NIETOC TFA Space City Swing

2022 — Houston, TX/US

RESCHEDULED FOR 2/18-19/2022

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that the we here at Langham Creek & Cypress Woods HS extend an invitation to you and your team to attend the 2022 Space City Swing, hosted at Langham Creek High School this February 4th – 5th, 2022. We will be a TFA qualifying tournament for all TFA events AND the Langham Creek side of the tournament has been selected to be a NIETOC qualifier! Space will be LIMITED, so please register EARLY! This is a great opportunity to get those last-minute state points!

Our tournament will feature one of the best tabrooms in the state lead by Ryan Hennessey, Perry Beard, Eric Beane and Jacob Koshak.

We will be utilizing Tabroom.com for our registration mechanism and ALL EVENTS will be held Face-To-Face at Langham Creek High School.

Please Review your JUDGING OBLIGATION.

ENTRY RESTRICTIONS: The only schools that may enter this tournament are high school programs that are accredited diploma-awarding institutions. No enrichment schools or programs have standing to enter our tournament. You must be attending a high school and entering as a representative of that high school with an official school sponsor present to compete at this tournament.

A Novice / Junior Varsity Competitor for our tournament is defined as a competitor that is in their first year of competition in either speech or debate.

In DEBATE Divisions we will offer FIVE (5) Preliminary Rounds in Varsity Cross-Examination Debate, FOUR (4) Preliminary Rounds in all other Varsity & JV Debate Divisions. We will NOT break brackets in debate.

In SPEECH Divisions, we will offer ONE (1) Preliminary Round in ALL Divisions.

Please nominate a deserving coach for our annual Coaching Award! Details can be found on the right-hand navigation panel under “Coaching Award”.

We will be using the TFA Spring Congress Scaffolding Legislation: 1-5 & 25-30

We highly encourage students and coaches to wear masks throughout the duration of the tournament and practice social distancing to the best of your ability.

The Space City Swing will have great trophies for students placing through 3rd in their events. You won't want to miss it!

If you have any questions or concerns, we are here to help! We hope to see you soon.