Missouri Fall Academic Tournament (10/10/2009)

[alexdz]

Dear Coaches,

The University of Missouri Quizbowl Club is pleased to announce that
we are planning on hosting our second annual Missouri Fall Academic
Tournament on October 10th, 2009. This is the first possible day of
competition under MSHSAA regulations, and we hope you will consider
our event as a season kickoff for your team. After the success of our
first year's tournaments, we are prepared to offer you another great
day of quizbowl action. We will be using questions from a NAQT
Invitational Series set, and playing with the same game format as last
year (20 tossups with 30 point rebounding bonuses, and tossups will
have -5 penalties for an early buzz that is incorrect, and powers, or
an extra 5 points for a correct early buzz).

Our tournament has been certified by the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance, a
statewide group promoting high quality quizbowl. Criteria for
certification include pyramidal questions, a guarantee of six rounds
minimum per team, and other factors that MOQBA considers valuable for
high quality quizbowl. Details on MOQBA and its certification
procedures can be found online at www.moqba.org.

This tournament will be using a rule where each team can have a
maximum of 6 players. If you have more than that, do not feel hesitant
signing up an extra team so that every player gets more opportunities
to participate in games.

The field will be capped at 18 teams, although if there is demand and
space we will consider expansion of the field. Spaces will be allotted
on a first-come, first-serve basis. We will form a waitlist, and if
teams drop, we will proceed down the list in order. If the field
fills, then we will be able to guarantee you a 10 game schedule, which
we are very excited to offer your team to allow them to get more early
season playing time. Also, if we fill the field, then the top 3 teams
and possibly the top small school will qualify for the 2010 NAQT High
School National Championship. Additionally, the top teams will qualify
for the 2010 PACE National Scholastics Championship.

Entry Fees
First team from a school: $70
Additional teams from the same school: $60
Buzzer system discount*: -$5 per system per team, up to $15.
Staffer discount: -$5 per team that brings a scorekeeper the morning
of the tournament. This can be a coach, parent, or any other person
attending who isn’t playing. We will provide the scorekeeper with a
lunch.
* In order to receive the buzzer system discount, the system must be
fully functional for 8 players.

To register, please email me at alex@missouriquizbowl.com with the
name of your school, how many teams you wish to enter, and the best
way to contact you with any questions.

Don't hesitate to respond early! We will work with you every step of
the way, allay your concerns, and answer any questions you may have.

Also, be sure to look out for our other tournaments on December 5th,
and February 13th, and we will also be hosting the Missouri NAQT
Qualifier tournament on March 20th.

We hope to see you in Columbia on October 10th to kick off the new
quizbowl season!

Alex Dzurick
Co-Tournament Director

P.S. We would like to recommend that if you are interested in finding
more practice material to prepare for our events, you check out
quizbowlpackets.com, which is an archive of hundreds of high school
packets.

[alexdz]

Just announced - we will be using NAQT IS-86 for this tournament.

And, the current field is as stands (6 out of 18):

Hickman
Pilot Grove
Liberty
Herculaneum (2)
Villa Duchesne

[alexdz]

Update on the field (9 out of 18):

Hickman
Pilot Grove
Liberty
Herculaneum (2)
Villa Duchesne
Eureka (2)
Parkway Central

[alexdz]

New field (12/18):

Hickman
Pilot Grove
Liberty
Herculaneum (2)
Villa Duchesne
Eureka (2)
Parkway Central
Staley
Ladue (2)

[alexdz]

The 2009 MFAT field is now full. Any registrations from this point on will be taken on a waitlist basis.

Hickman
Pilot Grove
Liberty
Herculaneum (2)
Villa Duchesne
Eureka (2)
Parkway Central
Staley
Ladue (2)
Rock Bridge (2)
Hannibal
North Shelby
Salem (2)

[Ronnie the Bear]

The 2009 MFAT field is now full. Any registrations from this point on will be taken on a waitlist basis.

Hickman
Pilot Grove
Liberty
Herculaneum (2)
Villa Duchesne
Eureka (2)
Parkway Central
Staley
Ladue (2)
Rock Bridge (2)
Hannibal
North Shelby
Salem (2)

I'm officially impressed, even if the upper limit was 18.

[David Riley]

No kidding.....that was fast!

[Jeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It]

Congratulations go to Ladue A, who went undefeated in this tournament, and beat North Kansas City in the first game of the final. Hickman A placed third, and Salem A won the small school division of the 2009 Missouri Fall Academic Tournament. Congratulations to everybody mentioned above, who now gets bids to the HSNCT in Chicago!

Statistics will be forthcoming.

[Jeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It]

And forthcoming they are:
Preliminary round statistics
Complete tournament statistics