As previously announced, UTC will hold a delayed mirror of the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament as an open quizbowl tournament. This will be a one-day tournament in Chattanooga on Sat., June 25, 2005. This tournament is open to all interested players regardless of school level, academic affiliation, or lack thereof. (Yes, that includes coaches too.) The only exception involves high school teams that qualified for the NAQT HS NCT. If you are such a team and for some reason cannot go to the NCT, and you want to attend the mirror, please contact me. Otherwise, individual players are eligible to form mixed teams or make themselves available as free agents to sign on with other teams. Teams may be up to four players; yes, you can play solo if you wish. PRE-REGISTRATION: You don't have to pay or submit a roster till you get there, but please let me know by Thursday night 6/23 if you're coming. That includes possible free agents as well as teams; I'll try to make connections for you. Also, if you wish to play under a clever team name and want it on the schedule, I'll need to know that by 6/23 too. SCHEDULE: We're returning to the friendly confines of Holt Hall. This should sound familiar: registration begins at 9 AM EDT Sat. 6/25; announcements at 9:45; game on at 10 AM. We will meet in Holt 124 (see directions below.) FORMAT & RULES: By popular demand, this will once again be an *untimed* tournament with 20-tossup rounds. With that one exception, we'll follow standard NAQT rules (see http://www.naqt.com), though you may have to remind us to give the bonus answers after each part 'cause we're kinda used to the other style. Also, we may or may not split or seed 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: $5 discount, one per team Full time official for NAQT Mirror: $10 discount Full time official for Summer Camp trash tournament 6/26/05: $10 discount Need an additional break? We will give a $15 discount for each round's worth of fresh new academic questions suitable for use at our high school tournament in the fall, or for each blind trash round for use at Summer Camp, or for each blind college-level academic round for Moc Masters in August. Minimum fee after discounts: $40 if the discounts include at least one round of questions; otherwise $50 LODGINGS: We don't have a block reserved, but the Clarion (423-765- 5150) always lets you have discounted rooms at $66/night when available if you mention you're with the UTC quizbowl tournament. 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. Go past the UTC Arena, after which E. 4th St. becomes part of E. 3rd St. After that, take the second right on Palmetto St. Go two blocks and turn right on Vine St. (just past the EMCS Building.) Just before the place where Vine St. is blocked off, the parking lot for Holt is on the right. * 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: Same as it ever was: Charlie Steinhice (steinhic at bellsouth dot net.)
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