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Newport Speech and Debate cordially invites you to attend the 2^nd Annual Newport Knights Invitational on January 23^rd and January 24^th, 2026. We are pleased to offer Individual Events, Congressional Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Worlds Schools Debate.

We are also thrilled to offer NIETOC bids for our Individual Events.

Unless otherwise noted, all rules will follow the WSFA Bound for State rules (WA Bound for State Rules); then, the NSDA rules; and then the arbitration of the tabroom staff.

The deadline for registration is Wednesday, January 21, 2025 at 5:00pm. Fees will be set as of deadline.

All fees paid to Newport High School Speech and Debate.

INCLEMENT WEATHER

If there is snow, all of Western WA shuts down. If this happens and prevents teams from attending, we will switch to a virtual tournament hosted on NSDA Campus. We will try to make this decision by Thursday night before the tournament.

DEBATEEVENTS

We will not be hosting a novice division at this tournament. We encourage all novice competitors to try the open division.

Congressional Debate:

We will offer two, 2 hour sessions on Friday evening and Super Congress on Saturday. All sessions will conflict with CX, LD, WSD, and PF.

We will use the WSFA Spring Legislation Packet

The docket will be randomly picked from this packet and published on tabroom.com on Monday, January 19, 2026.

Separate Legislation for Super Congress is included in the WSFA packet and will ONLY be used for Super Congress.

Policy Debate:
We will an open division and use the 2025-2026 NSDA Policy Topic. Rounds will follow the 8-3-5 format with 6 minutes of prep time per team.

Lincoln Douglas
We will offer an open division and use the NSDA January/February LD Topic. Rounds will follow the 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 format and have 4 minutes of prep time per competitor. Speaker awards will be presented to the top 3 individual competitors in each division.

Public Forum
We will offer an open division and use the NSDA January PF Topic. Rounds will follow the new NSDA PF time format with 3-minute summary speeches and with 3 minutes of prep time per team. Speaker awards will be presented to the top 3 individual competitors in each division.

Worlds Schools
We will offer an open division and use the WSFA Spring Prepared motions. There will be both Impromptu and Prepared motions throughout the tournament. Speaker awards will be presented to the top 3 individual competitors in each division.

Trophies will be awarded to all debaters who make it to semi-finals. Finalist medals will be awarded to any competitor who breaks into elimination rounds.

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Individual Events

We will offer an open division for all IE events. Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Program of Oral Interpretation, Original Oratory, Informative, Impromptu, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Spoken Word Poetry will follow all WSFA rules.

In addition, we will offer the following extra events:

SPAR: Format will be 2 minute constructive speeches, followed by 2 minutes of cross examination, followed by 1 minute rebuttals. Topics will be a variety of abstract ideas, current events, and pop culture questions.

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: Contestants must write and deliver a speech between 1:45 and 2:00 minutes on a current event subject. Competitor will sit and read the presentation, like a news commentary.

All IE’s conflict though ample time given for students to double enter. Students are responsible for making it to all their rounds on time.

Trophies will be awarded to the Top 3 in each event. Finalist medals will be awarded to any competitor who breaks into finals.

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION/TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEES

Every school is required to pay a $40 SCHOOL ENTRY FEE per squad. Other event fees include:

· Individual Events | $10 per entry.

· DUO Interpretation | $20 per entry.

· Congressional Debate | $15 per entry.

· Worlds team | $30 per team entry

· Policy | $30 per entry

· Public Forum | $30 per entry

· LD is $15 | per entry.

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PAYMENTS

Please provide a school check, personal check, or Purchase Order at registration. Unfortunately, we are not set up to accept cash payments during the tournament.

Payments after the tournament can be mailed to:
Newport High School Speech and Debate, 4333 Factoria Blvd. SE, Bellevue, Washington 98006.
All fees to be made payable to Newport High School Speech and Debate.

Registration will occur through the website http://newportknights.tabroom.com Deadline for registration is 5pm Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Fees will be set as of deadline.

Drops and changes: Please email about any changes to your registration proactively! Late changes have drastic impacts on the tournament schedule. The earlier you can get drops to us the better the chances are for an ON TIME tournament. Please email drops, and changes to troutmanm@bsd405.org.

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SUPERVISION
The WIAA requires the presence, at all times, of a certificated staff member from the school or district supervising your participants. Your team cannot be allowed to compete if out of compliance.

FOOD
We will offer a full concession both days of the tournament. Please check back for more details as the event approaches.

For coaches and judges, we will have light snacks and dinner available on Friday. On Saturday, we will provide light snacks, light breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And we will have the coffee flowing - no worries. Our NHS Booster parents are the best. We promise to take good care of you while you are with us!

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JUDGING OBLIGATIONS

Each school is required to provide:

· 1 judge for every 2 debate teams in Policy or Worlds Debate

· 1 judge for every 3 Public Forum or Lincoln Douglas debate entries.

· In Individual Events and Congressional Debate:

o 1 judge is required for 1-5 entries

o 2 judges for 6-10 entries

o 3 judges for 11-15 entries, and so on.

Lack of a judge at registration will result in a potential reduction in your school’s number of entries.
Remedy: $100 Judging Fee will be charged to your school for each missing judge for each section of the tournament.

An additional problem that may occur is judges leaving early throughout the tournament. If a ballot is assigned to a judge/school and no one is available to cover for it, escalating consequences can occur.Remedy: first missed ballot = $50 Judging Fee will be charged to your school. Fines will be added for every uncovered ballot.

Newport Knights Invitational Schedule
January 23 – January 24, 2026

• Postings are online through Tabroom.com
• Judges’ lounge is in the NHS library
• Extemp Draw is in 2112

Friday, January 23, 2026

*Please note: School is in session until 3:30. Please do not enter until that time.

3:30 Registration in front of NHS library

4:00 Debate Round 1 CX/ LD/ PF/Worlds (Prepared)

4:15 Congress Session 1 Congressional Debate

6:00 Debate Round 2 CX/ LD/ PF/Worlds (Impromptu)

7:15 Congress Session 2 Congressional Debate

8:00 Debate Round 3 CX/ LD/ PF/Worlds (Prepared)

Saturday, January 24, 2026

7:30 IE Registration in front of library

8:00 IE Round 1 All Patterns (Extemp Draw 8:00)

9:30 Debate Round 4 CX/LD/PF/Worlds (Impromptu)

9:30 SUPER CONGRESS Congressional Debate

11:30 IE Round 2 All Patterns (Extemp Draw 11:30)

1:00 Debate Round 5 CX/ LD/ PF/Worlds (Prepared)

1:00 SUPER CONGRESS Congressional Debate (Super Congress)

3:00 IE Round 3 All Patterns (Extemp Draw 3:00)

4:15 Debate LD/PF Quarterfinals CX/Worlds Semifinals (Impromptu)

5:15 Debate LD/PF Semifinals CX/Worlds Finals (Prepared)

6:00 IE Finals All Patterns (Extemp Draw 6:00)

6:30 Debate LD/PF Finals

8:15 (ASAP) Awards Awards Hosted in the NHS Commons