Hi, I wanted to remind everyone about the Junior Bird. If you have any questions, please contact me. Right now our field is looking as follows: Buena Vista College 1 Carleton College 4 Iowa State 1 Minnesota 2 Wisconsin 1 so we have room for a few more teams. Note that the location is now set at Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota. Thanks, David Levinson TD, Minnesota Junior Bird -------------- The University of Minnesota quizbowl team, in cooperation with the Carleton College quizbowl team, is pleased to announce the first Minnesota Junior Bird. This tournament will be a mirror of Sword Bowl held at the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, so question submission is not required for guest schools. ELIGIBILITY: The tournament is open to the following: * Teams from 4-year colleges/universities composed entirely of freshmen and/or sophomores and/or upperclassmen in their first or second full season of intercollegiate quizbowl competition. (Important note: since the untimed game and ACF-style format differs so greatly from the CBI style, participation in CBI and HCASC tournaments will not be counted as previous intercollegiate experience.) * Junior or Community college teams, even if they include players with two or more years' intercollegiate experience * High school teams willing to take their chances with the above. Multiple teams may participate from the same school. FORMAT: This will be modified ACF style, with about 14 untimed rounds of 20 tossups (worth 10 pts. each) and up to 20 bonuses (worth a possible 30 pts. each.) FIELD SIZE: If this gets to be a problem, we will let you know. DATE & TIME: Saturday January 22, 2000 Tentatively from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, hopefully enabling teams within a 4.5 hour drive to avoid 1 nights lodging costs. We hope to arrange lunch on site to keep the questions flowing. SCHEDULE: Registration will begin at 10:30 CST and the tournament will begin at 11:00 am SHARP, late teams may be subject to forfeit matches. LOCATION: Meet at Auditorium at Olin Hall on campus of Carleton College <a href=http://www.carleton.edu/campus/publications/maps/ target=new>http://www.carleton.edu/campus/publications/maps/</a> DIRECTIONS: <a href=http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/getting.here.html#car target=new>http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/getting.here.html#car</a> >From the Carleton Web Page: ACCOMMODATIONS ON AND OFF-CAMPUS If you plan to spend the night in the area, check in advance about local accommodations, because on special weekends at Carleton and nearby St. Olaf College (Homecoming, Commencement, etc.) hotels and motels here are often booked solidly. The Archer House (downtown on Division Street), the Country Inn, the Super 8, College City Motel, and Hillcrest Motel (on Highway 3) all provide convenient lodging in Northfield. Bed and breakfast accommodations are also available in the Northfield vicinity. A large number of motels and hotels are located in nearby Faribault, Farmington, Lakeville and in the metropolitan Twin Cities, only 40 miles away. Please refer to an AAA guidebook or a Twin Cities guide for a full listing. FEES: Here's the fee structure: Base fee $50 per team - $5 per working lockout buzzer system - $5 for each team after the first from the same school WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE?: The tournament director is David Levinson <mailto:levin031_at_...>
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