Delaware Fall Open
The Delaware Fall Open is a high school quizbowl tournament held every December (usually the second Saturday) at Wilmington Charter. Participants hail from D.C., Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania teams.
Directed by Bill Tressler and Charter Academic Bowl, the first two years the tournament was held at the Sanford School. When Bill moved to Charter, the tournament came with him, but Delaware Fall Open III was hosted by Salesianum.
One feature popular with some teams is the trash round. Lunch is usually sold in the cafeteria due to a dearth of eating establishments in the vicinity of Charter.
This is one of the few tournaments in the Mid-Atlantic that offers a JV division. Any freshman or sophomore is eligible to play JV. A junior or senior who played no high school quizbowl before the current academic year is also eligible.
The Ascedency Cup is an "all time" trophy given to a school that accumulates the most wins. Winners are then reset to zero so that the award rotates.
Varsity Results
| DFO | Champion | Second | Third | Fourth | Field size (Varsity + JV) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X (2009) | Richard Montgomery A | Bergen A | Henderson | Ranney | 30 + 22 | results |
| IX (2008) | Gonzaga A | Walt Whitman A | Blake A | Blake B | 23 + 15 | results About 48 teams were expected, but a snowstorm made travel from the north difficult. |
| VIII (2007) | Walt Whitman A | Half Hollow Hills West A | Manheim Township A | C. Milton Wright | 33 + 15 | results Whitman finished 3rd at nationals. |
| VII (2006) | Moravian A | Blake | Seton Hall Prep A | Kellenberg A | 18 + 16 | results Ben Schenkel of Moravian finished 2nd in Teen Jeopardy! in this year. |
| VI (2005) | Gonzaga | Montgomery Blair A | Half Hollow Hills West A | West Chester East | 26 + 16 | results |
| V (2004) | Richard Montgomery A | Richard Montgomery B | Salesianum | Howard | 8 + 8 | results An attempted November date proved unpopular. Richard Montgomery finished 6th at nationals. |
| IV (2003) | Kellenberg Memorial A | Wilmington Charter B | Howard A | Kellenberg Memorial B | 19 + 11 | results First year of a separate JV division. |
| III (2002) | Salesianum A | Wilmington Charter B | Wilmington Charter A | Sanford | 16 | results Held at Salesianum. |
| II (2001) | Howard A | Wilmington Charter A | Pennridge A | Archmere A | 11 | results Featured a circle of death between three teams, which excluded Pennridge from the final. Held at Sanford. |
| I (2000) | Newark | Wilmington Christian | Wilmington Charter A | Pennridge A | 14 | results Held at Sanford. |