Northern California date claim 2014-2015

[Important Bird Area]

The national championships are marked. Major college tournaments are in italics (to avoid staff conflicts).

Sept 6
Sept 13 Sacramento Fall at Rio Americano [NAQT IS #137A]
Sept 20
Sept 27

Oct 4 novice tournaments at Palo Alto and Berkeley [both NAQT IS #139A]
Oct 11
Oct 18 Collegiate Novice
Oct 25

Nov 1 California Cup #1 at Berkeley [HSAPQ tournament 53 and SCOP]
Nov 8 ACF Fall
Nov 15 Penn Bowl at Stanford
Nov 22 California Cup #2 at Berkeley [NAQT IS #140 and #141A]
Nov 29 [Thanksgiving break]

Dec 6 DEES at Berkeley
(Sunday, Dec 7 NHBB fall at Moreau Catholic)
Dec 13 Stratford Santa Clara middle school [NAQT MS #11]
Dec 20
Dec 27 [Christmas break]

Jan 3
Jan 10
(Sunday, Jan 11 QK)
Jan 17 Bellarmine Novice [NAQT IS #143A]
Jan 24 ACF Regionals
(Sunday, Jan 25 NHBB winter at Saratoga)
Jan 31 Sacramento Winter at Rio Americano [NAQT IS #142]; Crusader at Archbishop Riordan [NAQT IS #137A]

Feb 7 NAQT SCT, Dougherty Valley winter [NAQT IS #144]
Feb 14
Feb 21 California Cup #3 [BISB]
(Sunday, Feb 22 QK)
Feb 28

Mar 7 California Cup #4 [Yale BHSAT]
(Sunday, Mar 8 QK)
Mar 14 NHBB spring at Berkeley
Mar 21 Stratford San Jose middle school [NAQT MS #13]
(Sunday, Mar 22 QK)
Mar 28 NAQT ICT, SF Catholic quizbowl [NAQT IS #145A]

Apr 4 [Easter weekend], Berkeley middle school [NAQT MS #12]
Apr 11 NAQT states at Berkeley [NAQT IS #146]
Apr 18 ACF Nationals
Apr 25 NHBB Nationals (DC)

May 2 MUT at Berkeley
(Sunday, May 3 QK finals)
May 9 NAQT MSNCT (Dallas)
May 16 Leland's tournament [GSAC and Potatoville]
May 23
May 30 NAQT HSNCT (Chicago)

Jun 6 PACE NSC (DC)
Jun 13 Team California at NASAT (Ohio State)
Jun 20

QK: Quiz Kids taping dates (usually Sundays) [modified versions of NAQT IS #132, 134, and 138]

To be scheduled:

Bellarmine's middle school tournament [NAQT MS #14]

Last updated 4/17 --JTH

[Important Bird Area]

Registration is open now for Sacramento Fall on September 13th (contact Nicholas; details are here).

I am pleased to report that our first two Bay Area events of the season will take place at Palo Alto and Amador Valley high schools on Saturday, October 4th. Expect full announcements later this week.

Noted above is that Bellarmine Novice is returning to a mid-January date (as it was in 2012-13).

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HSAPQ's state tournament will be Saturday, Feb. 28, and regional events will be Saturday, January 31. We're still lining up hosts for these; full announcements to follow.

[Mewto55555]

Due to a lack of response from all potential hosts in Southern California, we have decided not to hold the aforementioned HSAPQ tournaments this year. The question sets are still available for hosting as a more traditional invitational tournament, not necessarily on the above dates. Contact HSAPQ if you'd like to claim a set.

The regional/state tournaments will return in 2016 after consultation with potential hosts and attendees about desired changes to the financial model/other aspects of the tournament.