Rice U. HS Tourney Announcement

r2aslet · Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:56:22 -0800

I wasn't exactly sure that this was the proper
forum to announce HS tournaments, but, in light of the
Duke posting, I figured this should be OK. If not,
then feel free to flame me. :)

Below is a
truncated version of an e-mail I sent out to some local
Houston high schools. It mentions registration forms that
were attached to the message. Obviously, I can't post
the form here. Teams interested in attending need to
e-mail me (saslett_at_...) and I will send them a
form.
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Rice University's quiz bowl team is pleased to
announce that it will be holding a high school tournament
on Saturday, March 23, 2002. It's been quite a long
time since we've actually done this, but we're back
now and hope to host many more high school touraments
in the near future.

This tournament will be a
qualifier to the NAQT National High School Championship
Tournament, which will be held on June 8-9, 2002 on the
campus of the University of Texas at Austin. We are
still working out the details with the higherups at
NAQT, but we can assure you that at least the 1st place
winner (and possibly teams ranked lower than that) will
qualify to attend nationals.

Full rules for NAQT
(National Academic Quiz Tournaments) style play may be
found at <a href=http://www.naqt.com/rules target=new>http://www.naqt.com/rules</a>

The format of
the tournament (depending on how many teams show
interest) will most probably be a round robin among several
divisions, with the winners of those divisions playing off
against each other to determine the winner.

The
tournament will be held at a location on Rice University's
campus to be announced shortly. We expect the tournament
to begin at around 9AM and end at about 5PM with a
break for lunch. (Of course, the final schedule will be
determined by how many teams choose to come). Directions to
Rice can be 
found at
<a href=http://www.rice.edu/welcome/visit.html target=new>http://www.rice.edu/welcome/visit.html</a>

Schools may bring up to 3 teams. The registration fee
breakdown is as follows:

Base Registration Fee:
$80

Discounts: -$10 for a working buzzer system
 -$5 for a
volunteer reader/scorkeeper/general helper (limit 1 per
team)

Each school's second and third teams will only need to
pay a flat fee of $60. If your team has a special
travel hardship (200 miles+), we will consider
discounting the cost further. Please e-mail me if you think
this will be the case.

Registration fees must
be paid by March 20, 2002. We may, if enough teams
show interest, have to limit the number that can
attend, so the earlier you get them in the
better.

Attached is the registration form for the tournament. If
you have trouble reading rtf files, please let me
know and I will send you a format that you can read.
Please mail your completed forms to:

Rice
University Quiz Bowl
P.O. Box 1892
MS 526
Houston,
TX 77251-1892

In order to gauge the potential
level of interest for this tournament (and thus know
how many rooms on campus we should reserve), please
e-mail me at your earliest convenience and let me know
if you are considering attending the tournament and,
if so, how many teams you are thinking of
bringing.

If you have any questions whatsover about this
tournament, feel free to e-mail me. Thanks for your time...we
hope to see you next
March!

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Stephen Aslett
President, Rice University Quiz
Bowl
saslett_at_...