Penn Bowl Mirror at Harvard (10/19/19)

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Hi all,

Harvard College Bowl is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a mirror of Penn Bowl on Saturday, October 19, 2019!

Logistics:
The tournament will be held in the first floor of Sever Hall, which is located next to the historic Tercentenary Theatre. We recommend using the MBTA Red Line to get to the tournament, as parking options in the area are limited and traffic can be unpredictable. Registration will begin at 8:30 am: we aim to hold the opening meeting at 9:00 am and finish by 6:00 pm at the latest (teams in finals or tiebreakers may need to stay until 6:30 pm). There will be preliminary and playoff rounds, with rebracketing in between. A lunch break will take place when most convenient; teams will have access to a variety of food options in Harvard Square. Parking is admittedly difficult in Cambridge, but this is probably the best option.

I, Ricky Li, am the tournament director, and I can be reached at either [email protected] or [email protected].

Fees:
Tournament fees/discounts are the following:
+$120 per attending team
-$5 per working buzzer system (must have power cord and 8 functional buzzers, maximum three buzzer systems per organization)
-$15 per experienced moderator (must be familiar with quiz bowl rules/scoring, and have good pronunciation, speed, and reading skills)
-$10 if your team has to travel more than 200 miles one way, according to Google Maps

Registration:
The field size is capped at 20 teams; both high school and college teams are eligible to participate. To register, email [email protected]. Please include "Penn Bowl Registration" in the email subject, and specify where you are from, the number of teams you would like to bring, and any relevant discounts. Registrations are not complete until we respond in some fashion saying so!

Set Details:
Details for Penn Bowl can be found here.

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions regarding the tournament!

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Field (Team/Buzzers/Moderators/Scorekeepers):
Bowdoin College (1/1/0/0)
Yale University (2/2/1/0)
MIT (2/1/0/0)
Michigan R (1/0/0/0)
Boston College (1/1/0/0)
Harvard University (2/2/0/0)
Brown University (1/0/0/0)
TOTAL (10/7/1/0)

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Thanks to all teams for attending Harvard's 2019 Penn Bowl mirror today!

Yale A finished in first place with an 11-1 record, while MIT A took second with an 8-4 record and 15.7 PPB. Harvard A scored third with an 8-4 record and 14.92 PPB.

The top 10 prelim scorers were:

1) Walter Zhang (105.56 PPG, 1st Hist, 1st Other, 2nd Lit, 2nd Sci, 3rd RMPSS)
2) Mazin Omer (72.78 PPG, 1st Lit, 3rd Other)
3) Michael Yue (70.73 PPG, 3rd FA, 3rd Lit, 3rd Sci)
4) Michael Borecki (67.22 PPG, 1st FA, 2nd Other, 3rd Hist)
5) Jonathan Suh (56.11 PPG, 1st RMPSS, 2nd Hist)
6) Rudra Ranganathan (48.33 PPG, 2nd RMPSS)
7) Daniel Sheinberg (47.48 PPG)
8) Mihir Khambete (40.56 PPG)
9) Swapnil Garg (36.11 PPG, 1st Sci)
10) Steven Liu (36.11 PPG)

Eric Lu was also 2nd in FA.

Here are stats for prelims and combined.

Finally, I'd like to thank Victor, Kevin, Stephen, and Olivia for coming to Harvard to staff, as well as Ophir and Aseem for their guidance and assistance with advanced stats troubleshooting! Congrats to all players and teams, and I hope you all had fun playing this tournament!