2011 NAQT Northern California Championship

[Crimson Rosella]

On Saturday, April 23, 2011, the Stanford Quiz Bowl Club will host the NAQT Northern California Championship for high school quiz bowl teams. All high school teams from Northern California are invited.

The tournament is an NAQT qualifier; the top 15% of the field will qualify for the NAQT 2011 High School National Championship Tournament. In addition, the highest-placed team that has not already qualified for HSNCT will qualify at this state championship.

Team and individual prizes will be awarded to top finishers.

Questions
The questions will be "Invitational Series 105" from NAQT.

Eligibility
All teams from Northern California high schools are invited. There is no limit to the number of teams a school can send, and we encourage sending multiple teams instead of sending teams with alternates. Each team must consist of players from the same high school. Only four team members may play at once, but substitutions may be made at half-time or during timeouts. Teams with fewer than four players are fine.

Tournament Format
The tournament will be in untimed "tossup/bonus" format, with 2 10-question halves (20 questions total). The exact schedule of the tournament depends on how many teams register, but teams should expect to play at least 7 games. We will attempt to balance preliminary brackets, if bracketing is necessary.

Location and Time
The tournament will start at 9:00am and may run as late as 6pm (though we hope and expect to finish earlier). Please be at the tournament by 9:00am sharp; we'll check-in, have a brief rules meeting, and then start play as soon as the rules meeting is over. Teams arriving late risk forfeiting matches. The tournament will be held on the Stanford campus, in Old Union and Nitery buildings, which are behind the Tressider Student Union, off of Lagunita Drive. Teams and helpers should check-in at Old Union, room 216.

Fees
(As per NAQT policy, these fees include a complete copy of the tournament questions for each school.)
$85 for the first team from a non-new(*) school
$75 for each additional team from a non-new(*) school
$50 for each team from a new(*) school
-$5 discount per working buzzer system that you bring (This discount may be limited and must be claimed in email by the registration deadline.)
-$15 discount per school for early registration (complete, final info submitted by 11:59PM on April 12, 2011)
-$10 discount per tournament volunteer we actually use (Since we won't know until check-in time whether we need volunteers, these should be people who will accompany your team anyway.)
+$10 penalty per team for late registration (after 11:59PM on April 21). Late registration must be approved by the tournament director.
(*) A new school is one which has not attended a weekend quiz bowl tournament during the '09-'10 or '10-'11 school years. Quiz Kids and weeknight BAAL matches don't count against you.

Registration
All teams must register via email. The deadline to register (or cancel) is 11:59PM on April 21. To register, email the following information to [email protected].
1. your school name
2. the number of teams you're bringing
3. whether you are a "new" school (see above)
4. the number of working buzzer systems you plan to bring (these discounts are first-come-first-served)
5. whether you are registering early, on-time, or late
6. a cell-phone number we can use to contact your team on the tournament morning (if you have one)
Please let us know if money problems are keeping your team from attending. Consider registering early to save money and make our planning easier!

Payment
Payment will be due at check-in. You can pay in cash or with a check made out to "Stanford Quiz Bowl Club". Teams who don't pay on the day of the event will be subject to a $20 late payment penalty, unless prior arrangements have been made.

Parking and Directions
Teams should park in or near the Tressider Union parking lot near Lagunita Drive. For directions to campus we suggest that you go to maps.google.com and use the "Get Directions" feature to generate custom directions to "580 Lagunita Drive, Stanford CA", which is near where you should park. Since it's a weekend, parking should be plentiful and free, but be sure to check the signs! (Some parking spots are restricted even on weekends.) Note that Serra Street / Serra Mall is blocked off, so you can't drive down it.

Food
We will *not* be providing food for the teams or coaches. This should help us avoid cleaning charges for the rooms, so players and coaches should bring a lunch or bring lunch money ($10 or less). We recommend teams go to Tresidder Union (burgers, Mexican food, Subway, etc.). Please be sure to be back from lunch at the designated time (we'll announce that time during the round preceding lunch).

All of this information can also be found at http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/tournament ... mpionship/. I understand that this tournament is being announced here exceptionally late and apologize for that. Don't hesitate to e-mail me with questions at montoyjh[AT]stanford[DOT]edu

Current Field as of 4/11
Mills High School (1 teams)
Mission San Jose (2 teams)
Concord High (1 team)
Gunn High School (1 team)
Bellarmine (2-3 teams)

[Tanay]

We will attend this with some number of teams and buzzers.

[Crimson Rosella]

Just a reminder that early registration deadline approaching tomorrow. Updated field in the announcement above.

[Crimson Rosella]

Just bumping to remind everyone that the registration deadline is in three days. Folks from Bellarmine, any idea on the number of teams you're going to bring?

[nadph]

Just bumping to remind everyone that the registration deadline is in three days. Folks from Bellarmine, any idea on the number of teams you're going to bring?

Our coach has sent you an email regarding this. I think we're bringing 2-3, but am not sure.

[Crimson Rosella]

Just bumping to remind everyone that the registration deadline is in three days. Folks from Bellarmine, any idea on the number of teams you're going to bring?

Our coach has sent you an email regarding this. I think we're bringing 2-3, but am not sure.

Ah, I haven't gotten that e-mail for some reason... but if you guys are bringing 2-3 and no one else registers between now and the deadline we'll probably play a full RR with standard rules for an advantaged or unadvantaged final.

[Crimson Rosella]

Field updated.

[Crimson Rosella]

Stats from before lunch.

[Crimson Rosella]

So this tournament happened. Congrats to Bellarmine A, who went undefeated and beat Mission San Jose A in an advantaged final to win the tournament. Stats can be found here for Prelims and Playoffs. Also special thanks to Ken Mitchell and Chris Fleitas for their help moderating.