Illinois Open East results

• From: darwins_bulldog1138 <darwins_bulldog1138_at_darwins_bulldog1138.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:34:32 -0000
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Five teams actually braved rain, cold, and the Richmond Marathon to
converge on Virginia Commonwealth University for a mirror of Illinois
Open 2003: Transfigured Spite entitled Illinois Open East: Alpha and
Omega Bowl. After a double round robin and a final to break a tie for
first, Maryland A emerged victorious with an overall record of 8-1.
Duke was second at 7-2. Southern Virginia, West Virginia Wesleyan, and
Maryland B took the remaining spots. Adam Fine of Maryland A received
a jellybean dispenser as top scorer, while Matt Schneller of Duke will
receive an unwieldy trophy designating the bearer as a 2002 CBI
Nationals All Star for leading the field in negs.

Full SQBS reports will be available by tomorrow night. I wish to thank
Illinois and all the people who submitted packets for putting together
a superbly edited set; while the answer selection was quite difficult
at times, the construction and quality of the clues was the best I've
ever seen outside of ACF Nationals. I would also like to thank all the
teams for taking a risk on a first-time tournament host, and
especially West Virginia Wesleyan for essentially making the
tournament possible by providing a laptop and three staffers. Also, I
will add my voice to the chorus of praise for Chris Sewell. This is my
first time actually running SQBS myself, and it completely exceeded my
expectations for ease of use and thoroughness of reports.

If you'd like packets, contact the Illinois Open home office at UIUC.
Encouraged by the smooth operation of today's tournament, VCU will be
hosting its own low-difficulty packet-submission event at some point
in the spring semester; contact me at mattweiner at hsquizbowl.org if
you want to be on our mailing list for this event.