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New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:15 pm
by Grace
[This post demonstrates my superior copying and pasting skills. Many thanks go to Matt Jackson for doing the hard work of writing all the text.]

Hi folks! For this school year, I'll be updating a calendar of tournament dates within, or of interest to, the New England area. This calendar should remain suitably updated enough to be emailed or linked to for the benefit of teams and coaches that don't otherwise follow the forums. I'll try to update this with events in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire [plus, hypothetically, Rhode Island and Maine] as they get announced; if I miss yours or you want to sound out whether a certain date or time range works for a given event, post below.

Post also in this thread if you have tentative plans to host an event but aren't sure yet where it will go; this will help us avoid scheduling pileups or conflicts. Thanks!

All dates listed are Saturdays unless stated otherwise.

September 6
September 13 (ACT)
September 20 - MIT Fall Academic Tournament (IS-137A)
September 27 - Fall Academic Tournament (FAcT) at Yale (IS-139A), Sue Pasco Memorial Tournament at Essex High School in Essex Junction, VT (IS-135A)

October 4 (Yom Kippur)
October 11 (SAT)
October 18
October 25 (ACT) - Central Massacushetts Fall Touranment II at AMSA in Marlborough, MA (IS-141A)

November 1 - Northeastern Invitational at Northeastern University in Boston, MA (IS-140), Hanover Halloween Round Robin in Hanover, NH
November 8 (SAT)
November 15 - Harvard Fall Tournament (HFT) in Cambridge, MA (HFT housewrite)
November 22 - NHBB Massachusetts Regional
November 29 (Thanksgiving weekend)

December 5 (Friday) - Pre-Holiday Academic Tournament VIII in South Burlington, VT (IS-137A)
December 6 (SAT)
December 13 (ACT)
December 20 - Lexington Invitational Tournament (LIT) in Lexington, MA (IS-142)
December 27 (Christmas/New Year's week)

January 3
January 10
January 17
January 24 (SAT) - NHBB Regionals in Bethlehem, NY
January 31 - Vermont-NEA Scholars' Bowl playoffs in Montpelier, VT

February 7 (ACT)
February 14 (Presidents Day weekend) - BHSAT at Yale (BHSAT housewrite)
February 21 - Connecticut Invitational VI at E.O. Smith (IS-144)
February 28 -
March 1 (Sunday) - HSAPQ MA State Championships

March 7
March 14 (SAT)
March 2 - NHBB New England Regional at ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough, New Hampshire
March 28 - Vermont-NEA Scholars' Bowl [date tentative]

April 4 (Easter weekend)
April 11 - Massachusetts NAQT State Championships at MIT in Cambridge, MA (IS set), Connecticut State Championship at Darien High School in Darien, CT (IS-146)
April 18 (ACT)
April 25 - National History Bee and Bowl, Washington, DC

May 2 (SAT)
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30 - NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, Chicago, IL

June 6 (SAT) - PACE National Scholastic Championship, Reston, VA
June 13 (ACT)
June 14-15 (Sunday and Monday) - National All-Star Academic Tournament at OSU, Columbus, OH


Color code:
Black - regular event
Green - of interest outside New England; within reasonable travel distance
Blue - national championships
Red - NHBB

Presumed tournaments that have yet to be placed:
Potential Darien tournament
AMSA Spring
MITBAT
Various state championships
SSNCT

Please also take a look at tournaments in:
New York and New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:19 pm
by Grace
While this post is somewhat premature, I figured that now would be a wonderful time to sound out everyone's opinions regarding scheduling for the 2014-2015 year, not least because I like making rash promises to Yale's room reservation staff about setting FAcT and BHSAT dates into stone.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:49 pm
by hydrocephalitic listlessness
HFT will be happening, probably in November.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:26 pm
by KnicksRule
Central MA Fall will definitely be happening and another yet to be named Spring tournament will likely be hosted by AMSA

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:17 pm
by High Dependency Unit
Darien is looking into hosting an event, most likely in February or later.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:59 pm
by Maury Island incident
Lexington will be hosting a tournament, most likely in December sometime before break.
It will probably be on an NAQT IS set.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:01 pm
by Maury Island incident
Sorry,
I forgot to mention EO Smith/UConn's Connecticut Invitational, which is probably happening in February.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:22 pm
by Matt Weiner
Tentative dates for HSAPQ MA championship and any other state champs launched in New England next year: regionals on January 17 and states on February 28.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:05 pm
by EasyBakeOven
Northeastern is looking to host a high school tournament sometime in October.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:36 am
by Great Bustard
NHBB Nationals is the weekend of April 25, so go ahead and add that in. Otherwise, we'll run one CT, one VT, two NH, and two MA events. We'll try Maine again (I wouldn't mind a recruiting trip up there in the fall), and maybe Rhode Island, since we at least now have one supremely talented USGO homeschooler in the Ocean State. We'll get started on scheduling next week, and will post dates as they come in. Everything will be between October 15 and March 21.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:37 am
by Maury Island incident
Will there still be a NHBB New England Regionals next year?

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:59 pm
by kcommo
The Vermont-NEA Scholars' Bowl runs two NAQT A-level tournaments: The Sue Pasco Opening Tournament in Essex in September (likely either to be 9/20 or 9/27) and the Pre-Holiday Academic Tournament at South Burlington on a Friday in December (probably 12/5). The latter, in particular, welcomes teams from around the region as we've had more than 50 teams each of the last three years.

We also play host to the the Vermont NAQT Championship in March in Barre, plus our own league playoffs (likely 1/31 or 2/7) in Montpelier and our state championships in Burlington (likely 3/28 or 4/4).

We will likely finalize our schedule sometime in August.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:29 pm
by Great Bustard
colincantwell wrote:Will there still be a NHBB New England Regionals next year?
If by that you mean the New England Championship on A set, then yes - we'll likely hold that at ConVal again (hence my listing two NH tournaments).

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:02 pm
by KnicksRule
Is there any plans for an NAQT State Championship for MA this year. Considering that some schools on the circuit are beginning to become nationally recognized, and more interest has been seen in the past year, it would be awesome for our state to host one.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:12 pm
by High Dependency Unit
Is Woodland planning on hosting the Connecticut championship again next year?

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 12:34 pm
by t-bar
MIT would like to claim September 20 for the MIT Fall Academic Tournament. MITBAT will likely be returning in the spring as well, but the date is not set yet.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:17 pm
by Grace
Yale would like to claim 9/27 for FAcT, which will use an A-set.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 11:19 am
by Ithaca Cricket Ump
Although this isn't a New England tournament, you should probably put BrainBusters Fall at Ithaca HS (NY) on this list for Nov 1 (tentative), as we're recruiting a regional field this year and some New England teams may attend.

--Scott

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 5:35 pm
by hydrocephalitic listlessness
HFT will be happening on November 15.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:33 pm
by rpirrie
Hello all--
CT INV VI will be on 2/21/15.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:28 pm
by Grace
BHSAT 2015 at Yale is tentatively scheduled for 2/14, which is both Presidents' Day weekend and Valentine's Day. Please let us know if either of those holidays might lead to conflicts.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:19 pm
by KnicksRule
AMSA's fall tournament will be held on October 18th (CMFT II).

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:32 pm
by Halved Xenon Stinging
Lexington's NAQT IS set tournament will be held on December 20th.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:07 am
by High Dependency Unit
Are there any plans for the Connecticut state championship this year? Is Woodland going to put in a bid?

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:47 pm
by NHBBCoord
NHBB is planning to host the first of our two Massachusetts regional tournament on November 22, 2014. The New England regional tournament will be held at ConVal in New Hampshire on March 21, 2015.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:38 pm
by Halved Xenon Stinging
Is anyone interested in hosting an ACF style HSAPQ set?

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:30 pm
by Maury Island incident
From looking in the Database ... the last time MITBAT ran, it used an HSAPQ ACF set, so it may use that again.
It's another good set for practice if no one ends up using it in the region.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:25 am
by Maury Island incident
The Lexington Invitational Tournament has been formally announced, and registration is now open.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:41 pm
by t-bar
The announcement for MIT Fall is now up at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =1&t=16249.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:54 pm
by KnicksRule
Due to PSAT testing on October 18th, AMSA is moving the tournament back a week to October 25th.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:27 am
by kcommo
Just to confirm, the Sue Pasco Opening Tournament will be September 27 at Essex High School. I just posted an announcement here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16286

A few other events planned for Northern New England this season possibly worth noting include:
11/1 -- Hanover Halloween Round Robin at Hanover (NH) HS
1/31 -- Vermont-NEA Scholars' Bowl playoffs at Montpelier HS
3/28 (date probable but not finalized) -- Vermont-NEA Scholars' Bowl finals

Also, assuming NAQT grants us the right to host again, the Vermont NAQT Championship will be Friday, March 6 at Spaulding High School in Barre.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:25 pm
by Maury Island incident
The HSAPQ Massachusetts Regionals date conflicts with High School Quiz Show quarterfinal tapings.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:41 pm
by rpirrie
Hello--I did my research, but it's hard to catch everything...is 2/21 a good date for Connecticut Invitational VI? Any comments would be most welcome. Thanks.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:47 pm
by Maury Island incident
It's over February vacation in Massachusetts. However, it is the second weekend of vacation, so hopefully most people will be back. I think the date is fine.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:34 pm
by kcommo
Are any of the Massachusetts or Connecticut teams on here actually interested in coming up to Vermont for the Pre-Holiday Academic Tournament on Friday, December 5? I think most of the teams up here would probably prefer to play on A level questions, but considering the conflicts with MIT, Yale and Central Mass Invitational, I might be willing to switch to a full IS Set (138 appears to be open at the moment) if there is a reasonable amount of interest.

Northampton (which played 137A at MIT) has already inquired about PHAT, and we'd love to have more teams from points south.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:28 pm
by Halved Xenon Stinging
Lexington would be interested.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:53 pm
by Maury Island incident
Just out of curiosity, why are most tournaments in Vermont on Fridays?

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:35 pm
by kcommo
quadrisecant wrote:Just out of curiosity, why are most tournaments in Vermont on Fridays?
The main reason, I think, is that it's easier for coaches to get their students to commit to tournaments on weekdays as schedule conflicts tend to pile up on Saturdays, especially during sports seasons. The coaches voted to hold PHAT on a Friday back when we first launched the tournament, and we've done so well attracting teams (52 teams or more three years in a row) that it's kind of stuck.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:58 am
by Mark Wolfsberg
Bethlehem, NY - Near Albany will host a NHBB regional on Jan 24th at Bethlehem MS

Sign up at http://www.historybowl.com/ for the Bowl and http://hs.historybee.com/ for the Bee

This will be a good opportunity for you to take on a strong Bethlehem team in a tune up to NHBB Nationals

The National History Bee and Bowl is pleased to announce that the 2015 Upper Hudson History Bee and Bowl will be held at Bethlehem Middle School in Delmar, NY on Saturday, January 24, 2015. As in past years, this tournament will run on our B Set and is open to out-of-state teams. Also, just to clarify, although this tournament is being held at a middle school, it is a high school level event. Area middle schools, though, are welcome to sign up to compete in the Junior Varsity division, as the host school will do. Thanks to the generosity of Bethlehem parents, book prizes will also be offered to the top students and teams in the competition. For more information, please contact the tournament coordinator at the email address listed below. Thank you for your interest in our tournament and we look forward to seeing you there in January!
During the lunch break, we will also administer the National Qualifying Exam for the United States Geography Olympiad and the US History Bee. The Exams each cost $10 per student. Students may sign up on the day of the tournament or can pre-register for the Exam at www.geographyolympiad.com and www.ushistorybee.org though this is not required.
Date January 24, 2015
Registration Deadline January 22, 2015 7:00pm EST
Address 332 Kenwood Ave., Delmar, NY

Question Set B
Coordinator TBD
Director TBD
Schedule of Events
8:00 Doors Open, Check-In Begins
8:30 Please Arrive By This time!
8:45 Opening Meeting
9:10 History Bowl Round 1
9:50 History Bowl Round 2
10:25 History Bowl Round 3
11:00 History Bee Opening Meeting
11:20 History Bee Round 1
11:45 History Bee Round 2
12:10 History Bee Round 3
12:35 Lunch/ US Geography Olympiad Qualifying Exam
1:40 History Bowl Round 4
2:15 History Bowl Round 5
2:50 History Bee Finals
3:35 History Bowl Quarterfinals / JV Semis
4:15 History Bowl Semifinals / JV Finals
4:50 History Bowl Finals
5:15 End

Directions to Bethlehem Central Middle School (BCMS)

Bethlehem Central Middle School is located at 332 Kenwood Ave. in Delmar, NY.

From the New York State Thruway (I-90)

Get off at Exit 23, and turn right onto Route 9W South. Follow 9W one mile to the Delmar by-pass (Route 32) exit. Follow the Delmar by-pass for 1/2 mile, and turn right onto Kenwood Avenue. Stay on Kenwood for about 1 3/4 miles. The Middle School is on the left, shortly after you cross Elsmere Avenue.

From the Northway (I-87 South)

Take the Route 90 East Exit from the Northway. Stay on Route 90 East until the Slingerlands/Route 85 Exit (Exit 4). Follow Route 85 through the first roundabout (Blessing Road). You will encounter a second roundabout at Maher Road. Enter the roundabout and take the third exit, Maher Road (at your left upon entering the roundabout), and follow to New Scotland Road. At New Scotland Road, turn right. At the third roundabout, Cherry Avenue Extension (Route 140), enter the roundabout and again take the third exit (at your left upon entering the roundabout) onto Cherry Avenue Extension (Route 140). At the next light, turn left onto Kenwood Avenue. Stay on Kenwood, straight through the Delaware Avenue intersection (Four Corners). The Middle School is about 1/2 mile past Delaware Ave. on the right.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:29 am
by Halved Xenon Stinging
Any word on when and where the HSAPQ Regionals will be held?

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:36 pm
by Matt Weiner
East regional will be Sunday 2/1 at MIT. Website update and full announcements which will be posted here by Max are in the pipeline.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:57 pm
by Mewto55555
In addition to the above, the state tournament will be on Sunday, March 1. Another, western regional site is in the works. Full details on all these tournaments to follow.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:22 pm
by t-bar
MIT will host the NAQT Massachusetts State Championship on Saturday, April 11. Full announcement coming soon.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:26 pm
by Mewto55555
Due to a lack of response from sufficiently many regional hosts, HSAPQ will only be hosting the state tournament this year (open-entry, 3/1 at MIT). Registration will be open soon at http://www.maquizbowl.com

We will be consulting interested hosts and attendees about financial/other aspects of the tournaments in order to expand the event in 2016 and beyond.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:38 pm
by High Dependency Unit
Darien is interested in hosting the Connecticut State Championship and is hoping to do it on April 11. We have asked NAQT, but have not yet heard back from them. I have no idea if any other school is interested in hosting the tournament-are there any?

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:33 pm
by t-bar
t-bar wrote:MIT will host the NAQT Massachusetts State Championship on Saturday, April 11. Full announcement coming soon.
The announcement for this tournament is now available at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =1&t=16951.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:09 pm
by rpirrie
Mucho Macho Man wrote:Darien is interested in hosting the Connecticut State Championship and is hoping to do it on April 11. We have asked NAQT, but have not yet heard back from them. I have no idea if any other school is interested in hosting the tournament-are there any?
We cannot host but would definitely attend.

Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) Date Claims, 2014-15

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:12 am
by High Dependency Unit
Darien will indeed be hosting the NAQT Connecticut State Championship on April 11. A full announcement will be up in a couple days, followed by an email and a physical mailing.