NOTE: Deadlines Extended

FGCCFL All Events 3

Wharton High School
20150 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33647
(813) 631-4710

Saturday, 19 October 2024
Registration 7:15 – 7:45 AM
Host Coach: Ryan Grau (813) 665-0412

Events: All NCFL Events. No double entries. No more than SIX entries per event, except Student Congress. No more than TWELVE entries in Student Congress. Lincoln-Douglas will use the September/October 2024 LD topic (NOT the novice topic). Public Forum will use the September/October 2024 PF topic. Policy Debate will use the 2024-2025 NFHS Policy topic.

Cost: $30.00 per competitor including host/lunch fee PLUS an additional $10.00 lunch fee for each judge, including training judges. Fees can be paid via PayPal <@payfgccfl>, check for the full amount (payable to FGCCFL), or cash. All fees must be paid in full by the fourth round of the tournament. Late payments are no longer accepted.

Food: Closed campus (FGCCFL rule). No one may leave campus for lunch, and no one may have lunch delivered during tournaments. Lunches are automatically ordered for students and judges as part of registration; ONE complimentary lunch will be provided to each school for the head coach. Coaches must order all vegetarian lunches on Tabroom.

Judging requirements: One (1) judge for every five (5) IE and Congress entries combined; schools with Congress entries must designate at least one Congress Scorer. One (1) judge for every two (2) LD and PFD entries combined; LD and PFD judges must be cross-trained. One (1) judge for each Policy entry. COACHES: Do not count yourself in your judge quota as we must be able to use you where needed! All coaches should be prepared to serve as a Parliamentarian, supervise Extemp Prep, or judge if needed during the fourth round. Judges should be cross-trained in all events. Remember to list conflicts (by STUDENT FULL NAME) in the “Judge Notes” space on Tabroom.

Electronic balloting: All events at this tournament will use Tabroom for electronic ballots. Judges must have a linked Tabroom account and provide a suitable connected device (laptop or tablet). Paper ballots will be available in the event of an equipment outage.

REGISTRATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT:

Go to <http://fgccfl3.tabroom.com/>. Be sure to register for the correct tournament. Registration must be submitted online by the school’s coach only. Registration will not be accepted once registration is closed or by any other means other than Tabroom unless directed to do so. Pay attention to your school registration for students, judges in correct pools, and total lunch orders. Tabroom registration will close at 5 PM on the Thursday prior to the tournament week. Please have registration confirmed before registering the team on Tabroom. The extended registration deadline for this tournament is October 14, 2024.

Coaches must set up their team and judge rosters on Tabroom before attempting to register. All students and judges must set up their individual Tabroom accounts.

TITLE REQUIREMENT FOR IE: Selection titles, authors, and publication information (where applicable) must be specified for all entries in OO, Dec, DP, OI, and Duo. For OI, please list the two program titles (separated by a slash) in the Title field, then list all included works in the Bibliography field.

Drops may be made online until midnight on Monday of tournament week. All other changes made after the close of registration, but before tournament day, must be reported to Jym Froelich by email at <James.Froelich@sarasotacountyschools.net>, and Josh Schneider at <josh@fgccfl.net>. Schools will forfeit registration fees for all drops made after the close of online registration on the Thursday before tournament week.

Please note: The Executive Committee will levy additional tournament fees of $25.00 for any dropped entry on the tournament day including drops after the first round begins, and for each registered but missing judge.

Tournament Day Registration:7:15 – 7:45

Only the team Head Coach or Assistant Coach should proceed through the registration line. Coaches should have invoice and registration forms printed from Tabroom and correct fees in check/large bills or paid online via the website.

Head Coaches or Assistant Coaches should register at the media center, on the second floor of the 400 building (where the large staircase is). Students will report to the cafeteria, by the teacher parking lot. Judges will report to the media center. Please bring a copy of your registration from Tabroom, and a check payable to FGCCFL (or cash), or a PayPal receipt from the League website.

Schools MUST be registered no later than 7:45 AM. Announcements for students and judges will begin at 8:00 AM. Rounds should begin by 8:30 AM.

CONGRESS RULES:

Each school registering Student Congress entries MUST provide at least one (1) piece of satisfactory legislation. Schools may submit up to six (6) items, but no student may sponsor more than one (1) item. Congress entries will be waitlisted until at least one (1) item of legislation from the school has been submitted and approved.

All legislation must be written using the templates on the FGCCFL website or on Tabroom and uploaded to Tabroom by the registration deadline (5:00 PM on the Monday of tournament week). Late, frivolous, stale, or unsatisfactory legislation will not be considered. The legislative docket and chamber assignments will be published on Monday night.

RECOMMENDED: Coaches may email legislation to Josh Schneider for review; allow 48 hours for a response. This is NOT a substitute for uploading the legislation to Tabroom.

DIRECTIONS:

FROM I-275

Take Exit 59, onto State Road 56. Turn right onto Bruce B. Downs. The school will be on the right; take the turn immediately after Cypress Manor Drive (where the emergency clinic is).

FROM I-75

Take Exit 270, which brings you directly to Bruce B Downs Boulevard. The entrance will be on the left-hand side, where you’ll pass the main building and turn at the following entrance, towards student parking.

PARKING

Student volunteers will direct cars; enter via the North entrance North of the main building where everyone will be directed to park. Please see the map on the PDF invitation.