OK, here's the full announcement you've been waiting for. By popular demand, we will hold an open quizbowl tournament at UTC on Sat., June 14. We will use questions from the NAQT High School Championship Tournament on a two-week delayed basis. This tournament is open to all players regardless of academic affiliation, or lack thereof. Per NAQT's request, this tournament is not open to full high school teams per se; however, high school players and recent grads (and coaches, for that matter) are eligible to form mixed teams or make themselves available as free agents to sign on with other teams. SCHEDULE: This should sound familiar: registration begins at 9 AM EDT Sat. 6/14; announcements at 9:45; game on at 10 AM. We will meet in either Grote 129 or Holt 124 (see directions below.) FORMAT & RULES: We'll follow standard NAQT rules (see http://www.naqt.com), including timed matches. We do reserve the right to make one change, however. Depending on the field size and the size of the house staff, we may not have enough house officials for all rooms and may need to draft people from bye teams as readers. For that reason, we reserve the right to increase the time of the halves by one minute each, to account for potentially slower readers. We will make the decision on clock time the morning of the tournament and stick with that for all matches. Fair enough? Also, we may or may not split the field by experience, depending on how many teams register and what level they're on. When you pre-register your team, please give me a general idea of who's playing and how much experience they have. PRIZES: Since this is an open tournament, in lieu of trophies, we plan to do some shopping between now and then to find suitable prizes for the top teams and individual scorers. We'll get books unless another brilliant idea strikes us between now and then. FEES: Base fee is $90 per team. Buzzer discount: $5 per team Full time official discount: $10 Need an additional break? We will give a $15 discount for each round's worth of fresh new questions suitable for use at our high school tournament in the fall. Minimum fee after discounts: $50 LODGINGS: We don't have our usual discount deal with the Clarion because the Riverbend Festival downtown wraps up that evening. I'd suggest staying at one of the many low-priced places on the outskirts of town and can put together some phone numbers to call if requested. DIRECTIONS: From Atlanta and points south -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 west towards downtown, then follow the freeway splitoff for U.S. 27 North, downtown Chattanooga. From 27 North take the 4th Street exit, within sight of the Tennessee Aquarium. Go right on 4th St. (you have no choice) and follow it for ca. 1 mile. When you reach the UTC Arena, turn right on Mabel St. Mabel St. goes around a curve and becomes E. 5th St. Shortly thereafter, across from a cemetery, you'll reach Holt Hall. Just past Holt Hall turn right to enter the nearest parking lot. Grote is the other building adjoining the same parking lot. * From Knoxville and points north -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 West; directions from there same as above. * From Nashville and points west/north: Take I-24 east to Chattanooga. As you round Moccasin Bend (freeway goes alongside river) watch for two exit lanes on the right; take the less rightward of the two, which will have signs above it for U.S. 27 N. Rest of directions are the same as above. * From Birmingham and points southwest: Take I-59 to the outskirts of Chattanooga, where it dead-ends into I-24. Get on I-24 East and follow the Nashville directions from there. TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Yeah, it's me again. Charlie Steinhice (steinhic at bellsouth dot net.)
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