--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tgallows <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Robin Richards and company > for what was, under the circumstances, a well-run SCT at Athens, > Georgia. The tournament ran into early delays because of the lateness > of the USF teams (who were apparently at the wrong building) and the > complete failure of FSU and UNF to show up. Also, some of the usual > moderators from the UTC/GT/Athens area were absent. > > Nonetheless, we were able to play 14 rounds and get out of there by > 7pm, which seemed _highly_ unlikely after the early delays. Rounds > 6-14 took less than 4.5 hours, which by southeastern standards is > tremendous. I can't speak of the Div II moderators, but those in Div > I generally did a good job, I thought (Dave and Richard in particular > -- my apologies for not knowing your last names). Robin did a good > job of dealing with the various obstacles, including managing to keep > us all from getting kicked out of the building at 7pm. The site (the > Tate Learning Center) was excellent -- all match rooms were on the > same floor of a single building, which is nice. > > Anyway, since the negative commentaries often seem to outnumber the > positive ones, I just wanted to compliment Robin and company on > getting the tournament done in a timely manner despite the adverse > circumstances. > > --Raj Dhuwalia, UF I echo Raj's mad props. Well done, UGA. -Steve Bahnaman, Emory
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