Crossposted from hsquizbowl.org is our announcement for ACF Winter.

Aaron Dos Remedios

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The University of Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club is pleased to announced that we will
be hosting the Eastern Canada site of ACF Winter on Saturday, January 16, 2010!
It will be taking place in the Math and Computer Building (MC) with more
specific locations and start times TBA. This will be a regular difficulty,
"official" ACF tournament, which means that it will be run according to official
ACF Rules.

Cost

The base cost for teams will be $120, with the following standard ACF discounts:

-$5 per working set of buzzers
-$10 for each staff member
-$5 if you provide us with the use of a laptop (1 per team)
-$10 per full 200 miles travelled one way by your team (as determined by Google
maps)
-$20 for non-Canadian teams
-$25 for "new to ACF" teams
-$75 for "new to Quizbowl" teams
-$50 for high school teams

Minimum fee per school: $0

All fees are in Canadian dollars, with American dollars being accepted at par.
Further explanation of these discounts can be found under the tournament fees
section of the ACF Packet Guidelines.

Packet Submission

Teams containing at least one player who has played a regular, collegiate,
quizbowl tournament before Sept. 1, 2008 are required to submit a packet in
order to participate in ACF Winter. Please consult the ACF Packet Guidelines for
more information about packet submission. Teams which submit acceptable packets
early (including those who are not required to do so) are eligible for discounts
as follows:

Nov. 22, 2009: -$50
Dec. 6, 2009: -$25 (-$50 for teams not required to submit packets)
Dec. 20, 2009: -$0 (-$25 for teams not required to submit packets)
Dec. 27, 2009: +$25
Jan. 3, 2010: +$50

Contact Information

The editors for ACF Winter can be contacted acfwinter@.... If you have any
questions or require more information about this ACF Winter site in particular,
do not hesitate to email me at adosreme@...

This is an unofficial announcement that the University of Waterloo will be
hosting ACF Winter on January 16, 2010.  While I am in the final stages of
clearing it with the school, I have been assured that there should be no problem
with us hosting.

I will soon be making an official announcement both here and at hsquizbowl.org,
but I thought that I should at least mention this here for veteran teams who are
attending and need to write a packet as the $50 discount deadline is coming up
very soon.

Aaron Dos Remedios

Aaron,

We CANNOT provide copies of the questions at this time since another region will
be conducting the tournament in the next 2 weeks.  Once I get the go ahead to
release the questions, I will let you know.

Thanks,
Rick "The Rhino"

Tournament Director, 2009 Canadian TRASH Regionals

--- In qb-canada@yahoogroups.com, "adosreme" <adosreme@...> wrote:
>
> Is it possible for participating teams to get a copy of the packets emailed to
them?  If so, then I would like one.
>
> Aaron
>

Is it possible for participating teams to get a copy of the packets emailed to
them?  If so, then I would like one.

Aaron

--- In qb-canada@yahoogroups.com, "fbnose25" <rcatibog@...> wrote:
>
> Hello TRASH Players,
>
> This Saturday's FINAL team competitor list for the 2009 Canadian TRASH
Regionals are as follows:
>
> - University of Ottawa (distance, 1 buzzer, players registered)
> - University of Rochester aka "TORONTO ROCK CITY" (distance, players
registered)
> - University of Waterloo (1 buzzer)
> - Guelph University A
> - Guelph University B
> - McMaster University A (1 buzzer, 1 moderator)
> - McMaster University B
> - Queen's University A (distance, 2 buzzers, players registered)
> - Queen's University B (distance, players registered)
> - Woburn Collegiate (high school)
> - Rochester team aka "LA COUPE GREY POUPON" (distance)
>
> - University of Toronto A
> - University of Toronto B
>
> That makes the field being comprised of 13 TEAMS.
>
> As a result, the tournament will be a 13-game round robin with a final 14th
game in the event of a tie at top spot at the end of regulation.
>
> Due to the large number of games being played and the lack of knowledge of
players on a majority of the teams registered, I ENCOURAGE all teams to report
to the main TRASH headquarters in the SID SMITH building (100 St. George St.) on
the 2ND FLOOR NO LATER THAN 8:30 AM in preparation for a 9:00 AM start of the
tournament.
>
> IMPORTANT: Please think of CREATIVE NAMES for your teams upon registration
other than the boring "U of T A" and "U of T B" <barfs!>  ;^)
>
> For a map of St. George Campus, please follow this link (Sidney Smith
> is denoted by the letters "SS"):
>
> http://rrs.osm.utoronto.ca/map/f?p=110:1:13644022676829877712
>
> Details will follow about places to park on the day of the tournament.
>
> Awards will be given to the following categories this year:
>
> - Canadian TRASH Regionals TEAM CHAMPS
> - Canadian TRASH Regionals TEAM RUNNERS-UP
> - Canadian TRASH Regionals MVP
> - Canadian TRASH Regionals MOST NEGS (with conditions - will be known on the
day of the tournament)
>
> If you have any issues or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me by
email:
>
> nosetackle2005-AT-rogers-DOT-com
>
>
> Look forward to seeing all of you on Saturday!
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Rick "The Rhino"
>
> Tournament Director, 2009 Canadian TRASH Regionals
>