Ballarat Judge Conference 2019

Organizer: Niall Bole
Judge manager: Niall Bole
Event type: Judge Conference
REL: N/A
Format: Mixed Formats
Event date(s): Oct. 19, 2019
Location: Ballarat, Australia
Venue: Irish Murphy's
36 Sturt St
Ballarat
VIC 3350
Applications accepted through: Sept. 16, 2019

Event Information

Welcome to a regional Victoria judge conference! This event is open to all judges and judge candidates, but we particularly welcome judges from regional areas who might not always make it to Melbourne events.

We will have a number of presentations on a variety of edutaining topics, plus the opportunity to play casual games of your preferred format (subject to opponents) with fellow judges 

Schedule & Location

Doors open at 10.30am for an 11am start

10:30 Doors open  
11:00 Meet the new Regional Coordinator Mark Brown
11:15 Layers Damien Berry
12:00 Maslov's Hierarchy of Judge/Player Needs Gareth Pye
13:00 Lunch  
14:00 Investigating Investigations Mark Brown
15:00 Playing all the Magic - Controlling a player's turn Liz Wallace
15:30 Finish (draft time?)  


Our venue is the function room in Irish Murphy's, Ballarat. This is five minute's walk from Ballarat train station for judges taking public transport - the station also has free all-day parking for anyone driving to the event. They also do excellent food (and drinks, for afterwards) or there are a range of other eateries within easy reach. 

Applications & Testing

The application window for this event is relatively short, but that is to ensure we get foil support! The venue has limited capacity so may change if we get too many signups - having said that, if capacity is an issue we will have to be first come, first served for spaces so don't delay, apply now ;)

L1 testing can be arranged with advance notice. Let us know if you are interested in testing at the event (note that only judges who are L1 prior to the conference are eligible for foil support).

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
Damien Berry
Level 2 Judge (Oceanic Judge Association) Australia and New Zealand Presenter
Niall Bole
Level 2 Judge (Oceanic Judge Association) Australia and New Zealand Staff
Mark Brown
Level 2 Judge (Oceanic Judge Association) Australia and New Zealand Presenter
Gareth Pye
Level 2 Judge (Oceanic Judge Association) Australia and New Zealand Presenter
Andrew Anastasi
Level 1 Judge (Oceanic Judge Association) Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Richard Tole
Level 1 Judge (Oceanic Judge Association) Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Mimi Arthur
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Daniel Blackbourne
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Leanne Capewell
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Jarrod Goodwin
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
jacob mccormack
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Liam Mullens
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Leanne Nesci
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Caleb Smyth
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Caleb Tong
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Attendee
Elizabeth Wallace
Uncertified Australia and New Zealand Presenter