Posts on this magnificent site notwithstanding, it turns out that the months of February, March, and April did in fact take place, and there was even some quizbowl-related activity in them. What sort of activity, you may be asking?

Well, in the first place, ACF Regionals took place at its traditional home of Chattanooga on February 4th; yes, of course Seth was there, and yes, of course he came in second. The place to read all about it is here.

The next weekend (the 11th), the UKAT apparently fielded a team to the NaQT Sectionals, where it went 6-6 for 7th place. This gives the squad the opportunity to replace the dead link on the Statistics page with an actual page describing what it did vis-a-vis NaQT, which is very exciting; therefore, for a very minimalist account of Sectionals, you can go here.

On March 25th, the UKAT next fielded two teams to the Commodore Classic, a mirror of the Weiner-Passner William Wirt tournament. Both teams finished in the top playoff bracket; Kentucky B finished fourth, and Kentucky A won the event. The epic poem that is the further details of the tournament is here.

Finally, there, an enormous tournament at which the UKAT has traditionally enjoyed some good fortune, having won it in 2001 and 2005. That traditional good fortune was, alas, nowhere to be found this year, however, with the UKAT finishing fourth. For those who care to join us in our singing of sad songs of success subsided may find the lyrics here.

With that, then, the Spring 2006 campaign draws to a close. Watch this site for any future updates about the team's activities this summer and about decisions for practicing and the like next year.

For the opening of the traditionally awful spring semester the UKAT was presented with a new tournament, of sorts, in the form of the Sword Bowl, which for the first time was thrown open to "Seniors". This gave Seth the excuse he needed to divest himself of his linen bandages, gather his internal organs from their Canopic jars, and stagger out of his pyramid to field himself as a team, where in the senior division his shambling gait was finally halted by Vanderbilt, leading to his by-now familiar and comfortable position in second place. The place to waste some more time reading about this is here.

Well, a New Year is coming, and in the spirit of the day's customary free-flowing intoxicants (or similar inducers of nausea) the UKAT has decided to offer its devoted followers the heady mead of the chronicles of its exploits at various tournaments in November and December. You may select your poison from the following libations, but remember to read responsibly.

On Saturday November 5th the UKAT dispatched a team to the Illinois Open, where it was itself mostly dispatched by the excellent teams who competed and ultimately finished fifth. Then, it competed in Seth Teitler's excellent Myth tournament which folowed, a tournament that Seth Kendall somehow managed not to lose, having barely emerged victorious over Chicago's Susan Ferrarri. Elevate your body, mind, and soul by reading all about it here.

On Sunday, November 13th, the UKAT fielded two teams to ACF Fall in Knoxville, where it finished second and fourth and mostly enjoyed itself in the process. For the compleat lore of the days events, go here.

Finally, on Saturday December 3rd, Seth betook himself to the icy north and represented the UKAT at Princeton's PARFAIT, where he pulled in yet another second place but had a pretty good time so doing. Hasten here for all the action.

On Saturday October 22 the UKAT fielded three teams at the eighth annual Center of the Known Universe Open, which on balance may have been the best COTKU since the very first back in 1998. This is not to say the teams enjoyed a great deal of success, however: the Div II team finished fifth in its bracket and missed the playoffs, the Div. I second team finished last overall, and the Div. I first team finished third. For more on this event, strap yourself in for the rollercoaster-ride that is the writeup, which may be found here.

The remarkable dispatch with which the Georgia Tech team has posted the results of their Heinrich Bowl has practically demanded a revision (and, as it should practically go without saying, a lengthening to the point of absurdity) of the writeup for that tournament, which has been duly made in time for it to be utterly ignored by pretty much everyone, on par with the fate of this page in general. Amusingly, Tech's page initially referred to the UKAT's representative as "Seth from UTC"; it would seem that he spends so much time at UTC tournaments that he has become a part of their team by association. An e-mail was dispatched to Tech lest the UTC be overly scandalised by the identification, and to remind the circuit at large that the only team cursed with Seth's membership remains that of the University of Kentucky.

The saga of the annual Heinrich Bowl transpired on Saturday, September 24th, with the ultimate result that the UKAT - represented by a one-man team consisting of its prodigal founder Seth Kendall, who put in his customary uninspired performance - managed to rack up yet another less-than-impressive second-place finish. The gripping prose-poem that is the tournament writeup may be found here.

The UKAT will resume its activities for the new semester on September 8th. Practices for the upcoming semester will be held in Room 117 of the Student Center on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6-8 PM. As has been our policy over the last eight years, any enrolled student at the University may join the team; simply come to practice, pick up a buzzer, and start playing. We look forward to seeing you there!

In order to set the tone for the changes to come with the new season, a number of (in some cases long-overdue) updates have been added to the site. In the first place, so that this page not be overlong and to clear away the clutter for reports from the upcoming 2005-2006 season, all of last season's news posts have been to the News Archive, where you may go to relive all the thrills and merriment associated with reading them. Furthermore, accounts of the hot summer action can be found here. Finally, various mistakes were fixed, links were updated, et cetera, so that the doubtless vast reading public might enjoy a clean and tidy site.

That having been said, the UKAT has not yet made any determinations about practice schedules or put any tournaments on its agenda. When these decisions are made they will be posted here, so watch this space.