UIUC Earlybird (high school) Tournament - Sept 28th 2002

• From: jp_lien <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 15:06:28 -0000
• Message-ID: <aioolk+kluq_at_...>

The University of Illinois Academic Buzzer Team is proud to announce
that it will host an academic tournament, the UIUC Earlybird, on
Saturday, September 28th, at the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign.  Tournament details are described below.  Please
feel free to contact me (bhendrsn _at_ uiuc.edu) with any questions or
to register your team.  Come help us welcome the return of an
excellent high school tournament tradition to the University of
Illinois.  

When:  	

Saturday, September 28th, 2002.  Approximately 8am – 5pm.  Exact
times will change depending on the number of teams registering

Where:  	

Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois.

Format:	

Match format will be four-on-four with up to two substitutions
allowed at half-time.  Rounds will consist of 20 tossup and 20 bonus
questions.  Rounds will be untimed.  Bonuses will be
"bounce-back," meaning if a team cannot answer part of a
bonus, the opposing team will have a chance to answer it.  Tournament
format will depend upon the number of teams registering, but will be
structured to allow for each team to play a maximum number of rounds.

Questions:	

Questions are being written by members of the UIUC Academic Buzzer
Team, and edited by two experienced question editors (myself and ABT
President J.P. Lien).  Difficulty level will be similar to NAQT. 
Computational math questions will be included.

Registration:	

The registration fee will be $55 per team.  A discount of $10 is
available for providing a fully-functional buzzer system (one
discount per team limit).  A full set of tournament questions will be
available for purchase for $20.  Fees are due on the morning of the
tournament at check-in.  The deadline for registration is September
14th, 2002.  To register, simply email me the following information:  
	
     School Name     			Coach/Contact Name
     Number of Teams			Coach/Contact Phone Number
     Location of School (city, state)
     Could you bring a working buzzer system?  If so, how many?

Brent Henderson
Tournament Director
(bhendrsn _at_ uiuc.edu)

(The above message was posted by me, for Brent)
J.p. Lien