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by jdcole
Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl II Available for Mirror (2017-2018)
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James Blair Bowl II Available for Mirror (2017-2018)

Hey everyone, the second James Blair Bowl was a great success. The set is now available for mirror! We already have interest from both Virginia Tech and Cave Spring. There are eleven full packets each with twenty-one tossups and bonuses. Our distribution is: 4 History TUs/Bonuses (2 American/2 World...
by jdcole
Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl II @ William and Mary Feb. 10 2018
Replies: 6
Views: 5832

Re: James Blair Bowl II @ William and Mary Feb. 10 2018

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out to James Blair Bowl II yesterday. We had a great turnout and I hope you all had fun playing on our housewrite. If you played at the tournament and liked our set please let us know! We will be offering it for mirror here in the next few weeks once we final...
by jdcole
Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl II @ William and Mary Feb. 10 2018
Replies: 6
Views: 5832

Re: James Blair Bowl II @ William and Mary Feb. 10 2018

Certainly, as of right now we have ten teams registered

Hickory High School A
Hickory High School B
Hickory High School C
New Horizons A
New Horizons B
Home School Out of the Box A
Freeman High School A
Maggie Walker A
Maggie Walker B
New Kent A
by jdcole
Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl II @ William and Mary Feb. 10 2018
Replies: 6
Views: 5832

James Blair Bowl II @ William and Mary Feb. 10 2018

James Blair Bowl The College of William and Mary Quizbowl team is happy to announce our second High School tournament, James Blair Bowl II. It is scheduled for Saturday, February 10th 2018. The tournament is open to all High School teams. The Questions are house-written by members of the William and...
by jdcole
Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl Looking for Mirrors
Replies: 1
Views: 1762

James Blair Bowl Looking for Mirrors

Hey everyone, after our success at the James Blair Bowl I this past Saturday we were opening up our set to other teams for mirroring. The questions are all house written in the standard 20/20 Toss up/Bonus format. There are no power marks, 10 packets, and 22 TUs/Bonuses per packet. The distribution ...
by jdcole
Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 6153

Re: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament

Thanks to all our teams that came out to the first ever James Blair Bowl! Despite some minor bracketing setbacks we managed to have a great tournament. Congratulations to Home School Out of the Box A who came in first with seven wins and one loss. As we are now a PACE qualifier they now have the opp...
by jdcole
Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 6153

Re: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament

Also, due to some unforeseen complications we will not be able to put on the Tribe Trash tournament. We hope to continue working on that particular set and perhaps put it on at a later date.
by jdcole
Sun Jan 29, 2017 2:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 6153

Re: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament

Just an update for everyone: We still have ten spots open so if you're interested in registering remember to email me at [email protected]. We are now also a Platinum PACE Qualifier, so the top 4 teams will qualify for PACE Nationals!
by jdcole
Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 6153

Re: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament

These are all legitimate concerns. We actually have all of our questions written and we managed to produce enough social science and philosophy questions that I think fall well within the high school canon. I should specify that we have included a good deal of music, architecture, and some current e...
by jdcole
Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 6153

Re: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament

Each packet will contain: 4 History TUs/Bonuses 4 Science TUs/Bonuses 4 Literature TUs/Bonuses 2 Fine Arts TUs/Bonuses 2 Social Science TUs/Bonuses 2 RMP TUs/Bonuses 1 Geography TU/Bonus 1 Trash TU/Bonus Plus two random tiebreaker TUs/Bonuses The distribution within each category will be fairly cons...
by jdcole
Mon Jan 02, 2017 1:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 6153

James Blair Bowl and the Tribe Trash Tournament

James Blair Bowl The College of William and Mary Quizbowl team is proud to announce our first ever High School scholastic tournament. It is scheduled for Saturday, February 18th 2017. The tournament is open to all High School teams. The Questions are house-written by members of the William and Mary ...