2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier - March 2 at Mizzou
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:18 pm
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance would like to invite you to participate in the 2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier, which will be held on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia on March 2, 2013.
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is an organization dedicated to providing high-quality quizbowl tournaments to all Missouri teams. Visit http://www.moqba.org for more information. As MOQBA's flagship event, this tournament regularly features a diverse field of teams from throughout Missouri, creating a championship atmosphere and recognizing the state's top teams for national tournament qualification. Matt Chadbourne and Jeffrey Hill will serve as tournament directors of this official NAQT event, which will use untimed NAQT rules only modified where necessary to comply with MSHSAA requirements.
The top fifteen percent of the field will automatically qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT), to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on May 24-26, 2013, and the PACE National Scholastics Championship, which will be held at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland on June 8-9, 2013. In addition, the champion of this tournament is guaranteed a spot in the 2013 HSNCT, and the top team that had not qualified at any previously-held tournament will also receive a bid to HSNCT. We encourage all teams to participate even if they do not plan to attend a national championship.
Format:
This tournament will be run in the twenty tossup/bonus format on NAQT Invitational Series #124. Games consist of twenty tossups worth ten points each followed by non-rebounding bonuses worth up to thirty points. Tossups will feature "powers" (additional points awarded for correct buzzes very early in the question) and "negs" (five point deductions for incorrect answers before the question is finished).
The field is currently limited to the first 36 teams to register. If the field fills, a waitlist will be formed on a first come first served basis, and we will consider expanding the field to allow more teams to participate. There will not be a separate junior varsity division, but schools are welcome to register multiple teams. Last year's field filled within 36 hours of the announcement and several teams have already registered for this year's event, so we strongly recommend that you reserve your spots in the tournament now.
The tournament will feature a bracketed round robin and playoff, the exact specifications of which will be determined by the final field size. The field will not be divided into small and large school divisions, but the top-finishing small-school team (as well as the top four teams overall) will receive trophies, and an all-tournament team will be recognized.
Pricing:
- Base fee for each team: $55
- Scorekeeper discount: $10 discount for each competent scorekeeper your school brings. Scorekeepers will be provided a lunch.
- Moderator discount: $30 discount per experienced moderator that a team brings to the tournament. We specifically request you let us know about this well in advance of the tournament, and will reserve the right to choose our moderators. If we end up with enough staff, we may not offer this discount. Moderators will be provided a lunch.
- Buzzer discount: $5 discount for each working buzzer system your school brings
- Travel discount: $10 discount for every 100 miles your school travels to the tournament (one-way, as determined by Google Maps)
- The minimum entry fee is $25 per team. (For teams taking advantage of the moderator discount, the minimum fee is $0)
Formalities:
Please email me, Jeffrey Hill (jeffrey@hillonline.net), to sign up for the tournament, and include the number of teams, buzzers, moderators, and scorekeepers you will be bringing. Registration on the morning of the tournament will begin at 7:45. We will have a short team meeting around 8:30 to review the rules. The first round of tournament play will begin no later than 9:00. All teams will be guaranteed at least 9 games, ending around 4:00. Depending on the format, the top 4-6 teams (and potentially the top 2 small schools by NAQT's definition) should anticipate up to 4 additional games.
After the completion of the tournament, each team in attendance will receive a copy of the questions used.
Tournament information, including a list of registered teams, will be updated regularly on the Missouri Academic Competition Message Board (http://www.moquizbowl.com).
We hope to see you and your team in Columbia in March and wish you the best of luck as you compete this season. As always, if you have any questions about the tournament, don’t hesitate to ask.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Hill
2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier Co-Director and Missouri Quizbowl Alliance president
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is an organization dedicated to providing high-quality quizbowl tournaments to all Missouri teams. Visit http://www.moqba.org for more information. As MOQBA's flagship event, this tournament regularly features a diverse field of teams from throughout Missouri, creating a championship atmosphere and recognizing the state's top teams for national tournament qualification. Matt Chadbourne and Jeffrey Hill will serve as tournament directors of this official NAQT event, which will use untimed NAQT rules only modified where necessary to comply with MSHSAA requirements.
The top fifteen percent of the field will automatically qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT), to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on May 24-26, 2013, and the PACE National Scholastics Championship, which will be held at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland on June 8-9, 2013. In addition, the champion of this tournament is guaranteed a spot in the 2013 HSNCT, and the top team that had not qualified at any previously-held tournament will also receive a bid to HSNCT. We encourage all teams to participate even if they do not plan to attend a national championship.
Format:
This tournament will be run in the twenty tossup/bonus format on NAQT Invitational Series #124. Games consist of twenty tossups worth ten points each followed by non-rebounding bonuses worth up to thirty points. Tossups will feature "powers" (additional points awarded for correct buzzes very early in the question) and "negs" (five point deductions for incorrect answers before the question is finished).
The field is currently limited to the first 36 teams to register. If the field fills, a waitlist will be formed on a first come first served basis, and we will consider expanding the field to allow more teams to participate. There will not be a separate junior varsity division, but schools are welcome to register multiple teams. Last year's field filled within 36 hours of the announcement and several teams have already registered for this year's event, so we strongly recommend that you reserve your spots in the tournament now.
The tournament will feature a bracketed round robin and playoff, the exact specifications of which will be determined by the final field size. The field will not be divided into small and large school divisions, but the top-finishing small-school team (as well as the top four teams overall) will receive trophies, and an all-tournament team will be recognized.
Pricing:
- Base fee for each team: $55
- Scorekeeper discount: $10 discount for each competent scorekeeper your school brings. Scorekeepers will be provided a lunch.
- Moderator discount: $30 discount per experienced moderator that a team brings to the tournament. We specifically request you let us know about this well in advance of the tournament, and will reserve the right to choose our moderators. If we end up with enough staff, we may not offer this discount. Moderators will be provided a lunch.
- Buzzer discount: $5 discount for each working buzzer system your school brings
- Travel discount: $10 discount for every 100 miles your school travels to the tournament (one-way, as determined by Google Maps)
- The minimum entry fee is $25 per team. (For teams taking advantage of the moderator discount, the minimum fee is $0)
Formalities:
Please email me, Jeffrey Hill (jeffrey@hillonline.net), to sign up for the tournament, and include the number of teams, buzzers, moderators, and scorekeepers you will be bringing. Registration on the morning of the tournament will begin at 7:45. We will have a short team meeting around 8:30 to review the rules. The first round of tournament play will begin no later than 9:00. All teams will be guaranteed at least 9 games, ending around 4:00. Depending on the format, the top 4-6 teams (and potentially the top 2 small schools by NAQT's definition) should anticipate up to 4 additional games.
After the completion of the tournament, each team in attendance will receive a copy of the questions used.
Tournament information, including a list of registered teams, will be updated regularly on the Missouri Academic Competition Message Board (http://www.moquizbowl.com).
We hope to see you and your team in Columbia in March and wish you the best of luck as you compete this season. As always, if you have any questions about the tournament, don’t hesitate to ask.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Hill
2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier Co-Director and Missouri Quizbowl Alliance president