Robinson (NC) Invitational - February 4

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:18 am

Robinson High School in Concord, North Carolina (just north of Charlotte) will host the First Annual Robinson Invitational on Saturday, February 4. It is open to any team from any state that wishes to attend.

The tournament will operate with a standard tossup/bonus format with two eight-minute halves. Prior to head-to-head rounds beginning, each team will go into isolation and hear the same fifty tossups and bonuses - the point totals from this round will be used to place the teams into pools. How many teams make the playoffs will depend on how many teams register.

Registration fee is $65 for the first team and $45 per additional team if you register before January 25. From January 26 on, the registration fee increases to $70 and $50. If your payment is received in the mail prior to January 27, we will discount $10. There is also a $10 discount if you agree to bring buzzers.

Other information...
-- Moderators will be Robinson faculty members; Robinson Quiz Bowl members will serve as scorekeepers
-- all questions are written in-house. A sample tossup packet can be found on our website (link below my signature). All official rules will be posted on the website shortly.

We look forward to seeing you here in February. Any questions, please e-mail me.

Red-necked Phalarope · Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:50 pm

So essentially the Hi-IQ Bowl for all high-schoolers? North Carolina seems to delight in QB formats that don't pit teams off against one another, but I enjoyed Hi-IQ when I did it my senior year and I'm all for at least some diversity in tournament setups.

Let me know if there's anything UNC can help with.

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:30 pm

We've already heard from a number of schools for this event. So far we have at least tentative commitments from the following:

Cannon School
East Lincoln
First Assembly (Concord)
North Lincoln
Northwest Cabarrus
Providence Day
Raleigh Charter (MAYBE)
Richmond Senior (x2)
Sun Valley (x2)

As far as the format... I'm not familiar with High IQ Bowl up in Greensboro..... there will be lots of head-to-head competition at our event. We're looking for a way to place teams into pools that's somewhat democratic and not just totally random.

pakman044 · Post by **pakman044** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:16 pm

Yeah, that definitely looks like the High IQ Bowl format to me, and if I had not seen what was said earlier, I would have taken this to me something of a High IQ Bowl warmup.

By the way, High IQ Bowl is Saturday, February 18 this year; email her at [email protected]. They have updated their website; entry deadline is December 16 (but only nonresidential North Carolina and Virginia schools with seniors can participate).

More North Carolina event dates are available at http://www4.ncsu.edu/~paking/ncata/schedule.htm and at the NCATA website.

Patrick King

Edit--New rules allow Virginia participation

Red-necked Phalarope · Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:11 am

Virginia's participating in it now? That'll change the landscape a bit.

Also, Alex, I hope it didn't sound like I was saying anything derogatory towards your tournament, of course. I just have a wonderful habit of having words fall out of my mouth like that.

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:30 am

No offense taken at all... I just had no idea what you were talking about. haha

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:42 pm

Invitations and registration forms went in the mail today. If you don't receive one in the next few days and are interested, they can be downloaded off of our website (link below).

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:12 pm

Here's an updated field for the tournamnet on 2/4:

Cannon School
Central Cabarrus
East Lincoln
First Assembly (Concord)
Fort Mill (x2)
North Lincoln
Northwest Cabarrus
Providence Day
Raleigh Charter
Richmond Senior (x2)
Sun Valley (x2)

We'll accept teams until Wednesday, Feb. 1. The format we've tentatively decided upon is ideal for 24 teams, but we'll find a way to make it work for all teams that wish to attend.

And hopefully this won't be an issue, but our make-up date in the event of bad weather is Saturday, March 4.

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:37 pm

Here's the field for the Robinson Invitational:

Alexander Central
Cannon School
Central Cabarrus (2)
Clayton
Concord (2)
East Lincoln
First Assembly
Fort Mill, S.C. (2)
North Lincoln
Northwest Cabarrus (2)
Providence Day
Raleigh Charter
Richmond Senior (2)
South Rowan
Sun Valley (2)

That's 21 teams. We'll take new teams until Wednesday but we're capping it at 24.

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:58 am

FINAL RESULTS:

1st - Fort Mill I
2nd - Raleigh Charter
Semifinalists - Richmond Senior and Northwest Cabarrus
Quarterfinalists - Fort Mill II, Concord I, North Lincoln, Alexander Central

It was a pretty fun day, but we had a few glitches with it being our first-ever tournament.

Zip Zap Rap Pants · Post by **Zip Zap Rap Pants** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:15 pm

Did RC have its full A team though?

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:41 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:Did RC have its full A team though?

No, they were missing most of their big guns because of a Science Olympiad meet.

rchschem · Post by **rchschem** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:18 pm

Two sophomores, one freshman, and a junior who's only been with us for about 2 months. Raleigh Charter of the future. Something like 75% of our players were at the Science Olympiad regionals Saturday. I really felt it was important to send a team out west since so many teams from that way come to the Triangle for tournaments.

Eric

DrakeRQB · Post by **DrakeRQB** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:49 pm

rchschem wrote:Two sophomores, one freshman, and a junior who's only been with us for about 2 months. Raleigh Charter of the future. Something like 75% of our players were at the Science Olympiad regionals Saturday. I really felt it was important to send a team out west since so many teams from that way come to the Triangle for tournaments.

Eric

They did very, very well. All the moderators loved RCHS's team.

Thanks for sending a team down our way - I hope your kids enjoyed it.