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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
LAST UPDATED: September 13, 2024
Check this page for important dates, deadlines, and tournament schedules throughout the year. You'll be glad you did!
• Illinois Coaches' Training // now available online!
-Coach training has caught up to the 21st century!
-Click here to access the Illinois Odyssey of the Mind Coaches' Training video!
• Illinois Judge/Volunteer Training // to be posted online this winter!
-Judge training has *ALSO* caught up to the 21st century!
-Volunteers no longer have to drive to complete a training - you can do it from home!
-Registered judges will receive an email with instructions a few weeks before competition.
-Click here to register as a volunteer/judge
• Illinois Competition Registration Due // Friday, February 14, 2025
-All teams wishing to compete at the Illinois tournament must register
-Click here to register ($100 if on or before Jan. 31, $125 thereafter)
• Illinois Regional Tournaments // Saturday, March 8, 2025 (northern) OR TBD (southern)
-Teams will complete at one regional tournament (Belleville or Chicago) based on their location:
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Northern Region: March 8, 2025, at Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth, Illinois
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Souther Region: Date TBD, at Central Junior High School in Belleville, Illinois
-Competition schedules to be posted closer to the competition dates
Illinois State Tournament // April 2025
- The 1st and 2nd place teams from the regional competitions vie to represent Illinois at the OM World Finals
• Illinois Pin/Shirt Re-Orders Due // Friday, April 18, 2025
-Click here to access the Shirt & Pin Online Store
-NOTE: Pin and shirt orders for World Finals 2025 due by April 18
(For faster processing and shipping, please send one order for
an entire team or group)
• Odyssey of the Mind World Finals // May 21-24, 2025
-Location: Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan
-Details to be posted at Odyssey of the Mind HQ!
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