Snyder High School would like to invite you to compete at The Snyder Fall TFA Invitational!

Our tournament will be hosted at Snyder High School. Our booster club will have a concession stand open for competitors that will have meal deals, snacks, and drinks. We will have a hospitality room for coaches and judges with food and refreshments.

All debate will be solo (Congress, LD, PF, and CX)

We will NOT break brackets in debate out-rounds.

IEs will be allowed to cross-enter at will but must do so at their own risk. Ballots will NOT be held for students who are over-extended and do not make their rounds on time.

Out-rounds will be paneled only if enough judges are available.

As allowed by current TFA rules, Snyder High School students may be entered in events at this tournament and, if entered, will be eligible to compete in elimination rounds.

Judges:

We will have judging fees based on entries, but we would much rather have you bring judges than take your money! We will be recruiting volunteer judges and hiring as needed as well. Coaches will be the last to be used, but please be available if needed (especially if you're signed up as one of your school's judges!)

Topics:

Congress: TFA Fall Legislation. Prelims: 2, 5, 29, 20, 13 Finals: 1, 17, 25, 9, 7

CX/Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

LD: NSDA September-October Topic

Public Forum: NSDA September-October Topic

Prose/Poetry: Reader's choice

Patterns:

A; DI, Duet, Imp, Info, Poetry, DX

B; DUO, HI, OO, POI, Prose, FX

C; CX, LD, Public Forum

All debate (Congress, LD, PF, and CX) will be solo

Max of three cross entries between A/B

Schedule:

8:00 AM DX Draw

8:30 AM Pattern A Round 1 DI 1, DUET 1, DX 1, IMP 1, INFO 1, POET 1
8:30 AM Pattern C Round 1 CX 1, LD 1, PF 1

9:30 AM FX Draw
10:00 AM Pattern B Round 1 DUO 1, FX 1, HI 1, OO 1, POI 1, PROSE 1
10:30 AM Pattern C Round 2 CX 2, LD 2, PF 2
11:30 AM Pattern A Round 2 DI 2, DUET 2, DX 2, IMP 2, INFO 2, POET 2
12:30 PM Pattern C Round 3 CX 3, LD 3, PF 3
1:00 PM Pattern B Round 2 DUO 2, FX 2, HI 2, OO 2, POI 2, PROSE 2
3:00 PM Pattern A Finals DI Finals, DUET Finals, DX Finals, IMP Finals, INFO Finals, POET Finals
3:30 PM Pattern C Semifinals CX Semis, LD Semis, PF Semis
5:00 PM Pattern B Finals DUO Finals, FX Finals, HI Finals, OO Finals, POI Finals,
PROSE Finals
6:00 PM Pattern C Finals CX Finals, LD Finals, PF Finals

Fees:

IE/Congress; $15/competitor

LD; $25/competitor

PF; $40/team

CX; $40/team

Judge fees; $50 each section (4 entries in Congress, 2 debate entries, 6 IE entries)

Sweepstakes:

Points will be awarded as follows:

IEs and Congress

1st - 15 points

2nd - 10 points

3rd - 5 points

Finalist (4-6) - 3 points

Debate (CX, LD, PF)

1st place - 15 points

2nd place - 10 points

Semifinalists - 5 points

Quarterfinalist - 3 points

If you have any questions/comments/concerns, please email me at ajaimes@snyderisd.net

I hope to see y'all there!