OJABA News

Oklahoma Junior Academic Bowl Association

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NEWS

POSTED FEBRUARY 3, 2012:

Posted below are links to the

Regional Brackets for Grades 6&7, 7&8, 8&9.

Class A 6&7

Class A 7&8

Class A 8&9

Class B 6&7

Class B 7&8

Class B 8&9

Class C 6&7

Class C 7&8

Class C 8&9

Class D 6&7

Class D 7&8

Class D 8&9

POSTED JANUARY 5, 2012:

Posted below are links to the

Regional Brackets for Grades 5&6.

Class A

Class B

Class C

POSTED JANUARY 5, 2012:
     Posted below are links to the Regional Brackets for Grades 5&6.
POSTED OCTOBER 31, 2011:
     Posted below are links to the District and Regional groupings for all divisions: Grades 5&6, 6&7, 7&8, 8&9. Check these groupings to see where you will be playing your district and regional tournaments. For Grades 5&6, district tournaments must be held between November 15 and December 16. Regional tournaments must be held in January, and must be played on Saturdays. For Grades 6&7, 7&8, and 8&9 district tournaments must be head in January and regionals must be held on Saturdarys in February.
     If you are hosting, you are responsible for communicating with the other coaches in your district or regional in order to set a tournament date and time agreeable to all coaches in your district or regional. If you are not hosting, please be responsive and cooperative with your host in order to set a tournament date and time as quickly as possible.

POSTED OCTOBER 14, 2011:
     Membership is complete for the 2011-2012 school year: we have 200 member coaches this year. Posted below are links to the District and Regional groupings for Grades 5&6. (Groupings for Grades 6&7, 7&8, 8&9 will also be posted below within the next few days.) Check these groupings to see where you will be playing your district and regional tournaments.
     For Grades 5&6, district tournaments must be held between November 15 and December 16. Regional tournaments must be held in January, and must be played on Saturdays.
     If you are hosting, you are responsible for communicating with the other coaches in your district or regional in order to set a tournament date and time agreeable to all coaches in your district or regional. If you are not hosting, please be responsive and cooperative with your host in order to set a tournament date and time as quickly as possible.

DISTRICT AND REGIONAL GROUPINGS AS OF 1-23-12

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class D

POSTED AUGUST 2, 2011:

Invitations to join OJABA for the 2011-2012 school year will be going out soon—by email and snail mail—to last year's 219 member coaches, as well as to over 300 other schools who are eligible to join.

CHANGES FOR 2011-2012

As we have every year we have tweaked the rules wherever needed to make them as effective, fair, and equitable as possible, but there are few major changes in or additions to the rules. The "tweaks" are printed in red in the rules booklet. You may view the complete 2011-2012 OJABA Rules Booklet by going to the "Documents" page.

This coming membership year we are going to try to reduce as much as possible the use of the postal service to communicate with and distribute forms to our members. Members will need to access our forms (including the rules booklet) by clicking on PDF links on the "Documents" page or by email request.

2011-2012 STATE TOURNAMENTS

The Grades 5&6 Tournament will be held on March 31.
The Grades 6&7 Tournament will be held on April 14.
The Grades 7&8 Tournament will be held on April 21.
The Grades 8&9 Tournament will be held on April 28.

STATE MEETING

Again this year, in lieu of a state-wide OJABA meeting, we are encouraging coaches who have joined or are planning to join OJABA to attend the OACA Fall Conference in El Reno September 10. OACA is the Oklahoma Academic Coaches Association. The OJABA officers will host one or more of the conference sessions, during which we will go over the rules and procedures of the organization. The fee for the conference is $60, which includes the cost of one year's membership in OACA and the cost of lunch. If you decide to attend the conference, it will be well worth your time and expense. There will be several other informative sessions you may attend, and you will be able to get to know and learn from many experienced academic bowl coaches from around the state. To register for the conference, go to oaac.org/OACA.html and click on the membership form. Most schools will cover the cost of the conference if you ask them to.