Florida Sunshine NSDA District Tournament
Friday, January 29 – Saturday, January 30
Wharton High School
20150 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33647
Jennifer Bell, Host
What:
NSDA District Championship for IE and Debate.
Events offered: TD, LD, PFD, OO, DX, IX, DI, HI, DUO & POI, INFO (New Events)
Reminder: NSDA does not offer DEC as an event
Congress tournament was previously held in December.
Where: Wharton High School, Friday evening January 29 and all day January 30
Entries: Schools may enter up to 4 competitors/teams in each event. Schools may NOT enter
more than their entry limit per NSDA (see Memberships and Fees attachment - REMINDER,
students must be registered with the NFL/NSDA website in order to have their members and
degrees counted toward your school). NSDA is also offering two NEW EVENTS - POI and INFO,
which stands for - PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION and INFORMATIVE SPEAKING. Students
can qualify in these events. Rules for each can be found on the NSDA website.
Students may double enter in Debate and IE. Students may NOT cross enter in debate events or
cross enter in both extemporaneous events. Students who enter a partnered event and an
individual event must compete in the partnered event if qualified in both for nationals.
Students must compete fully in each event entered. Example: A “sacrifice” entry in OO must
have a speech to present.
Fees: $15.00 per single student entry (not team); fees for double entered students is $20.00.
The cost of meals (dinner on Friday night, lunch on Saturday) is $10 per meal each day. You
must purchase meals for your coaches and judges (one complimentary meal will be provided
per school). Make sure to send your numbers to host Jennifer Bell at Wharton jennifer.bell@sdhc.k12.fl.us - no later than the registration date. All schools who did not
compete at NSDA Congress in December will also owe a $25.00 NSDA District Fee. All checks
should be made out to FGCCFL as the account takes care of both FGCCFL and NSDA business.
Judge Quotas: 1:2 Policy, 1:2 LD, 1:2 PFD, 1:3 All IE Coaches should NOT place themselves in
the judge pool as they will be used for elimination round panels.
Deadlines:
January 15:
All District Student of the Year nomination forms (can be found
on the NSDA website)
Preliminary entry by email to both Bill and Terri.
Include: Student name/s, events, judge names. Please indicate if double entered.
January 22:
Finalize all entries on Joy of Tournaments including students,
events, real judge names, judge conflicts, and meal orders for Friday and
Saturday. This is the LAST day to enter NSDA points for any
tournaments.
Reminders: The league maintains a zero tolerance policy for ALL cell phones and other
electronics during rounds. If a cell phone is reported in any round the student/students will be
automatically disqualified. This also applies to judges whose school will be charged a rule
violation fee. All judges and competitors MUST use stop watches to time rounds. Lap tops are
allowed in TD, LD, PFD, and extemp prep. Lap tops must run on their own batteries and may
NOT be connected to the Internet in any way.
The burden of knowledge for tech rules or event rules falls to each coach in the district. Please
be sure you know the NSDA rules and that your students and judges know the NSDA rules.
We will also be implementing new events - pursuant to NFL/NSDA instruction - for this
tournament. Please go to the NSDA website to learn more about them.
Required Forms: Coaches must print out the registration forms and the Single Entry Letter of
Intent. Make sure they are signed by students, parents, and principal. Bring them with you to
registration.
Remember that all interp events require an MLA formatted bibliography with your registration
form. Joy of Tournaments requires titles and publication information.
The FGCCFL Rules of Decorum for all students, coaches, and adults will be in effect.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (Rounds will move as quickly as possible)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
Registration (DEBATE ONLY)
3:30 PM (do not arrive prior to 3:15)
Registration (IE)
8:00 AM
EXTEMP DRAW
Round 1 IE
Round 3 Debate
EXTEMP DRAW
Round 2 IE
Round 4 Debate
LUNCH
Out Rounds Posted IE
EXTEMP DRAW
Round 3 IE
Round 5 Debate
EXTEMP DRAW
Round 4 IE
Round 6 Debate
EXTEMP DRAW
Round 5 (FINALS) IE
Round 7 Debate
Awards
Round 1
Dinner
Round 2
Out Rounds Posted
4:00PM
5:45PM
6:30PM
8:30PM
8:30AM
9:00AM
9:30AM
10:00AM
10:30AM
11:00AM
11:45PM
12:30PM
12:30PM
1:00PM
1:30PM
2:30PM
3:00PM
3:30PM
4:30PM
5:00PM
5:30PM
ASAP
DIRECTIONS:
Directions from the North
Take I-75 South
Take exit 279 for FL-54 toward Zephyrhills/Wesley Chapel/County Rd
Turn left onto Wesley Chapel Blvd (signs for FL-54 E/County Road 54)
Turn right onto FL-581 S/Bruce B Downs Blvd
Follow Bruce B Downs to Your Destination, School Will Be on the Right
Directions from the South
Take exit 270 from I-75 S
County Rd 581/Bruce B Downs Blvd
Keep right at the fork and merge onto Bruce B Downs Blvd
Follow Bruce B Downs to Your Destination, School Will Be on the Left