NorCal teams are welcome to compete at this event, to be held on Sunday, May 17 on Zoom; details can be found here.
Jan 17
Cal Cup #3 Registration
(1) Cal Cup #3 is taking place on Saturday, February 14 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. We are using house-write sets this time: PLANETFALL III for Competitive, MINI Dart for Standard, and RQBco for Novice; thus, teams cannot qualify for HSNCT from this event.
Register here (we are using the NAQT registration system even though we are not using NAQT questions).
(2) We currently have room for one more team in each division at the Jan 24 Sacramento Winter online tournament (this competition is an HSNCT qualifier).
(3) We are tentatively planning to run two in-person Bay Area Middle School competitions this semester – Sat, Feb 28 and Sat, Mar 21 (pending room reservations). Stay tuned for more details.
Jan 07
Sacramento Winter HS Tournament
Registration is now open for the Sac Winter HS tournament, to be held online (Discord) on Saturday, January 24. Middle school, Bay Area, and out-of-state teams are welcome to compete but Sacramento-area schools will receive priority in case of a waitlist.
This competition will feature NAQT IS-244 for Varsity and NAQT IS-245A for JV; teams hoping to qualify for HSNCT should compete in the Varsity division.
Register via the NAQT website here. Tuesday, January 20 is the last date to register. Teams that drop after 12pm (noon) Pacific time on Friday, January 23 will receive a cancellation fee (please try to avoid this!)
Jan 07
Middle School Tournament Results
Congratulations to the winners of the Cavitt Winter Tournament and the Bay Area Winter Tournament! Thank you to all of the staff for your help!
Dec 02
Upcoming Quiz Bowl Events
(1) The Bay Area Winter MS tournament will take place online (Discord) on Saturday, December 20. This event features separate JV/Varsity divisions and will use NAQT MS #55 for both divisions. Schools outside the Bay Area/California are welcome to compete but schools that have already heard the set cannot compete. Register here.
(2) The Sacramento Winter HS tournament is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, January 24 – stay tuned for more details.
(3) Thursday, Dec 4 at 12pm (noon) Pacific time is the deadline to register for the Dec 6 San Francisco Fall Novice Tournament – teams that are new to quiz bowl are encouraged to compete.
Nov 17
Cal Cup #2 Results
Congratulations to the Cal Cup #2 winners – Amador Valley (Competitive), BASIS Fremont A (Standard), and Challenger-Strawberry Park (Novice). Thank you to all of the staff for your help and to Dougherty Valley for hosting!
Results are here
Oct 22
Cal Cup #2 Updates
All teams in the field are required to have a roster posted by the end of Tuesday, October 28 – that is also the last day teams can register. Rosters can be updated after that time but we want to see that progress is being made before then. The field can be found here.
Please make sure to also indicate on your team’s registration how many buzzers/staff you can provide.
Please let us know ASAP if you need to drop! Thursday, October 30 at 12pm (noon) Pacific time is the no-penalty drop deadline for teams in the field.
Oct 09
Cal Cup #2 Registration
Registration is now open for Cal Cup #2 (“Cal Classic”), to be held on Saturday, November 1 at Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon. Registration takes place via the NAQT website here. Package teams have been placed in the field first. Tuesday, October 28 is the last date to register. The initial field caps are 12/12/16. High school teams wishing to qualify for HSNCT should play in the Competitive division. Thursday, October 30 at 12pm (noon) Pacific time is the “no-penalty” drop deadline.
Oct 09
Cal Cup #1 Results
Congratulations to the Cal Cup #1 winners – Amador Valley (Competitive), Athenian (Standard), and BASIS Silicon Valley B (Novice). Thank you to all of the staff for your help and to Mr. Su/Dougherty Valley for hosting!
Results can be found here
Sep 29
Cal Cup #1 Roster Submission / Fall Novice Results
(1) Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the last day to register for Cal Cup #1, to be held this upcoming Saturday, October 4 at Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon.
The list of registered teams can be found here; please verify that your team(s) are listed correctly. Please let us know if you are able to provide (more) staff members – teams will receive a discount on their entry fee for providing scorekeepers/moderators.
All registered teams – including waitlist teams – are asked to please fill out this roster submission form by the end of Tuesday.
Thursday, Oct 2 at 12pm (noon) Pacific time [earlier this year!] is the no-penalty drop deadline – please let us know ASAP if you need to drop a team.
(2) A reminder that Cal Cup #2 will take place on Saturday, November 1 at Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon. Cal Cup #2 registration will open after the conclusion of Cal Cup #1.
(3) We have confirmed that Cal Cup #3 will take place on Saturday, February 14 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. Cal Cup #3 registration will open after the conclusion of Cal Cup #2.
(3) Congratulations to the winners from the Bay Area Fall Novice tournament! Thank you to all the staff for your help and to Mr. Garvey/Menlo for hosting!