BOAT V - [cancelled] - Hackensack, NJ

Dormant threads from the high school sections are preserved here.
Locked
User avatar
jonpin
Auron
Posts: 2266
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: BCA NJ / WUSTL MO / Hackensack NJ

BOAT V - [cancelled] - Hackensack, NJ

Post by jonpin »

Edit, March 25 - The tournament has been cancelled.

Bergen County Academies Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce the return of its annual spring competition, the Bergen Open Academic Tournament, with BOAT V: Out of Mothballs, to be held at our campus in Hackensack, NJ on March 29, 2014. The tournament will be played on HSAPQ's state series questions in 8/8/8 format. Teams will be given the opportunity to play a minimum of 8 games and likely 10, with round-robin preliminaries and playoffs. The top teams will qualify for the PACE National Scholastic Championships in Reston, VA (Washington, DC area) in May.
Entry fees are $70 for the first team and $60 for each additional team. Schools will receive $10 off for each functioning buzzer system they provide (limit 2 per school or 1 per team, whichever is greater) and $10 for each moderator they bring with them (no limit). Payment is not due until the day of the tournaments; checks should be made payable to “Student Activity Fund / Quiz Bowl”.
Registration for this tournament will begin next Monday morning. I will post a Google spreadsheet sign-up form at that time. No other method of registration is considered official.

The 8/8/8 format consists of three periods. In the first and third periods, there are 8 tossups, and a correct answer leads to a one-part bonus worth an additional 10 points. In the second period, there are 8 directed prompts (essentially bonuses) offered back-and-forth, 4 to each team. Full details on the workings of this format will be posted by HSAPQ shortly, and we expect to here exactly to them; it's my understanding that there are powers and negs, and that bonuses do not bounce back.
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11

"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
User avatar
jonpin
Auron
Posts: 2266
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: BCA NJ / WUSTL MO / Hackensack NJ

Re: BOAT V - March 29, 2014 - Hackensack, NJ

Post by jonpin »

Registration is now open at this link
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11

"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
User avatar
jonpin
Auron
Posts: 2266
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: BCA NJ / WUSTL MO / Hackensack NJ

Re: BOAT V - March 29, 2014 - Hackensack, NJ

Post by jonpin »

Field update:
Ridgewood x2 [2 buzzers]
Hunter x2 [2 buzzers]
Pingry x2
Bergen Tech x3 [1 mod]
Deep Green x2
Livingston x2

Have said they are coming but haven't officially registered:
Mountain Lakes
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11

"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
User avatar
jonpin
Auron
Posts: 2266
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: BCA NJ / WUSTL MO / Hackensack NJ

Re: BOAT V - March 29, 2014 - Hackensack, NJ

Post by jonpin »

Field updated above with less than a week before the tournament. We're kind of on the precipice of "hold the tournament" or "not hold the tournament" so those teams who have been waiting have until the end of school tomorrow to sign up.
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11

"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
User avatar
jonpin
Auron
Posts: 2266
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: BCA NJ / WUSTL MO / Hackensack NJ

Re: BOAT V - [cancelled] - Hackensack, NJ

Post by jonpin »

Sorry everyone, but due to the small field, I have decided to cancel the tournament. There aren't enough teams for it to be worth the amount of time and work the team and I would need to over the next week.
Next year, we'll be sure to get an earlier date (and set) claim in hopes of having a larger tournament.
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11

"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
Locked