Friday
3:30 Start Time
Congress
Congress
Debate
Open Policy, LD, PF
Novice Policy, LD, PF
Open – Extemp, HI, DI, DUO, IMP
Register online at www.forensicstournament.net
Saturday – Start time 9:00
Varsity Debate Only
Friday IE Times: (IMP,EX,INTERPS)
Round 1 3:30 – 5:00
Round 2 – 5:15- 6:30
Round 3 – 6:40 -7:45
Demonstration Rounds for Interps
8 pm – 9 pm
AWARDS 9:30 pm
Friday DEBATE Times: Novice does
rounds 1 – 3/ Varsity will continue on
Saturday with rd. 4 and out rounds.
Round 1 3:30 – 5:00
Round 2 – 5:15- 6:30
Round 3 – 6:45 -8:00
Debate will end at 8:00 to allow for
observing IE or Bloodbath
Awards @ 9:30 pm
DEMONSTRATION ROUND of Interps
held in the Choir Room – with the top
2 competitors in HI, DI, DUO
DEMONSTRATION ROUNDS ARE NOT
ASSESSED ANY SCORES OR USED FOR
RANKING PURPOSES
*IF ANY OF THESE EVENTS ARE
COLLAPSED AND ORATORY IS ADDED,
THEN OO WOULD HAVE THE TOP 2
WINNERS IN THE DEMO ROUND
Bloodbath of Congress in small gym to
allow for many observers
Saturday VARSITY DEBATE Times:
Round 4- 9:00 am – 10:30
Friday Congress Times:
Semis – 11:00 -12:30
Round 1 3:30 – 5:30
Round 2 – 6 pm -8pm
Bloodbath 8:00 – 9:15 pm (Varsity Only)
AWARDS 9:30 pm
Finals – 1 – 2:30
New Coaches
Awards will be held for Varsity Debate
at 3:00 pm
Taking on the role of a Speech and Debate coach can be challenging. To assist with the
challenge, during first rounds on Friday night, more seasoned coaches will help with any questions
you have.
Registration: Please send your intent by Oct. 1st, with final registration due by October 13th – by
sending an email to cate.praggastis@slcschools.org – I will confirm receipt via return email.
Eligibility: All students are eligible for this tournament. To be fair and consistent with previous
policy, please ensure all NOVICE entries are first year debate students, not simply NOVICE to the
specific event. No novice entry should have any previous experience.
Cost: $15.00 school team fee per day plus $3.50 per student/$7.00 per team.
Judges: We will offer an opportunity for new Parent judges to watch rounds, if we have a sufficient
judging pool, to allow them observation time prior to being asked to judge something they have
little to no awareness of. In order to accomplish this goal, please bring 1 judge for every 2 policy
teams, or portion thereof; 1 judge for every 2 LD participants, or portion thereof; 1 judge for every 2
Public Forum teams, or portion thereof; 1 judge for every 4 competitors in individual events and 1
judge per every 4 congress students. If we have extra judges, we will put assign them to a Novice
judge, beginning round 2 on Friday and all rounds on Saturday.
Disclosure of Legislation: Since this is an early tournament, we ask that your NOVICE policy teams
be prepared to disclose their affirmative cases prior to the day of the tournament. Congress
legislation must be sent with registration. All schools who disclose will be provided the shared
information prior to the tournament. Please send all Congress students with 20 copies of their
legislation.
Awards: We will have awards for the top 3 finishers in each debate, Interp and I.E. event, along
with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Speaker Awards as well as Best Chair (both houses) in Student
Congress.
**Food: The concession stand will be open at 3:00 on Friday. Jamba Juice will be offered on
Saturday for sale. We always have a great concession stand, and we encourage you to patronize
the offerings, at it helps offset the cost of the custodial fees. As usual, I will offer food to the
ADULT judges and a great meal for the Coaches as well. Let me know how many assistant
coaches you will be bringing to ensure I have enough food.
**For now, please limit your registration to 4 competitors/teams in each debate event; 5 for each
interp/IE event and 5 for Senate/Congress /Freshman House. List your additional students; we will
work hard to accommodate every school’s team.
Policy; Public Forum (October Topic) Resolved: NATO presence improves the lives of Afghan
citizens; and LD (November/December topic), Resolved: The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be
treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice. Student Congress (Legislation due
with registration). IE Events and Interp events offered Saturday only, see below for details.
Double entry permitted for IE’s only. To be eligible for competition as a NOVICE, this must be the
STUDENT’S FIRST YEAR OF COMPETITION AND AS AN NFL MEMBER !
Varsity Policy (Friday and Saturday)
1. _________________& _____________________
2. _________________& _____________________
3. _________________& _____________________
4. _________________& _____________________
Novice Policy: (Friday Only)
Affirmative cases
1. _________________& _____________________
______________________
2. _________________& _____________________
______________________
3. _________________& _____________________
______________________
4. _________________& _____________________
______________________
Varsity Public Forum: (Friday and Saturday)
1. _________________& _____________________
2. _________________& _____________________ 3. _________________& _____________________
4. _________________& _____________________
Varsity LD (Friday and Saturday)
1 . _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________
4. _____________________
Novice Public Forum (Friday Only)
Novice LD (Friday Only)
1. _________________& _____________________
1. _____________________
2. _________________& _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _________________& _____________________
3. _____________________
4. _________________& _____________________
4. _____________________
All events below are Friday Only:
Student Congress:**send legislation Oratory
HI
1. ________________________ 1. _________________________
1. _______________________
2. _______________________ 2. ___________________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________ 3. ___________________________
3. _______________________
4. _______________________ 4. ___________________________
4. _______________________
5. _______________________ 5. ___________________________
DI
1. _______________________
DUO: 1_________________________&___________________
2. _______________________
2. ________________________&___________________
3. _______________________
3. _______________________&___________________
4. _______________________
EXTEMP (Please indicate either NX or IX)
1._____________________________ 2. _____________________3.______________________________
4.______________________________5._________________________6.___________________________
Fees:
# of student entries _______________ x $3.50 =
________________ (not per day, per event
entered)
# of team entries
______________x $7.00=
School Fee $15.00 per day
Total Fees
+ 15.00=
_______________
________________
_______________
School: _______________________________ Coach: _________________________
Email: ________________________________ Phone #:_______________________