Portland Invitational: February 22, 2014

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Catlin Gabel School is pleased to announce that it will host the inaugural Portland Quizbowl Invitational on Saturday, February 22, 2014.

Location: This tournament will take place at Catlin Gabel School, 8825 SW Barnes Road, Portland, Oregon.

Questions: We will be using NAQT Invitational Series #133A (high school division) and NAQT Middle School Series #8 (middle school division).

The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2014 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, which will be held near Chicago May 31 and June 1, 2014.

Eligibility: All high schools and middle schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event.

Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.

Fees:

Base fee: $60 per team

$10 discount for second or subsequent team from the same school

$10 discount per working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)

$10 discount per scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)

Payment will be taken at check-in on February 22nd. Please make checks out to Jeff Hoppes.

How to register: please contact the tournament director, Jeff Hoppes (jeff.hoppes (at) gmail.com), on or before Monday, February 17th, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.

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The field is now closed.

Registered:

High school (10):
Catlin Gabel
International School of Beaverton
Lincoln
Mountain View
St. Mary's Academy
Union
Westview A
Westview B
Westview C
Westview D

Middle school (4):
Stoller x4

Last updated 2/17 --JTH

[AKKOLADE]

This is really exciting.

[sc_from_or]

Wow and crap is my reaction.

Wow, because I'm pleasantly surprised by this.

Crap, because it just happens to be the one weekend where I can't help out. But if there is anything else in the future, I'd love to be able to help out.

[jazzerpoet]

Hey, Jeff!

I am available to moderate for this, if you need my help. Let me know either way.

Thanks,
Angelo

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Details for Saturday have been emailed to the registered teams. Check-in is at 9:00 am in the Curie room.

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Congratulations to Westview A, which went undefeated to win the Portland Invitational!

Complete team and individual statistics are available here.

Thanks to our host, Becky Wynne of Catlin Gabel, and everyone who helped moderate today: Alana Bertram (ISB), Bill Savoie (Union), Komo Chiu (Catlin/ms), Mitali Deb (Westview), and all of the Lincoln players who pitched in in the afternoon.

Special thanks to Angelo for single-handedly running our middle school division!

I hope that this is the first of many tournaments in the Portland area.

[AKKOLADE]

This Westview is different than the California-based one, right?

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Yes, this is a Westview from Portland, Oregon.

[AKKOLADE]

Very cool; unless things change drastically,, I think we'll have a ranked Oregon team then!