TANKBATTLE I
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:29 am
This is the general announcement for TANKBATTLE I (The Annual New Kent Beyond Awesome Tournament That’s Logically Excellent) This is a high school academic quizbowl tournament to be hosted by the quizbowl team of New Kent High School on Saturday, January 14th 2012 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The tournament is open to any high school team that wishes to attend.
The tournament will take place at New Kent High School, in scenic New Kent County, Virginia located at 7365 Egypt Rd New Kent, Virginia 23124.
QUESTIONS: We will be using HSAPQ Tournament Set 23.
FORMAT: Our ideal tournament format is for the maximum 24 teams. Teams will be seeded to preliminary groupings before being reseeded based on record. All teams will be offered a minimum of 9 games. Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 teams, and book prizes will be awarded to the top 10 individual scorers.
REGISTRATION AND FEES:
-The fee structure is as follows:
Base fee: $70 per team. There is no limit to the number of teams who can attend from one school.
Buzzer discount: $5 off school's total fee for each fully functional system (control box and eight activators all work)-no limit to # of systems you can bring
Staff discount: $15 off school's total fee. This could be a coach, parent, student who is not playing, etc. Team-provided staffers will keep score for various games not involving the team with which they are affiliated. Volunteer staffers must stay through all the games (except finals) in order to receive credit for their school. There is no limit to the number of staffers you can bring.
Minimum fee: The minimum fee is $0 (you can bring enough buzzers and staffers to eliminate your entire fee via discounts, but you cannot have a "negative fee.")
-To register, e- mail me [email protected] with the number of teams, buzzers, and staffers you want to bring, and an email address where you can be contacted with further details. We are also requiring a cell phone contact number belonging to someone attending the tournament, so that we can track you down if you are running late. Feel free to share this announcement with any schools that you think would be interested in attending. There is no further registration form or other action needed on your part in order to be officially registered; you only need to e-mail me at the above address with the information requested. Posts made in this thread will not be considered official registrations; you must e-mail me.
METHOD OF PAYMENT: All teams must pay by the day of the tournament. We prefer to accept payment in person right before the tournament starts, but we will accept checks by mail ahead of time if your procedures require it. Teams who do not pay by the day of the tournament will be charged a $25 penalty and will have two weeks to pay their total amount before we start mailing letters to your school administration about it.
We can accept cash, or checks from school, school district, or quizbowl club funds. Please no personal checks. We have no ability to process purchase orders, credit cards, Paypal, or any other forms of payment. Bringing forms of payment outside of the three listed will be considered nonpayment and subject you to the $25 late payment penalty.
All checks should be made out to New Kent High School. If you require a pre-tournament invoice or W-9 tax form in order to have a check cut, let us know by January 7th so that we can send you the paperwork in time. If you do not let us know about this requirement by January 7th, and it causes you to come to the tournament without your payment, then you will be subject to the $25 late payment penalty.
TEAM & ROSTER SIZE: There may be a maximum of six players on one team's roster, up to four of whom may play at one time. There will be no exceptions to this rule. If you bring more than six players, you must register a second team to have all of them play. There is a halftime substitution opportunity in each game. Each player may appear on only one team's roster throughout the day-no switching from the B team to the A team, etc. Teams may also play shorthanded with only three players. Teams consisting of fewer than three players may not play without my express prior permission.
FOOD: Drinks, snacks, and lunch will be available for sale throughout the day at our school, since nothing is very close.
Directions and parking will be posted the week before the tournament.
Please e-mail me if you have any further questions. I'm looking forward to seeing a wide variety of teams from Virginia and surrounding states on January 14th
Field:
Douglas Freeman- 2 Teams
Nandua- 3 Teams
Varina- 1 Team
Benedictine- 1 Team
Collegiate- 1 Team
Cave Spring- 2 Teams
The tournament will take place at New Kent High School, in scenic New Kent County, Virginia located at 7365 Egypt Rd New Kent, Virginia 23124.
QUESTIONS: We will be using HSAPQ Tournament Set 23.
FORMAT: Our ideal tournament format is for the maximum 24 teams. Teams will be seeded to preliminary groupings before being reseeded based on record. All teams will be offered a minimum of 9 games. Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 teams, and book prizes will be awarded to the top 10 individual scorers.
REGISTRATION AND FEES:
-The fee structure is as follows:
Base fee: $70 per team. There is no limit to the number of teams who can attend from one school.
Buzzer discount: $5 off school's total fee for each fully functional system (control box and eight activators all work)-no limit to # of systems you can bring
Staff discount: $15 off school's total fee. This could be a coach, parent, student who is not playing, etc. Team-provided staffers will keep score for various games not involving the team with which they are affiliated. Volunteer staffers must stay through all the games (except finals) in order to receive credit for their school. There is no limit to the number of staffers you can bring.
Minimum fee: The minimum fee is $0 (you can bring enough buzzers and staffers to eliminate your entire fee via discounts, but you cannot have a "negative fee.")
-To register, e- mail me [email protected] with the number of teams, buzzers, and staffers you want to bring, and an email address where you can be contacted with further details. We are also requiring a cell phone contact number belonging to someone attending the tournament, so that we can track you down if you are running late. Feel free to share this announcement with any schools that you think would be interested in attending. There is no further registration form or other action needed on your part in order to be officially registered; you only need to e-mail me at the above address with the information requested. Posts made in this thread will not be considered official registrations; you must e-mail me.
METHOD OF PAYMENT: All teams must pay by the day of the tournament. We prefer to accept payment in person right before the tournament starts, but we will accept checks by mail ahead of time if your procedures require it. Teams who do not pay by the day of the tournament will be charged a $25 penalty and will have two weeks to pay their total amount before we start mailing letters to your school administration about it.
We can accept cash, or checks from school, school district, or quizbowl club funds. Please no personal checks. We have no ability to process purchase orders, credit cards, Paypal, or any other forms of payment. Bringing forms of payment outside of the three listed will be considered nonpayment and subject you to the $25 late payment penalty.
All checks should be made out to New Kent High School. If you require a pre-tournament invoice or W-9 tax form in order to have a check cut, let us know by January 7th so that we can send you the paperwork in time. If you do not let us know about this requirement by January 7th, and it causes you to come to the tournament without your payment, then you will be subject to the $25 late payment penalty.
TEAM & ROSTER SIZE: There may be a maximum of six players on one team's roster, up to four of whom may play at one time. There will be no exceptions to this rule. If you bring more than six players, you must register a second team to have all of them play. There is a halftime substitution opportunity in each game. Each player may appear on only one team's roster throughout the day-no switching from the B team to the A team, etc. Teams may also play shorthanded with only three players. Teams consisting of fewer than three players may not play without my express prior permission.
FOOD: Drinks, snacks, and lunch will be available for sale throughout the day at our school, since nothing is very close.
Directions and parking will be posted the week before the tournament.
Please e-mail me if you have any further questions. I'm looking forward to seeing a wide variety of teams from Virginia and surrounding states on January 14th
Field:
Douglas Freeman- 2 Teams
Nandua- 3 Teams
Varina- 1 Team
Benedictine- 1 Team
Collegiate- 1 Team
Cave Spring- 2 Teams