UPDATE: WE WILL BE A ONE DAY, SATURDAY-ONLY TOURNAMENT.

ALL SAINTS TFA INVITATIONAL - OCT 9, 2021

Welcome to the All Saints Episcopal School speech & debate tournament!  We are located in the heart of Northeast Texas, but our tournament will take place completely online (AND SYNCHRONOUSLY) via NSDA Campus.  All schools (public, private, large, and small) are welcome to compete in our tournament, though we will not accept outside individual entries -they must be submitted via a school/organizational coach).  We will be using TFA competition rules, found at www.txfa.org 

Quick information is provided below, but please see our side pages (tabs to the right) for details.

Please visit the test rooms (https://campus.speechanddebate.org/) on the devices your students will be competing from. If you're having technical issues, you can visit this site to help troubleshoot (https://www.speechanddebate.org/campus-tech/).

EVENTS OFFERED

Varsity Divisions: CX, LD, PF, CONGRESS, FX, DX, POETRY, PROSE, HI, DI, DUO, POI, ORATORY, INFORMATIVE

Novice Divisions: THIS IS FIRST YEAR & MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPETITORS ONLY!  NCX, NLD, NPF, NCONGRESS

CROSS ENTRIES: LD, PF, and Congress may enter extemp

TOPICS

CX

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States.

LD (including Novice division)

Resolved: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines.

PF

Resolved: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization should substantially increase its defense commitments to the Baltic states.

Congressional Debate (Items found on TFA Fall 2021 Docket)

Prelim: 6-10

Finals: 11-15

Poetry & Prose are “Reader’s Choice”, but TFA rules are to be followed, including not repeating the same pieces across different events.