| To Chris Worrell, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Ryan Dare, L3 |
Chris ran side events TL on a Saturday at a GP with a small team with many events running at once. He impressed both myself as SE TO and all the judges on his team, who independantly picked him as the judge who had impressed them most over the weekend. |
| To Harley Morphett, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Fry, L2 |
I’d like to recognise Harley Morphett for displaying enviable patience and diplomacy on the MTG AU/NZ Rules and Policy Forum, and for his hard work and dedication as part of the admin team thereof |
| To James Dowling, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Fry, L2 |
I’d like to recognise James or “Jimbo” Dowling for his outstanding ambassadorship of the Judge program and Magic as a whole, as well as being an exemplary mentor to equal and lower level judges in his local area. |
| To James Stewart, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Fabian Peck, L3 |
I’d like to recognise how well you brought me up to speed with how things were going in New Zealand. Your email gave me all the information I was looking for and more, it left me with plenty of talking points to go to people with and feeling much more prepared for a slightly daunting task. |
| To James Woodmansey, L1 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Ryan Dare, L3 |
James ran over 150 player sides and 8+ events simultaneously whilst scorekeeping at GP Sydney. More importantly as a judge he answered enquires from players politely and efficiently and assisted other judges with what they required when they required it. |
| To Jason Doan, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Nathan Brewer, L3 |
You are the leader of a judge community in the most isolated city in the world, and you’ve been doing an excellent job of it. Your recent efforts to grow the relationship between judges and players in WA have been great, and I hope that others will be able to follow your examples. |
| To John Tong, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Nathan Brewer, L3 |
You dedicate a large amount of time and effort to growing and strengthening the community not just in Brisbane, but also in all of South East Queensland. Your dedication to building a better judge community is a great example to others. |
| To Jonathon East, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Nathan Brewer, L3 |
Your presence at events and your easy interaction with other judges is a fine example of how to both be an excellent judge and enjoy yourself at the same time. In addition, your ability to provide candid feedback is extremely valuable. |
| To Mackenzie Stratford, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Nathan Brewer, L3 |
Your growth and development in the past 12 months has been a spectacular example to other judges. Putting past mistakes behind you and using them as a springboard toward the future is an inspiration to us all, both in judging and in broader life. |
| To Mackenzie Stratford, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Riccardo Tessitori, L5 |
Hello Mackenzie, the passion you put into judging and the positive attitude you have in every situation is amazing and contagious. Thank you!Riccardo |
| To Mackenzie Stratford, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Ryan Dare, L3 |
For stepping up and organising a judge conference for GP Sydney. For his rapidly maturing growth that he is working on tempering with modesty. |
| To Matt Baird, L1 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Fry, L2 |
I’d like to recognise Matt Baird for personal drive and determination to improve and professionalism and customer service in an isolated regional area |
| To Matthew Miles-Watson, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Fabian Peck, L3 |
I’d like to recognise your efforts keeping Magic in Auckland a fun and welcoming place to be, in particular being so welcoming of me when I travelled over there. It was a great reminder of how the judge program and friends overseas can help you jump into new and unfamiliar places. |
| To Morgan Meehan-Lam, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Nathan Brewer, L3 |
Growing a judge community from the ashes of the old one has been an inspiration to many throughout Australia, and your continuing efforts to maintain and strengthen that community have been fantastic. |
| To Nathan Brewer, L3 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by David Lyford-Smith, L3 |
Nathan, your upbeat mood and positive attitude to your isolated region a) reminded me that I should be more positive; and b) gave me some ideas about how to handle the situation in the isolated South African part of my own region. Thanks for the good example 🙂 |
| To Nathan Brewer, L3 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Fry, L2 |
I’d like to recognise Nathan Brewer for superior mentorship, encouraging regional growth and leadership of all the judges in the community |
| To Nathan Brewer, L3 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Gavin Duggan, L3 |
Nathan consistently combines insight with get-things-done attitude. He’s diplomatic when people are being less than impressive, but also willing to be direct when the situation calls for it… his own popularity notwithstanding. Even when he’s unhappy, he’ll contribute to the best of his ability. |
| To Nathan Brewer, L3 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Justin Turner, L3 |
Nathan,I really admire your candor on the RC list and the way you look at things and feel no shame about bucking the status quo is inspirational to me and I hope to the other RCs as well, keep fighting the good fight!-Turner |
| To Paul Johnson, L1 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Fabian Peck, L3 |
I want to recognise your amazing seminar at the conference in Sydney. You brought a lot of energy to the group and facilitated a great discussion, it was well paced and you had enough material yourself to keep it flowing when people didn’t have much to chime in with. |
| To Sean Roffey, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Nathan Brewer, L3 |
Your efforts to grow the local judge community outside of events and event related activity have been fantastic. Seeing you work to share the lessons you’ve learned about these things with others around the country so that they can try and do the same things has been great to see. |
| To Simon Freiberg, L2 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Nathan Brewer, L3 |
You already know that you’re my go to example of ‘judge you should be more like’ when I’m talking to other judges, so it should come as no surprise that I’m selecting you as one of my Exemplars. Both within events and in the community at large, you help make the program better. |
| To Thomas Kunc, L1 from Australia and New Zealand Recognized by Salvatore La Terra, L3 |
Thomas, your contribution to the Judge Textbook project was excellent: you were fast both when we were brainstorming and while writing the articles, and the articles showed all qualities I looked for. Thanks again for your help.– Salvo |