Yup. I made a comment earlier that in my experience, it's very unusual to not have a place marked and yet still make it to the second round. Got my score sheet yesterday and sure enough, nothing was marked in the place awarded box. But according to the web site, I placed 3rd for IPA in...
Way cool on working to start up a club. :rockin:
I started one with my brother-in-law in 2010 because we didn't want to drive 40 minutes each way on a Friday evening to attend the closest homebrew club meeting.
Good luck!
Of course nothing is official until sanctioned and announced by the AHA. However, in my experience, unless that mini BOS box is checked and a place awarded written on the cover sheet, it's most likely not advancing. I know there are exceptions...but they seem to be atypical.
42 is a great score!
But it's important to remember placing / advancing to the second round doesn't always follow score.
A couple of years back, my baltic porter scored a 45. Highest in the category. Went to the mini BOS and didn't advance. At that stage, it's not about score, it's...
Nice. I had two entries in category 14 but they weren't as good as last year's entries and I'm not optimistic. Hopefully my scoresheets show up today as well!