Evening all!

I’m watching the Pats and typing up our results. We had a great day at Plymouth, thanks to Jay and his kids for putting on a great tournament, on Homecoming, no less!

Before I get to the results here are a couple of quick reminders:

1) If you’re going to GHOST, let Murph know ASAP!

2) You will be hearing from me at the beginning of November, I’ll be looking for “ambassadors” to work on selling the League at GSC Supper Sunday. I’ll be trying to set up something official with Susan when the time comes.

3) Our next regional is at BG on December 8. It’s early, but you can always let Kathryn know you’re coming. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

We had 9 varsity teams, and 8 j/v teams in our tournament. Hanover’s j/v team helped us round out the varsity bracket, giving us an even 10 teams. We wrapped around the schedule, so both groups played 10 rounds. (As a side note, we may want to consider how this is handled scoring wise in the future, but that’s another question for another day)

Here’s how it all played out:

Division I Tournament: Plymouth, 10/13/18
Varsity			J/V
Hanover*	10		Fall Mt.	7
Plymouth	9		Plymouth	5
Fall Mt.	8		Lisbon	4
Kingswood	5		PCA	4
PCA	5		BG	4
BG	3		Pinkerton	0
Merrimack	2
Salem	1
Colebrook	0
*Division Winner

And here are the current standings:

Tournament Winners			Varsity Points standings			J/V Points Standings
Div I	Hanover		Plymouth	18		Fall Mt.	14
Div II	John Stark		Fall Mtn.	14		BG	9
Div III			PCA	11		Merrimack	7
Div IV			Merrimack	9		Plymouth	7
At-Large			BG	7		PCA	4
			Kingswood	5		Lisbon	4
			Salem	1		Salem	3
			Stevens	1		Pinkerton	0
			Colebrook	0

It was a great day!

Good morning all!

I had meant to do this all this weekend, but things kind of got away from me.

Thanks to Nick and his crew at Fall Mt. who put on a great tournament for us, and I know that most of us enjoyed the beautiful drive out into the West Country. They’re certainly blessed with some great scenery out there! We had nine teams show up, and so, as we had uneven numbers for a round robin, we made some adjustments. Both Murph and I had inexperienced groups, so we tossed a coin and I lost (I guess…?) and my kids played in the j/v bracket to even things out. So we ended up with 8 varsity and 6 j/v teams. We still played 10 rounds, we just doubled up some matches.

Anywhoo. I’ve tabulated the results (thanks to Sara who gathered them for me. Sorry I had to book it out on Saturday, but our bus driver was on a tight schedule).

The full results are appended below, as well as the current At-Large standings, but the upshot is the John Stark took the Division II plaque this year, winning in a 50 question un-timed tiebreaker round, 18-12. Congrats to the Generals, and they’re the first team to punch their ticket for Concord!

Here’s how the rest broke down:

Varsity			J/V
Plymouth	9		Merrimack	7
Merrimack	7		Fall Mt.	7
John Stark*	6		BG	5
Fall Mtn.	6		Salem	3
PCA	6		Plymouth	2
BG	4
Hanover	1
Stevens	1

And here are the overall standings:

Tournament Winners			Varsity Points standings			J/V Points Standings
Div I			Plymouth	9		Merrimack	7
Div II	John Stark		Merrimack	7		Fall Mt.	7
Div III			Fall Mtn.	6		BG	5
Div IV			PCA	6		Salem	3
At-Large			BG	4		Plymouth	2
			Hanover	1
			Stevens	1

We look forward to seeing everyone at Plymouth on the 13th, please let Jay know if you’re planning on coming!

Also, remember GHOST on the 28th, talk to Murph if you’re planning on being there.

Lastly, Sara would like to host a J/V-Rookie tournament at Merrimack sometime this year, and we’re hoping to find a date that the most people will find agreeable, so get in touch with her and suggest what might work for you!

Happy Quizzing Everyone!