CMQ News and Updates

Last minute suggestion for the girls staying in the dorms--you might want to bring an air mattress or small foamie because there will be quite a few that need to sleep on the floor. Thanks

Just a reminder that coaches will be responsible to transport their quizzers to and from the Science Center in Regina for the social. There will be 3 showings of the IMAX film so everyone registering for the meet is welcome to attend. The first showing is at 5:15 p.m., the second at 6:25 p.m., and the third at 7:35 p.m. We plan to leave WCC for the Science Center at 4:50-5:00 p.m. and leave the Science Center for WCC at 8:30 p.m.

Just a reminder that registrations are due tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22 for the upcoming quiz meet in Regina May 2-4. Thank you to everyone who has registered already. Please get your registrations in on time to assist with the planning of the quiz meet.

It looks like we will have enough rooms on campus for the girls and the female chaperons and we are working on obtaining enough billet homes for the boys and coaches in Regina. If any coaches or officials have friends or relatives in Regina that they could make arrangements to stay with, it would help with our billeting situation. Please indicate this on your registration form. Thank you.

Congratulations to the six CMD quizzers who placed in the top ten for individual stats (based on the 5 preliminary quizzes):

3rd place - Heather Pitman with an average of 40
4th place - Sam Milner with an average of 36
5th place - Jared Haight with an average of 32
6th place - Blake Weiseth with an average of 30
8th place - Josiah Sawatsky with an average of 28 and 2 errors
10th place - Levi Durston with an average of 28 and 4 errors


Congratulations also to Josiah Sawatsky, who received the top rookie award for first-time Great West participants!

Congratulations to the CMD 2 team of Danielle Steiner, Sam Milner, Sandra Munchinsky, and Josh Warkentin, who won an exciting A Side Final by taking question 20 to pull ahead of the Western Canada 2 team of Adrienna Dyck, Grace Ajele, Jesse Wall, Kimberly Wiens, and Sarah Berger. The CMD 4 team of Blake Weiseth, Levi Durston, Rebecca Ward, and Thomas Gadd also had the opportunity to win the Final if they had taken question 20, but had to settle for third place. The final score on the A Final:

CMD 2 90
Western Canada 2 80
CMD 4 60

CMD 3, CMD 1, and CMD 5 met up in an all-CMD quiz F in the A Side playoffs. The CMD 1 team of Heather Pitman, Joel Haight, Seth Jansen, and Timothy Eldred won the quiz, going on to finish third in Quiz H for 7th overall. The CMD 5 team of Charissa Culy, David Peters, Jared Haight, and Josiah Sawatsky finished second in the quiz and 8th overall. The CMD 3 team of Ashley Janzen, Erinn Beach, Jared Ens, and Jordan Gold came in third in the quiz and 9th overall.

Rounding out the A Side were Western Canada 1 in 4th place, Western Canada 3 in 5th place, and Western Canada 5 in 6th place.

The social has been finalized for the final quiz meet at WCC in Regina. We will be going to the Science Centre where everybody will have the opportunity to view one of three showings of the new IMAX film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk. The quizzing group will be divided into three groups with the groups rotating between the IMAX film, time in the Science Centre Powerhouse, and wide games on the lawn.

Our prayers and support are with the quizzers and coaches heading to Calgary for the Great West Invitational Tournament this weekend. The following quizzers and coaches will be participating in the quiz meet Friday night and Saturday. Congratulations and good luck to the following participants:

Quizzers:
Seth
Danielle
Rebecca
Josiah
Erinn
Josh
Heather
Joel
Jordan
Jared
Timothy
Thomas
David
Blake
Ashley
Jared
Charissa
Sandra
Sam
Levi

Coaches & Officials:
Nicole
Lana
Steve
Jamie
Amanda
Jonathon
Llew
Bryan
Ernie

Please remember the team in prayer as they travel to Calgary today and return home on Sunday.

The final quiz meet of the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians quizzing year will be held May 2-4 at Western Christian High School in Regina. Registration will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday at WCHS. The meet will conclude with awards on Sunday afternoon at approximately 4:00 p.m. The cost will be $45 per person.

REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008. Please download and fill out the registration form and email it to the registration email address. Make sure to list the number of teams in each division

Question material content includes all of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians with 20 question quizzes in the A, B, and C divisions. This will be the final district meet of the GEPC quizzing year with 45% of the “A” quizzers personal averages going towards their overall year average. Quizzers need to bring sleeping bags, pillows, and towels as well any personal items required for the meets. Luggage needs to be identified with each quizzer’s name and church group.

Erin Petty, officials’ coordinator, would appreciate knowing about any adults coming to the meet that would be available to help with some of the officiating as scorekeepers or answer judges. For this meet, the registration cost for answer judges and scorekeepers is $20 to help cover the cost of the meals.

We are still working out the final details for the social. Information regarding the social will be posted on the website at a later date.

This year we hope to billet all of the female quizzers on campus. The male quizzers and coaches will be billeted off campus. We will require female adults to chaperon the dorms. If you have female adults available to be billeted on campus, please indicate this on your registration form. Also, if you know of any Regina homes available to take billets, please contact Corinne Lynnes from Westhill Park.

Awards will be presented for Club 145, Club 300, and Grade 12 quizzers. Coaches, please contact Ernie Munchinsky with the awards information for your quizzers by WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. We need to know the name and number of years in quizzing for each Grade 12 quizzer plus the number of Club 145 and Club 300 awards for your quizzing group. Ernie’s contact information is available on the CMQ directory. If you do not have access to a directory, please send the information to the quiz.registrations email address below.

If you have questions or concerns with completing the registration form, please contact Angela Davis. My number is available in the directory.

Send registration forms to:
quiz.registrationsATcmdquizzing.org
Replace the AT with @. (We have to list it this way on the website to prevent SPAM emails.)

Click below to download the registration form:
www.cmdquizzing.org/info/WCC_2008.rtf

Club 145 and Club 300 Tests

Quizzers who have recited the Club 145 or Club 300 verses throughout the year are eligible for the Club 145 or Club 300 tests. Coaches can prepare packages of 15 references from Club 145 and 30 references from Club 300. Quizzers must chose 5 verses to quote from Club 145 and 10 verses to quote from Club 300. The remaining verses can be recited from a 5 word finish the verses question. Quizzers can repeat the test as many times as needed. In each test, the coach is allowed to give 3 helps for Club 145 and 6 helps for 300.

Sunday morning music

Coaches, if any of your quizzers are interested in doing a special music number during the Sunday morning worship service at the final quiz meet, please indicate this on your registration form or email the quiz registration email regarding the special music.

Head to Head quiz day will be held Saturday April 19 in Saskatoon at Erindale Alliance Church from 9 am to 5 pm. Any top 10 quizzer having other commitments and NOT planning to attend this day or the Great West Tournament in Calgary -- please notify Steve Vincent as soon as possible. This will allow us to plan with other quizzers for these meets.

Once again, the Great Western Canadian meet is approaching! Any quizzers wanting to participate in the meet on April 11-13 need to fill out the application form and email it to greatwest AT cmdquizzing.org. Applications must be in by March 26. All quizzers and coaches will be notified about participation in the head-to-head meet and the Great Western Canadian meet by March 28. Any coaches wishing to participate please send us an email with your contact information and let us know what roles you are willing to play. Also, let us know what your previous out-of-district experience has been (if any).

UPDATE:
The greatwest AT cmdquizzing.org email address has now (Saturday, March 15th) been re-activated. If you have emailed your application before Saturday afternoon, please send it again to ensure we receive it. All received applications will be acknowledged, so if you haven't heard anything back, try sending your application again. Sorry for the mixup!

The next quiz meet is fast approaching. It will be held Mar. 7-9 at Erindale Alliance Church in Saskatoon, SK. Registration will be 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The meet will wrap up after lunch on Sunday. (Lunch is at 11:45 a.m.)

REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008. Please download and fill out the registration form and return it to the registration email address. Make sure to list the number of teams in each division and include any vehicles that can be used to transport quizzers to billets.

Because the Erindale quiz meet is held in Saskatoon, we need confirmation on 2 additional items to help the planning of the meet run smoother.
1. Please ensure that your quizzers need billets before filling out the registration form. It is fine if you arrange with their parents for them to stay with someone else, but we need to know ahead of time so that we are not looking for billets that we don't need and cancelling on billets at the last moment.
2. We need each coach to indicate the number of people (quizzers and coaches) who will require lunch on Sunday. In the past the numbers for Sunday lunch have been significantly lower than the meal numbers for the rest of the weekend.

The cost will be $25 per person. Coaches, please bring one cheque for the registrations of your church group. This will help the registration process to run smoother. The cheques can be made out to “Canadian Midwest Quizzing” or “CMQ”. Quiz masters, scorekeepers, and answer judges are not required to pay the registration for this meet.

Question material content will include Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians with 20 question quizzes in the A, B, and C divisions. This will be the second district meet of the GEPC quizzing year with 20% of the “A” quizzers personal averages going towards their overall year average. Quizzers need to bring winter gear, sleeping bags, pillows, and any personal items required for the meet. Luggage needs to be identified with each quizzer’s name and church group.

The social will be a carnival held at Erindale Alliance Church. Come prepared for lots of fun and games. There will be cool prizes that can only be won in you participate in the carnival. The cost for the carnival is included in the registration fee.

Special speakers have been arranged for the weekend. Tim Thiessen, Erindale’s youth pastor, will speaking Saturday evening and Steve Vincent will be speaking Sunday morning.

Erindale Alliance Church is in the eastern part of Saskatoon at 310 Perehudoff Crescent.

If you have questions or concerns with completing the registration form, please contact Angela Davis.

Send registrations to:
quiz.registrationATcmdquizzing.org
Replace the AT with @. (We have to list it this way on the website to prevent SPAM emails.)

Click below to download the registration form:
www.cmdquizzing.org/info/Erindale_2008.rtf

The Great West quizzing tournament in Calgary will be held April 11-12 NOT March 28-29 as noted in this years schedule. Quizzer's interested in going are reminded that they must register in the A division for Second District's Meet at Erindale Alliance Church in Saskatoon Mar 7-9.

Internationals will be held July 8-13 at Summit Grove Camp in New Freedom, PA

Two Sask Transportation buses will leave Feb 1 Friday noon for Brandon from Circle Drive Alliance parking lot. Quizzers will need to load their well marked belongings at 11:30 am and must have their $60 payment already paid. The first stop these buses will make will probably be at Moosomin, Sk at about 4:15. This town has less fast food favorites for complete suppers so we are recommending that all passengers bring a bag lunch. There is no need for these buses to lose traveling time by stopping in Regina.

The STC bus from Regina will leave Feb 1 Friday at 3 pm from Living Hope Alliance parking lot. Merv Hepting will be in charge and each passenger needs to load their well marked belongings at 2:30 pm and have already paid their $60. This bus may not stop for supper until Brandon, so bag lunches are recommended.

We would ask all CMD quizzing people to continue to pray for improved weather for our traveling and socials. As well please remember our feature ministering group for the weekend from Miller Memorial Bible College.

Coaches, in order to properly prepare for the Saturday night social at the Brandon quiz meet, we will need you to indicate each quizzers' social choice Friday night at registration (Feb.1). The quizzers may choose one of the following: swimming, skating at an outdoor oval, or a coffee house. Please be prepared with the numbers of people from your church who are interested in each event. Thank you.

McDiarmid Drive Alliance Church is pleased to announce that the quizzers will now have 3 different choices for the Saturday night social - swimming, outdoor skating, or a coffee house organized by their college & career. Also for your information, the Sunday morning service will conclude at 11:30 a.m. with a pick-up lunch following.

Thank you to all the coaches who have already registered for the meet. We would like to remind the other coaches that registrations for the Brandon meet are due today.

Many quiz teams have now registered for the First District Quiz Meet Feb 1-3 in Brandon. Does everyone have their travel plans in place? For those teams who have insufficient private vehicles there are still seats available on both the Saskatoon and Regina buses. The cost is $60 per person and purchased reservations should be made through the local church coach to CMQ asap.

The first quiz meet of 2008 will be held Feb. 1-3 at McDiarmid Drive Alliance Church in Brandon, Manitoba. Registration will be 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday. We will also be quizzing in the school across the street from the church. Quizzers will need to remove their shoes to go into the school so they need to bring inside only shoes if they want to wear footwear in the school. The meet will wrap up after brunch on Sunday.

REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008. Please download and fill out the registration form and return it to the registration email address. Early registrations are appreciated as they greatly assist with the billeting process. Make sure to list the number of teams in each division and include any vehicles that can be used to transport quizzers to billets.

The cost will be $25 per person. Coaches, please bring one cheque for the registrations of your church group. This will help the registration process to run smoother. The cheques can be made out to “Canadian Midwest Quizzing” or “CMQ”. Quiz masters, scorekeepers, and answer judges are not required to pay the registration for this meet.

Question material content will include Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians chapter 1 with 20 question quizzes in the A, B, and C divisions. This will be the first district meet of the GEPC quizzing year with 15% of the “A” quizzers personal averages going towards their overall year average. Quizzers need to bring winter gear, sleeping bags, pillows, any personal items required for the meets, and skates or swimming suits. Luggage needs to be identified with each quizzer’s name and church group.

Erin Petty, officials’ coordinator, would appreciate knowing about any adults coming to the meet that would be available to help with some of the officiating as scorekeepers or answer judges. It is sometimes difficult to get enough officials for meets that are not held in Saskatoon or Regina.

There are two events planned for the social at Brandon. Quizzers can choose to go swimming or they can go skating at the outside skating oval. Coaches will need to assist with transporting the quizzers to and from the social activity.

If you have questions or concerns with completing the registration form, please contact Angela Davis.

Send registrations to:
quiz.registrationATcmdquizzing.org
Replace the AT with @. (We have to list it this way on the website to prevent SPAM emails.)

Click below to download the registration form:
www.cmdquizzing.org/info/Brandon_2008.rtf

Click below to download directions to McDiarmid Drive Alliance Church:
www.cmdquizzing.org/info/Brandon_Map.pdf

Here is a link to a listing of hotels for Brandon: http://www.brandonhotels.worldweb.com/index.html

Crown College Tournament Jan 10-13
Interested quizzers must have their coach contact Ernie Munchinsky- team coordinator by December 3.

Brandon Meet Feb 1-3
Coaches can now reserve in advance the number of bus seats they require for their teams by sending a cheque payable to Canadian Midwest Quizzing to our treasurer Angela Gabruch. The cost is $60 per person from either city with buses leaving Saskatoon (CDA parking lot) by noon and Regina (Living Hope parking lot) by 3pm.

Material Change
Quizzing material for the rescheduled Brandon Meet will now include the first chapter of Philippians as well as the books of Galatians and Ephesians. All quizzes will be 20 questions. CMQ committees require further discussion regarding the policy of forcing all B finalist teams up into the A division for this meet. As deliberation on new proposals continue we still strongly encourage the top quizzers of our B divisions to participate on teams registered in the A division. The current policy (see website about us) calculates an individual's district yearly average (also needed for Great West) on only A division quizzes. Please keep this in mind as you prepare for the Brandon meet.

An important date change has been made for all quizzing teams in The Cdn Midwest District. The meet originally scheduled for Jan 25-27 2008 has been moved to one weekend later Feb 1-3. It will take place at McDiarmid Alliance Church in Brandon Manitoba. Some bus reservations from Regina and Saskatoon will be available with early payment to CMQ of $60 per person.

We would like to have even numbers of people at the upcoming Regina and Swift Current meets. We are trying to achieve a limit of about 250 people for each meet. It looks like we will have more people at the Regina meet than the Swift Current meet. If there are any churches that were invited to the Regina meet that would be willing and available to attend the Nov.16-18 meet in Swift Current instead of the Nov.9-11 meet at Westhill Park, please contact the registration email address below.

Westhill.reg AT cmdquizzing.org

Thank you.

The November zone meets are fast approaching. The next zone meets will be Nov.9-11 in Regina at Westhill Park and Nov,16-18 in Swift Current at Trailview Alliance. There is a list below of which churches will be invited to which meet. Regina churches and east will be invited to Westhill Park and Saskatoon churches and west will be invited to Swift Current.

Question material content for both meets will include up to the end of Galatians chapter 6 with 15 question quizzes in the A, B, and C divisions. Quizzers need to bring sleeping bags and pillows and towels as well any personal items required for the meets. Luggage needs to be identified with each quizzer’s name and church group.

Quiz meet at Westhill Park in Regina, Nov.9-11

Registration will be 6:30 to 7:30 on Friday, Nov.9. The meet will wrap up after lunch (10:45-11:45 a.m.) on Sunday. The cost is $25 per person. Registrations are due Tuesday, Oct.30. We need this time to prepare billeting for all of the quizzers and coaches attending. Please download and fill out the form for the meet you are attending and then return it to the appropriate email address.

Send Regina registrations to:
Westhill.reg@cmdquizzing.org

Click below to download the Regina registration form:
http://www.cmdquizzing.org/info/Westhill_2007.rtf

The social for the Westhill Park meet will be bowling. Coaches will be responsible to transfer the quizzers to and from the bowling alley. If there will not be a vehicle available for your quizzers or if you will have extra room for additional quizzers on Saturday night, please mark that on your registration form.

Quiz meet at Trailview Alliance in Swift Current, Nov.16-18

Registration for the meet will be 6:30 to 7:30 on Friday, Nov.16. The meet will wrap up after brunch (10:15-11:15 a.m.) on Sunday. The cost is $25 per person. Registrations are due Tuesday, Nov.6. We need this time to prepare billeting for all of the quizzers and coaches attending. Please download and fill out the form for the meet you are attending and then return it to the appropriate email address.

Send Swift Current registrations to:
SwiftCurrent.reg@cmdquizzing.org

Click below to download the Swift Current registration form:
http://www.cmdquizzing.org/info/SwiftCurrent_2007.rtf

The social for the Swift Current meet will be a dinner theatre at the Comprehensive High School. Coaches will be responsible to transfer the quizzers to and from the school. If there will not be a vehicle available for your quizzers or if you will have extra room for additional quizzers on Saturday night, please mark that on your registration form.

Teams invited to the Regina meet:
Altona
Argyle Baptist
Carman
Christ the King
Dryden
First Baptist
Greenbush
Heritage Park Alliance
Living Hope
Luseland
McDiarmid
Milestone
Morden
Morris
Nipawin
Parliament
Russell
Spalding
Vita
Western Christian College
Westhill Park
Winkler
Weyburn
Yorkton

Teams invited to the Swift Current meet:
Avalon
CDA
Emmanuel
Erindale
Kindersley
Leader
Luseland
Moose Jaw
Outlook
Prince Albert
Rosetown
Rosthern
Shaunavon
Swift Current
Waldheim

If you have questions or concerns with meet location or completing the registration form, please contact Angela Davis.