Poudre High School’s Kyle Doyle Novice Memorial Tournament

Kyle Doyle, Poudre alumni and forensics coach tragically lost his life in a car accident in June of 2011. In his honor and memory, the Poudre High School Forensics team cordially invites you and your team to participate in the Annual Kyle Doyle Novice Memorial Tournament on October 19, 2019.  We hope you'll be able to join us. 

EVENTS OFFERED: 

Policy, Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, Original Oratory, Poetry, Humorous, Duo, Congress, Drama, Combined Extemp, and POI  

NOTE WORTHY ITEMS:

-No doubling is allowed.

-Finals will be run right after the 3rd round if there is a need to determine a winner.

-Legislation will be sent/available as teams register after October 10th.

-Poudre High School is smoking free campus.

-Novices should be defined as a competitor that is in their first year of high school competition.

JUDGING:  Please bring 1 varsity member for every 5 individual entries and 1 varsity member for every 2 person entry. We will attempt to use all varsity judges before having adults judge rounds.

FEES:  Registration costs are $6 per events entries. CX, PF, and Duo are $12 since they are team events. Fees must be paid according to pre-registration entry numbers as of October 16th, but please try to pre-register by the 15th.  Make checks payable to Poudre High School Speech and Debate.

FOOD:  Pizza will be provided served to coaches, varsity and adult judges for lunch. In addition snacks will be provided throughout the day. A concession stand in the commons area will serve pizza and snacks.  Only one convenient store is within walking distance of the school, no restaurants (5-10 minutes).

PLEASE PHONE IN DROPS AND LATE ARRIVALS!  To start the tournament on time, we ask that you inform us of your drops by 7:30 am on the day of the tournament.  You may do so by either arriving at the tournament before then or by calling Ben on his cell phone at 307-286-7354.  This will allow us to schedule much more quickly and get the first round off as close to 8:00 as possible (or before).

LOCATION:  PHS is located north of Mulberry right past Taft Hill Road in Fort Collins.   From I-25:  Take the Mulberry exit west past Taft Hill Road to Impala Dr.  Turn right (north) on Impala Drive and turn into the parking lot. 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Ben at (307) 286-7354 or email at bberry@psdschools.org .  We look forward to your seeing you there!  

Ben Berry, Rigo Castillon, Gina Holley and the Poudre Impalas