DC Metro 2017-2018 Date Claim Thread

J. Young · Post by **J. Young** » Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:40 pm

Thanks to everyone who has previously maintained this thread.

I will be managing the calendar for quizbowl events in the DC Metro area for 2017-2018. I will also be including local college tournaments so that any colleges hosting tournaments for high schoolers can work around those - note that not all of the college tournaments listed permit high schoolers to compete. If you want me to add an event to this list, email me at [email protected], message me privately on the forums, or make a post in the thread below (with the latter preferred). If you could also include the type of question set you're using (NAQT IS sets, IS-A sets, housewrite, etc.), that would be very helpful. Happy tournament hosting and quizbowl playing, everyone! (Note heavy plagiarism from last year's thread due to lack of creativity

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September 9 (ACT) -
September 16 - Virginia Tech Fall Kickoff (NAQT IS-167A)
September 23 -
September 30 - Maryland Fall @ UMD, Johns Hopkins Collegiate Novice tournament

October 7 (SAT) - Virginia Tech Collegiate Novice tournament
October 14 - Georgetown Fall (NAQT IS-167A), EFT @ UVA
October 15 (Sunday) -
October 21 - Penn Bowl @ UPenn, POET @ Hidden Valley (DEFT Mirror)
October 28 (ACT) - VCU Battle of the Brains-style (Modified IS-167A), Legion Memorial Invitational Tournament @ Gate City (NAQT IS-163A)

November 4 (SAT) -
November 5 (Sunday) - Centennial Fall (NAQT IS-171A)
November 11 - Cavalier Classic @ UVA (NAQT IS-170), Johns Hopkins Fall (NAQT IS-168), SWATA November Tournament @ Virginia HS (NAQT IS-168)
November 18 - CSI XII @ Cave Spring, VCU Fall College (WAO II & Delta Burke)
November 25 (Thanksgiving Weekend) -

December 2 (SAT) - VCU Winter (NAQT IS-168), DC History Bowl @ St. Anselm's (NHBB C set)
December 9 (ACT) - Steele Memorial @ Honaker (MBAT Mirror)
December 16 - Fall Novice @ Richard Montgomery (SCOP Novice), Metro Richmond Invitational @ New Kent (DEFT)
December 23 - (Christmas Break)
December 30 - (Still in Christmas Break)

January 6 - Bulldog Invitational Tournament @ Tazewell (set TBD)
January 13 - GSAC @ Maggie Walker (GSAC Main Site)
January 20 (Preferred VHSL Regional date) - MBAT Main Site @ Blair
January 27 (VHSL Region deadline)- MVGS Open @ Mountain Vista (NAQT IS-173A), TJMST @ Thomas Jefferson (NAQT MS-23)

February 3 (Preferred VHSL Super-Region date) - NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament (SCT), Maryland History Bowl @ River Hill (NHBB B set)
February 10 (ACT, VHSL Super Region deadline) - JHU Winter (NAQT IS-170), James Blair Bowl II @ William and Mary, Northern Virginia History Bowl @ Thomas Jefferson (NHBB B set)
February 17 - NCIS @ Cave Spring (James Blair Bowl mirror), JACK @ Georgetown (HFT mirror)
February 24 - VHSL State Championships @ William and Mary

March 3 - Maryland Academic Bowl @ Centennial, VTACO "Winter" @ VT (HFT XII)
March 10 (SAT) - Stevenson Memorial Tournament @ Johns Hopkins (open to HS)
March 11 (Sunday) - Capital Region History Bowl Championships @ Centennial (NHBB A set)
March 17 - LATTE @ Longfellow
March 18 - RM Spring @ Richard Montgomery (RMBCT Mirror)
March 24 - TJIAT @ TJ (FACTS Mirror)
March 31 - NAQT Virginia State Qualifier @ UVA (NAQT SCT-18)

April 7 - JHU Spring (NAQT IS-174), Virginia History Bowl State Championships @ UVA (NHBB A set)
April 14 (ACT) -
April 21 -
April 28 - NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament (SSNCT), Chicago, IL, National History Bee and Bowl National Championships, Washington, DC (Arlington, VA), VCU Season Finale (BHSAT)

May 5 (SAT) -
May 12 - NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament (MSNCT), Chicago, IL
May 19 -
May 26 - NAQT High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT), Atlanta, GA

June 2 (SAT) - PACE National Scholastic Championship (NSC), Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
June 9 (ACT) -
June 16 -

Red: NHBB events
Orange: National championships
Green: NAQT regular season events
Purple: Novice tournaments
Magenta: College tournaments
Black: Regular season, non-NAQT high school events
Asterisks after event indicates tentative date

eseifte1 · Post by **eseifte1** » Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:19 pm

Centennial High School will host our fall tournament using an NAQT A set (introductory) on Sunday November 5 (SATs on Sat Nov $). Last year, over 100 teams showed up and we could not accommodate everyone. We will have 3 brackets: Varsity, Novice, Middle/Elementary. Less experienced teams even with with seniors or juniors can join the Novice bracket, though they will not be eligible for Nationals.
Eric and Sara Seifter
Centennial High School

Michael Shang · Post by **Michael Shang** » Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:43 pm

JHU would like to tentatively claim October 14, February 10, and April 7 for our Fall, Winter, and Spring Tournaments, respectively. Our fall tournament will utilize NAQT A-sets and our winter and spring tournaments will use regular NAQT sets. Whether or not our fall tournament will be restricted to novices or not is TBD, and dates are tentative, depending on when Penn Bowl, SCT, MUT, and other similarly-timed college tournaments are.

As for the plagiarism - don't sweat it, it looks great :D

Technomario · Post by **Technomario** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 2:06 pm

Virginia Tech is going to host a tournament on September 9. We will most likely use a NAQT A set.

EricChang5 · Post by **EricChang5** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 2:21 pm

Virginia Tech would also like to claim Oct. 7 for our VT Collegiate Novice tournament and Dec. 2 for our Virginia Tech Winter. I'll be updating you on the question sets we'll be using. Thank you so much!

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:52 pm

EricChang5 wrote:Virginia Tech would also like to claim Oct. 7 for our VT Collegiate Novice tournament and Dec. 2 for our Virginia Tech Winter. I'll be updating you on the question sets we'll be using. Thank you so much!

The first weekend in December is the canonical date for VCU Winter, and the second weekend is the canonical date for GSAC. We could probably co-exist, but I think we'd both get better fields with another date that works.

c*t · Post by **c*t** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:23 pm

Thanks for creating the thread Justin! Maggie Walker would like to claim December 9th for GSAC XXV.

Agamemnon · Post by **Agamemnon** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:36 pm

Richard Montgomery would like to tentatively claim the 16th of December for our annual novice tournament!

kamikaze · Post by **kamikaze** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:22 pm

Cave Spring HS would like to claim November 18th for our the CSI, which will most likely be a housewrite, and February 17th for our NCIS. Not sure what set we'll be using for the NCIS though.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:13 pm

You might not want to use blue to denote things, since that's also the natural color of links to tournament announcements.

As an outsider, I think an inevitable discussion that will need to be had in the future is how will a crowded calendar be handled in a region that encompasses teams from Roanoke to Baltimore, a distance of nearly 300 miles. If the circuit continues to grow at all ends, you'll probably need to be comfortable with the idea that UVA or Maggie Walker hosts on a high school tournament on the same day as Johns Hopkins or Centennial High, as examples.

Of course, exceptions should be made for certain tournaments if they're of sufficient importance, but that's an argument for you all to hash out.

Irreligion in Bangladesh · Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:44 pm

Piggybacking on Fred - you'll have a much calmer time of it if, when those two tournaments on the same day at the corners of your circuit conflict, they work together to pick the same question set!

AwkwardDioxide · Post by **AwkwardDioxide** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:59 pm

TJ will tentatively claim December 9th as the date for TJMST, run on a NAQT MS set.

Agamemnon · Post by **Agamemnon** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:18 pm

Richard Montgomery would like to claim March 17th for our mirror of the joint-housewrite RMBCT!

Technomario · Post by **Technomario** » Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:13 pm

Technomario wrote:Virginia Tech is going to host a tournament on September 9. We will most likely use a NAQT A set.

Due to a clerical error I gave you the wrong date. Instead of hosting out tournament on September 9th, our Virginia Tech Fall Kickoff will be hosted on September 16 instead. The set is still planned to be a NAQT A set.

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:41 am

I misstated the date of VCU Winter when contacting NAQT; it will be December 2, not December 9.

Madoc · Post by **Madoc** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:04 pm

It might be good to note the VHSL playoff deadlines, as well.
Region -- January 27th
Super Region -- February 10th

SWATA (The Southwest Virginia Academic Team Alliance, encompassing all counties from Wythe Co. westward) is planning on hosting another set of 4, possibly 5 tournaments this season. We are currently in the process of setting dates and host sites for these tournaments, but are tentatively looking at the following:
October 14th
November 11th -- Legion Memorial Invitational Tournament II @ Gate City High School (NAQT A-set)
December 9th/16th
January 6th -- Bulldog Invitational Tournament II @ Tazewell High School

We are also currently discussing the possibility of opening 1 or 2 of this year's SWATA tournaments to teams outside of our geographic footprint. Stay tuned for details on that; if hosted at a centralized location near Interstate 81, said tournament(s) would be easily accessible to teams from the Knoxville, Roanoke, SE Kentucky, Western North Carolina, and Southern WV areas.

Youngster Joey · Post by **Youngster Joey** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:22 pm

Johns Hopkins will be hosting NAQT Collegiate Novice on Saturday, September 30, 2017.

mithokie · Post by **mithokie** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:15 pm

Also note that the preferred dates for VHSL competition are one week before the deadline dates, Regionals on 1/20 and Super-Regionals on 2/3 with States on 2/24.

benmillerbenmiller · Post by **benmillerbenmiller** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:33 pm

Montgomery Blair would like to claim January 13 for the main site of our MBAT housewrite. Announcement and details to come!

Michael Shang · Post by **Michael Shang** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:33 pm

JHU would like to move our Novice Tournament to November 11th, with the date still tentative depending on when Princeton decides to host WAO. This will be our JHU Fall Tournament instead. We'll be using a standard NAQT IS set.

J. Young · Post by **J. Young** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:03 am

Could a moderator please unsticky last year's date claims and replace them with this thread?

Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:58 am

J. Young wrote:Could a moderator please unsticky last year's date claims and replace them with this thread?

Done.

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:10 am

VCU will be moving our annual Battle of the Brains-style tournament from early in the spring semester to the fall semester; we will be hosting it on October 28. (Announcement here.)

VCU Winter X is announced here.

We'll be hosting VCU Season Finale XI on the BHSAT on April 21 (pending dates for the college nationals). (Announcement here.)

(We will also be hosting a college tournament on the WAO II & Delta Burke sets on November 18, if you want to throw that up on the calendar. Announcement here.)

Michael Shang · Post by **Michael Shang** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 5:56 pm

JHU Fall will be run on IS-168.

srawhizz · Post by **srawhizz** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:20 am

The Legion Memorial Invitational Tournament (part of the SWATA series) has moved from November 11 to October 28. We will use NAQT set IS-163A.

Madoc · Post by **Madoc** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:10 am

SWATA's November tournament (yet to be named) will be hosted at Virginia High School (in Bristol) on November 11th, using NAQT IS-168.

SWATA has not yet elected to open any of our tournaments to schools outside of our geographic footprint. For the time being, only teams from Bland, Grayson, Wythe, Smyth, Tazewell, Russell, Buchanan, Dickenson, Washington, Wise, Scott or Lee Counties may register for SWATA tournaments.

Jcrmoon42 · Post by **Jcrmoon42** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:58 pm

NHBB Tournaments:
December 2 - Washington, DC - St. Anselm's Abbey School (C Set)
February 10 - Northern VA - Thomas Jefferson HS - Alexandria (B Set)
More to come

Registration on this page

John Brown · Post by **John Brown** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:12 am

There is slight interest for Tazewell High to plan a tournament after VHSL state. We would love for this to serve as a tournament for pre-nationals. I will discuss this with our coach. As for now, I would appreciate any response to a concept like this. We will be hosting the SWATA Bulldog Invitational. It is unknown whether this will be open outside of SWATA or not.

If anyone has any questions for our scholastic bowl team, you can shoot one to me and I will deliver it to our coach. Thanks!

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Madoc · Post by **Madoc** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:39 am

The December iteration of SWATA tournaments, the Steele Memorial Invitational, will be hosted at Honaker High School on December 9th.

We are currently discussing the possibility of running a mirror of MBAT, which would make this the first SWATA tournament to not use an NAQT set.

Jcrmoon42 · Post by **Jcrmoon42** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:19 pm

Maryland US Academic Bee and Bowl scheduled at Centennial High in Ellicott City, west of Baltimore, on March 3. This is a Middle School and Elementary School tournament.

This tournament also features the D Set version of the Middle School and Elementary National Qualifying Exam for the International Geography Bee and US Geography Olympiad

For questions, contact Marshall Mullins ([email protected]). Registration will open later this fall.

Jcrmoon42 · Post by **Jcrmoon42** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:21 pm

Additional NHBB updates:
February 3 - Maryland NHBB - River Hill High, Clarksville, MD, Southwest of Baltimore (B Set)
March 10 - Virginia NHBB State Championships - UVA (A Set)
March 11 - Capital Region NHBB Championships - Centennial High, Ellicott City, MD (A Set)

Registration on this page

Jasconius · Post by **Jasconius** » Sun Oct 22, 2017 8:32 pm

The link for 12/2's NHBB Tournament at St. Anselm's goes to the wrong tournament. The correct link is here.

J. Young · Post by **J. Young** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:47 pm

Curious Homunculus wrote:The link for 12/2's NHBB Tournament at St. Anselm's goes to the wrong tournament. The correct link is here.

Corrected, thanks.

Kyuuan Era · Post by **Kyuuan Era** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:00 am

Georgetown would like to claim February 17 for its mirror of HFT.

c*t · Post by **c*t** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:53 pm

This might be a dumb question/one that's been answered already but given VHSL's use of converted IS packets (including IS-174), does that mean that there just won't be a NAQT states in VA this year?

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:33 pm

The Division II SCT set is available to run an NAQT-format Virginia qualifier (if there is a host school interested in running such an event).

anastasia84 · Post by **anastasia84** » Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:34 am

Johns Hopkins will be using IS-170 at our Winter Tournament on February 10, 2018.

dni · Post by **dni** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:32 pm

I can't seem to find the post for the MVGS Open anymore. Is the tournament cancelled or something?

EDIT: Never mind, the link is working for me now.

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:23 pm

Just a field update that was waiting in the moderation queue.

(Read this thread to find out why it's a good idea to put your field list in the second post, not the initial tournament announcement.)

swimmerstar · Post by **swimmerstar** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:15 pm

Is UVa not hosting the Virginia State Championship this year?

J. Young · Post by **J. Young** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:08 pm

swimmerstar wrote:Is UVa not hosting the Virginia State Championship this year?

Presumably not given VHSL's use of the relevant NAQT set, as well as it being unlikely that many teams would be willing to play a college set.

c*t · Post by **c*t** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:35 pm

J. Young wrote:
swimmerstar wrote:Is UVa not hosting the Virginia State Championship this year?
Presumably not given VHSL's use of the relevant NAQT set, as well as it being unlikely that many teams would be willing to play a college set.

You're probably right, which would be disappointing since I think(?) that means VA teams only get to play 2 full IS sets besides VHSL stuff. Although, VA sent 11 teams to HSNCT last year and there are a bunch of strong MD teams this year, so there could be sufficient interest? DII SCT doesn't seem terrible; we would send a team if someone were to host a State Championship with it.

Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:41 pm

Parties interested in hosting a Virginia event using the Division II SCT set should contact us at [email protected].

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:02 am

VCU Season Finale has been rescheduled for April 28.

EricChang5 · Post by **EricChang5** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:41 am

Virginia Tech would like to host our VTACO "Winter" on 3/3/18. We'll be mirroring HFT XII. Thanks!

Youngster Joey · Post by **Youngster Joey** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:48 am

Johns Hopkins is hosting Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT), a college-level housewrite, on 3/10/18. We welcome any and all high school teams who wish to test their mettle.

Antrobus63 · Post by **Antrobus63** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:01 pm

Any word on the JHU tournament slated for April 7?

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:11 pm

Antrobus63 wrote:Any word on the JHU tournament slated for April 7?

This event will use NAQT IS #174. Please note that this is the same set used at the Pennsylvania State Academic Competition later in April.

J. Young · Post by **J. Young** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:37 am

UVa will be hosting the NAQT Virginia State Qualifier using SCT-18 on 31 March, per the NAQT.com schedule.

alextabor95 · Post by **alextabor95** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 12:55 pm

Virginia High School in Bristol is hosting Sic Semper Trashis II (trash tournament) on April 7th