The Farmington High School Debate Team is excited to host the 2025 Flight of the Phoenix Debate Tournament on November 7, 2025.

Events being offered

Debate

Public Forum

Lincoln Douglas

Big Question

Extemporaneous Debate

Jury Duty (see the page to the right for event details)

Speech

Oratory

Informative

Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking (US and International)

Extemporaneous Commentary

Programmed Oral Interpretation

Combined Interpretation (HI, DI, Duo)

Declamation

Impromptu

Original Spoken Word Poetry

Storytelling

Note that neither Congress nor Policy will be offered at this tournament. This is due to both events being long and getting in the way of students participating in both speech and debate events. To help compensate for the loss of those events, we've added some events that aren't always offered to allow students to find something they're interested in.

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Expectation

It is expected that each competitor participates in 2 events- one speech and one debate. They are not required to participate in both categories, but awards will be given to those who show excellence in both categories combined.

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Schedule

2:45-3:30- Check in

4:00-4:55- Speech Round 1

5:00-5:55- Debate Round 1

6:00-6:55- Speech Round 2

7:00-7:55- Debate Round 2

8:30- Awards

9:00- In our respective vehicles, on our way to our respective homes or schools.

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Judges

A judge is required for every 2 debate entries and every 6 speech entries. To lower the judge burden of the schools, please feel free to double enter judges in both the Debate and Speech categories.

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Awards

Awards will be given to:

• the top 10 novice competitors
• the top 10 varsity/open competitors
• the top 3 big teams (more than 15 students)
• the top 3 small teams (less than 15 students)

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