[George A.]

Well I’m finally home from Philly, my feet hurt, I have no voice…but I would do it all again in a heartbeat.


First a few thank you’s:

Pete: You are by far one of, if not the best FTA in FIRST. You fix every problem before it starts and keep the field running smoothly. It is an absolute privilege to work an event that you are at.

Mike/Ducky: Great job at keeping the scoring table going, and letting me do my thing to build up the suspense. I had a blast talking to you all weekend.

Team Queing: You had those teams running smoother than I can ever remember. You helped keep the flow going and made sure the party didn’t stop.

Field reset: You are often overlooked but you have an amazingly important job, without you, we wouldn’t have done as well as we did.

Jess: Amazing job supervising the field. One of the tightest ships I’ve been on and it showed! According to Pete we had the fastest average reset time of any competition to date, and we had so much time we let the audience dance!

The refs: You have an absolute nightmare keeping track of all the action, but you did it with poise and grace. Anyone who has a problem with your calls should try reffing an event themselves then they will realize that your job IS NOT EASY.

Carol Kaufman: Thank you for giving me my shot at Philly, and inviting me back every year. Philly won’t be the same without your smiling face and energy

My partner in crime: I don’t know when it happened, but is seems like Chiniqua and I have taken over the Mid-Atlantic region. She’s one of the classiest women I know, and it is an absolute joy to work with her every year.

The audience: You have the most spirit of any event I go to. The time flies by and even though it is hotter than hades in the gym, you make it fun. Thank you for keeping the energy up and for putting up listening to my droning on for 2 days.


Now the congrats:

341: #1 seed, RCA, and winners? Not to shabby for a weekend’s work. Plus you showed the epitome of GP by using your time out to help your opponent (whether it was in the rules or not)

433: RCA at Pittsburgh and EI at Philly, you’ve always been a favorite team of mine, and now your hard work is starting to pay off.


341/486/365+103/56/1143: Those were some of the most intense finals matches I have seen. You definitely gave the crowd something to cheer about.


That’s all I can think of right now, thank you to those that I missed, and congrats to those I left out.


Philly has become my favorite event to go to, and I’ll be sure to come back year after year as long as you’ll have me.