2017 Virginia Tech Fall Kickoff 9/16/17 [IS-167A]

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2017 Virginia Tech Fall Kickoff 9/16/17 [IS-167A]

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Virginia Tech is pleased to announce our Fall Kickoff Tournament, to be held September 16, 2017 on IS-167A.

Location
The tournament will take place at New Classroom Building located on 1455 Perry Street. A map of campus can be accessed here.

Question Set
This tournament will be using IS-167A graciously provided by NAQT.

Qualification
The top 15% of teams from this tournament will qualify for HSNCT; held on the weekend of May 25-26 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta Georgia. In addition 20% of teams (rounded up to the nearest integer) will qualify for PACE NSC on the weekend of June 2-3, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Reston outside of Washington DC.

Fees
First Team: $70
Every Additional Team: $60

Discounts
Experienced Moderator with Laptop: -$10
Working Buzzer Set: -$5
New To Quiz Bowl: -$30
Travel Discount (per 100 miles away from Virginia Tech) : -$10

Minimum Fee: $30 per team

Team Size
Teams are limited to six players, and only four can play at any one time. If a school wishes to field more than six players, they must register an additional team.

Field
This field will be initially capped at 24 teams, but we may expand this number if resources allow.

Registration
To register please fill out this Google Form with all pertinent information.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... w/viewform

On the day of the tournament, registration will begin at 8:15, and matches will be starting at 9:00.

Please Feel Free to contact us via email at [email protected] with any questions regarding the tournament.

Thank you, and we hope to see you in Blacksburg!
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Current Field (As of 9/13/17) (Teams/Buzzers/Mods)
Thomas Jefferson Classical (1/0/0)
Langley (1/2/0)
James River (1/1/2)
Northmont (1/1/0)
Gate City (1/1/1)
Blacksburg (3/2/1)
Eastern Montgomery (2/1/0)
Virginia Episcopal (1/0/0)
Hidden Valley (2/2/0)
Carroll County (1/1/1)
McLean (1/1/0)
Christiansburg (1/0/0)
George Washington (2/1/1)
Cave Spring (3/1/2)
Tazewell (1/0/0)
Jefferson Forest (1/1/0)

Total 23/15/8

Waitlist
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I'm pleased to announce that the Virginia Tech Fall Kickoff has been awarded Gold certification by PACE!! This means that the to 20% of teams will qualify for PACE NSC on the weekend of June 2nd-3rd, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Reston outside of Washington D.C.
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The field is officially capped at 24 teams. All additional teams will be placed on a wait list.
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Sorry for the delay, but here are the combined stats.
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... /combined/

Cave Spring took 1st, McLean took 2nd, and Northmont, Hidden Valley and Blacksburg all tied for 3rd. Special thanks to all the VTACO volunteers!
Hope everyone had a great time and we hope to see you in Blacksburg again.
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