Qualification for 2007 World Scrabble Championship

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WORLD SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

The World Scrabble Championship (WSC) is a biennial event attended by the top players representing various countries in the world where English language Scrabble is played competitively. The next WSC is due to be held in 2007. The exact date and venue will only be announced at a later date.

SA will be selecting 3 players to be Singapore's representatives in the next WSC. SA has set the qualifying period for WSC selection to be from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007. Games in rated tournaments held within this qualifying period will count towards the eligibility and selection of the representatives.

Eligibility Criteria
A person will be eligible for consideration to represent Singapore in WSC 2007 only if he/she:

is an SA member and Singapore citizen/PR from the end of the qualifying period to the date of WSC
has played during the qualifying period the required amount of rated games, which is at least 56 games in rated tourneys, and includes at least 1 major tournament. A player is deemed to have played in a major tournament if he signed up for and played in at least 16 games in the tournament. Byes will not be used in calculation of ratings. Byes awarded to a player will count towards the 16 games. Byes conceded by a player will not count towards the 16 games. Cases not mentioned will be referred to the SA Committee, whose decision will be final
has an SA rating of at least 1750 at the end of the qualifying period
has not represented other countries in the WSC.

Selection Criteria
The three spots will be given to eligible players who are either the:

Singapore National Champion 2006, or
Singapore National Champion 2007, or
Highest rated player in SA ranking at the end of qualifying period

An alternate will also be selected, as a possible replacement for any of the three Singapore representatives in the event that any of the representatives are not able to play in the WSC. The alternate will be the next-highest-rated player who is eligible (as determined by the same eligibility criteria above) and has not earned a WSC spot by any of the three criteria above.

If any of the WSC spots are vacant because the player declines, is ineligible, or more than one of the criteria apply to one same player, the spot will be offered to the alternate and a new alternate chosen by the same method above.

For any queries on the selection for WSC 2007, please email your question to president at toucanet.com or send a text message to the President at 97874640. In the event of a dispute during the selection process, the SA Committee will be the arbiter, and their decision will be final.

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