Subject: Digest for the period 5/8/2006 - 5/9/2006
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 01:03:29 -0400

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  1. Regional Results 


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From: gornicwm`at`earthlink.net  Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:33:34 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Subject: Regional Results 


WOW!!!

Well, the results are back from the AHA Great Lakes Regional and it looks like...What???  Jamil Zainasheff from QUAFF is the BIG "Winner"???

On one hand I say:

Michigan and Illinois? Brew better beers!!!  Compeition is always good if done in a consciences and sporting manner.

Still...on the other hand:

Talk about a guy (and a club) using a weakend system to his advantage.  He'd rather ship beers cross country to a two state regional rather than compete with his fellow clubs in surrounding states.  I want to thank Jamil and QUAFF for showing their true colors.

Never have I seen a more blatant attempt to gather points in all my years with the AHA and BJCP (7).  No rules against cross country entries for organizers, so maybe Jamil and QUAFF should be commeneded for exposing this and this could be corrected in the future.  Possibly, organizers should provide their entries to the region closest to their home region.  I am VERY surprised that this was not in the original rules -- then again you really don't think people/clubs would behave this way, either.

I don't want this to be the email that starts a huge issue.  Spilt milk!!!  Its Over!!!  Its just that what was done in this case was nothing more than a successful point padding attempt by a club and is simply not very sporting  -- and EVERYONE/EVERY CLUB knows it.  

Bill Gornicki
CRAFT Hombrew Club
Michigan




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