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Solon Two-Day Tournament V
The Solon High School Academic Challenge Team would like to invite you to the Fifth Annual Solon Two Day Tournament held February 13-14, 2016 at Solon High School at 33600 Inwood Rd. Solon, OH.

Saturday February 13th will be the 13th annual Glen Gonsalves Memorial Tournament, run on NAQT 154. We will guarantee 10 matches for Varsity teams. Standard NAQT scoring, untimed 20 question matches. We will field a JV division if warranted.

After Saturday’s finals, we will play a free 3-5 round trash tournament, open to players, coaches, adults, etc. We are housewriting this for 2016!

Sunday February 14th will be our PACE format tournament, run on Harvard Fall Tournament 2015. We will guarantee 10 matches for Varsity teams. PACE scoring: 10 point tossups, 20 point powers, bonus bouncebacks, no negs

On Sunday we will also run the Solon Middle School Tournament on NAQT MS 16. 8 matches guaranteed.

Fee Structure:
1st Team Saturday: $70.00
2nd Team Saturday: $60.00
Additional teams: $50.00
Saturday Buzzer Discount: $10.00 each, 2 max
Saturday Reader Discount: $10.00 each
1st time NAQT Discount: $25.00 (confirmed at naqt.com)
Sunday HFT: $50.00
Sunday MS: $50.00
Sunday Buzzer Discount: $5.00 each, 2 max
Sunday Reader Discount: $5.00 each

Schedule:
Check-in: 7:45-8:30 AM
Welcome Meeting: 8:30 AM
Readers’ Meeting: 8:45 AM
Round 1 begins: 9:00 AM
Lunch after Rd. 5
Play should end by 4:00 PM (with the exception of any finals matches)

Please email me at peterbergman[AT]solonboe[DOT]org in order to register w/ which days/levels, number of teams, and discounts claimed.

Lunch will be available for purchase both days.

Field Update: (2/7)

Saturday 2/13 IS 154:
Tippecanoe 2
Olmsted Falls 2
DCC 3
Northmont 1
Hawken 1
Eastlake North 2
Brush 2
St. Charles 2
Sidney 1
Copley 2
Cloverleaf 1
Boardman 1
Firestone 2
Olentangy Liberty 2
Labrae 2
Ben Logan 1

University School 1 (possible)

Sunday 2/14 HFT:
Solon 2
DCC 3
Northmont 1
Sidney 1
Copley 1

Sunday 2/14 MS 16:
University School 3
Copley 2
Roxnercello 1
Roosevelt Middle School (Erie, PA) 2
Our Lady of the Lake 1

I'm 99% sure we're coming on at least Saturday - I just have to wait to see if I'm able to bring 1 team or 2.

Sounds great! We'll save two spots for the time being and see how it plays out.

Peter,

Sidney High School will bring one team for both days. Thanks, Brett

Brett,

Sounds great, thanks!

Field update. We're at 28 teams for Saturday. If we reach 30 we'll put subsequent teams on a wait list to either account for possible drops or until we hit 36 and have enough readers.

Field at 30 for Saturday. Subsequent teams will go on wait list until we reach 36 (w readers) or have spots open up.

3 spots are open after a wave of drops. Let me know if you're interested.

I'm cross-posting this from Peter's email.

Solon Two Day Tournament 2016 Logistics

Greetings! As we get to tournament week for the Solon Two Day, I wanted to share “gameday” details with you.

PLEASE NOTE: Because of other events in the building, there will be different entry points and gathering places between Saturday and Sunday. Please read the appropriate section for that info.

Saturday February 13th NAQT 154

Arrival: Enter the high school from the East driveway. If you are coming from SOM Center Rd., this is the first driveway on the left. Your busses can pull into the small parking lot to the right and drop you off at the Commons Door there. Busses can then park back in the larger lot next to the Board of Education.

Please arrive between 8:00 and 8:30. As of now, the forecast calls for cold and light snow. Since we have multiple schools from Dayton and Michigan that will probably be in town the night before, we won’t cancel unless we have a catastrophic forecast ahead of time. Otherwise, count on braving the elements (within reason…). Please make every effort to be on time, as we want to be able to give all teams the full amount of games, play a few rounds of trash, and still get out at a decent hour.

We will have a readers’ meeting at 8:45 and a general opening meeting in the cafeteria shortly thereafter.

Format: For Varsity, we will play five matches in the morning of 20 untimed tossup/bonus cycles. We will then re-bracket during lunch and play championship and consolation divisions in the afternoon. Ties that determine consolation/championship bracket status will be broken with partial packets. Depending on final records, a final will then be played. Trophies will be given to the champion, runner-up, consolation bracket winners, and individual leading scorers. The goal is to finish regular rounds by 3, and finals finished no later than 4.

Lunch: will be served in our cafeteria. $5.00 for two slices of pizza, a drink, and chips. Please patronize our concessions!

Trash: Immediately following finals, we will begin a 3-5 round tossup only trash tournament. The team and I wrote these questions for maximum playability. Teams can be mix and match between schools, parents, coaches, etc...Anyone is welcome to play and this is totally free. (And between the kids and myself I think we’ve covered a large range of generational appeal!) We will do sign-ups for trash in the morning and during lunch, but feel free to rsvp with number of teams at any time. Trash should take about an hour total.

Rosters: Please enter your rosters on this document as soon as you can. This will help us start earlier in the morning and allow us to get stats up online sooner, which we know the kids appreciate.

If you are staying for Sunday, if at all possible please leave your buzzers set up in the rooms overnight. The rooms will be locked.

Sunday February 14th NAQT MS 16 and Harvard Fall Tournament

IMPORTANT: The entry for Sunday will be from our West driveway (the second left from SOM Center). There is a small parking lot on the left as you pull up the driveway. Busses can park in the large Pool parking lot. Enter at the Lecture Hall doors. The Lecture Hall is the octagonal building that is the very first building as you come up the drive. Map here.

High School: Since most of the teams will have stayed overnight, I’d like to start play by 8:30, so please plan on arriving between 8:00-8:15. Scoring will be PACE format: 20 pt powers, 10 pt tossups, no negs, bounceback bonuses, no timeouts. We will play a full round robin of 7 games, then split into championship and consolation brackets of 4 teams each and play a 3 game round robin. If a team has cleared the field by two games, they have won the tournament. If the top team is up by one game, the top two will play an advantaged final. If the top two teams are tied, they will play a one game final. Whenever necessary we will break ties by playing partial packets. Trophies will be awarded to the champion, the runner up, and to individual high scorers.

Middle School: Please arrive between 8:30-9:00 AM. We will try to start play between 9:00-9:15. As of now, we have 9 teams signed up, so each team will play 8 matches and have a bye round. At the end of prelims, a final will be played between the top two teams if they are within one game of each other. If a team has cleared the field by two games, they have won the tournament. Trophies will be awarded to the champion, the runner up, and to individual high scorers.

Rosters: Please enter your rosters on this document as soon as you can. Note that there is a separate sheet at the bottom of the page for Middle School. This will help us start earlier in the morning and allow us to get stats up online sooner, which we know the kids appreciate. Email Peter for the link.

Thanks very much to everyone in advance for making the trip to Solon, and we look forward to seeing you on the 13th and 14th!

I definitely have two coming. I will see after practice today whether I can bring a 3rd.

OK, great. As of right now I have two "placeholder" spots that I'm filling with Solon teams, but I'd be happy to give one to one of your teams instead.

It looks like we are staying with two. Thanks for holding a spot.

No problem. Stay warm and we'll see you tomorrow!