(17)1463(17)
Roberta Tait (QLD6) 1454.0040✓ 1434(8)1474(32)
Tony Williams (ACT5) 1449.5041✓ 1434(8)1465(33)
Jon Ford-King (TAS3) 1441.7550✓ 1439(22)1458(21)1435(7)
Alex Boiko (ACT6) 1427.0070✓ 1436(42)1418(28)
Khen Meerding (TAS4) 1401.5048✓ 1399(26)1404(22)
Margaret Webb (TAS5) 1397.5025   1400(16)1395(9)
Ros Wilkinson (TAS6) 1316.7566✓ 1316(31)1323(15)1314(20)


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