Update: this tournament has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 24, 2015. If your team had registered for the previously announced April 18 date, please contact me to confirm your team’s status for May 24.
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Bellarmine College Prep are pleased to announce that Bellarmine will host its third annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Sunday, May 24, 2015.
Location: This tournament will take place at Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, California. Details of the precise building will be posted closer to the date of the tournament.
Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School Series #14. (For practice material similar to the questions we will use at the tournament, please consider the NAQT New Middle School Package and the 2013 Collaborative Middle School Tournament.)
Eligibility: All middle schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event. This tournament is open to any players who have not yet completed 8th grade, though the questions are targeted at 7th and 8th graders.
Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.
Fees:
Base fee: $70 per team
-$10 second or subsequent team from the same school
-$10 working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)
-$20 experienced moderator
-$10 scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)
Payment will be taken at check-in on May 24th. Please make checks out to Bellarmine College Prep.
How to register: please contact the tournament director, Jeff Hoppes (jeff.hoppes@gmail.com), on or before Monday, May 18th, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.
