TFA Last Chance Pampa IQT

2024 — Pampa, TX/US

Welcome to the Pampa High School Last Chance IQT Tournament! We look forward to hosting you this year. Please read through this (but no really), so you aren't caught off guard by any issues!

You will be judging.

Students may enter three events in Pattern A and three events in Pattern B, Students entering LD, Policy, or Congress may not cross-enter. As always your students cross-enter at their own risk. Students may not enter both extemp divisions.

WE WILL NOT BREAK BRACKETS IN DEBATE.

INFORMATIVE IS NOT UIL EXTEMP IT IS THE TFA CONTEST

We will be using the TFA Spring 2024 Congress docket

We will use Items 5,7,14,3,1 IN THAT ORDER

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE WILL USE THE SPRING 2024 UIL TOPIC.

PHS and PJHS will likely compete in a limited capacity. They will be allowed to place in final rounds.

Events with fewer than 6 entries will be canceled.

IE's with 6-8 entries will have a single, unpaneled final round

IE's with 9 entries will have a prelim and final round of 6

IE's with 10-23 will have two prelims and a final round

IE's with 24+ will have a single prelim, semis, and final round

Sweepstakes

Team sweepstakes awards will be calculated as follows

IEs, Duet, Congress

12 points- 1st place

10 points- 2nd place

8 points- 3rd place

6 points- 4th place

4 points- 5th place- 8th place

Debate

12 points- 1st place

10 points- 2nd place

8 points- Non-advancing semi-finalists

4 points- Non-advancing quarter-finalists

Entry Fees are:

$20 - CX, Duet

$15 - HI, DI, POI, Duo, Duet, Poetry, Prose, DX, FX, Oratory, Informative, LD

The schedule will be as follows:

WE WILL ACCELERATE ROUNDS WHEN POSSIBLE.

There will be no Semis for IE's with fewer than 24 entries

Pattern A: DI, Extemp, Info, Poetry

Pattern B: Duet, HI, OO, POI, Prose

8:00 1A
8:00 Debate 1
9:00 Congress
9:30 1B
10:00 Debate 2
11:00 2A
12:00 Debate 3
12:30 2B
1:00 Congress Finals
2:00 Finals A
2:00 Debate Semis
3:30 Finals B
4:00 Debate Finals