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NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 4/15)

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:48 pm
by Important Bird Area
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Berkeley Quiz Bowl are pleased to announce that Berkeley will host the 2017 NAQT Northern California State Championship on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Location: This tournament will take place at UC Berkeley. The precise building will be determined closer to the date of the tournament.

Questions: We will be using NAQT Invitational Series #166. No computational math will be read.

The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2017 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, to be held May 27-28 in Atlanta, Georgia.

This tournament will be applying for certification from PACE to qualify teams for the 2017 National Scholastic Championship, to be held June 10-11 near Chicago.

Eligibility: All high schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event.

Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.

Fees:

Base fee: $80 per team

$10 discount: second or subsequent team from the same school

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

$20 discount per experienced moderator

$10 discount per scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)

$30 discount: new to quizbowl (your school played no pyramidal tournaments before September 1, 2016)

$20 discount: teams that travel 60 or more miles one-way (distance measured from your high school to UC Berkeley by Google Maps)

Payment will be taken at check-in on April 15th. Please make checks out to "Quiz Bowl Club."

Register here!

The UC Berkeley Quiz Bowl Club is a student group acting independently of the University of California. The student organization is the host of the 2017 NAQT Northern California State Championship and takes full responsibility for the guests.

Re: NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 4/15)

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:49 pm
by Important Bird Area
The field for this tournament is limited to 36 high school teams and 14 middle school teams.

Current field

Re: NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 4/15)

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:19 pm
by Important Bird Area
This event now has a middle school division using NAQT Middle School Series #21. The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2017 MSNCT, to be held May 13-14 in Dallas, Texas.

Re: NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 4/15)

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:11 pm
by Important Bird Area
Details for tomorrow have been emailed to all registered teams.

Check-in for the high school division is at 8:30 in 262 Dwinelle.

For middle school, check-in is at 9:30 in 174 Barrows.

Re: NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 4/15)

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:43 pm
by njsbling
Prelim Stats/results from the HS tournament: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

Re: NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 4/15)

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:57 pm
by njsbling
Congrats to Harker A for winning the 2017 NorCal NAQT State Championship Tournament! Thank you to all of our staff for your help!

Stats/results: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... all_games/

Re: NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 4/15)

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:24 am
by Important Bird Area
Complete stats for both divisions are now available here.

Our thanks to all of the staff who made this tournament possible!