GVQBT (Malvern, PA): POSTPONED

[bmccauley]

EDIT: Due to current Covid case numbers in our area, we are postponing this event. Updates will follow with plans as they occur.

Great Valley High School proudly announces the eighth iteration Great Valley Quiz Bowl Tournament at Great Valley High School. This year's tournament will have both an open and novice division and hopes to bring in teams from PA and beyond. There may also be a separate middle school division, if interest exists. In an effort to encourage new teams, any school that has not participated in a tournament in the past two years will have an entrance fee of $50.

Please email [email protected] for more information.

Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/Response ... FMMUVUMy4u

Question Sets:
OPEN DIVISION QUESTION SET: NEWT
NOVICE DIVISION QUESTION SET: CERES

Tournament Details:
Great Valley High School, 225 N. Phoenixville Pike, Malvern, PA 19355
Check in from 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
Round #1 starts at 9:00 AM.
Expected lunch time is 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM, with awards from 12:45 to 1 PM.
PM rounds will likely run from 1 PM to 4:30 PM. All efforts will be made to finish the tournament by 4:30 PM, if possible.

Tournament Fees:
First team from a school will be $80. Teams #2+ will be $70.
Experienced Moderator Discount: $15
Buzzer Discount: $5
Minimum fee per team: $50
New-to-pyramidal Quiz Bowl Teams: $50 flat rate

Lunch information (GV will not be selling food on site this year, though players may eat at GVHS):
There are several nearby options including the Exton Square Mall, Wegmans, Panera, and Wawa. Rounds will begin promptly at announced time after lunch with updates/changes being announced via Twitter and other social media.

All schools must abide by the GVHS Masking Requirements throughout the day.

Field caps:
Open division is currently capped at 12 teams.
Novice division is currently capped at 12 teams.
These divisions may expand with staffer commitments.

[nicole.]

Is there a field update for this?

[bmccauley]

SCHOOL/OPEN/NOVICE/BUZZERS/MODS
Friends Select /2/1/2/1
Conrad Weiser High School/0/2/1/0
Manheim Township High School/2/1/3/0
Downingtown East High School/2/2/0/0
Oxford Area High School/1/1/1/1
Henderson/1/1/2/1
Downingtown STEM Academy/1/1/0/0
Ithaca High School/1/1/2/0
Hempfield /1/1/2/0
Great Valley Middle/0/2/1/0
Moravian Academy/1/0/1/0
Edison High School/1/0/0/0
Berwick Area/0/2/1/1
Charter School of Wilmington/1/0/2/0
TOTAL: 14/15/18/4