We are pleased to announce the Northern California high school site of ACF Fall 2015, to be held at Bellarmine College Preparatory on Sunday, 8 November 2015. ACF Fall is the year’s premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, suited for advanced high school teams looking for a more challenging tournament. We do hope that you join us at this event, as high school teams are no longer allowed to compete in collegiate ACF tournaments.
There will be a field cap of 12 teams for this tournament. We anticipate that rounds will go from 9:00 until approximately 4:30, followed by an awards ceremony. The exact round timings and other logistical information will be emailed to teams in the week before the tournament.
Registration
Registration for this event has two steps:
First, please write to us at jonchee.kao@berkeley.edu with your school name, number of teams, and buzzer/staffer information.
Second, fill out the central ACF Fall registration form at this site with all relevant information.
Fees
Base fee: $120 for one team from a school, $240 for two teams from a school, etc.
Buzzer systems*: -$5 each
Staffers: -$10 each; No maximum.
Laptop: -$5 each; Maximum 1 per team.
Travel: -$10 per 200 miles traveled one way
International**: -$20
* No discount for broken buzzers; no maximum.
** For teams representing schools located in a different country than the tournament host.
Note: the “New to ACF” and “New to quiz bowl” discounts available at collegiate mirrors of ACF Fall do not apply to high school teams and are therefore not applicable at this tournament.
If your team is interested in attending this tournament but is unable to do so because of financial constraints, please contact ACF directly at fall@acf-quizbowl.com to negotiate payment.
Packet Discounts/Penalties
Any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2014 is required to submit a packet. High school players attending high school-only sites are included in this definition and are subject to the same discounts and penalties as college teams.
Half-packet templates will be sent out to your team after you have submitted the registration form. If you have questions on the submission guidelines, email them to fall@acf-quizbowl.com and they’ll clarify.
Please submit packets to fall@acf-quizbowl.com and use “ACF Fall 2015: [Team Name]” in the subject line.
Submission schedule
11.59 PM PST September 13: -$30
11.59 PM PST September 27: -$15 (-$30 if optional)
11.59 PM PST October 11: no penalty (-$25 if optional)
11.59 PM PST October 18: +$25
11.59 PM PST October 25: +$50
After October 25: +$10/day until October 31; teams who are required to submit a packet and do not submit one by November 1 will not be allowed to play.
Payment
Payment for ACF Fall will be processed through the ACF treasurer, Gautam Kandlikar. He will get in touch with you about how much your team owes, how to pay for the tournament, etc. Please contact Gautam with any questions regarding payment.
For more information about ACF Fall, refer to the Global Announcement of ACF Fall 2015 or email the editors at fall@acf-quizbowl.com.
Registered teams will be provided with more detailed information before the tournament. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me (Jonchee Kao, jonchee.kao@berkeley.edu) or Chris Fleitas (cfleitas@bcp.org). We hope to see you in November!
