Arizona District Qualifier

for the 2021 National Tournament

Tentative SCHEDULE

Arizona District – National Speech and Debate Association Qualifier

2021 Tournament Information and Tentative Schedule

Virtual, March 18 - 20, 2021

REMINDER: ALL JUDGES AND COMPETITORS SHOULD DO AN APPROPRIATE TECH CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEIR CAMERAS AND SOUND ARE FUNCTIONING PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TOURNAMENT. 

Per the NSDA rules, we must use the New Method to run Congress. We will again use the New Pilot Rules to run all the Speech events, LD, and PF. Because of the limited number of entries in policy debate, we have been given permission to run a round-robin in policy debate.

While we have set specific round times, we reserve the right to move up rounds when we have the available judges and when competitor cross entries will allow us to do so.

THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE

7:15 a.m.                                Release Chamber Assignments for Session 1

7:30 a.m.                                Judges MUST report to the Judge’s Pool Room / Receive Assignments
                                                ALL COMPETITORS should report to their assigned chambers

7:45 a.m.                                Oath of Office and Election of PO

8:00 – 10:30 a.m.                    Session 1

11:45 p.m.                               Election of PO

12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.             Session 2

LD & PF DEBATE

3:30                                        Release LD & PF Pairings for Round 1

3:45                                        ALL COMPETITORS and JUDGES should report to their assigned room.

4:00                                       Round 1 - LD & PF Debate

5:30                                       Round 2 - LD & PF Debate

7:00                                       Round 3 - LD & PF Debate

FRIDAY, MARCH 19TH

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE

The semis session has been deleted.

11:45 p.m.                               Election of PO

12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.             FINALS

ALL EVENTS EXCEPT CONGRESS

3:00 p.m.                               Release of Pairing for 1st round of the day

3:15 p.m.                               All JUDGES and COMPETITORS should report to their assigned room.
                                              ALL Judges NOT assigned should report to the appropriate POOL Room.

3:30 p.m.                               Round 1 – HI, INF, OO

4:00 p.m.                               Round 4 - LD & PF Debate, Round 1 - Policy Debate

5:00 p.m.                               Extemp Draw

5:30 p.m.                               Round 1 - USX, IX, DI, POI

6:30 p.m.                               1st Break Round LD & PF Debate, Round 2 - Policy Debate

7:30 p.m.                               Round 2 - HI, INF, OO

8:30 p.m.                               2nd Break Round - LD & PF Debate

SATURDAY, MARCH 19TH

ALL EVENTS EXCEPT CONGRESS

7:30 a.m.                               Extemp Draw

8:00 a.m.                               Round 2 - USX, IX, DI, POI, Round 3 - Policy Debate

9:30 a.m.                               Round 3 - HI, INF, OO

10:00 a.m.                             3rd Break Round - LD & PF Debate

10:30 a.m.                             Round 4 - Policy Debate

11:00 a.m.                             Extemp Draw

11:30 a.m.                             Round 3 - USX, IX, DI, POI

1:00 p.m.                               Semis - HI, INF, OO

1:30 p.m.                               4th Break Round - LD & PF Debate

2:30 p.m.                               Extemp Draw

3:00 p.m.                               Semis - USX, IX, DI, POI

4:00 p.m.                               5th Break Round - LD & PF Debate

4:30 p.m.                               Finals - HI, INF, OO

5:00 p.m.                               Extemp Draw

5:30 p.m.                               Finals - USX, IX, DI, POI

ASAP                                      Streaming Awards Ceremony