Keith Invitational Tournament (Rockford, IL) - 1/21/13

[African threadfish]

Dear Coaches:

IESA Scholastic Bowl season is right around the corner!

Keith Country Day School is excited to announce that we will be hosting the NAQT MS-05 set at a tournament on Monday, January 21st 2012 which is Martin Luther King Day. January 21st is the first day of IESA play so this is a great way to kick of the 2013 season!

Details of the tournament are as follows:

Date: Monday, January 21st
Location: Keith Country Day School, 1 Jacoby Place, Rockford, Illinois 61107
Time: Tournament starts at 9:00am will end around 3:30pm
Length: 10 rounds of NAQT questions using NAQT format and rules: http://naqt.com/downloads/rules.pdf .

Cost to participate: $60 for the first team registered, $50 for each subsequent team.
Discounts: $10 off for each buzzer system you bring. $20 off for each moderator you bring.
Awards: Trophys will be awarded to top 3 teams and small awards will be given to the top scoring players.

We are in the process of putting a registration sheet together. Please let me know if your team(s) would be interested in participating via e-mail, [email protected], or by posting on this forum. If you know of any other teams that may be interested in participating, please forward this e-mail to them, thank you!

We hope to see you on January 21st! The size of the tournament will be capped at a maximum of 14 teams.

Have a nice day and happy holiday season!

Sincerely,

-Kristin Burns

[Irreligion in Bangladesh]

We're looking forward to a great tournament, and will have an outstanding moderating crew. Sign up today!

[the return of AHAN]

Please reserve two teams for Barrington Station.

[African threadfish]

Field update as of 12/20/12

Keith x 2
Barrington Station x2
Quest Academy x 2 (maybe 3)
Rockford Marshall Gifted Academy - 1-2 teams
Holy Cross, Deerfield, IL - 1 team
Saint Raymond - 1 team
Thomas Metcalf (Normal, IL) - 2 teams
St. Mary's (Elm Grove, WI) - 2 teams

[dtaylor4]

If you are in dire need of readers, I might be able to make it.

EDIT: Have you reached out to central/southern IL schools?

[African threadfish]

Happy Holidays to Everyone!

We have decided to expand the tournament to 18 teams as it makes for a better tournament set up.

Updated field is as follows:

Keith x 2
Barrington Station x2
Quest Academy x 3
Rockford Marshall Gifted Academy x 1
Holy Cross, Deerfield, IL
Saint Raymond
Thomas Metcalf (Normal, IL) - x 3
St. Mary's (Elm Grove, WI) - x 3
Ottawa Wallace
Barrington Prairie

The tournament is now officially full and we will now start with a waiting list. Thank you for your interest!

Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

-Kristin Burns

[African threadfish]

If you are in dire need of readers, I might be able to make it.

EDIT: Have you reached out to central/southern IL schools?

Dear Donald,

Thank you so much for your kind offer to moderate. Especially driving all the way up from Springfield, wow! I do believe that we will be fine for moderators, however. We have sent e-mails to coaches all over the state. Thanks again and Happy New Year!

[the return of AHAN]

You scored Ottawa Wallace? This will be interesting*.




*Interesting = First known exposure to NAQT rules and pyramidal toss-ups.

[African threadfish]

You scored Ottawa Wallace? This will be interesting*


*Interesting = First known exposure to NAQT rules and pyramidal toss-ups.

I sent coach the rules and they were ok with it. We have gone to one of Ottawa's tournaments and they are in our regional as they are the closest 1A school to Rockford. Hopefully we can win another NAQT convert :)

[the return of AHAN]

With Barrington Prairie needing to drop, where do you stand, field-wise, now? I should have enough to field 3 teams in a pinch, if necessary, seeing as it'll be 4 v 4.

[African threadfish]

With Barrington Prairie needing to drop, where do you stand, field-wise, now? I should have enough to field 3 teams in a pinch, if necessary, seeing as it'll be 4 v 4.

Thanks for the offer Jeff! We brought in a second team from Rockford Marshall. We are all set for a great tournament on Monday!

Field Update:

Keith x 2
Barrington Station x2
Quest Academy x 3
Rockford Marshall Gifted Academy x 2
Holy Cross, Deerfield, IL
Saint Raymond
Thomas Metcalf (Normal, IL) - x 3
St. Mary's (Elm Grove, WI) - x 3
Ottawa Wallace

18 teams with 3 pools.

[TheDoctor]

Morning stats are posted here.

[TheDoctor]

I'll leave the full congraulating to the TDs, but for now, congratulations to Barrington Station A, who went undefeated in the playoffs to win.

The playoff stats are here, and the combined stats for the full day are here.

The playoff stats include the games carried over from the morning that teams would otherwise have played twice.

[MichaelFalk]

Thanks to the organizers, moderators, scorekeepers, and volunteers who made this tournament happen and happen well. It was lots of fun of to see some established and some newly emerging teams and staff getting involved. My kids had a great (and tiring) time.