Henderson Invitational 2015

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The Henderson Invitational 2015 is November 14, 2015 at Henderson High School in West Chester, PA. Henderson is using NAQT set IS-150. Registration starts at 8 AM with a 9 AM start time for the tournament. The contact person is Steve Sobieck.

To register, please email me at [email protected]. Please designate the number of teams registered, the number of buzzer systems, and qualified moderators that you are bringing. If paying by check, please make checks payable to "WCASD."

Fee structure:

$60 for the first team
$50 for each additional team
$40 for a first time participant to NAQT

$5 discount for a buzzer system
$10 discount for a moderator.

$30 minimum for a team.

The tournament has a 36 team cap. A waiting list will be created for high demand.

Henderson High School is located at 400 Montgomery Ave, West Chester, PA. Henderson is located one mile west from the Paoli Pike exit on U.S. 202. Parking is on the east side of Montgomery Avenue. An additional parking lot is on the west side of Montgomery Ave (left-hand side driving north on Montgomery Ave next to the football field).

If you have any questions, please email Steve Sobieck at [email protected].
Steve Sobieck
Henderson Academic Team Coach

The Henderson Invitational has been awarded Gold Certification by Partners for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE). The top 20% of teams in the tournament qualify for the national high school quizbowl championship, the PACE NSC on the weekend of June 4th-5th at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare outside of Chicago.

Teams may register using the Google Doc form pasted below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ftdKWi ... send_form/

Teams registered as of 10/8/15:
Teams: 17/36 Buzzers: 8 Moderators: 3

Team # of Teams/Buzzers/Moderators
Manheim Township 4/3/1
Great Valley 4/1/0
PALCS 2/0/0
Lehigh Valley Academy 1/0/1
Wissahickon 2/2/0
Cedar Crest 2/1/1
West Chester East 2/1/0

[bmccauley]

Great Valley intends on coming, however any emails we have tried to send have been blocked by the WCASD server.

[Everything in the Whole Wide World]

An unofficial update based on what's been circulating:

Teams/Moderators/Buzzers (24/6/6+):

Manheim Township (4/0/3)
Great Valley (4/1/1)
PALCS (2/0/0)
Lehigh Valley Academy (1/0/0)
Cedar Crest (2/1/1)
West Chester East (3/0/1)
Renaissance (4/4(?)/0)
Downingtown East (3/0/0)
Emmaus (1/0/0)

More buzzers than this are being brought, but I am not sure from whom.

[Antrobus63]

I'm bringing a set of buzzers.

[Everything in the Whole Wide World]

Prelim Stats are up!

[Everything in the Whole Wide World]

Final Standings

The top 4 were:

1) Manheim Township A
2) Lehigh Valley Academy
3) Great Valley A
4) PALCS A

Both the final and third place match were nail biters that came to the last question. Thanks to all teams for coming, and to our great staff, especially outside help Victor Prieto, Bill Tressler, Adam Swift, and Ryan Mullner, for reading. See you next fall!