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The Solon High School Academic Challenge will be hosting the Solon Fall Tournament on Saturday October 10, 2015 at Solon High School. The tournament will be played on NAQT’s 147-A set.

All teams will be guaranteed 10 games, and the field will be initially capped at 24 teams, depending on interest. We will field a JV division if enough JV teams register.

Schedule
Check-in: 8:00 - 8:30 AM
Team/Players meeting: 8:30 AM
Readers Meeting: 8:45 AM
Play begins: 9:00 AM

Lunch will be on your own. We will have space if you wish to bring your lunch, or you may go off-campus to one of the nearby fast-food restaurants.

Fee Structure:
$65.00 - first team
$55.00 - each subsequent team

Buzzer Discount: $5.00 for each working 8-player system, limited to one per team registered
Moderator Discount: $10.00 for bringing an experienced reader. Please supply the reader’s name.
1st time NAQT Discount: $25.00 if this is the first time your school has competed on NAQT questions. I will confirm this by checking NAQT’s results page.

To register or for questions, please e-mail peterbergman@solonboe.org. Hope to see you in October!

I emailed you back from my school email -- our new team at Eastlake North is interested, I just have to make sure I can get four of them to show. They seem pretty committed though. I'll get back to you.

Field Update:(10/5/15)

Eastlake North 2
Copley 2
Cloverleaf 2
Solon 4 (C,D,E,F)
Maple Heights 1
Olmsted Falls 2
Brunswick 2
West Geauga 1
Newbury 1
Boardman 1
Tippecanoe 1
Firestone 2
Western Reserve Academy 1
Brush 2
Lakewood 2
University School 1
Kenston 1

Field at 28. 2 possible spots.

Our field is over 1/2 full for the initial 24 team cap. I've sent a reminder email out in case I missed anyone with my original, pre-1st day of school message.

Please e-mail me if you need a registration form for your treasurer; a simple email with number of teams and claimed discounts is all I really need.

I might be bringing two -- I'm hoping to find out tonight if I can bring a second team... they will be almost all freshmen if so, so JV if you have one.

Sounds good. I think we have 1 or two other official JV teams. When we get a little closer I'll assess and see if it makes sense to run a separate division.

This tournament has been Gold-Certified by PACE which means that the top 20% of the field will qualify for PACE NSC June 4-5 2016 in Chicago.

Also, the field currently stands at 18 teams, which will qualify 3 teams for NAQT nationals May 27-29 2016 in Dallas. However, if we get above 20 teams, there will be a fourth qualifying team!

Peter, count Tippecanoe for one team. I'm waiting on Board Approval, but I think I'll get it.

That's great, Joe. You're in.

Also, Solon should be good for 3 teams for 11/7. Thanks.

I just emailed you - I'm planning on bringing two teams... I had 8 of them confirm with me last night. If you end up putting a JV division in, my second team, which is mostly freshmen will go in there, otherwise they take their beatings from whoever.

Field Bump. We currently stand at 28 teams (22V/6JV). I'm asking any additional teams that sign up to commit to bringing a reader.

SFT is just about full, but there's one spot left (we'd be asking that team to bring a reader). We have 29 teams, two maybes, so we'll either go 30 or 32. Let me know if you're interested: peterbergman@solonboe.org.