2015 ONQBA Provincial Championship (Lisgar CI, 7 Mar 2015)
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 2:23 pm
The Ontario Quizbowl Association, in collaboration with Lisgar's quizbowl team, is pleased to host the 2015 ONQBA Provincial Championship. It will be held at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa on March 7, 2015. This tournament will be the premier high school quizbowl event in Ontario, serving as an opportunity to bring competition from all active regions in the province. This tournament is also an opportunity for teams to qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament and the PACE National Scholastic Championship (pending approval from both organizations).
I, Ben Smith, will act as tournament director, and can be reached by email at president -AT- onqba.ca . As a resident of Ottawa, I can also assist out-of-town teams trying to get to or around the city.
We have applied to NAQT to be the "state" championship for Ontario and use the accompanying question set. In the unlikely event that the ONQBA bid fails, we will obtain an alternate source of questions. Assuming the use of NAQT questions, the games will be timed and calculation questions will be removed. We also expect to be able to include approximately one tossup and bonus per game of Canadian content. Games will follow NAQT rules.
We tentatively have a field cap of 20 teams, though we can possibly find resources to handle more teams given enough notice. For a field of 12 teams or fewer, there will be a full round-robin plus additional playoff rounds to get all teams to at least 8 or 9 games. For fields greater than 12 teams, there will be preliminary pools followed by playoff tiers.
The tournament fees are as follows:
$65 for the first team from a school
$55 for the second team from a school
$45 for each additional team from a school beyond the second
$10 discount for working buzzer systems
$10 discount for staff
Other discounts for activity on the Ontario circuit (see below)
Minimum total fee: $0
To encourage more activity in the high school circuit during the year, the ONQBA is also offering "participation" discounts. A school that participated in an ONQBA-certified event can claim up to one of the following:
$40 for hosting an ONQBA-certified event
$15 for attending at least two non-provincials certified events
$10 for winning a certified event
$5 for attending one non-provincial certified event
At this stage, all academic quizbowl events intended for high school teams with at least one Ontario team in attendance will count as certified. History Bowl events in Canada count; "Reach-style" events or SchoolReach regionals do not.
All teams from Ontario are welcome and encouraged to attend. No prior qualification or experience is necessary, although it is recommended that you become familiar with NAQT rules. Also note that, as a non-profit organization, the ONQBA will donate any surplus proceeds to schools that attend national quizbowl championships in the US.
Lisgar is in the new position of both hosting and playing in the provincial championship. They are permitted to participate and vie for titles, on the condition that they meet the staffing and logistical commitments they outlined in their bid to the ONQBA. The ONQBA will ensure there is no favoritism either for or against the host team, just as we will for any other competing team.
See you in March, and good luck to all the teams!
I, Ben Smith, will act as tournament director, and can be reached by email at president -AT- onqba.ca . As a resident of Ottawa, I can also assist out-of-town teams trying to get to or around the city.
We have applied to NAQT to be the "state" championship for Ontario and use the accompanying question set. In the unlikely event that the ONQBA bid fails, we will obtain an alternate source of questions. Assuming the use of NAQT questions, the games will be timed and calculation questions will be removed. We also expect to be able to include approximately one tossup and bonus per game of Canadian content. Games will follow NAQT rules.
We tentatively have a field cap of 20 teams, though we can possibly find resources to handle more teams given enough notice. For a field of 12 teams or fewer, there will be a full round-robin plus additional playoff rounds to get all teams to at least 8 or 9 games. For fields greater than 12 teams, there will be preliminary pools followed by playoff tiers.
The tournament fees are as follows:
$65 for the first team from a school
$55 for the second team from a school
$45 for each additional team from a school beyond the second
$10 discount for working buzzer systems
$10 discount for staff
Other discounts for activity on the Ontario circuit (see below)
Minimum total fee: $0
To encourage more activity in the high school circuit during the year, the ONQBA is also offering "participation" discounts. A school that participated in an ONQBA-certified event can claim up to one of the following:
$40 for hosting an ONQBA-certified event
$15 for attending at least two non-provincials certified events
$10 for winning a certified event
$5 for attending one non-provincial certified event
At this stage, all academic quizbowl events intended for high school teams with at least one Ontario team in attendance will count as certified. History Bowl events in Canada count; "Reach-style" events or SchoolReach regionals do not.
All teams from Ontario are welcome and encouraged to attend. No prior qualification or experience is necessary, although it is recommended that you become familiar with NAQT rules. Also note that, as a non-profit organization, the ONQBA will donate any surplus proceeds to schools that attend national quizbowl championships in the US.
Lisgar is in the new position of both hosting and playing in the provincial championship. They are permitted to participate and vie for titles, on the condition that they meet the staffing and logistical commitments they outlined in their bid to the ONQBA. The ONQBA will ensure there is no favoritism either for or against the host team, just as we will for any other competing team.
See you in March, and good luck to all the teams!