Orchard Farm Eagle Invitational 2/8/2025

[kliesmann@ofr5.com]

Registration opens for our Eagle Invitational on Dec 6th at NAQT. Please register on NAQT.
Here are the details:
2025 Orchard Farm Eagle Invitational
Fellow Coaches,

On Saturday, February 8th, 2025, Orchard Farm High School will be hosting the Orchard Farm Eagle Invitational. Registration starts on 12/6/24 through NAQT. We will be using NAQT question set # IS-236A, which will also be used at the following tournaments:
Palmyra
Mineral Area league championship

Location:
The tournament will be held at Orchard Farm High School 2555 Highway B, St. Charles, MO 63301.

We will be using the following:

Game format:
6 Players per team max
20 tossups with 3 NON-REBOUNDING bonuses
15-point powers
No penalties for incorrect answers (no negs)
Sudden-death tossup tiebreaker

Tournament format:
24-team initial cap-We are allowing for direct entry for the first two teams from a school until 1/6/25. A school’s first two teams will have priority on the waitlist, ahead of any further (C and so on) teams from a school.
The field will expand by groups of 6 teams as they are on the waitlist with preference given to A and B teams then to other teams and as moderators allow
Any further teams (example: C or D teams) will be placed on a waitlist and allowed into the field around 11 days before the tournament date, pending available space in the field (so you will know by around January 29th).
Final Team list will be set no later than the Friday before the event
Prelim pools followed by playoffs and consolation brackets
Prelim awards- top 15 medal
1st and 2nd Trophies for top placing teams

Costs:
1st Team: $85
Subsequent Teams: $65
Discounts: -Moderator or Scorekeeper -$10 (Max 2), and BUZZER SETS -$5 (MAX 2)
Minimum Fee per school: $60
Cancelation fee: - You will be charged $20 per team if you cancel/drop out of the tournament less than 5 days before the event date

Registration Link goes live on 12/6/24:
https://www.naqt.com/registration/field ... t_id=16580

LOGISTICS:
Team check-in will begin at 7:30 AM in the Orchard Farm Cafeteria .
Moderator and scorekeeper meeting at 7:45 AM in the High School Library.
Introductory meeting in the Commons/cafeteria at 8:00 AM.
Games will begin at approximately 8:15 AM.
Teams will play five morning games, break for lunch, then play at least four more afternoon games.
We plan for all games to be completed around 5:00 PM.

Please note and review with your teams:

Courtesy to moderators and other teams before, during and after matches is expected. Any violations of good sportsmanship to any persons participating in the matches or towards the moderators or scorekeepers could result in ejection from the rest of any matches and forfeiting your continued play as a team or coach for the remainder of the day.
All protests will be noted during a match and will be addressed at the end of a round if the protest could change the winner of that round