Hello everyone,

It's again time to welcome 122 new or promoted judges. This includes
108 really new L1s, 13 new L2s and one new L3. That's not as much as
at the end of year 2012, but still a huge number. Well done,
community!“

Here are the new L1s:

Name / Region / Country / Tester / New Level
Pablo Petracov / 0 / Argentina / Julio Sosa / 1
Joshua Brown / New South Wales / Australia / Ryan Dare / 1
Jaime Lawrence / New South Wales / Australia / Ryan Dare / 1
Kenny Nguyen / New South Wales / Australia / Ryan Dare / 1
James Young / New South Wales / Australia / Ryan Dare / 1
Thomas Holzinger / 0 / Austria / Peter Stephenson / 1
Jared Holder / Saint Peter / Barbados / Connor Hays / 1
Sergio Antezana / 0 / Bolivia / Alejandro Van Mourik / 1
James Cromwell / Ontario / Canada / Michael White / 1
David Poon / British Columbia / Canada / Maxwell Knowlan / 1
Jeremy R. Reid / Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada / Chris Lansdell / 1
Jeremy Richard / Ontario / Canada / Mike Clark / 1
Nickolas Tyers / British Columbia / Canada / Michael Nixon / 1
Jeremy White / British Columbia / Canada / Callum Milne / 1
Cola Fish / Guangdong / China / Simon Lee / 1
Daniel De Swarte / 0 / Scotland / Peter Stephenson / 1
Stefan Pekic / 0 / Serbia / Milijan Gacanovic / 1
Carsten Albrektsen / 0 / Denmark / Thomas Frank / 1
Jarmo Prass / 0 / Estonia / Kaupo Liiv / 1
Sami Laitinen / 0 / Finland / John Eriksson / 1
Flavien Cote / Nord / France / Pierre Laquerre / 1
Massy Kevin / 0 / France / Sophie Pages / 1
Guillaume Matignon / 0 / France / Alexis Rassel / 1
Gaëtan Papot / Ouest / France / Samuel Bodu / 1
Julien de Graat / Bayern / Germany / Anniek van der Peijl / 1
J Adam Anderson-Riley / 0 / Great Britain / Peter Stephenson / 1
Chris Aston / England / Great Britain / Peter Stephenson / 1
Thomas Buettner / 0 / Great Britain / Andrew Quinn / 1
Ali Merali / 0 / Great Britain / James Back / 1
Giorgio Maldarizzi / Torino / Italy / Simone Zanella / 1
Salvatore Prota / Lecco / Italy / Simone Zanella / 1
Daniele Torre / Roma / Italy / Vuk Gavrilovic / 1
Katsuhiro Mori / Kanagawa-ken / Japan / Yoshiya Shindo / 1
Ryuhei Kuroda / Osaka-fu / Japan / Kaoru Yonemura / 1
Suguru Hasegawa / Okayama-ken / Japan / Masaru Koide / 1
Tsutomu Date / Aichi-ken / Japan / Masaru Koide / 1
Kei Oosumi / Okayama-ken / Japan / Masaru Koide / 1
Shinya Sato / Tokyo-to / Japan / Keigo Osumi / 1
Nobuyoshi Yoshida / Okayama-ken / Japan / Masaru Koide / 1
Valdas Kalvis / 0 / Lithuania / Edvinas Gurinas / 1
Gustavo Ortega / Guanajuato / Mexico / Dalibor Trnka / 1
Cabrera Ruiz Cesar / 0 / Mexico / Dalibor Trnka / 1
Jochem van't Hull / 0 / Netherlands / Joep Verhoeven / 1
John Sun / 0 / New Zealand / James Stewart / 1
Lukasz Blaut / 0 / Poland / Pawel Kazimierczuk / 1
Gabriel Nartea / 0 / Romania / Adrian Teodorescu / 1
Raoul Trifan / 0 / Romania / Mircea Pienar / 1
Alexander Korobkin / 0 / Russia / Mikhail Chernov / 1
Leonid Serdtsev / 0 / Russia / Maria Zuyeva / 1
Veronica Dorrego / 0 / Spain / Alfonso Bueno / 1
David Esquinas Sanchez / 0 / Spain / Sandra Regalado / 1
José Luis Gómez / 0 / Spain / Carlos Ho / 1
Carlos Oliveros / 0 / Spain / Sergio Garcia Gonzalez / 1
Mario Zuñiga / 0 / Spain / Sergio Garcia Gonzalez / 1
David Söderlund / 0 / Sweden / Robin Widegren / 1
Nate Andrews / Maine / United States / Rob Castellon / 1
Terrance Armstrong / California / United States / Michael Swager / 1
James Arriola / Pennsylvania / United States / JD Nir / 1
Brandon Barstow / California / United States / Michael Swager / 1
Brian Braun-Duin / Virginia / United States / Michael Kerby / 1
Nadia Bukach / Virginia / United States / Christopher Hickman / 1
Mark Bush / California / United States / Jess Dunks / 1
Ronald capalongan / California / United States / Jess Dunks / 1
Lawrence Carroll / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Marius Cholewa / Virginia / United States / Christopher Hickman / 1
Hester Coatl / Indiana / United States / Bernd Buldt / 1
Jay DeLazier / Virginia / United States / Christopher Hickman / 1
Josh Dietz / Tennessee / United States / Robert Lee / 1
Ray Dill / Virginia / United States / Michael Kerby / 1
Zach Eagle / Michigan / United States / Joe Bono / 1
Bryan Frye / Pennsylvania / United States / Alex Bastecki / 1
Jesse Gamboa / Colorado / United States / Cassidy Melczak / 1
Keith Hagan / Tennessee / United States / Daniel Dziuba / 1
Sean Handy / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Jason Hargreaves / Texas / United States / Cassidy Melczak / 1
Hans Hauser / California / United States / Kyle Donovan / 1
Bryan Hickey / Nevada / United States / Leonardo Maros / 1
Tony Hicks / Tennessee / United States / Robert Lee / 1
William Israel / Minnesota / United States / Joel Nerenberg / 1
Jack Janeski / Texas / United States / Joshua McCurley / 1
Timothy Johnson / California / United States / CHAD HAVAS / 1
Mark Katerberg / Minnesota / United States / Stephen Hagan / 1
Andrew Kurtzman / Texas / United States / Evan Cherry / 1
DAVIS LA / California / United States / Jess Dunks / 1
Max Maloney / Oregon / United States / Aaron Henner / 1
Micah Manary / California / United States / CHAD HAVAS / 1
Joe Mann / Minnesota / United States / Joel Nerenberg / 1
Sam Meyer / Arizona / United States / Eli Shiffrin / 1
Neil Mohlman / Nebraska / United States / Andy Rutledge / 1
Jeremy Ortiz / Connecticut / United States / Paul Baranay / 1
Alex Pagnani / Missouri / United States / Lloyd Dodson / 1
Erik Peters / Nebraska / United States / Andy Rutledge / 1
ERICA PETERSON / New Hampshire / United States / Rob Castellon / 1
ANDREW PETERSON / New York / United States / Michael Caffrey / 1
Preston Phillips / Wyoming / United States / Cassidy Melczak / 1
Justin Rix / Florida / United States / Joseph Kyle / 1
Alex Schrant / Nebraska / United States / Andy Rutledge / 1
Michael Scovazzo / Pennsylvania / United States / Aaron Henner / 1
Ashford Smith / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Brittany Smith / Florida / United States / MATTHEW ROSSI / 1
Joseph Solberg / California / United States / Michael Swager / 1
Nate Statum / Illinois / United States / Cris Plyler / 1
Teddy Vitro / Washington / United States / Joe Bono / 1
Joseph Wilkerson / Utah / United States / Eric Sorensen / 1
Chris Yarbrough / South Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Adam Yount / Missouri / United States / Maximilian Schroeder / 1
Danny Strunk / Kentucky / United States / Ryan Hoffman / 1
Chris Sullenberger / California / United States / Danny Batterman / 1

Here are the new L2s:

Mike Clark / Ontario / Canada / Gavin Duggan / 2
Rene Villeneuve / Ontario / Canada / Gavin Duggan / 2
Jean Baptiste Aucler / 0 / France / Daniel Kitachewsky / 2
Jonathon East / 0 / New Zealand / Fabian Peck / 2
Nole Clauson / Wyoming / United States / Kevin Binswanger / 2
Steven Harris / Washington / United States / James Lee / 2
Adam Hubble / Mississippi / United States / Mitchell Waldbauer / 2
Kyle King / California / United States / Sean Catanese / 2
Christopher Morger / Wyoming / United States / James Bennett / 2
Erik Robertson / Arizona / United States / Eli Shiffrin / 2
Nelson Salahub / Texas / United States / Gavin Duggan / 2
Araka Schroeder / Iowa / United States / Kevin Binswanger / 2
Ward Warren / New Mexico / United States / Kevin Binswanger / 2


Last but definitely not least, I am happy to see that we have a new
L3 in Switzerland which belongs to my RC Region :D”

Joel Krebs / / Switzerland / Christopher Richter / 3

Here is what RC Michael Wiese (yes, that's me :) ) has to say about Joel

Joel began with judging the same way he does everything else: With all his heart. He was already Rules Advisor when he first met his first judge and started to learn from the minute he met him. It wasn't long before he began to be a known presence at the swiss PTQs and was L2 before anyone noticed. He then began to take over the L1 certification in Switzerland as well as help build and administer the Swiss wide forum for players, judges and tournament organisers. He also runs a weekly league to grow the community, his motto being: “The greater the player base, the more judge candidate to choose from

Cheers and happy judging
Michael Wiese