Columbia Winter @ Columbia University (12/2/2017)

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Columbia Winter @ Columbia University (12/2/2017)

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The Columbia University Quiz Bowl team is pleased to announce the Columbia Fall Tournament, which will be held on Saturday, December 2nd, 2017, in Columbia University's Hamilton Hall.This tournament is part of the third-annual Columbia Cup series of tournaments hosted at Columbia University. More information about the Columbia Cup, as well as a copy of this announcement and further details about the tournament, can be found on the Columbia Cup website.

Nationals: Teams finishing in the top 20% of the National division at this tournament will qualify for the National Scholastic Championship sponsored by the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence, which will be held in DC on June 2nd and 3rd, 2018.

Questions: The questions for this will come from a housewrite called Maryland Fall. Information on this set can be found here. Practice questions that are similar in style and content can be found here.

Tournament format: Morning check-in for this tournament will run from 8:00 to 8:30 AM. The introductory meeting will then follow, and the first round will start as soon as possible afterwards. All teams will be guaranteed at least 8 or 9 matches, depending on the final number of teams attending. Most teams should be done at around 4:00 to 4:30 PM.

Tournament Division: We will be dividing our Fall and Winter tournaments into a National division, for teams with highly experienced and competitive players, and a Standard division, for all other teams. Please note that this is not a Varsity/JV split – you are encouraged to register varsity teams in the Standard division if you feel like that will be a better fit for them. For now, we are capping the National division at 18 teams and the Standard division at 24 teams, though the exact numbers may change if demand for one is much higher than demand for the other.

Teams: Each school may register as many teams as they would like in either division or in both divisions. Each team's roster may contain no more than six players, four of which will be playing at any given time during a game. You are encouraged to register novice and JV teams as well in the Standard division. In addition, we encourage schools to register additional teams instead of putting alternates as 5th or 6th players on existing teams. We reserve the right to change a team's division. For example, we will ask a team with a nationals all-star player in the Standard division to join the National division instead.

Registration: To register for this tournament, please fill out the registration form on the Registration page of the Columbia Cup website. We will email you to confirm your registration promptly. Please note that registration for this tournament will not open until 10/14/2017 and will close on November 26th, 2017. Before registration opens, we encourage you to gauge the availability of the students on your team, so that you know how many teams to register once registration opens.



Tournament fees and discounts:

The following table is a summary of the entry fees for this tournament and the Columbia Cup:

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*New schools are defined as schools in NY, NJ, or CT that have not attended a quiz bowl tournament at Columbia University before the 2017-2018 school year.

There are also discounts for bringing buzzers and staffers, or being a participant in Regional Quiz Bowl. In addition, we also offer financial assistance for schools in need of it. Please see the fees and discounts page of the Columbia Cup website for a more complete overview of fees and discounts.

All entry and registration fees must be paid either in advance or during morning check-in. If you are registering teams for all tournaments in the Columbia Cup series, the entire registration fee must be received by the morning of the Columbia Fall Tournament. If the upfront cost for registering for the Columbia Cup is a burden for your team, please let me know and we can offer financial assistance.

If you are paying by check, please make it payable to "Columbia University," with "Quiz Bowl" on the memo line. We will also accept cash on the day of the tournament. If you are mailing a check in advance, we recommend that it be sent no later than two weeks before the tournament, and the check should be mailed to:

Kohtaro Yamakawa
70 Morningside Drive
#5845
New York, NY 10027

We wish you the best of luck this upcoming season, and hope to see you at our Morningside Heights campus on October 7! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
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This post is reserved for field updates
Field:(As of 11/28/2017)
National Division:(17/18)
Bard High School Early College Manhattan
Bronx Science
Darien High School
Great Neck North
High Technology(2)
Hunter College(2)
Island Trees
Kings Park
Livingston
Mountain Lakes
North Babylon
Saint Joseph High School
Stuyvesant High School
West Egg
Wilton High

National Waitlist:
Hunter

Standard Division:(24/24)
Bard
Bronx Science
Cardinal Spellman
Team Dalton
Darien High School
East Brunswick (2)
High Technology
Hunter
Island Trees
Kellenberg
Kings Park
Livingston (2)
Mountain Lakes
North Babylon
Preston (2)
Saint Joseph
Wheatley (2)
Trinity (2)
West Egg


Standard Waitlist:
Columbia Secondary
Bergen
Stuy
NSH
Hunter
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Hunter would like to add a fourth team to the waitlist. It can be in either division.
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Re: Columbia Winter @ Columbia University (12/2/2017)

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Hello!
Thank you so much for coming to our Winter Tournament! Hunter A won the National Division with High Tech A taking 2nd and Hunter B taking 3rd. In our Standard Division, Trinity A won, with Wheatley B taking second and Livingston B taking third. Thank you!
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Is there going to be a forum post regarding Columbia Spring?
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Will playoffs and/or full stats for Columbia Spring be posted? (Asking here because as far as I can tell there's no Columbia Spring forum post)
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SirMrGuy wrote:Will playoffs and/or full stats for Columbia Spring be posted? (Asking here because as far as I can tell there's no Columbia Spring forum post)
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