Your best bet (though I have a bias here :-)) is to probably attend a juniorbird event in your area, especially one that uses NAQT Invitational Series questions. Check this bulletin board for tourney announcements and also <a href=http://www.naqt.com/schedule.asp target=new>http://www.naqt.com/schedule.asp</a> Mapquest lists Northfield, MN, as 12-hour drive from Xavier; nonetheless, if you're rarin' to go, the Carleton Ungraduatuate Tournament is probably a good fit. Other events worth noting: NAQT has hosted sectional tournaments every February since 1998 (and November 1996 before that). NO AFFILIATION FEE IS REQUIRED*. Entry fee set by the host, typically in the high double digits per team. Those who win, or do well, at NAQT SCT, are invited to the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, held every April since 1998 (and January 1997 before that). *- This disclaimer, "No affiliation fee required," seems to apply to EVERY event outside of CBCI. As teams start to play outside of ACUI/CBCI, I imagine one of the first things they notice is the opposite of sticker shock. Although NAQT did not sponsor any fall collegiate tournament this year, it has done so in the past. This year, ACF hosted a fall tournament in addition to its regional and championship cyles. Also, as many people have mentioned, lots of colleges host independent invitational tournaments just for the sake of doing so. For a fledgling team, the biggest drawback to an invitational tournament (maybe also to ACF) is the packet submission requirement. As membership in your club expands, many people will want to play but they'll be highly reluctant to write. On the other hand, writing questions is (in my opinion) by far the best way to improve as a player. Once in awhile I'll play in a masters-type event. Apart from that and a lot of question writing, I don't practice or prepare for quiz tournaments anymore -- nothing in particular to prepare for. :-) So when a master's event does come along, a huge % of the questions I actually get will be questions that I got because I remembered writing a similar question on the same topic. Matt (NAQT member, speaking for myself)
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