Colleagues and Competitors,

The Vines High School Speech and Debate Team cordially invites you to the Vines TFA Tournament and NIETOC bid on February 5, 2022. 

We are changing to a virtual format (updated January 24, 2022). Due to high case counts in Collin County and the DFW area, tournament staff felt that it was best to move to a virtual format for the safety of students, coaches, and judges.

All events are currently scheduled to be held virtually on NSDA campus on Saturday, February 5th. 

In the main tournament, we will offer varsity competition in CX, LD, PF, Congress, and speech events. The tournament will offer TFA and NIETOC qualifying points. Please bring judges if at all possible. We are hiring judges, but we would prefer to have you bring judges!

We strive to provide an efficient schedule and a pleasant tournament atmosphere. The (revised) entry deadline is 1/29/22. Please let me know if you have any questions! We look forward to seeing you in February. 

Meghan Clark

Topic Updates:

Congress legislation is now posted on the website. These are the items we will be debating from the TFA docket: 

In prelims, we will be debating the following items: #1, 7, 8, 22, 18. 

In finals, we will be debating the following items: #6, 20, 17, 24. 

PF will be the February topic - Resolved: On balance, Turkey's membership is beneficial to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

For LD, we will only be debating the TFA topic. Resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust. 

For policy, we will be debating the following topic. Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States. 

Judging Requirements:

·         CX – One judge for every 2 entries or portion thereof.

·         LD & PFD – One judge for every 4 entries or portion thereof.

·         IEs* – One judge for every 6 entries or portion thereof.

* If you have a judge that is only qualified to judge only some of the individual events, please indicate this information in the notes section of the entry and what that event or those events are. If there is no note present, we will assume that the judge is qualified for all individual events and will put them into all pools.

Fees:

 Please make all checks payable to Vines High School Speech and Debate.

·         CX Debate - $40.00

·         LD, PF, Duo, and Duet Entry - $25.00

·         Individual Event Entry (and Congress) - $15.00

·         Missing Judge Fee - $150.00

Judging Contracts:

If you are an individual that wishes to pursue a judging contract at this tournament, email your judging résumé and any other pertinent details to Meghan Clark at meghan.clark@pisd.edu