THE MESSAGE BELOW REFERS TO ALL COMPONENTS OF THE MARSHALL UNIVERSITY/OHIO UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL SWING. TABROOM IS HOSTING ONLY LD DEBATE. REGISTRATION FOR OTHER EVENTS SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN SPEECHWIRE.

9 September 2023

Dear Colleagues:

The Marshall University and Ohio University speech and debate teams invite you to our Swing tournaments on the beautiful campus of Marshall University in Huntington, WV from Friday, 20 October 2023, through Sunday, 22 October 2023.

We hold these tournaments in honor of those who made substantial contributions to our forensics community and have passed on. This year we especially recognize the loss of Clara Adkins, Thundering Word head coach, whose sudden passing several months ago was far too soon and whose nurturing and supporting spirit is sorely missed. We also recognize longtime head coaches Kristine Greenwood, who passed away this summer, and Danny Ray, who passed away several years ago and was one of Clara's best friends.

The tournaments strive to be comprehensive in recognition of the important roles both speech and debate play in the forensics community. As such, we will be offering the following:

• A speech tournament consisting of 2 preliminary rounds and 1 final round of all 11 NFA speech events on Saturday, 21 October 2023, as part of the Marshall University portion of the Swing;
• A speech tournament consisting of 2 preliminary rounds and 1 final round of all 11 NFA speech events on Sunday, 22 October 2023, as part of the Ohio University portion of the Swing;
• Four (4) preliminary rounds and elimination rounds of IPDA Debate on Friday, 20 October 2023, and Saturday, 21 October 2023, as part of the Marshall University portion of the Swing; and
• Six (6) preliminary rounds and elimination rounds for NFA Lincoln-Douglas Debate on Saturday, 21 October 2023, and Sunday 22 October 2023, as part of the Marshall University portion of the Swing

Competition in speech events and IPDA Debate will be in person. Competition in LD Debate will be hybrid.

Importantly, the tournament schedule is designed to maximize speech and debate event cross-entry:

A student may enter both IPDA Debate and LD Debate;

A student may enter IPDA Debate and all speech events at Marshall University portion of the Swing if they do not advance to elimination rounds and Pattern B events if they do. (Go ahead and enter a student in Pattern A events, and we will drop them at no cost if they cannot compete.) They also may enter all speech events during the Ohio University portion of the Swing.

A student may enter LD Debate and Pattern B events at the Ohio University portion of the Swing.

A student may enter up to three speech events per Pattern at both tournaments.

This invitation in the attachment provides additional information about both tournaments. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Dennis Taylor at taylor41@marshall.edu or 304.541.0332 or Jennifer Talbert at jtalbert@ohio.edu or 216.410.0041.

Sincerely,

Marshall University and Ohio University Coaches