"Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." - 2 Cor 1:21-22
Life Impact ministries has posted the new edition of the official C&MA quizzing rule book for download here. All coaches, officials and captains should definitely familiarize themselves with the rule book before each meet.
The most impacting change is in the section under Time Outs.
Each team is allowed two, one-minute time-outs. One of those time-outs may be taken after question 18.
Fall quizzing season is approaching quickly. For those looking to get a jump on things, the 2010 – 11 schedule has been posted and the Resources page now includes the key verse list. Look for detailed schedules and other items coming in the following weeks.
For a taste of the Internationals experience, check out the image gallery below. Thanks to Adrienna for starting us off with her pictures. If you have some to add, please send them in.
Look for further details soon, but for those anxious for the stats from Internationals week, we have ‘em…
Congrats to first place Western PA 1 and finalists Canadian Midwest 2 and our own Western Canada 1.
Here is a PDF of the elimination round schedule at Internationals at Ambrose this weekend.
Congratulations to Western Canada 1 for a second-place finish after the preliminary round. Keep praying for both Western Canada teams as they lead into stressful team-oriented quizzing… and in fact, pray for all the teams and officials.
Keep an eye on the stats scoreboard for updates.
For those hoping to check out some quizzing at Ambrose this week, you can refer to the schedule for the preliminary round in PDF form.
For those wanting to keep an eye on the standings, we’re hosting the virtual whiteboard here. Check back throughout the week.
The International quizzers have continued to study diligently since finals to prepare for the International meet. All involved will be leaving at the end of the week to head to their final days of practice before the meet starts on July 20.
Team 1 will be meeting in the Brooks area and team 2 will meet in Fort Saskatchewan. These will be busy days, filled with a lot of quizzing and many activities. We also have officials, stats and worship people from our district that will be lending their talents to the meet. Your prayers for all would be appreciated.
For those of you who are planning on heading to Ambrose to watch some quizzing we have a programming note. ~~~ Not all of the teams will be quizzing on Friday as there are only a couple of quizzes that morning that are scheduled to determine the final bracket placements for the teams. There will be no quizzing after 10:00 so please DO NOT come on Friday as there will be no quizzing to watch.
There will be plenty of quizzing on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Saturday is a whole day of elimination quizzing with finals in the evening. We hope to see some of you there.
This website will be the official website for International team stats this year, so check back throughout to keep track of how the teams are doing.
For those asking about updates about internationals… well, there aren’t many just yet. They’re July 20-24 at Ambrose College in Calgary. Keep an eye on the Life Impact Quizzing 2010 website for tournament details as they become available.
Stay tuned to this website for updates on the adventures of the West Canada teams…
Team One
Team Two
It is with sadness that we report that one of our quizzing family, Gordon Packer from Vauxhall, died yesterday from injuries sustained as a result of an accident that occurred as he was bicycling.
For those of you who might not have known Gordon, he was our newest stats person this year. He was the “guy with the accent” that was friendly and always had a story to share about his life. He was very enthusiastic about learning about quizzing and helping out where he could. He was looking forward to helping out again next year in the stats room in addition to learning how to fix the equipment for us. The Vauxhall/Brooks group welcomed Gordon into their group this year and was able to share some good times with him.
His passing will be felt strongly by the members of the Vauxhall/Brooks quizzing team as well as his family and friends and members of the Vauxhall Mennonite Brethren Church. Please remember them in your prayers as they grieve the loss of a family member/friend and also rejoice and take some comfort with the fact that he is in the presence of the Lord. He will be fondly remembered and missed.
It’s hard to believe another Nakamun finals has come and gone. While the memories are still fresh, we’ve updated the stats page and Adrienna is the first to add photos to the gallery. Check them out below… and send in yours.
What are your favorite Nakamun 2010 memories? Share them in the comments below.