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Hi everyone!

We hope you are all having a great start to a new competitive season. Science Olympiad at UVA (SOUVA) is very excited to announce our very first invitational competition for the 2022-23 season.
We will be hosting a SatelliteSO tournament on Scilympiad this year, running 19 National Division C events (Events in the Technology & Engineering Category will not be hosted this year). Our tournament will be held on Saturday, November 19th, 2022.

Registration fees will be $70 per team. We will be allowing up to 60 teams to register for our competition, and will provide a waitlist if we can accommodate more teams. Registration will open on September 30th and close at midnight on October 17th. Priority registration is already open to Virginia teams.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out through sciolyatuva@gmail.com! You can also check out our website at https://sciolyatuva.org/.

Team Signup: https://forms.gle/yUnF27uJ8PKeAseb9

Good evening all,

The SOUVA team is shocked and immensely saddened by the tragedy that struck UVA last evening. There are no words that suffice to describe our emotions, and we are sure that many others feel the same way.

First and foremost, we urge you to take care of yourself as we process our grief in our own ways.

To the victims of yesterday’s events, their friends, and their families, we send our most sincere condolences. We will keep you in our thoughts.

To the University and Charlottesville communities at large, SOUVA stands with you against acts of violence.

In light of these events, we feel that we can no longer move forward with our Science Olympiad invitational tournament scheduled for Saturday, November 19th. Therefore, we are officially canceling the 2022 Science Olympiad at UVA Invitational.

To our volunteers, we extend our deepest gratitude for your time and effort toward making the first SOUVA Invitational reality. We could not have achieved what we have thus far without your support.

To participating coaches and teams: We are sure that you have worked hard in preparation and regret that we can no longer provide this opportunity for you to compete. We understand that this news might be met with disappointment, but we must also be mindful of the burdens that these events have placed on our community, including many of our volunteers, coaches, and students. To that end, we will be issuing full refunds to all registered teams; coaches can expect to receive an email containing logistics information in the near future. Furthermore, in due time, we will publicly release the exam materials that have been completed as of this writing.

We urge you to stay safe and seek out the support you need at this challenging moment. As the initial shock of the events pass, we grieve together. In time, we will heal. We hope to see you next year.

In solidarity and memory of those who were unjustly taken away from us,

SOUVA Executive Board and Staff