medici 

Updated 11/30/2009

2009 WBC Report  

  2010 Status: pending December Membership Trial Vote

Robert Drozd, IL

2009 Champion

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Event History
1999    Kevin Wojtasczyk       86
2000    Harald Henning       84
2001    Doug Galullo       95
2002    Ann Cornett     115
2003    Thomas Stokes     118
2004     Peter Staab     109
2005     Gary Noe       98
2006     Jeff Cornett       87
2007     Harald Henning       91
2008    Carmen Petruzelli     105
2009    Robert Drozd     61

Euro Quest Event History
2003    John Adams     26
2004    Thomas Browne     18
2005    Arthur Field     20
 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Harald Henning     CT    07     82
  2.  Tom Stokes         NJ    07     55
  3.  Gary Noe           FL    08     52
  4.  Bruce Reiff        OH    07     43
  5.  Doug Galullo       FL    09     42
  6.  Peter Staab        PA    04     40
  7.  Ann Cornett        FL    02     40
  8.  Jeff Cornett       FL    06     38
  9.  Carmen Petruzelli  PA    08     30
 10.  Kevin Wojtaszczyk  NY    99     30
 11.  Ken Gutermuth      TX    06     29
 12.  Fred Minard        PA    09     27
 13.  John Kerr          VA    04     26
 14.  Eugene Lin         WA    04     24
 15.  Jeff Mullet        OH    02     24
 16.  Ilan Woll          CT    08     21
 17.  Robert Drozd       IL    09     20
 18.  Arthur Field       SC    05     20
 19.  Thomas Browne      PA    04     20
 20.  John Adams         MD    03     20
 21.  Tom Dunning        NJ    07     19
 22.  Steve Shambeda     PA    08     18
 23.  Rich Roberts       PA    06     18
 24.  Kathy Stroh        MD    05     18
 25.  Eric Brosius       MA    05     18
 26.  Pitt Crandelmire   MA    00     18
 27.  Jeff Meyer         MA    09     17
 28.  Daniel Broh-Kahn   MD    05     16
 29.  James Pei          VA    05     16
 30.  Lance Ribeiro      NH    03     16
 31.  Brett Mingo        MD    02     13
 32.  Kate Taillon       SC    06     12
 33.  Tom DeMarco        MD    05     12
 34.  Marty Hoff         TX    04     12
 35.  Ben Foy            MD    04     12
 36.  George Sauer       OH    03     12
 37.  Gary Carr          VA    03     12
 38.  Scott Cornett      FL    02     12
 39.  Roy Gibson         MD    01     12
 40.  Todd Surgoine      OH    00     12
 41.  Marc Houde         VA    05      9
 42.  John Pack          CO    00      9
 43.  Alfred Wong        IL    99      9
 44.  Gary Presser       NY    04      8
 45.  Joe Jaskiewicz     MD    04      8
 46.  William Burch      MD    09      6
 47.  Mike Kaltman       PA    07      6
 48.  Charles Faella     RI    05      6
 49.  Jenn Thomas        NY    01      6
 50.  Roderick Lee       CA    00      6
 51.  Virginia Colin     VA    05      4
 52.  Sceadeau D'Tela    NC    08      3
 53.  Terri Wicks        CT    07      3
 54.  Vassili Kyrkos     NY    00      3
 55.  Kevin Youells      PA    09      2

2009 Laurelists                                               Repeating Laurelists 

Doug Galullo, FL
2nd

Jeffrey Meyer, MA
3rd

William Burch, MD
4th

Fred Minard, PA
5th

Kevin Youells, PA
6th


Past Winners

Kevin Wojtasczyk, NY
1999

Harald Henning, CT
2000, 2007

Doug Galullo, FL
2001

Ann Cornett, FL
2002

Tom Stokes, NJ
2003

Peter Staab, PA
2004

Gary Noe, FL
2005

Jeff Cornett, FL
2006

Carmen Petruzelli, PA
2008

Robert Drozd, IL
2009


Back to the Trials

The sport of the trade lords, Medici began with 61 competitors, but like the Highlander, there can be only one.  The finale started off with very high bidding.  However, when your competitors overbid, being the garbage collector can pay off.  And pay off huge it did as Rob Drozd picked up 17 points including the 10 gold on three cards for a mere 1 lira.  With this, he established the dominant position and the game quickly devolved into a race for second. End of round 1: Rob Drozd 74, Doug Galullo 37, Jeffrey Meyer 36, Bill Burch 35, Fred Minard 28.

Round 2 saw more aggressive bidding and Fred Minard taking a 5, 4, and 2 of Dyes for 18.  Both he and Doug Gallulo both reached the top of their respective towers.  Drozd meanwhile continued his frugal ways with a 13 point boat for 1 while all others had three or more shipments already. End of Round 2: Drozd 83, Burch 63, Meyer 62, Gallulo 60, Menard 43.

Round 3 saw the duel for runner-up honors continue, with Doug Gallulo winning the silver metal and Jeffrey Meyer the bronze. Final scores: Drozd 121, Galullo 100, Meyer 91, Burch 85, Minard 76.

Cutting Medici to two heats resulted in by far the lowest attendance figures ever for the event - requiring a reprieve from the Annual Membership vote or a sponsor. The event was ineligible for a Legacy exception due to past GM failures within the preceding ten-year qualifying period.

 GM      Ilan Woll [1st year]   NA
    ilanwoll@hotmail.com   NA

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