Flint Hills After School at Topeka High
2016 — KS/US
This year's remaining Flint Hills After School Tournaments are scheduled to take place as follows:
(6) November 15 @ Topeka High, Director: Dustin Rimmey
Registration for this fifth tournament will OPEN at Noon, Friday, November 11th.
Registration for this tournament will CLOSE at Noon, Tuesday, November 15th.
(7) November 30 @ Highland Park High School, Director: Michelle Kirk
The only parameters for participation in one or more of these tournaments is that you enter two-person teams, all teams are composed of novice debaters (i.e. debaters in their first year of competition), and that you provide 1 judge (1 panel) for every two teams, or fraction thereof.
Registration will take place through Tabroom.com. In order to enter the tournament, you will need a Tabroom.com account AND each debater's name must appear on the list of names associated with your NSDA Chapter.
No awards will be distributed at the conclusion of each after school tournament. Coaches are responsible for entering their own debaters' NSDA points.
Steven Davis, Washburn Rural Assistant, will be the series administer, but specific questions about any of the tournaments should be directed to the Director of Debate of the tournament(s) you are interested in attending, or Dustin Ruimmey, Topeka High, NSDA Flint Hills District Chair.
If you have problems, or questions, with respect to Tabroom.com, please contact Steven Davis at davisste@usd437.net.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Division: Novice Policy Debate
Entry requires 2 debaters on each team. If an unavoidable last minute emergency occurs, every effort will be made to allow "mavericks" to participate, but schools should do everything possible to insure that teams entered will be composed of 2 debaters.
Round Format
Each round is scheduled for 55 minutes. Teams should come to this practice tournament PREPARED to give shortened speeches. The following in-round times will be in effect:
1AC 8 min, CX 2 min
1NC 6 min, CX 2 min
2AC 6 min, CX 2 min
2NC 6 min, CX 2 min
1NR 4 min
1AR 4 min
2NR 4 min
2AR 4 min
Prep Time AFF 3 min, Prep Time NEG 3 min
Schedule:
Register at the site by 3:15 pm
Rd. 1 at 4:00 - 4:55 pm
Rd. 2 at 5:05 - 6:00 pm
Rd. 3 at 6:10 - 7:05 pm
In order to complete all three rounds in a timely manner, it is imperative that judges enforce time restrictions. Rounds that start late, MUST still end at the scheduled time. Speeches will just have to be even shorter.
To the extent possible, Rounds 1-2 will be scheduled randomly. Round 2 will be powered Hi vs Hi off of Round 1 results.
Judges
Each participating school should make every effort to provide 1 judge for every 2 teams, or fraction thereof, entered. If a school has difficulty meeting its judge obligations, the school should contact Dustin Rimmey or Steven Davis no later than the morning of the tournament for assistance.
Registration
Registration for each tournament will “open” the Friday before the scheduled tournament.
Head Coaches should complete their tournament registration by NOON, the day of the scheduled tournament.
Final check-in by 3:30 pm the day of the tournament.
Teams must be registered by debaters first and last Names.
Judges should be registered as Judge “A”, Judge “B”, Judge “C”, etc. PLEASE identify the school (i.e. THS, TW, WaRu, etc.) We will not need specific names for your judges.
Panels should be registerd as (i.e) School + Panel AA, School + Panel BB, etc. Thus your panels will look something like WaRu Panel AA, WaRu Panel BB, etc. Again, we will not need specfic names, but coaches should assign your judges their letter code, panel code before the start of round 1.
Panels will remain together throughout the three rounds.
Each judge on a panel will receive a Tabroom.com generated ballot with his/her identification use as "name". I.E. WaRu Panel A would look something like the following: WaRu A1 Pan, WaRu A2 Pan, WaRu A3 Pan. When judges are assigned to rounds, this panel will remain together for all three assigned rounds. Individual judges should NOT switch ballots with a judge from/on another panel.