Bellarmine's middle school tournament (2/2/13, San Jose, CA)

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NAQT and Bellarmine College Prep are pleased to announce that Bellarmine will host its first middle school tournament on February 2, 2013.

Location: This tournament will take place in the Lokey Academic Center at Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, California.

Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School Series #5. (For practice material similar to the questions we will use at the tournament, please consider the NAQT New Middle School Package and the 2012 Collaborative Middle School Tournament.)

The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2013 NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament, to be held in Chicago on April 27-28, 2013.

Eligibility: All middle schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event. This tournament is open to any players who have not yet completed 8th grade, though the questions are targeted at 7th and 8th graders.

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 second or subsequent team from the same school

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

-$20 experienced moderator

-$10 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 2nd. Please make checks out to Bellarmine College Prep.

How to register: please contact the tournament director, Jeff Hoppes (jeff.hoppes (at) gmail.com), on or before Monday, January 28, 2013, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.

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The field is now closed.

Field:

Registered (8):
Challenger-Berryessa
Challenger-Sunnyvale
Gardner Bullis
Saint Andrew's A
Saint Andrew's B
Stratford Santa Clara
Stratford San Jose A
Stratford San Jose B

Last updated 2/1 --JTH

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Details and directions for Saturday have been sent to the teams. Registration will be at 9:00 am in room 109 of the Lokey Academic Center (building #14 on the Bellarmine campus map).

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Lunchtime.

1. Stratford Santa Clara (5-0)
2. Stratford San Jose A (4-1)
t3. Challenger-Berryessa (3-2)
t3. Challenger-Sunnyvale (3-2)
t5. Saint Andrew's A (2-3)
t5. Stratford San Jose B (2-3)
7. Saint Andrew's B (1-4)
8. Gardner Bullis (0-5)

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Congratulations to Stratford Santa Clara, which went undefeated to win this tournament.

Final standings:

1. Stratford Santa Clara (7-0)
t2. Challenger-Berryessa (5-2)
t2. Stratford San Jose A (5-2)
4. Stratford San Jose B (4-3)
t5. Challenger-Sunnyvale (3-4)
t5. Saint Andrew's A (3-4)
7. Saint Andrew's B (1-6)
8. Gardner Bullis (0-7)

Complete team and individual statistics

Thanks to our host, coach Chris Fleitas of Bellarmine College Prep, and his staff team: Abhishek Aditham, Ankit Aggarwal, Emilio Flamenco, Jarek Jankowski, Jonchee Kao, Hiep Nguyen, and Ved Paranjpe.