“Three for Free at IVC” Tournament
Irvine Valley College
Oct 9, 16, and 23, 2015
Greetings Colleagues:
The IVC Tournament this year will be spread into three parts over three consecutive Fridays in
October (9, 16, and 23). We offer these three days of competitions as early opportunities in the
season to complement the Davidson Memorial Tournament at CUI (October 17-18) and the
Watson-Lancer Invitational at PCC (October 23-24).
We have several objectives for our unique scheduling. First, we cannot secure enough rooms for
preliminary rounds to begin until noon. Additionally, this model should serve as a “proof of
concept” for future tournaments that may not be able to secure rooms over a full weekend. We
are happy to offer these opportunities without any entry fee whatsoever. But, every school is
required to provide judges for their entire entry for every round including eliminations.
Tournament headquarters will be in the Business Science and Innovation Technology Center
(BSTIC 210) on Jeffrey Blvd next to the Performing Arts Center. Parking permits are required
and cost $5/day. Please park “nose-in” in Lot 4 or 5, the parking lots closest to BSTIC. A
campus map can be found at http://www.ivc.edu/resources/maps/Pages/campus_map.aspx
Web-entry registration will be completed via Forensicstournament.net. You are encouraged to
get your entry in as soon as you can as we need to limit entries to 36 rooms. Entries will close
Tuesday at 5pm before the Friday of each part unless tournament size reaches our 36 room
threshold. A wait list will be generated should you find that one part of entry system is closed.
Once the entry system closes, all drops or changes should be sent to etiongson@ivc.edu.
If you have any questions, please contact Edwin at with the contact information noted below.
We look forward to having you on our campus and to participate in IVC’s “Three for Free”
Tournament.
Sincerely,
Gary Rybold
grybold@ivc.edu
949-451-5417
Edwin Tiongson
etiongson@ivc.edu
949-451-5346
Jules French
jfrench7@ivc.edu
949-451-5329
PART I: OCT 9th – The Rybold Great to be Free NPDA
We will offer four preliminary rounds of NPDA, a dinner break, and two elimination rounds (all
judges are committed for all six rounds/one judge for two teams). Round one and two will debate
both sides of the same motion (coaches should drop teams before 11:30am). We will offer novice
and junior divisions only.
Wireless will be available. We will assign prep rooms for each school.
Topic areas will involve (but not limited to): the California drought, combating ISIS, and teacher
tenure. There will be four preliminary rounds and 2 elimination rounds awarding Gold, Silver,
and Bronze.
DIVISIONS: A novice is a college undergraduate who has not competed in more than 20 debate
rounds (high school and/or college). Juniors are either community college students eligible for
Phi Rho Pi, or university debaters in their fourth or fewer semester of competition and who have
not won an elimination round at any state or national tournament.
FRIDAY – October 9
11:00 am
Registration begins at BSTIC building, coaches should call with drops
11:30
Topic R1 & R2
12:10 pm
Round 1
1:10
Round 2
2:20
Topic R3
2:40
Round 3
4:00
Topic R4
4:20
Round 4 (no disclosures or oral critiques – Go eat)
5:00
DINNER (on your own)
6:10
Elims posted
6:20
Topic E1 – All judges are committed
6:40
Elim 1 – Awards announced in round
7:45
Topic E2 – All judges are committed
8:05
Elim 2 – Awards announced in round
PART II: OCT 16 – Sleep in late/Go home early Free IEs
We will be employing a simultaneous start for two preliminary rounds. This means each student
will compete in round one and round two of the same event during the same 90 minute time
period. For example, if a student is speaker one in room 215 and speaker four in room 217; the
student would speak in front of one judge in 215 and then move to 217 to compete in front of a
different judge.
All IE judges are committed for the entire afternoon (4 rounds). Teams will need to provide one
judge for each three entries in the school’s heaviest event pattern. We will only have one
division of open competition.
No Double Entry is allowed within a pattern.
Friday – October 16
11:30 Ext Draw (Draw and Prep Two Topics)
12:30 Pattern A (Rounds 1 & 2) EXT, PRO, POE
2:00 Pattern B (Rounds 1 & 2) IMP, DUO, PER
3:30 Pattern C (Rounds 1 & 2) POI, DI, INFO, CA, STE
5:00 Ext Draw
5:30 All IE Finals
7:00 Awards
PART III: OCT 23 – Free 4 Me IDT (NFA-LD & IPDA)
The Free 4 Me IDT (Individual Debate Tournament) will offer both Novice and Open divisions
for each event. A novice is defined as someone who is in their first two semesters of
competition and has not debated in elimination rounds at three or more debate tournaments or
won an elimination round at any state or national tournament.
12:00
12:15
12:30
1:30
2:30
3:30
4:45/ASAP
Notify last minute drops and get team rooms in BSTIC 210
Postings
Round 1: NFA-LD and IPDA
Round 2: NFA-LD and IPDA
Round 3: NFA-LD and IPDA
Round 4: NFA-LD and IPDA
Awards
Time format for NFA-LD
Affirmative Constructive
Cross Examination
Negative Constructive / First Negative Rebuttal
Cross Examination
First Affirmative Rebuttal
The Negative Rebuttal
The Second Affirmative Rebuttal
6 minutes
3 minutes
7 minutes
3 minutes
4 minutes
6 minutes
3 minutes
The topic is:
RESOLVED: The USFG should substantially increase the regulation of bioprospecting.
For more information regarding IPDA, please go to www.ipdadebate.info. In the spirit of the
standards adopted at the CCCFA and Phi Rho Pi national tournament, we will modify IPDA
standards to the following:
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One-on-one IPDA will be offered only. Team IPDA will not be available.
No Professional Division will be offered.
We will use three topics as opposed to five topics. Teams will go to their posted room for
topic strikes. The negative team strikes first and the affirmative strikes last. The
remaining topic will be debated.
Preparation time will be limited to 20 minutes.
Preparation is closed; however, debaters are allowed to use prepared materials and/or
other electronic devices.
Time format for IPDA
1st Affirmative
Negative Cross Exam
1st Negative
Affirmative Cross Exam
2nd Affirmative
2nd Negative
Final Affirmative
5 minutes
2 minutes
6 minutes
2 minutes
3 minutes
5 minutes
3 minutes