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SISYPHUS (Stratford School, San Jose, 3/11/2012)

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:45 pm
by hnguyen14
This is the official announcement for SISYPHUS (Stratford’s Incredible, Stupefying,Youthful, Prodigious, Hair-Raising, Ultimate Series of Quiz Bowl Games), which will be hosted by Stratford San Jose Middle School on Sunday, March 11, 2012.

Location: 1718 Andover Ln, San Jose, CA (http://g.co/maps/57arv for Google Maps Directions)
Tournament time: Registration will begin at 9 AM and the tournament will officially run from 9:30am-4:00pm. March 11 is the first day of daylight savings time. Please remember to adjust your clocks accordingly the Saturday before.
Format: There will be a full round robin with each team guaranteed 7 games. There will be an advantaged final (if needed) for the top two teams in the end.
Field Cap: The field cap will be 12 teams.
Registration due by: 3/9/12, field has been finalized
Fee Structure:

Base Price: $50 per team
Discounts:
-$10 scorekeeper/moderator,
-$10 working buzzer system,
-$5 each additional team after the first team

Food: At the intersection between Ross Avenue and Branham Lane, there are two shopping centers with many restaurants.
Prizes: There will be Book prizes for the top overall scorers.
Tournament Set: 2012 Middle School Collaborative Tournament
Rules: ACF (20 tossups, 3 bonuses for tossups [10 pts each], no bouncebacks on bonuses)
Nationals Qualification: This set does not automatically qualify schools for MSNCT, but Schools can apply for wild card bids.

Registration Fees: Please pay by cash or check on the day of the tournament; if your team does pay by check please make the checks payable to Jeff Hoppes.

To register contact: [email protected], or [email protected]
In the email, please include the number of volunteers your school can bring and whether you will be able to bring a buzzer system, as well as number of teams (you can always add or drop teams before the registration due date.)

Re: SISYPHUS (Stratford School, San Jose, 3/11/2012)

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:13 pm
by hnguyen14
Registered Teams(as of March 5):
Hopkins
Challenger Berryessa
Stratford Santa Clara
Challenger Ardenwood A
Challenger Ardenwood B
Stratford San Jose A
Stratford San Jose B
Challenger Sunnyvale

Re: SISYPHUS (Stratford School, San Jose, 3/11/2012)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:34 pm
by i never see pigeons in wheeling
If I might make a recommendation, expand your outreach for this by directly mailing to school administrations.

Re: SISYPHUS (Stratford School, San Jose, 3/11/2012)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:40 pm
by Important Bird Area
Already did that.

Re: SISYPHUS (Stratford School, San Jose, 3/11/2012)

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:17 pm
by hnguyen14
As of 5:10 PM on March 9, 2012, the field has been finalized, it is now officially:

Hopkins
Challenger Berryessa
Stratford Santa Clara
Challenger Ardenwood A
Challenger Ardenwood B
Stratford San Jose A
Stratford San Jose B
Challenger Sunnyvale

Re: SISYPHUS (Stratford School, San Jose, 3/11/2012)

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:26 pm
by hnguyen14
Official Schedule
9am Open for Registration
9:20am Brief Meeting to discuss rules and Tournament information
9:35am Meeting for Moderators and Scorekeepers
9:50am Round 1
10:35am Round 2
11:25am Round 3
12:10pm Round 4
12:50pm-1:20pm Lunch
1:25pm Round 5
2:10pm Round 6
2:50pm Round 7
3:35pm Individual Scorer Awards
3:50pm Advantaged Final(if needed)

Re: SISYPHUS (Stratford School, San Jose, 3/11/2012)

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:53 pm
by hnguyen14
Congratulations to Challenger Sunnyvale and Challenger Ardenwood A for getting first and second place! Challenger Sunnyvale narrowly defeated Challenger Ardenwood 250-210 in a close final. We would also like to congratulate Karthik Bharathala of Hopkins for being the top scorer with 68.12 points. Full stats can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/89 ... l_matches/

We would like to also especially thank Mrs. Schwartz and Stratford San Jose for being a terrific host, and thank Jeff Hoppes for moderating and assisting us with directing our first tournament.

Thank you to Larissa Kelly, Matt Bruce, Julia Bruce, Krishna Bharathala, Ankit Aggarwal, Gavin Pereira, Dorian Chan, and Alejandro Buendia for helping out with moderating and scorekeeping!

Also thank you to Stanford, UC Berkeley, Escobar, and Stratford for lending us their buzzer sets!

- Hiep Nguyen and Ved Paranjpe