2019 EFT at Toronto (10/05/19)

[cwasims]

The University of Toronto Academic Trivia will be holding a mirror of the 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT) on October 5, 2019.

Logistics
The tournament will begin at 10am sharp in Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., Toronto. Please arrive by 9:40am if you are playing, and by 9:35am if you are staffing or are bringing buzzers.

Fees and Registration
The base fee for this tournament will be $140/team (all prices in CAD), with the following discounts:
- $10 per staffer; unaffiliated staffers will receive $10 in lunch money
- $5 per working buzzer system (note: if you claimed this discount but do not bring a working buzzer system on the day of the tournament with less than 24 hours notice you will be subject to a $5 penalty on top of your tournament fee, barring exceptional circumstances)
- $10 per 200km in distance from the tournament site, as calculated by Google Maps (amended)
- $10 per missing player
- $40 if your school has not attended a non-novice tournament since September 1, 2018
The minimum fee is $60.

Eligibility
This tournament is closed, but high school teams are eligible to play.

Registration and Payment
Please email [email protected] to register for this tournament. I will accommodate all requests until the field cap is met that are submitted on or before September 28, but will accept requests after that time at my discretion. Payment can be conducted by e-transfer to [email protected] (please confirm your amount owing beforehand as I have autodeposit) or by cash on the day of.

Field
The field is now full at 16 teams.

UTS
Westmount
Toronto (7)
"Occidental"
Waterloo (2)
McMaster
McGill (3)

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For the purpose of transparency, I will disclose that I have given the Canadian teams a slight discount on the mirror fee due primarily to exchange rate issues, in order to help marginally with the affordability of the tournament.

[cwasims]

Thanks to everyone who came out to EFT in Toronto today! Toronto B defeated McGill A 300-260 to win the tournament in the first game of an advantaged final. Over 60 players at a tournament is probably pretty close to a record for a tournament in Canada and it was great to see several teams who haven't been as active in the past. The stats can be found here and will be fully completed in the next few days: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5966/