NAQT Sectionals Southeast at UTC 2/10/07

Charlie Steinhice <*utcquizbowl_at_steinhice.yahoo.invalid*> · Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:31:34 -0000

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Academic Trivia 
Association will host NAQT Sectionals Southeast on Sat., Feb. 10, 
2007.   This is an academic collegiate quizbowl tournament aimed at 
four-year schools, and offers teams a chance to qualify for NAQT's 
Intercollegiate Championship Tournament in April.  

For NAQT Sectionals Southeast, separate titles will be awarded for 
Division I and Division II, as well as a title for the top all-
undergraduate Division I team.  For further information regarding 
eligibility, rules, etc., check NAQT's website: 

[url]http://www.naqt.com/[/url]

Tournament headquarters will be 129 Grote Hall on the UTC Campus.  
Driving directions are below.  Registration will begin at 9 AM EST 
on Sat., Feb. 10, with all teams expected to be present by 9:45 AM 
for announcements.  Tournament play will begin at 10 AM.

The SCT entry fee will be $120 for the first team from a school and 
$100 for each subsequent team.  We also offer the following 
discounts:
   - $10 for each competent full-time official provided by the school
   - $5 for a working lockout buzzer system
   - $20 for submitting a blind round of high school questions, for 
use at UTC's March high school tournament, by Wed. 2/7/07.
   - $40 for a "new school" (defined by NAQT as teams from a team is 
from a school that has neither competed in nor hosted a Sectional in 
the last two years)

Each school will also receive, at no additional charge, a copy of 
the questions used in their division (after the tournament, of 
course -- otherwise, that'd kind of kill the suspense, wouldn't it?)

To the surprise of no one, Charlie Steinhice will be tournament 
director.
To register or for logistical questions, contact us at utcquizbowl 
[at] gmail [dot] com. 

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: 
>From Atlanta and points south -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 
west towards downtown, then follow the freeway splitoff for U.S. 27 
North, downtown Chattanooga. From 27 North take the 4th Street exit, 
within sight of the Tennessee Aquarium. Go right on 4th St. (you 
have no choice) and follow it for ca. 1 mile. Go past the UTC Arena, 
after which E. 4th St. becomes part of E. 3rd St. After that, take 
the second right on Palmetto St. Go two blocks and turn right on 
Vine St. (just past the EMCS Building.) Just before the place where 
Vine St. is blocked off, the parking lot for Grote and Holt Halls is 
on the right. Enter Grote by the door next to the dumpster.

From Knoxville and points north -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-
24 West; directions from there same as above. 

>From Nashville and points west/north: Take I-24 east to Chattanooga. 
As you round Moccasin Bend (freeway goes alongside river) watch for 
two exit lanes on the right; take the less rightward of the two, 
which will have signs above it for U.S. 27 N. Rest of directions are 
the same as above.

>From Birmingham and points southwest: Take I-59 to the outskirts of 
Chattanooga, where it dead-ends into I-24. Get on I-24 East and 
follow the Nashville directions from there. 