(1) Cal Cup #3 is taking place on Saturday, February 14 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. We are using house-write sets this time: PLANETFALL III for Competitive, MINI Dart for Standard, and RQBco for Novice; thus, teams cannot qualify for HSNCT from this event.

Register here (we are using the NAQT registration system even though we are not using NAQT questions).

(2) We currently have room for one more team in each division at the Jan 24 Sacramento Winter online tournament (this competition is an HSNCT qualifier).

(3) We are tentatively planning to run two in-person Bay Area Middle School competitions this semester – Sat, Feb 28 and Sat, Mar 21 (pending room reservations). Stay tuned for more details.

Registration is now open for the Sac Winter HS tournament, to be held online (Discord) on Saturday, January 24. Middle school, Bay Area, and out-of-state teams are welcome to compete but Sacramento-area schools will receive priority in case of a waitlist.

This competition will feature NAQT IS-244 for Varsity and NAQT IS-245A for JV; teams hoping to qualify for HSNCT should compete in the Varsity division.

Register via the NAQT website here. Tuesday, January 20 is the last date to register. Teams that drop after 12pm (noon) Pacific time on Friday, January 23 will receive a cancellation fee (please try to avoid this!)

All teams in the field are required to have a roster posted by the end of Tuesday, October 28 – that is also the last day teams can register. Rosters can be updated after that time but we want to see that progress is being made before then. The field can be found here.

Please make sure to also indicate on your team’s registration how many buzzers/staff you can provide.

Please let us know ASAP if you need to drop! Thursday, October 30 at 12pm (noon) Pacific time is the no-penalty drop deadline for teams in the field.

Registration is now open for Cal Cup #2 (“Cal Classic”), to be held on Saturday, November 1 at Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon. Registration takes place via the NAQT website here. Package teams have been placed in the field first. Tuesday, October 28 is the last date to register. The initial field caps are 12/12/16. High school teams wishing to qualify for HSNCT should play in the Competitive division.  Thursday, October 30 at 12pm (noon) Pacific time is the “no-penalty” drop deadline.

Welcome to the new California Cup season! Cal Cup #1 will take place on Saturday, October 4 at Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon. As in previous years, this event will feature three divisions: Competitive, Standard, and Novice. We will be using SHOW-ME Four for Competitive/Standard and ORCUS for Novice [not NAQT]. The initial field cap will be 12 teams for all three divisions – we will expand the field based on interest/staff availability.

We are continuing to offer “the package” that we had in previous years – teams can play all four tournaments for the price of three. Cal Cup #2 is the deadline for signing up for the package. In addition, teams have until Cal Cup #2 if they wish to back-out of purchasing the package.

Register for Cal Cup #1 here.

(2) Cal Cup #2 will take place on Saturday, November 1 at Dougherty Valley – we plan to use NAQT sets for this event. Teams that wish to qualify for HSNCT should play in the Competitive division at this event. Registration for Cal Cup #2 will open soon after the conclusion of Cal Cup #1.

(3) We have started a waitlist for both divisions for the Sat, Sep 27 Bay Area Fall Novice tournament @ Menlo. Teams that are in the field are reminded to please post a roster and indicate how many buzzer(s)/staff your school is providing. Jeff can provide volunteer hours for student staffers as long as there does not exist a non-profit requirement.