Golden Desert District Tournament

2024 — NV/US

Golden Desert District Qualifier

for the 2024 National Tournament
Debate at Advanced Technologies Academy (A-TECH), Las Vegas, NV Mar 22–23 HSE SEN CX LD PF
Speech at Clark HS, Las Vegas, NV Apr 5–6 DI DUO HI INF IX OO POI USX

Predicted Schedule for Speech

All Speech events will have 3 Preliminary rounds, 2 on Friday night and one on Saturday. All competitors MUST attend both days.

All of these times are predicted, as the tournament may be disrupted by protests, lack of judges, etc. A coach or school-affiliated adult representative from the school(s) competing in the debate or a judge for the round must notify the tabulation committee of intent to submit an appeal or formal post-round allegation within 20 minutes of the end of the round. The 20-minute time period begins once the last ballot from all rounds has been collected by the tabulation committee.

Friday, April 5th:

3:45 pm: Begin Arriving at Clark

4:15 pm: Coach Check-in

4:25: Extemp Prep Start, Round 1

4:35-5:35pm: Round 1, all events

6:00 pm: Extemp Prep Start, Round 2

6:10-7:10 pm: Round 2, all events

All competitors observing Iftar may excuse themselves from rounds in which they have already competed at ~7:05pm. Any competitor who needs consideration in scheduling, especially in Extemp, should ask their coach to notify the Belonging & Inclusion Advocate prior to Round 1.

Saturday, April 6th:

8:30 am: Coach Check-in

8:40 am: Extemp Prep Start, Round 3

8:50-9:50 am: Round 3, all events

Outrounds--We will do our best to minimize overlap in round start times for double-entered competitors in Semis/Finals, but rounds themselves will most likely overlap.

10:15-11:15 am: Semifinals (predicted in Oratory)/Finals (predicted in everything else)

11:45-12:45 pm: Finals (for events requiring a Semifinal)

1:30 pm: Awards (National Qualifiers, Yearlong Sweepstakes, and "Of the Year" winners announced!)