THE GARDEN CUP: THE NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (NJ/NY/PA/DE)

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THE GARDEN CUP: THE NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (NJ/NY/PA/DE)

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NOTE: This tournament is not region-restricted; any team may play!

I am pleased to announce the second (okay it’s really the first) Garden Cup, the official New Jersey State Championships, in-person, in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey!

This tournament will be co-directed by myself and Aum Mundhe.

Location and Dates

The tournament will be hosted at Ridgewood High School, 627 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey, just off Route 17 and minutes from the Garden State Parkway.

The tournament will take place on May 21, 2022, from 8 AM to 5 PM.

Questions/Format

The Garden Cup will use this year’s SSNCT set from NAQT, a set of moderate difficulty. We will be using the standard 20/20 format and NAQT rules, but there will be no game clock. There will be no computational math tossups; there will, however, be computational math bonuses.

Teams will be fairly placed into preliminary brackets before being re-seeded for playoffs. Teams will be guaranteed a minimum of 10 games; teams will be expected to play all 10 rounds, even if you are not in contention for the championship.

Teams

There are a maximum of 6 players per team, four of whom may play at once. If you wish to bring more players than that, please register additional teams. There are no exceptions to this rule. Teams may play short, with one player as a minimum. Nobody may switch teams during the tournament, such as from “A” to “B” or otherwise.

The field is capped at 36 teams. You will be placed onto a waitlist if you miss the cutoff and will enter the field as teams drop or the field expands (if there is enough interest, we guarantee that the field will expand).

We are happy to allow pseudonymous teams and teams not directly sponsored by their district to register. However, we do have certain requirements for these teams, so please contact us via phone or email prior to registration and we will be happy to work with you.

It is not mandatory for a coach, parent, or adult to attend with their team; our team provides adequate supervision for all.

Readers and Buzzers

Each school is required to bring one reader for every two teams attending the tournament. Schools that cannot bring readers will be charged a $50 fee per team. Keep in mind this does not have to be a coach! It can be a player who would rather read, an extra player, a parent, an alumnus, someone’s friend, sibling, or third cousin twice removed, or anyone else that can read and scorekeep.
Each reader should bring a laptop computer, as the packets and scoresheets will be digital.
If you do not bring a reader, your registration may be put on hold until we can find one.

For each fully working buzzer set a school brings to the tournament, $10 will be removed from the amount owed.

Prizes

Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 teams and the very best individual with the highest average Points per Game overall. The eight or so high scorers will be awarded book prizes. The champion of the Garden Cup will be awarded a traveling trophy. We may add additional prizes at our discretion.

Garden Cup

Teams in New Jersey are eligible for the Garden Cup, which will be presented at the close of the tournament to the team from New Jersey with the highest finish in rank.

The Garden Cup is the highest Quiz Bowl honor bestowed upon a New Jersey team, similar in stature to, but unaffiliated with, the former Tri-State Trophy of MSG Varsity's The Challenge (R).

Fees

The fee structure is as follows:

$50 per team
$50 additional per team if no readers are brought
$0 additional if 1 reader for each two teams is brought
-$25 for each additional reader
-$10 for each working buzzer set

We can process cash, checks, and purchase orders. We are happy to provide a W9 and an invoice on request. Please make out checks to “Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance”. You can mail checks, POs, and any other paperwork to P.O. Box 205, Nesconset, NY, 11767.

Payment is due the morning of the event.

Registration

In order to register, fill out this form. Once you receive a confirmation from us, you are officially registered.

Please ensure that you register prior to the day of the tournament! Registration closes one week prior to the event.

Food

We do not serve breakfast or lunch and teams should either bring food or prepare to go out and obtain it. We will provide a map of local restaurants in the Ridgewood area during the morning meeting. Lunch generally lasts an hour. Teams should eat breakfast prior to arrival.

Stats

Full and complete team and individual statistics will be posted within 48 hours after the completion of each event.

Please let us know if you have any further questions! You can ask in this thread or email [email protected].
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FIELD:

School Name [Teams]

River Dell High School (NJ) [2]
"Jor Jorwell's 1894" (NJ) [2]
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North (NJ) [2]
Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science (NJ) [1]
Edison High School (NJ) [2]
Biotechnology High School (NJ) [3]
Lehigh Valley Academy (PA) [2]
Mountain Lakes High School (NJ) [1]
"Mather" (CT) [1]
Downingtown S.T.E.M. Academy (PA) [1]

(17/36)
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a Joe wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:48 pm Fees

The fee structure is as follows:

$125 per team
$50 additional per team if no readers are brought
$0 additional if 1 reader for each two teams is brought
-$25 for each additional reader
-$10 for each working buzzer set
$20 per question set, limit 1 per school per tournament

We can process cash, checks, and purchase orders. We are happy to provide a W9 and an invoice on request. Please make out checks to “Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance”. You can mail checks, POs, and any other paperwork to P.O. Box 205, Nesconset, NY, 11767.

Payment is due the morning of the event.

That’s a lot of money! Why so much?

Well, renting the school cost thousands of dollars, so we do need to make that up. We will not be making any money from this event; it is put on solely for the benefit of New Jersey teams.
At the very least, this tournament should advertise their "per team" charge as $175. Bringing a moderator is not something that every team has the means to do, and including the (very substantial) mod discount in the base cost is deceptive.
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I just would like to add: I know this tournament is quite expensive, mainly due to the costs of renting the school. Should anyone have any suggestions for an alternate site that is cheaper, or would like to host the tournament, I'd be more than happy to work with you, and will be happy to drop the price commensurately.
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Just a quick reminder that NAQT now offers electronic access to past tournament questions, including a printing-capable option. (More details here.)
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Great news! This tournament has been moved to Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, NJ, moved to May 21, and the price has been dropped to $50 a team. Sign up today! If you want to staff, we’d also love to have you, and it’s 50 dollars for the day, plus transportation reimbursement and free lunch, so shoot me an email if you’d like to help us out.
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Great news! This tournament has been moved to Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, NJ, moved to May 21, and the price has been dropped to $50 a team. Sign up today! If you want to staff, we’d also love to have you, and it’s 50 dollars for the day, plus transportation reimbursement and free lunch, so shoot me an email if you’d like to help us out.
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Thanks so much to all teams for coming to the inaugural Garden Cup! It is my sincerest hope that you all enjoyed yourselves.

I'd like to congratulate the top 6 teams: "Jor Jorwell's 1894" A, Edison A, West Windsor-Plainsboro North A, Downingtown STEM, Edison B, and River Dell A. I'd also like to congratulate our tournament all-stars: Aiden Dartley, Yash Mandavia, Rajiv Pujara, Eshan Pant, Joonho Oh, Eric Morshed, Ali Ahmed, and Louis Lopez. Full standings and a full statistics report can be found here for your perusal. Be sure to share it with your players, since most of them would love to see it.

A special thanks to all our moderators! You were all incredible, and we couldn't have done it without you.

Congratulations to our Garden Cup winner, Ridgewood High School! They are the champions of the Garden Cup and the Greatest Quizbowl Team in New Jersey.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or especially feedback, we'd love to hear it! Just shoot me an email.

Thanks to everyone who put their faith and trust in us this season-- the support of all of you, constantly turning out to all the events we host, means the world to us, and I'm so happy to see everyone returning again and again and having as good of an experience as they can.

We have so much planned for next season all throughout the tri-state! Stay tuned!
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