2016-17 KQBA Goldenrod Cup
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 2:06 pm
The Kentucky Quizbowl Alliance is excited to announce the third annual edition of the Goldenrod Cup! The Goldenrod Cup is an annual competition that aggregates the results of affiliated good quizbowl tournaments held in the state of Kentucky. A Kentucky team who wins a Goldenrod Cup event will receive 10 points, a team who finishes 2nd will receive 9 points, and this continues down to 1 point for 10th place; after the conclusion of the last Goldenrod Cup event the team with the most points will receive a trophy commemorating their achievement. To qualify as a Goldenrod Cup affiliate, a tournament has to be a varsity high school quizbowl tournament in Kentucky, must be open to at least all Kentucky high school teams, must be announced either on HSQuizbowl or be included in NAQT's schedule, must use pyramidal questions as determined by KQBA, must offer at least four games to attending teams, must take place between August 1 and May 6, and must be announced at least one month before it takes place.
What's New?
KQBA has decided to award 2nd and 3rd place prizes this year, as well as an award for the highest finishing small school team. We will be using the same definition of small school that NAQT uses; any changes to NAQT's policy will be adopted by KQBA as well. We've also added a couple standards in terms of scheduling, so that we can define the "Goldenrod Cup season" as roughly existing between August 1 and May 6. This policy has been adopted because we would at least like to have the awards determined before high school nationals season, as it becomes much more difficult to get awards to teams after school has ended.
Tournament Schedule
August 27: Glasgow Scottie Invitational (Glasgow)
October 8: Casey Young Memorial Tournament (Louisville)
October 29: University of Kentucky Fall Championship (Lexington)
November 19: WKU Hilltopper Invitational (Bowling Green)
December 3: Class Act High School Invitational (Louisville)
January 7: Fleming County Academic Tournament (Flemingsburg)
January 14: Rotary International Academic Challenge (Madisonville)
March 4: Kentucky NAQT State Championship @ WKU (Bowling Green)
March 19:Louisville Spring Academic Tournament(Louisville)
April 15: University of Kentucky Spring Championship (Lexington)
What's New?
KQBA has decided to award 2nd and 3rd place prizes this year, as well as an award for the highest finishing small school team. We will be using the same definition of small school that NAQT uses; any changes to NAQT's policy will be adopted by KQBA as well. We've also added a couple standards in terms of scheduling, so that we can define the "Goldenrod Cup season" as roughly existing between August 1 and May 6. This policy has been adopted because we would at least like to have the awards determined before high school nationals season, as it becomes much more difficult to get awards to teams after school has ended.
Tournament Schedule
August 27: Glasgow Scottie Invitational (Glasgow)
October 8: Casey Young Memorial Tournament (Louisville)
October 29: University of Kentucky Fall Championship (Lexington)
November 19: WKU Hilltopper Invitational (Bowling Green)
December 3: Class Act High School Invitational (Louisville)
January 7: Fleming County Academic Tournament (Flemingsburg)
January 14: Rotary International Academic Challenge (Madisonville)
March 4: Kentucky NAQT State Championship @ WKU (Bowling Green)
March 19:Louisville Spring Academic Tournament(Louisville)
April 15: University of Kentucky Spring Championship (Lexington)