ATHENS TFA IQT

The Athens High School Speech and Debate Team would like to invite you back to our full TFA tournament Friday November 15. We hope you’ll join us.

The details for the tournament:

Deadlines: The deadline to enter is Tuesday November 12 at 5:00 PM.. Drops s made after Wednesday, November 13th at 5:00 pm will result in the loss of your entry fee. Drops made the day of the tournament will result in a $100.00 drop fee.

Cross Entering: You may only enter one debate event. Student may cross enter in a debate event and Pattern A. Cross entering across the speaking events should be undertaken judiciously. We will endeavor to protect cross entered students, but if a student is cross entered in three events or more, they should be recognize that there is some risk in that overexposure.

Judging: Each school will be required to provide reasonably qualified judges using this customary formula:

CX Debate: One judge per two teams or part thereof.

LD Debate: One judge per four entries or part thereof.

PFD: One Judge per four teams or part thereof.

Speaking Events: One judge for each 6 entries or part thereof.

We reserve the right to use school judges in events outside their entries to cover other events.

We may use experienced varsity high school students to judge novice debate events.

Events Offered:

TFA Tournament: Policy debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Congressional Debate, Novice Congressional Debate, Novice CX, Novice LD, Novice PF, Novice CD. Domestic Extemp (DX), International Extemp, (IX), Novice Extemp (NX), Impromptu Speaking (Im), Original Oratory, (OO), Informative Speaking, (inf), Humorous Interpretation (HI), Dramatic Interpretation (DI), Program of Oral Interpretation (PoI), Duo Interpretation (Duo), and Duet Acting (DA).

Section A IEs - FX, DX, NX, Impromptu, HI, Duo, OO

Section B IEs - PO, PR, Info, DI, POI, Duet

NOVICE CX WILL USE THE NDCA NOVICE PACKET

We will NOT break brackets in debate events.

Hospitality for coaches & judges will be provided by our enthusiastic booster club, hope you’re hungry.

They will also have a concession stand where students may purchase various items.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us. We are also available by email:

William Honea

Cell: 903-676-6848

whonea@athensisd.net

Nicole Cornish

Cell: 903-570-4949

ncornish@athensisd.net

Sincerely,

Will and Nicole