Hello,

Congratulations to this year's hosts of B.C. Bowl and Ontario Bowl, the
University of B.C. and the University of Toronto.

The tournaments are scheduled to be held on Saturday in October.

Again, the tournament will be packet submission. Only teams with more than
a year of quiz bowl experience are expected to write a full pack. Less
experienced teams, depending on experience, will be expected to write
two-thirds or one-third of a pack. Teams that fail to submit a pack or
register after the entry deadline will have to pay a Cdn$15 fee to help
offset tournament administrative costs.

The target distribution for Provincial Bowl will be 24/24 of the following:
Science 4/4 (1/1 of biology, chemistry, physics, and other)
Literature 4/4 (at least 1/1 of North American, European, and other; at
least 1/1 of fiction novels, drama, poetry)
History 4/4 (1/1 of North American, European, and other)
Geography 2/2 (representing at least three continents)
Religion-Mythology-Philosophy 2/2 (at least 1/0 or 0/1 of each category)
Social Sciences 1/1
Current Events 1/1
Fine Arts 1/1
Pop Culture 2/2 (no more than 1/1 each of sports, music, movies, or TV)
General Knowledge or Hybrid 1/1
Any of the Above 2/2 (from different categories)

1) For clubs that began competing in tournaments prior to B.C./Ontario
Bowl 2006, I expect a full pack of 24/24.

2) For clubs that began competing in tournaments since and including
B.C./Ontario Bowl 2006, I expect two-thirds of a pack of 16/16 conforming
to the following distribution:
Science 3/3 (at least 1/0 or 0/1 each of biology, chemistry, physics)
Literature 3/3 (at least 1/0 or 0/1 each of North American, European, and
other; at least 1/0 or 0/1 each of fiction novels, drama, poetry)
History 3/3 (at least 1/0 or 0/1 each of North American, European, and other)
Geography 1/1 (representing two continents)
Religion-Mythology-Philosophy 1/1 (from two of the three different topics)
Other Academic 2/2 (from different areas of Social Science, Fine Arts, or
Current Events)
Pop Culture 1/1 (from at least two of sports, music, movies, TV or other)
Any of the Above 2/2 (from at least 3 different categories)

3) For clubs that are making their quiz bowl debut at B.C./Ontario Bowl
2007, I expect one-third of a pack of 8/8:
Science 2/2
Literature 2/2
History 1/1
Other Academic 2/2 (Geography, Religion-Myth-Philosophy, Social Science,
Fine Arts, Current Events)
Pop Culture 1/1

If you are not sure which category your team falls into, please contact me
for clarification.

Submit packets to bstephen -at- direct (dot) ca in either .doc or .rtf
format. All packs must be received by Friday, September 28, 2007. Please
submit questions sorted by category. Do not randomize or number your
questions. If you wish to put in power marks where you believe they are
appropriate, feel free to do so. Please list the names of all people who
contributed to the pack at the top of the first page. Do your best to keep
both tossup and bonus questions to a reasonable length. FREELANCE packs
are welcome in exchange for the tournament set.

If you want to play in the B.C. Bowl or Ontario Bowl tournaments, please
contact Brock at bstephen -at- direct (dot) ca.

The tournament will be followed the same day by a trash or pop culture
singles tournament, Singles Action at Wreck Beach in B.C. The tournament
format is the same as past years. There will be a separate e-mail
explaining the rules of this tournament closer to the date.

Please contact bstephen -at- direct (dot) ca if you have any questions or
if you are interested in receiving the packet set from last year for FREE.

Further announcements with site details will be made by the hosts closer
to the event.

Brock Stephenson
Editor-in-Chief, Provincial Bowl and Singles Action tournaments