2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2017]

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On March 4, 2017, the University of Colorado will host the Colorado 2017 state championship. This is the third year NAQT has offered a Colorado State Championship. We had seventeen teams last year, and we're hoping for even more this year!

More information available here (including differences between knowledge bowl and quiz bowl):
https://sites.google.com/site/cutriviab ... state-naqt

Please register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KoeOYY ... Kl7NbZ9eB0

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Field update:
Boulder High
Weld A
Weld B
Weld C
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C

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Updated Field:

Boulder High
Weld A
Weld B
Weld C
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
Jefferson Academy A
Jefferson Academy B
Jefferson Academy C
Rock Canyon A
Rock Canyon B
Arapahoe A
Arapahoe B

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Little over a week to go, and the field is finalized:
Boulder High
Weld A
Weld B
Weld C
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
Jefferson Academy A
Jefferson Academy B
Jefferson Academy C
Rock Canyon A
Rock Canyon B
Arapahoe A
Arapahoe B
Lake City A
Lake City B
Lake City C
Fairview A
Waitlist/Standby:
Fairview B

[JasonisFreng]

Enclosed in this message is all the information you should need for the day! Please do not hesitate to contact me by email ([email protected]) if you have any additional questions! Once you are at the tournament, feel free to give me a call at 208-859-9766 if you need additional assistance or have an issue that we need to address at the tournament.

First, I have attached an itinerary for the day that you should take a look at. We ask that you arrive at 9:00am and we will have rounds with breaks in between until 11:30a when we break for lunch until 1:00pm. The tournament should be done by 3:00pm with an awards ceremony following afterwards.

At the beginning of the day, we will have a small volunteer meeting in room 108 in the ECCR wing of the Engineering Center. There are two maps at the bottom of this message that should aid in finding the rooms in the engineering center. All team members and those who are not volunteering/reading/scorekeeping can meet in eccr 155 which signs will direct to inside of the Engineering Center. Breakfast will also be provided. We will have donuts, fruit, and drinks for all attending and volunteering.

During this meeting we will be going over role and room assignments as well as a brief introduction to the rules for those unfamiliar to the NAQT format. We suggest that in advance of the tournament. those reading or volunteering should skim the rules. It may also be helpful to go over these with your team in order to ensure they perform as well as possible.

Parking:
You will want to park in the lots adjacent to the Engineering Center. It can be navigated to on google maps under this address:

Lot 436/494, 2684 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80305

The engineering center is to the west of this parking lot. Once you are inside the building, utilize the previously discussed maps at the bottom of this message

Payment:
Please make checks payable to the University of Colorado Boulder. If your team needs an invoice let us know in advance.

Also, here is our facebook page which we will post periodic updates throughout the day as well as results afterwards which you are invited to like: https://www.facebook.com/cutriviabuffs/

There is a men's basketball game going on campus during the day starting at 12pm. This should not affect us in any way other than traffic leaving the campus may be treacherous so we advise teams to visit nearby lunch destinations in order to avoid deadlock and/or possible difficulty in finding a parking spot after leaving the campus for lunch. The game will be over before we conclude our tournament so traffic out afterwards should be no issue.

We look forward to you being here and hosting an efficient and organized tournament that the kids will enjoy.

Jason Freng
Quiz Bowl at the University of Colorado



Itinerary
9:00am Teams Arrive, Readers & Volunteers Meeting in ECCR Room 108, Breakfast Provided, Teams meet in ECCR 155
9:30am-9:50am Round 1
9:55am-10:15am Round 2
10:20am-10:40am Round 3
10:45am-11:05am Round 4
11:10am-11:30am Round 5
11:35am-1:00pm Lunch OYO
12:45pm-1:00pm Tiebreaker Round in ECCR 108 (If necessary, teams should be aware if they might be in a tiebreak situation, we will do our best to notify those in tiebreak situations by the end of rounds 4/5, but best practice is to have at least one person stick around after round 5 and find out if your team is in a tiebreaker. Teams will forfeit the tiebreaker if they are not back in time)
1:10pm-1:30pm Round 6
1:35pm-1:55pm Round 7
2:00pm-2:20pm Round 8
2:25pm-2:45pm Round 9
3:00pm Awards Ceremony in ECCR 155

Boulder Restaurants
Asian
Motomaki – Sushi burrito and sushi bowls
Hao Way – Takeout Chinese food
Sandwiches
*Half Fast Subs (1215 13th St) – Huge menu
*Cheba Hut – Boulder, CO themed
*Silver Mine Subs (1100 28th St #200) – Closest option!
Pizza
*The Sink – Once visited by Obama, Madeline Albright and Anthony Bourdain (although not at the same time). Robert Redford worked there as a janitor.
*Cosmos – Large Slices
*Boss Lady Pizza – Gourmet pizza
Pizza Rev – gourmet pizza
DP Dough – Best calzones in Boulder. Would be good to be delivered.
Vegetarian/Vegan
Native Foods – Everything is plant based, very tasty and very Boulder.
Mod Market (1600 28th St #1212) – Vegan/GF options
Mexican
Café Rio – good
Café Mexicali – good
The Rio – Nicer
Wings
South Mouth Wings – I know the owner, he’s a great guy. Also they have great wings.
Indian
The Taj (2630 Baseline Rd) – relatively fast lunch buffet
Argentinian
Rincon Argentino (2525 Arapahoe Ave, Folsom & Arapahoe) – Can’t beat their empanadas
Chains
McDonalds, *Taco Bell, *Noodles & Company, iHop, *Fat Shack, BJ’s, Chipotle, Qdoba, Burger King, Wendy’s, *Illegal Pete’s (1124 13th)
All You Can Eat Dorm Food
*Center for Community – A little bit of everything for everyone. 14 bucks a person.

*Denotes that it’s within walking distance

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Congrats to Arapahoe for winning the Colorado NAQT Championship in a close final over Fairview A. Grand Junction placed third, and Lake City won the small school division. Full stats and results soon!