Hello fellow judges,
I hope you got a good start for the year 2013. While it's normal that we have many promotions in a month when we have many GPs in that month, that's not the case this time. Not so many GPs, but still a lot of promotions and new judges. Christmas present for ourself? I don't know, but I like it :)
For December we have 125 new L1s, 35 new L2 and one new L3 judge.
Please welcome the following new L1 Judges:
Name / Region / Country / Tester / New Level
Simon Freiberg / Victoria / Australia / Fabian Peck / 1
David Hazan / New South Wales / Australia / Mackenzie Stratford / 1
Andrew Rauch / New South Wales / Australia / Mackenzie Stratford / 1
Justin Trezise / South Australia / Australia / Harley Morphett / 1
Stefan Bruschek / 0 / Austria / Stefan Ladstaetter / 1
Eddy Bollue / 0 / Belgium / Alfonso Bueno / 1
Jorge Antonio Martins dos Santos / 0 / Brazil / Guilherme Figueira / 1
Darcy Alemany / Ontario / Canada / Sean Hunt / 1
AJ Bernard / Ontario / Canada / Michael White / 1
Byron Calver / Saskatchewan / Canada / Charlotte Sable / 1
Philippe Gareau / Quebec / Canada / Kyle Ryc / 1
Naomi Gillingham / Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada / Eric Lindsay / 1
Zoe Griffiths / Ontario / Canada / Kelly Ackerman / 1
ROBERT HOPCROFT / Ontario / Canada / Eddie Cheung / 1
Cam Johnson / Alberta / Canada / Benjamin Millman / 1
David Kosacky / Ontario / Canada / Michael White / 1
Lucas Kuemmling / 0 / Canada / Charlotte Sable / 1
Bertrand Ong / British Columbia / Canada / Maxwell Knowlan / 1
Jay Regimbal / Ontario / Canada / Michael White / 1
Lisa Seelye / Ontario / Canada / Michael White / 1
Josh Skura / Ontario / Canada / Michael White / 1
MARK VIRATA / Ontario / Canada / Paul Baranay / 1
Patrick Wong / Ontario / Canada / Eddie Cheung / 1
William Wray / Ontario / Canada / Chris Lansdell / 1
Sen Gao / Liaoning / China / Wang Fang / 1
Yan Gao / Neimenggu / China / Wang Fang / 1
La Miao / Shanghai / China / Li Ji / 1
shiliang qi / Beijing / China / Chao Li / 1
Jian Zhong / Hubei / China / JunYue Zhu / 1
Jacob Møller Jensen / 0 / Denmark / Tina Dahl / 1
Anders Thidemann / 0 / Denmark / Tina Dahl / 1
Anders Thiesen / 0 / Denmark / Tina Dahl / 1
Angel Perez / 0 / El Salvador / Javier Estuardo Castellán Robles / 1
Ahti Siirand / 0 / Estonia / Kaupo Liiv / 1
Tomi Kaapro / 0 / Finland / Arttu Kaipiainen / 1
Stephane Gobe / 0 / France / jean-baptiste Drouard / 1
Marvin Muenzberg / Berlin / Germany / Stephanie Bressin / 1
Jack Amy / 0 / Great Britain / Michael Chamberlain / 1
Jack Doyle / England / Great Britain / Thomas Ralph / 1
Giorgos Kourkoutis / 0 / Greece / George Trichopoulos / 1
Carlo Grimaldi / Napoli / Italy / Fabio Ivona / 1
Carlo Grimaldi / Napoli / Italy / Fabio Ivona / 1
Mauro Rossi / Milano / Italy / Saverio Magri / 1
David Spada / Forli-Cesena / Italy / Alberto Laurenzi / 1
Wataru Ito / Tokyo-to / Japan / Naoaki Umesaki / 1
Yuuko Masuyama / 0 / Japan / Yoshiya Shindo / 1
Tomohiro Mori / Fukuoka-ken / Japan / Makoto Obayashi / 1
Steve Hatto / 0 / Luxembourg / David de la Iglesia / 1
Keng Siang Ooi / 0 / Malaysia / Yu Win Yew / 1
Maickel Gulikers / 0 / Netherlands / Roel Jans / 1
John Denz / 0 / New Zealand / James Stewart / 1
Shlome Jeffries / 0 / New Zealand / Mackenzie Stratford / 1
Zen Takahashi / 0 / New Zealand / Alan Peng / 1
Patryk Pacewicz / 0 / Poland / Konrad Wieczorek / 1
Lukasz Wojcik / 0 / Poland / Kaja Federowicz / 1
Pedro Gon?alves / 0 / Portugal / David de la Iglesia / 1
Rüdiger Rico / 0 / Portugal / Sandra Regalado / 1
Istvan-Zoltan Fejer / 0 / Romania / Adrian Teodorescu / 1
Zabulica Ionut / 0 / Romania / Adrian Teodorescu / 1
Nikolay Sinushkin / 0 / Russia / Lev Kotlyar / 1
Aythami Gonzalez Quintero / 0 / Spain / Jose Gallardo Mancebo / 1
Alejandro Morales / 0 / Spain / Jose Gallardo Mancebo / 1
Eric Rodriguez Deniz / 0 / Spain / Jose Gallardo Mancebo / 1
Mattias Dzieciniak / 0 / Sweden / Gunnar Holmstedt / 1
Richard Jönsson / 0 / Sweden / David Frendin / 1
Yu-Wei Zhang / 0 / Taiwan / Edwin Zhang / 1
Evgeny Sergienko / 0 / Ukraine / Vyacheslav Grebenyuk / 1
William Anderson / Massachusetts / United States / Casey Brefka / 1
NEALESH ANEJA / California / United States / Gilbert Hedegaard / 1
AMANDA BENTZ / Wisconsin / United States / Jerret Schultz / 1
Andrew Brown / California / United States / Jacob Faturechi / 1
Seth Cohen / Washington / United States / Oren Firestein / 1
Brett Colbert / Ohio / United States / John Fleig / 1
Charles Dice / Georgia / United States / Michael Starr / 1
Kyle Dunne / California / United States / Xander Forral / 1
Adam Dzedzy / Florida / United States / Benjamin McDole / 1
Jeffrey Emery / Maine / United States / Drew Herr / 1
Levi Exner / Colorado / United States / Bryan Spellman / 1
John Farrow / Tennessee / United States / CJ Shrader / 1
Harrison Greenberg / Florida / United States / David Greene / 1
Jason Gyoker / Georgia / United States / John Temple / 1
Erik Halverson / New York / United States / Connor Hays / 1
elijah herr / Maine / United States / Drew Herr / 1
david holthaus / Missouri / United States / Andy Rutledge / 1
Sean Inoue / New Mexico / United States / Robert McClenahan / 1
Paul Jasinto / Florida / United States / Michael Lopez / 1
DAVID JIMENEZ / Florida / United States / Michael Lopez / 1
STEPHEN KIEL / Maine / United States / Drew Herr / 1
KOREY LADYMAN / Florida / United States / Michael Lopez / 1
Marc Lalague / California / United States / Xander Forral / 1
Mark Larson / South Dakota / United States / Tom Williams / 1
Mark Larson / Ohio / United States / Tom Williams / 1
Nathaniel Lawrence / Virginia / United States / Maria Zuyeva / 1
Nikolas Lima / Massachusetts / United States / Tim Gagne / 1
Dan Livant / Rhode Island / United States / Tim Gagne / 1
Michael McKenna / Rhode Island / United States / Tim Gagne / 1
Ben Melendrez / New Mexico / United States / Wiley Jephson / 1
Will Morenz / Indiana / United States / Bernd Buldt / 1
Matthew Munoz / California / United States / Joseph Wiesenberg / 1
Hugo Ordonez / Texas / United States / Robert McClenahan / 1
Luis Perez / Rhode Island / United States / Tim Gagne / 1
Craig Reeder / Indiana / United States / Bernd Buldt / 1
CARLOS RODAS / New York / United States / William Anderson / 1
Matt Salts / California / United States / Shawn Moore / 1
Kevin Sanger / California / United States / Jacob Faturechi / 1
Samuel Severson / California / United States / Leonardo Maros / 1
Kevin Shoemaker / Nevada / United States / Jeremy Behunin / 1
Geoffrey Shreiber / Florida / United States / David Greene / 1
Zachary Smith / California / United States / Sean Catanese / 1
Eric Sommers / Florida / United States / Joshua Schroeder / 1
Earl Stanley / Maine / United States / Drew Herr / 1
Ben Stark / Florida / United States / Adam Hunt / 1
Andrew Sullano / Texas / United States / Joseph Klopchic / 1
JEREMY SUNELL / Maryland / United States / Matthew Braddock / 1
Timothy Thomason / Texas / United States / David Hibbs / 1
Boyce Travis / Texas / United States / Wiley Jephson / 1
Justin Vickers / Florida / United States / Benjamin McDole / 1
Aaron Volpert / Maryland / United States / Joshua Feingold / 1
Alan Warren / Alaska / United States / Andrew Heckt / 1
Billy Wettingfeld / Texas / United States / Joseph Klopchic / 1
John Wolfe / Wisconsin / United States / James Elliott / 1
Tom Wyliehart / Washington / United States / Oren Firestein / 1
Rui dos Santos Melim / Aragua / Venezuela / Pedro Fajardo / 1
Pedro Jose Fajardo / 0 / Venezuela / Inti Acevedo / 1
Julio Gutierrez / Miranda / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1
Congratulations to the 35 new L2 judges:
Julio Sosa / 0 / Argentina / Alejandro Raggio / 2
Harley Morphett / South Australia / Australia / Fabian Peck / 2
Georges Colpaert / 0 / Belgium / Arnaud Bourdoux / 2
Kelly Ackerman / Ontario / Canada / Gavin Duggan / 2
Chris Chop / Ontario / Canada / Gavin Duggan / 2
Cyril Crocker / Toronto / Canada / Gavin Duggan / 2
Michael White / Ontario / Canada / Gavin Duggan / 2
Guisheng Xiao / Liaoning / China / Edwin Zhang / 2
Lei Zhou / Beijing / China / Edwin Zhang / 2
Samuel Bodu / 0 / France / Alexis Rassel / 2
alexandre dos santos / Paris / France / Antoine Bouaziz / 2
Jun Nonaka / Aichi-ken / Japan / Mitsunori Makino / 2
Makoto Obayashi / Fukuoka-ken / Japan / Naoaki Umesaki / 2
Keigo Osumi / Tokyo-to / Japan / Takeshi Miyasaka / 2
Edvinas Gurinas / 0 / Lithuania / Frank Wareman / 2
Emmanuel Leal / Tamaulipas / Mexico / Tasha Jamison / 2
Jan Grottel / 0 / Poland / Sebastian Pekala / 2
Jim Horng / 0 / Taiwan / Christian Gawrilowicz / 2
Chih Hao CHT Tseng / 0 / Taiwan / Christian Gawrilowicz / 2
Paul Baranay / Connecticut / United States / Eric Levine / 2
Stephen Carpenter / New York / United States / Steven Zwanger / 2
Stephen Hagan / Illinois / United States / Sam Straus / 2
Chris Ingersoll / North Carolina / United States / Shawn Doherty / 2
Wiley Jephson / New Mexico / United States / Tasha Jamison / 2
Geoffrey Marsi / South Carolina / United States / Shawn Doherty / 2
Joshua McCurley / Texas / United States / Tasha Jamison / 2
Matthew Sauers / Indiana / United States / Sam Straus / 2
Bryan Spellman / Colorado / United States / Scott Marshall / 2
John Viera / Tennessee / United States / Tasha Jamison / 2
Patrick Vorbroker / Ohio / United States / Benjamin McDole / 2
Last but not least, the new L3 Judge:
Daniel Solé / 0 / Spain / Frank Wareman / 3
Here's what his Regional Coordinator Alfonso Bueno had to say about him:
Daniel Sole became a judge in GP Lisbon 2005 and he became a L3 on the next GP Lisbon 2012. During all those years he continually worked to improve the community, to run the tournaments and took care of his local area.
During the last year Daniel is being leading a project to help L1 candidates to prepare for the test. This lead the region to a dramatic growth of the judge program, both in quantity and in quality.
Thanks for reading and happy new year
Michael Wiese
RC German Speaking Countries, L3 Magic Judge
Edited Michael Wiese (Jan. 3, 2013 02:48:30 AM)