Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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Important: this tournament has been postponed until Sunday, March 16th.

The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and the Stratford School are pleased to announce that Stratford will host its third annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Sunday, March 16th, 2014.

Location: This tournament will take place at Stratford Schools San Jose, 1718 Andover Lane, San Jose, California.

Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School Series #9. (For practice material similar to the questions we will use at the tournament, please consider the NAQT New Middle School Package and the 2013 Collaborative Middle School Tournament.)

The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2014 NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament, to be held in Atlanta on May 10-11, 2014.

Eligibility: All middle schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event. This tournament is open to any players who have not yet completed 8th grade, though the questions are targeted at 7th and 8th graders.

Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.

Fees:

Base fee: $60 per team

-$10 second or subsequent team from the same school

-$10 working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)

-$20 experienced moderator

-$10 scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)

-$10 your school had registered at least one team for the original January date

Payment will be taken at check-in on March 16th. Please make checks out to Jeff Hoppes.

How to register: please contact the tournament director, Jeff Hoppes ([email protected]), on or before Tuesday, March 11th, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.
Jeff Hoppes
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Re: Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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The field is now closed --JTH

Registered (18):

Challenger-Ardenwood A
Challenger-Ardenwood B
Challenger-Berryessa A
Challenger-Berryessa B
Challenger-Strawberry Park
Challenger-Sunnyvale A
Challenger-Sunnyvale B
Egan
Emerson
Gale Ranch
Holmes
Saint Andrew's
Stratford-Fremont A
Stratford-Fremont B
Stratford-San Jose A
Stratford-San Jose B
Stratford-Santa Clara A
Stratford-Santa Clara B

Waitlist:
1. Diablo Vista A
2. Diablo Vista B

These schools had registered for January 18th and will be eligible for a discount here:

Challenger-Ardenwood
Challenger-Berryessa
Challenger-Strawberry Park
Challenger-Sunnyvale
Diablo Vista
Egan
Gale Ranch
Holmes
Pleasanton
Saint Andrew's
Stratford-Fremont

Last updated 3/14 --JTH
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"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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Re: Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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I'm sorry to report that this tournament has been postponed until March 16th.
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President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF

"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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Re: Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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When should we be arriving? when does check in begin?
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Re: Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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Check-in will be at 9:30 am. I'll post the exact room once I confirm that with the host.
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Re: Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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Details for Sunday have been emailed to the teams. Check-in is at 9:30 am in the Stratford auditorium.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
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"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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Re: Stratford San Jose Invitational (3/16/14, San Jose, CA)

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Congratulations to Stratford-Santa Clara A, which went undefeated to win the 2014 Stratford-San Jose Invitational! Challenger-Berryessa, Challenger-Sunnyvale, and Gale Ranch also qualified for MSNCT in Atlanta.

Complete team and individual statistics are now available.

Thanks to our hosts, Maggie Schwartz and Jeff Takemoto of Stratford San Jose, and the rest of our staff team: Matt Bruce, Jarek Jankowski, Gautam Kandlikar, Larissa Kelly, Benjy Malings, Bryan Martin, and Hieu Nguyen.

Special thanks to Nicholas Karas of Berkeley and Chris Fleitas of Bellarmine for letting us use their buzzer systems, without which this tournament would have featured (even more) slap bowl.

I look forward to seeing everyone at our final middle school tournament of the spring, which will take place at UC Berkeley on Sunday, April 27th.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF

"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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