Place Bishop Kelley High School

Tournament Director Jennifer Denslow jennifer.denslow@oologah.k12.ok.us Cell: 918-921-4782

DEADLINE TO ENTER: February 27, 2024

ENTER ONLINE AT www.ossaaspeech.com AND here on tabroom at http://ossaaeastreg.tabroom.com/eastreg.tabroom.com/

PAYMENT OR P.O. GOES TO OSSAA!

JUDGES:

The judging requirement will be strictly enforced. The formula for regionals is 1 judge for each 5 entries or portion thereof, 1 CX judge per CX team, 1 judge per 2 LDers, and 1 judge per 2 PF teams. Judges must be available at least 75% of the rounds to be counted.

We will be using online ballots. All judges must have a tabroom account and a laptop.

Please remember to submit yourself as a judge. All coaches are required to be available to judge at Regionals. Judges are expected to judge one round past a school’s elimination, so all judges will be expected to be available for finals.

If you fulfill only the minimum judging requirements, you will judge every round. Please bring extra judges and note that they are being sent to give you a round off.

Judges may be entered on tabroom until Tuesday, March 5 at 5:00 PM..

Site Details

Food

Bishop Kelley will have a concession stand available for students and the coffee bar will be open for orders.

The judges’ lounge will also be arranged by Bishop Kelley and catering will be provided. Please pay $5 per judge per day. DO NOT SEND THIS IN WITH YOUR ENTRY FEES! Checks for hospitality should be made out to “Bishop Kelley HS ℅ Speech & Debate”. It would be great to pay ahead of time, but you may pay at registration and cash is fine.

Schedule

A schedule can be found at the bottom of this message.

Registration will begin at 2:30 on Friday, March 8. Registration on Saturday, March 9 will be at 7:30. Rounds will begin at 8:00.

All debaters will do 4 rounds, three on Friday and 1 on Saturday. You must provide the appropriate number of debate judges for the Saturday round. A fifth round of LD and/or PF will occur on Saturday if there are 24 or more entries in the division.

Information about parking on that Friday will be forthcoming.

Tab Room

The tab room will be closed to those not involved in tabulation.

Results

Tabulation will be conducted on tabroom.com.

Ballots will be available to coaches as they come in. Preliminary results will be released to coaches before finals are posted. The finals tabulation will be available after awards so coaches may check results. Mistakes cannot be corrected after 9:00 a.m. of the Tuesday following the tournament.

Drop Fees

Please make drops as soon as you are aware of changes. Changes after 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of regionals week will be charged drop fees. Please consult the OSSAA manual for the fees, which get larger the later the drops are made.

Reminders

1. Judges should plan to be the official timekeeper(s). Please do not ask contestants or audience members to do so. (Judges in extemp: if you are keeping time, please make sure the students understand how you are keeping time and make sure you give clear signals).

2. Please be sure to bring your prepared copies of scripts (highlighted with original introductions, transitions, and conclusions typed). The script must be available if any protest is filed.

3. Please make sure your judges are familiar with the most current rules.

4. All questions and protests should be directed to the tournament director.

REGIONAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

3:30 Debate Round 1

5:30 Debate Round 2

7:30 Debate Round 3

SATURDAY

8:00 AM Flight A-1 (FX, DX, DD, HI, POI, 6A MO, INFO)

9:30 AM Debate Round 4

11:00 AM Flight B-1 (DI, HD, OO, SO, 5A MO, PO, PR)

12:30 PM Flight A-2 (FX, DX, DD, HI, POI, 6A MO, INFO)

2:00 PM Debate Round 5 (if needed)

3:00 PM Flight B-2 (DI, HD, OO, SO, 5A MO, PO, PR)

4:30 Finals A

6:00 Finals B

7:30 Awards