CMQ News and Updates

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