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Now that some dates have been claimed, I believe it's time to start the master calendar for NC 2018-2019 (subject to change). Please email me at betsynewmark @ gmail.com if you have additions or requests for your event to be added.

Some color...
Local tournaments
Out-of-state tournaments
Traditional school breaks
Major testing
National tournaments

September 8: (ACT)
September 15:
September 22:
September 29:

October 6: (SAT)
October 13: Quaker Bowl, Early College at Guilford
October 20: Bonfire of the Manatees - will use NAQT's IS-179, Raleigh Charter High School
October 27: (ACT)

November 3: (SAT) Duke Tournament (mirror of SCOP Novice)
November 10 (Veterans' Day Weekend): Enloe Tournament
November 17 Twelve Regionals
November 24: (Thanksgiving Weekend):


December 1: (SAT)
December 8: Twelve State Finals (ACT)
December 15: Grapes of Smath at NCSSM (ACT)
December 22(Christmas Weekend)
December 29: (New Years' Weekend)

January 5:
January 12:
January 19:
January 26: NCASA Quiz Bowl Jamboree

February 2:
February 9: (ACT)
February 16: Carrboro Winter Tournament
February 23:

March 2: NCASA Quiz Bowl Regionals
March 9: (SAT)
March 16: NCASA Quiz Bowl State Finals
March 23: Right Triangle Open, Raleigh Charter High School (House-write)
March 30:

April 6: Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament at Raleigh Charter and UNC Tarheel Cup
April 13: (ACT)
April 20: (Easter weekend)
April 27:

May 4: (SAT)
May 11:
May 18:
May 24 - 26: NAQT
High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT), Atlanta, GA

June 1: (SAT) PACE National Scholastic Championship (NSC), Reston, VA)
June 8: (ACT)
June 15:

This is to announce the Bonfire of the Manatees on October 20, 2018

Raleigh Charter High is pleased to announce that we will host the 11th annual Bonfire of the Manatees on Saturday, October 20, 2018. This is a high school Quiz Bowl tournament that will take place from 8:30 to 5:00 p.m., though we may well finish earlier. The tournament is open to any high school team(s) that wish to attend.

Affiliation: The tournament will use NAQT set IS-179 and will serve as a qualifier for the NAQT national tournament with the top 15% of teams getting bids. It also is a platinum qualifier for PACE’s national tournament with the top 25% of teams getting invitations for their national tournament.

Purchasing Question Sets: If you would like to purchase the questions, please let me know ahead of time. The cost is $10 per set.

Format: The competition will be nine rounds; every team is guaranteed at least 6 rounds. We’ll decide on the exact playoff format once we see how many teams are signed up. All rounds will be played according to NAQT procedures, with 20 pyramid-style tossups and corresponding bonuses. We will play powers and negs, but there will be no bouncebacks on bonuses. As in years’ past, games will be Swiss-paired for the first six rounds using our automated scoring program. Trophies will be awarded to the two top teams and book prizes for the top ten individual scorers.

Registration: To register, please e-mail Betsy Newmark at [email protected] the number of teams and buzzers you wish to bring, and an e-mail address where we may reliably contact you. Soon after, you should receive a confirmation email along with a packet of information regarding the tournament.

Fees: The fee per team will be $70, with a $10 discount for each fully functional buzzer system that has a control box and eight buzzers.

Teams may purchase copies of the tournament questions for $10. Please let me know ahead of time so I can make copies for your school.

Payment may be mailed either prior to October 20, or paid in person on the day of the tournament. Please make all checks out to Raleigh Charter High School.

Teams: There may be a maximum of six players on one team's roster, up to four of whom may play at one time, with no exceptions. If you bring more than six players, you must register a second team to have all of them play. There is a half-time substitution opportunity in each game. Each player may appear on only one team's roster throughout the day—no switching between the A and B teams, for example. Teams may also play shorthanded with fewer players.

Food: Neither breakfast nor lunch will be provided by the tournament. Further information regarding local food options will be provided along with the confirmation email sent to you after registration.

We hope to see your team at the Bonfire at the Manatees!

Betsy Newmark
Coach, Raleigh Charter High School

This is to announce the Bonfire of the Manatees on October 20, 2018

Raleigh Charter High is pleased to announce that we will host the 11th annual Bonfire of the Manatees on Saturday, October 20, 2018. This is a high school Quiz Bowl tournament that will take place from 8:30 to 5:00 p.m., though we may well finish earlier. The tournament is open to any high school team(s) that wish to attend.

Affiliation: The tournament will use NAQT set IS-179 and will serve as a qualifier for the NAQT national tournament with the top 15% of teams getting bids. It also is a platinum qualifier for PACE’s national tournament with the top 25% of teams getting invitations for their national tournament.

Purchasing Question Sets: If you would like to purchase the questions, please let me know ahead of time. The cost is $10 per set.

Format: The competition will be nine rounds; every team is guaranteed at least 6 rounds. We’ll decide on the exact playoff format once we see how many teams are signed up. All rounds will be played according to NAQT procedures, with 20 pyramid-style tossups and corresponding bonuses. We will play powers and negs, but there will be no bouncebacks on bonuses. As in years’ past, games will be Swiss-paired for the first six rounds using our automated scoring program. Trophies will be awarded to the two top teams and book prizes for the top ten individual scorers.

Registration: To register, please e-mail Betsy Newmark at [email protected] the number of teams and buzzers you wish to bring, and an e-mail address where we may reliably contact you. Soon after, you should receive a confirmation email along with a packet of information regarding the tournament.

Fees: The fee per team will be $70, with a $10 discount for each fully functional buzzer system that has a control box and eight buzzers.

Teams may purchase copies of the tournament questions for $10. Please let me know ahead of time so I can make copies for your school.

Payment may be mailed either prior to October 20, or paid in person on the day of the tournament. Please make all checks out to Raleigh Charter High School.

Teams: There may be a maximum of six players on one team's roster, up to four of whom may play at one time, with no exceptions. If you bring more than six players, you must register a second team to have all of them play. There is a half-time substitution opportunity in each game. Each player may appear on only one team's roster throughout the day—no switching between the A and B teams, for example. Teams may also play shorthanded with fewer players.

Food: Neither breakfast nor lunch will be provided by the tournament. Further information regarding local food options will be provided along with the confirmation email sent to you after registration.

We hope to see your team at the Bonfire at the Manatees!

Betsy Newmark
Coach, Raleigh Charter High School

The UNC-Chapel Hill Academic Team would like to Announce the 2018 Tarheel Cup for High Schools on November 10th, 2018 on the Campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll.
Here are the quick details:
We will be using a NAQT packet:
Entry fees (tentative to change):
$120 per first team, $100 per subsequent teams
-$20 discount for new teams
-$10 discount per buzzer system
-$20 discount for 200+mile trip (one way)

Register here:
https://goo.gl/forms/Z15JgPDmYYE3GRbL2

More details will be released as the date approaches

Feel free to email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Here are the results from the Bonfire. Congratulations to East Chapel Hill.

https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/studen ... etail.html
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/studen ... teams.html

Hello everyone, NCSSM is pleased to announce the third annual Grapes of Smath on Saturday, 15 December 2018, reading the Harvard HFT XIII question set. The top 2 teams will qualify for PACE nationals. Standard NAQT rules will apply.

The cost of the tournament will be $60 per team, with a $10 reduction for each functional standard quiz bowl-acceptable buzzer set (up to one per team you're bringing) on a first-come, first-serve basis. We have capacity for 18 teams at our tournament. The tournament will have 9 rounds, with each team being guaranteed being able to play every round.

To register, please contact Vittal Bhat at [email protected] before midnight on December 13 with the school name, the number of teams, and the number of buzzer systems you wish to bring. Payments can be mailed in advance or paid on the day of the tournament, either in cash or in a check made out to NCSSM-SCSSI.

Check-in will begin in Watts lobby of NCSSM (1219 Broad Street, Durham, NC 27705) at 8:30 am, and the tournament will begin promptly at 9:00 am. The tournament should be over by around 5:00 pm, with an hour between the morning and afternoon rounds for lunch. Lunch and breakfast will not be provided, and more information about local food options will be given prior to and at the tournament. Parking can be found in the main parking lot on W. Club Boulevard. If you have any questions, feel free to send us a message or an email.

We hope to see your team at the Grapes of Smath!

Vittal Bhat and Faith Baxley c/o 2019
Captains, NCSSM Quiz Bowl

Carrboro High School is excited to announce our Winter Invitational Tournament on February 16, 2019! We will be mirroring the Yale BHSAT XVIII set. This tournament is a platinum PACE qualifier, meaning that the top 25% of teams will qualify for the 2019 NSC.

Rules: Matches will be in 20/20 format running on NAQT rules, with an extra tossup and bonus in case of tiebreakers. There will be no double negs or bouncebacks on bonuses.
More set info: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 9bbbeac062

Fees: Registration fees will be $70 per team, with a $5 discount per functional buzzer system (must have at least eight working buzzers), and a $10 discount for each experienced moderator/staffer. Teams driving 150 miles or more according to Google Maps will receive a $10 discount. The minimum amount a school can pay per team will be $50.

Field: At the moment we can accommodate a maximum of 18 teams, but we may expand the field depending on interest. Each team may anywhere from 2 to 6 players on its roster, but only 4 may compete at a time.

Format: Each team will be guaranteed 9 rounds. Preliminary rounds will begin at 9:00am. After lunch, teams will be separated into playoff divisions based on preliminary performances. The tournament will likely finish by 4:30pm. The top two teams will be awarded trophies. The top ten individual scorers after prelims will receive book prizes.

The school address is 201 Rock Haven Rd, Carrboro, NC 27510. The tournament will be held in the upper D-wing of Carrboro High School. Parking will be available in the student and faculty parking lots adjacent to the building.

Neither breakfast nor lunch will be provided. We will provide a comprehensive list of restaurants and other food options in the area to schools that register.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... sp=sf_link

Feel free to email me at [email protected] with any questions. We hope to see you there!

Thank you to everyone who came to the Grapes of Smath on Saturday!

Team results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
Individual results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Congrats to Guilford A and Carrboro A.

Update: The top 5 teams have qualified for PACE Nationals: Guilford A, Carrboro A, East Chapel A, TJ Classical A, Carrboro B.

This is to announce the Right Triangle Open on March 23, 2019

We’d like to invite you to Raleigh Charter High School for the 15th Annual Right Triangle Open on Saturday, March 23, 2019 This is a high school Quiz Bowl tournament that will take place from 8:30 AM to approximately 4:30 PM, though we may finish earlier. The tournament is open to any high school team that wishes to attend.

Format: The competition will be nine rounds for everyone. There will be six preliminary rounds and for the playoffs, the teams will be divided into separate groups with the top four teams playing a Round Robin for the winner based on wins with points scored being used for a tie-breaker. We will be writing the tournament including one all-Trash round. All rounds will be played according to NAQT procedures, with 20 pyramid-style tossups and corresponding bonuses. We will play powers and negs, but there will be no bouncebacks on bonuses. As in years’ past, games will be matched throughout the day using our automated scoring program. Trophies will be awarded to the two top teams and book prizes for the top ten individual scorers.

As in the past, we will have one all-trash round. If you would like to check out the questions from a previous year, they are posted here: http://www.quizbowlpackets.com/1701/

Registration: To register, please e-mail Betsy Newmark at [email protected] with the number of teams and buzzers you wish to bring, and an e-mail address where we may reliably contact you. Soon after, you should receive a confirmation email and later you will receive a packet of information regarding the tournament.

Fees: The fee per team will be $70, with a $10 discount for each fully functional buzzer system that has a control box and eight buzzers. Payment may be mailed either prior to March 23, or paid in person on the day of the tournament. Please make all checks out to Raleigh Charter High School.

Teams: There may be a maximum of six players on one team's roster, up to four of whom may play at one time, with no exceptions. If you bring more than six players, you must register a second team to have all of them play. There is a half-time substitution opportunity in each game. Each player may appear on only one team's roster throughout the day—no switching between the A and B teams, for example. Teams may also play shorthanded with fewer players.

Food: Neither breakfast nor lunch will be provided by the tournament. Further information regarding local food options will be provided along with the confirmation email sent to you after registration.

We hope to see your team at the RTO!

Betsy Newmark
Coach, Raleigh Charter High School

Thank you to all the teams that attended the Carrboro Winter Invitational and made the event possible.

The tournament writeup can be found at http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5430/.

Congratulations to Early College at Guilford A and Raleigh Charter A for finishing 1st and 2nd place respectively!

Enloe will be hosting their spring house-write tournament on April 27, 2019. We hope to see you there!

Enloe High School will be hosting our second annual house-write tournament on April 27, 2019. The tournament is scheduled to begin at 8:30 at Enloe in Raleigh, North Carolina and wrap by 4:30. All high school teams are invited to attend.

Fees:
$60 per team
- $10 for buzzer systems
- $10 for distance over 150 miles
The minimum fee is $50 per team.

Format:
We will be writing the tournament including one trash round. We will play 5 rounds in the morning and 4 playoff rounds. All rounds will be played according to NAQT procedures, with 20 pyramid-style tossups and corresponding bonuses.

Registration:
If interested, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/AxYbDRmzEXTcWBydA

Location and Parking:
The tournament will be held on Enloe’s main campus near downtown Raleigh. More information will be relayed to participating teams.

We look forward to seeing you at the tournament! Please feel free to email [email protected] with any questions.