Starting this October, all 13 Sidney-Pacific Halls will be pitted against each other in the first ever SP House Cup Inter-hall Competition! The SP House Cup will officially commence on October 18th, 2008 with a hall Olympics day kick-off event. The performance of each hall at the Olympics day will determine the initial rankings of the halls. After that, the halls will jockey for position in the rankings through hall-to-hall challenges (in which one hall challenges another for the chance to swap ranks) and multi-hall challenges. A winning hall will be crowned at the close of the competition in April 2009. The final rankings at the close of the competition, the hall rankings averaged over the duration of the House Cup, and the number of challenges in which each floor participated will all factor into determining the victorious hall. The stakes are high, with bragging rights, eternal glory, the chance to have your hall name engraved on a trophy prominently displayed in the SP lobby, as well as other prizes on the line! So, grab your hall councilor, rally your hall mates, and show SP what it takes to become the winner of the SP House Cup!
Final Results
Congratulations to 3-South for winning the first annual Sidney-Pacific House Cup Inter-Hall Competition! They won the SP house cup trophy (on display in the SP lobby) and 70$ of hall funding with which to celebrate their victory! Floor 2N came in second winning $50 of additional hall funding, and the 1st floor came in 3rd place winning 30$. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the House Cup!
3-South celebrates their victory in the House Cup Inter-hall Competition!
Rank
Hall
1
3S
2
2N
3
1
4
8
5
6
6
4N
7
2S
8
3N
9
4S
10
9
11
5S
12
7
13
5N
Past Challenges
October 18: 2N Won the Hall Olympics Day
October 29: 3S Came in first place at Coffee Hour Trustee Trivia
November 6: 3N Defeated 2N in the first hall-to-hall challenge of the house cup: a pizza eating competition!
Floor 3N and 2N residents enjoying deep-dish pizza!
November 19: 3S Came in first place at the Hall Dessert Competition with their fruity dessert fiesta!
The winning entry in the hall dessert competition.
December 17 until February 21: Shaws Receipts for the Earth: All 13 SP halls collected receipts totaling $44128, thus raising $441 for the Urban Ecology
Institute! The 6th floor won the challenge by collecting the highest dollar value per resident, with the 8th floor close behind in 2nd place. Full results are given in the table below.
Rank
Hall
Total Value of Receipts
Value per Resident
1
6
$13149
$175
2
8
$8744
$165
3
4N
$4670
$88
4
3S
$2997
$57
5
5N
$2442
$53
6
4S
$2488
$49
7
5S
$2472
$47
8
3N
$2149
$45
9
1
$1284
$43
10
2N
$1291
$28
11
2S
$1255
$25
12
9
$1188
$22
February 24: SP residents enjoyed a free pancake supper as part of the Pancake Day Multi-hall Challenge. As per a Canadian tradition, coins were hidden in some of the pancakes. The 6th floor collected the highest dollar value in change to win the competition! Full results are given in the table below. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge!
Amy and Zenzi serving yummy pancakes made by the awesome SP-Helpers!
Rank
Hall
Nickles
Dimes
Quarters
Total Value
1
6
11
9
1
$1.70
2
2S
8
3
3
$1.45
3
3S
11
3
2
$1.35
4
5S
6
7
0
$1.00
5
5N
5
5
1
$1.00
6
8
5
2
2
$0.95
7
3N
12
3
0
$0.90
8
9
8
5
0
$0.90
9
4N
5
6
0
$0.85
10
1
4
4
0
$0.60
11
4S
2
2
1
$0.55
12
2N
4
3
0
$0.50
13
7
5
0
0
$0.25
March 11: Floor 4N came in first place in the Hall Pizza Making Competition, with their 3-course meal pizzas! Each hall received enough Bertucci's pizza dough to make 3 large pizzas for everyone a coffee hour to sample!
The winning entry in the hall pizza making competition.
March 26: The first floor has won the getfit multihall Challenge, having logged the most exercise minutes per resident! Floor 3N came in second, with 3S a close third. Congratulations to all the getfit@mit participants!
April 18: The 8th floor and 3-South competed in a hall-to-hall challenge frisbee game. 3-South won!
April 17: The 8th floor and 3-south competed in an ultimate frisbee hall-to-hall challenge. 3-South won!
April 15 to April 24: Floor 2N won the final multi-hall challenge! They had the highest voter turnout in their hall councilor elections with 42.6% voter turnout. Floor 3-South came in a close second with 42.3% and the 9th floor came in 3rd with 39.6%.
Rank
Hall
Voter Turnout
1
2N
42.6%
2
3S
42.3%
3
9
39.7%
4
1
36.7%
5
8
36.5%
6
4S
32.7%
7
2S
32.7%
8
5S
31.4%
9
3N
31.3%
10
6
27.8%
11
4N
21.2%
12
5N
19.6%
13
7
17.0%
Current Hall Rankings
Want to move around in the rankings? Initiate a hall-to-hall challenge by contacting your hall councilor!
Participants in the Hall Olympics Day enjoy well-deserved cake after an afternoon of competitions!
Rank
Hall
1
2N
2
3S
3
9
4
1
5
8
6
4S
7
2S
8
5S
9
3N
10
6
11
4N
12
5N
13
7
These are the rankings after the final house cup challenge, accounting for 1/3 of each hall's final score.
Last Updated: May 17, 2009
Hall Statistics
Floor 2N tied the Hula Hoop competition and went on to win the Hall Olymipcs Day!
The SP House Cup will run from mid October to mid April.
The official start of the SP House Cup will be a hall Olympics day, on October 18th 2008. The outcome of the Olympics day will be used to set the initial ranking of the halls.
Over the duration of the house cup, halls can challenge each other to try to move around in the rankings. There are two distinct categories of challenges: Hall to Hall challenges, and Multi-hall challenges.
At the close of the competition the winner of the SP house cup will be determined by the average of three rankings:
i) The rankings at the close of the house cup competition.
ii) The ranking of each hall averaged over the duration of the House Cup.
iii) The halls ranked in order of the total number of challenges in which they participated.
Hall-to-Hall Challenges
A hall may challenge any hall that is up to 2 ranks above or below them. The ranking system is cyclic, so that the 2nd to last ranked hall may challenge the first ranked hall.
To initiate a challenge, a representative of the challenging hall must
First obtain the endorsement of their hall councilor
Contact the hall councilor of the hall being challenged and the Chair of the Halls (sp-hallchair@mit.edu), describing the challenge.
After the challenge has been initiated, the challenged hall will have 3 days to respond to the challenger.
A hall-to-hall challenge cannot be declined. The hall that is being challenged may, however, offer alternative options to their challenger. Negotiations should continue until both halls agree to the parameters of the challenge. If negotiations break down, the challenging hall may retract the challenge, or the Chair of the Halls should be contacted (sp-hallchair@mit.edu).
Once the details of the challenge are decided, the challenging hall must forward a summary of the challenge to the Chair of the Halls.
At the conclusion of the challenge, the participating halls are responsible for promptly sending the results to the Chair of the Halls.
The hall winning the challenge has the option to either maintain their former rank, or to swap ranks with the losing hall.
In the event of a dispute as to the results of a challenge, the Chair of the Halls (or designated substitute) will have the final say.
The 7th floor came out victorious in the tug-of-war during the Hall Olympics day!
Examples: Hall A challenges Hall B to...
a Wii/Scrabble/Chess/Card/Pictionary tournament.
a game of Frisbee/volleyball/soccer/basketball.
see which hall can have the highest participation at SP event X.
see which hall can have the most residents bring their own mug to coffee hour.
see which hall can collect the most turkey points.
see which hall Get Fit @ MIT team can exercise the most hours this week.
see which hall can have the most people to volunteer cleaning up after brunch.
Multi-Hall Challenges
Multi-hall challenges involve the participation of more than two halls.
Participation in a Multi-hall challenge is entirely voluntary.
The ranks of all halls participating in the multi-hall competition are available to be won in the competition. The hall winning the multi-hall competition will have first choice of all the available ranks, while the 2nd runner up will have second choice etc. In the end, a multi-hall competition essentially permutes the ranks of all the halls that participate in it.
A hall, an SP officer, or an SP resident can instigate multi-hall challenges.
Anyone interested in initiating a multi-hall challenge should contact the Chair of the Halls (sp-hallchair@mit.edu).
Contact
For any questions or comments about the SP House Cup, please contact the Chair of the Halls, Leslie Rogers, at sp-hallchair@mit.edu
