Monthly News
- Shawn Doherty
, after 4.5 years as our Regional Coordinator, has decided to step aside and the position has moved to John Alderfer
. You can read Shawn’s comments the Magic Judge News blog here. Thanks for everything Shawn, and best of luck John!
- Rob Castellon
joins the ranks of the L3 judges in the region! You can read Shawn’s message about it here.
- Exemplar Wave Six is now open! This wave closes on 8/02/2016. There are also some details on program changes in this post by Bryan Prillaman
.
Northeast Blog Highlights
- Bearz Repeating (5/04/16): Paul Baranay
blogs about the Exemplar program and addresses some of the issues that people sometimes have with utilizing their recognition slots.
- Bearz Repeating (5/11/16): Bearz wrote about the events leading up to GP New York, including Eldritch Horror, illness inducing sushi(maybe?), and a neat role on Friday.
- Bearz Repeating (5/19/16): Paul led one of the deck check teams on Saturday of GP New York and spends some time going over extended shifts, co-leadership, and team building.
- Bearz Repeating (5/26/16): Bearz was the head judge for the Super Sunday Series at GP New York, and took this opportunity to go over his decisions as to how it was planned.
- Battlefield Forge (5/03/16): Jonah Kellman
wrote about some of the mistakes he made while team leading sides at SCG Philly, and the lessons learned from them.
Tournament Report Highlights
- Oliver Beaumont
wrote a short piece discussing how we ran New Hampshire’s first Triple PPTQ day. Three events, three stores, and one neutral location leads to a fun filled day of Magic, hurdles and all!
- Andrew Blizzard
wrote a piece titled “Never Stop Learning-A Tale of Humility“, which includes some insights from a newer L2 head judging his first PPTQ.
Judge Promotions
Judge Name | New Level | Date |
---|---|---|
Rob Castellon |
3 | 3/01 |
New Judges
New Judge | Certifying Judge | Location |
---|---|---|
Kyle Benjamin | Christopher Cahill | Dickson City, Pennsylvania |
Phillip Kwon | Riva Arecol | Troy, New York |
Ian Lowe | Rich Waldbiesser | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
Dean Clissa | Douglas Spak | Reading, Pennsylvania |
Vince Nicastro | James Eveland | Wilmington, Delaware |
Dan Haberek | Ryan Scullin | Hope Valley, Rhode Island |
Jeffery Gard | Gilbert Medeiros | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
Dante Petruzziello | CJ Stambaugh | Middletown, Connecticut |
Calvin Reedy | Andrew Blizzard | Albany, New York |
Ryan Oswald | Joshua Hudson | Wellsboro, Pennsylvania |
Zack Kapp | Joshua Hudson | Mansfield, Pennsylvania |
Ryan Peters | Tom Davis | Rochester, New York |
Oren Shoemaker | Ian Taylor | Boylston, Massachusetts |
Dylan Plourde | Ben Coursey | Concord, New Hampshire |
Joshua Kartes | Terrence Cheung | New York, New York |
Kenneth Velez | Terrence Cheung | New York |
Upcoming Events
Event | Location | Date(s) | Applications Close |
---|---|---|---|
Connecticon Convention 2016 | Hartford, CT | July 8, 2016-July 10, 2016 | June 7, 2016 |
SCG Open Weekend: Worcester | Worcester, MA | July 9, 2016-July 10, 2016 | June 6, 2016 |
SCG Open Weekend: Syracuse | Syracuse, NY | Aug. 13, 2016-Aug. 14, 2016 | July 11, 2016 |
SCG Invitational Weekend: New Jersey | Somerset, NJ | Aug. 19, 2016-Aug. 21, 2016 | July 4, 2016 |