Criteria for WESPAC 2015 selection

Following the Nationals Mohan Chunkath and Udayan Grover have qualified to represent India in the WESPA Championships in Perth, Australia. Sherwin Rodrigues withdrew as he was unable to make it to Australia.

The ranking based on SAI Ratings (excluding WSL) are:

Rank	Location	Nick	Name	Games	Old Rating	New Rating	Last Rated
1	MUM	SROD	Sherwin Rodrigues	795	1824	1838	20150529
2	CHN	MCHU	Mohan Chunkath	628	1662	1774	20150529
3	PUN	UGRO	Udayan Grover	990	1745	1756	20150529
4	MUM	VHIN	Varisht Hingorani	437	1716	1736	20150529
5	CHN	RCHA	Ranganathan Chakrav	582	1735	1702	20150529
6	BLR	SGUP	Sanjoy Gupta	856	1611	1692	20150529
7	BLR	PSEE	Prashanth Seetharam	310	1640	1640	20150425
8	GOA	IGON	Irineu Gonsalves	912	1616	1621	20150529
9	GOA	DLOB	Douglas Lobo	859	1721	1615	20150529
10	MUM	JDE	Jose de Abreu	715	1593	1593	20150118

Criteria for qualification for WESPAC (erstwhile WSC) seats:

India has been allocated 2 seats at the WESPAC in Perth, Australia. We have decided to keep the selection criteria based on the ratings, which have been well established over the last 9 years:

1. The top 2 ranked players as per the SAI ratings at the end of the selection period, meeting the remaining criteria below will represent India at the WESPAC.

2. The selection period will be the ‘Scrabble year’ starting after Nationals last year i.e. after 2nd June 2014 and up to the end of the Nationals this year, excluding the recently announced WSL (Wordaholix Scrabble League).

3. Only players having played a minimum of 50 games during the selection period are eligible.

4. Only players that have played in at least 1 of the 2 major tournaments on the circuit, the iGate in Jan and the Mumbai Nationals are eligible.

5. Only players having lived in India for at least 6 months during the selection period are eligible.

6. Only SAI members are eligible – i.e. a player should be a valid member at the end of the selection period to be eligible.

7. In case a player who has been selected cannot attend the WSC for any reason, the same has to be informed to the managing committee within 15 days after the Nationals. In this case the opportunity would go to the next highest ranked player fulfilling the criteria ad so forth.