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[DISCLAIMER: I am posting this on behalf of David Hulsey and the Good Hope High School Scholars' Bowl Team. I have agreed to TD this tournament for them.]

Good Hope High School is pleased to announce we will be hosting our second annual Good Hope Invitational Tournament! I, Chandler West, will be the tournament director. The tournament will be run on Maggie Walker's GSAC XXIV (more details about the set can be found here. We will use standard NAQT rules (20/20, powers, negs, no bounceback bonuses) without timed rounds. The tournament will be on January 21st, 2017, and registration should start around 8:30. For those of you who don't know, Good Hope is located about 2 miles off of exit 304 on I-65, centrally between Birmingham and Huntsville.

FEES:
$70 per first team from a school
$65 for each additional team from a school

DEDUCTIONS:
-$10 per experienced moderator
-$5 per buzzer set, max 2 per school
-$20 for any team that is new to pyramidal quizbowl. We will also extend this discount to teams who generally only attend ASCA events.
-$15 for any out of state team

The minimum fee is $45.

To email, simply post below, email me at [email protected], PM me on here, or email Good Hope's coach David Hulsey at [email protected].

This post reserved for field updates.

FIELD: (teams, buzzers, staffers)
Fairview (1/1/0)
Good Hope (1/many/0)
Hoover (3/2/0)
James Clemens (2/0/0)
Spain Park (1/0/0)
Springwood (1/0/0)
West Point (1/0/0)

Total: (10/3/0)

UPDATE: This tournament has been given PLATINUM certification by PACE. This means that the top 25% of the field will qualify for the PACE NSC to be held from June 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago, IL. Additionally, this tournament needs a field for it to take place. So, if you plan on coming, please register ASAP.

Will this be power-matching or round robin format?

bretthogan43 wrote:Will this be power-matching or round robin format?

it is planned to be round robin, as we are hoping to guarantee teams 9 rounds.

Field update?

Joshua Rutsky wrote:Field update?

This field is current; however, we're in touch with several other interested teams and the field should shape up within the next few days. The small field so far can probably be attributed to the announcement not going up until after many schools had started Christmas Break.

I have sent out a reminder via ASCA's twitter account as well.

Joshua Rutsky wrote:I have sent out a reminder via ASCA's twitter account as well.

Field is now updated and sizable enough for the tournament to run. We're also expecting at least a few more signups before the tournament.

This is a very talented field. I look forward to playing against some very competitive opposition.

Field has been updated. We are currently at a nice number of 10 teams, but have room for more. If the field stays at 10 teams, the format will be a 10 team, 9 game round robin followed by an ADVANTAGED final, if necessary. If the field grows, we will split into pools and do a rebracket after pool play.

I'm proud to say this tournament ran 9 rounds and had teams out before 3:00 (except James Clemens, and Hoover, who were in the final). Congratulations to James Clemens A, who defeated Hoover A 340-310 on the last tossup in the second game of an advantaged final. Full stats should be up no later than tomorrow.

I would also like to congratulate our top 4 individual scorers from the prelims, who were recognized at the tournament.
1st: Sharath Narayan, James Clemens A
2nd: Venu Reddy, Springwood
3rd: Andy Kong, Hoover A
4th: Jack Gutshall, Spain Park

We hope everyone enjoyed the tournament, and we thank all the teams that came. We are always open to any feedback about how to improve our tournaments.

At this time, I would also like to thank our wonderful staff:
Good Hope graduates Krystian Doss, Bailey Brand, Pao Vaughn, and Nick Martin, as well as Spain Park grad Austin Peinhardt for reading and running stats. I would also like to thank current Good Hope Scholars' Bowl members who helped out with scorekeeping, and coach Hulsey for making sure things ran smoothly throughout the day. I also extend my thanks to Hoover coach Josh Rutsky for helping scorekeep/moderate at various points throughout the day.

Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4144/