Judging Information

Judging Information:

All judges from a school must be available for all prelims in his/her area of judging (IE, Debate, etc.).

School judges will be used! If a school has entries that prohibit the use of a school judge in prelims, the school will be charged the uncovered judge fee for all entries in that event. Congress judges who cannot be used in Congress due to school conflicts will be placed in the other debate judge pools and used there.

We would rather have your judges than your money, so please cover as many of your entries as possible. If you would like help finding a judge, please contact Chuck Walts (cwalts@hockaday.org) for help.

All school judges are expected to be available for the day(s) that are entered to judge. No partial commitments will be allowed and will result in a fine and replace.

All rounds will use Tabroom. All judges will need a Tabroom account!

Schools will be assessed a $200.00 no show fee per round if a judge fails to appear for his/her round. Please communicate with us if you have a judge who cannot appear.

Judging Requirements:

One judge is requirement for every two VCX or NCX teams, or portion thereof. One judge is required for every four VLD, NLD and PFD entries, or portion thereof. One judge is required for every eight Congress or Individual Events entries.

Judges may only serve in their respective Sections. A debate judge cannot be used to satisfy requirements in Individual Events.

No school may completely buy out their judging commitments in debate events. A school must provide at least one judge to cover their obligations.

All judges are obligated one round past the elimination the school they are judging for.

All Worlds Debate entries must be accompanied by a judge. This judge will only be assigned to judge Worlds Debate, and cannot be used to cover other entries.

Uncovered Judge Fees:

VCX and NCX:$100.00 per uncovered entry

VLD, NLD, PFD, NPFD:$50.00 per uncovered entry.

Individual Events:$20.00 per uncovered entry

Worlds Debate:$100.00 per uncovered entry