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Greetings Middle Level Directors, Coaches, and Admins!

The Royal Oak Middle School Team and our staff cordially invite you to attend a Middle Level Speech tournament on Saturday, April 18th, 2026.

This is an OPEN Invitational tournament to any Middle School program and does not require MIFA membership to register.

We are offering a full 3-round day of competition for all Middle Level students, grades 5-8 (as applicable to your school), with adjudication. All 14 MIFA Middle Level Individual Events categories will be offered (there will be no split 5/6-7/8 divisions; all grades will compete in the same category), and we will follow current MIFA guidelines as outlined in Speech Activities and related documents. (Limited Prep prompts will follow similar themes used at the Middle Level Workshop from the beginning of the year and will be listed below.)

Registration is OPEN and will take place on tabroom.com – all participating judges/students must have a tabroom.com (free) account to participate.

Registration CLOSES, and all fees/commitments are frozen at 4/14/26 at 6 PM.

Cost of entry is $20 per-school entry fee + $5 per individual student, $10 per Duo, $15 per Multiple.

Awards will be presented onsite for the top 6 contestants in each event and the top 3 schools overall.

Reminder – for every 5 entries, you are expected to provide 1 qualified judge. Duos/Multiples count for 2 entries for this calculation. Experienced high school Seniors are eligible to judge. Hire judges from the tournament at $100/judge. There are not many hired judge options, so please do your best to bring judges.

Location: 709 N Washington Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48067

There are parking lots in the front and back of the school. Please enter through Door 1 by the main stairs and ramp.

TENTATIVE schedule:

7:30-8:15 AM – Registration (outside of the gathering place)

8:30 AM – General Contestant (In Gathering Place)

8:45 AM – Judge Meeting / Coach Meeting (In the Auditorium)

9:15 AM – Round 1

10:30 AM – Round 2

11:45 AM – Round 3

1:00 PM – Lunch (Gathering Place/Cafe)

2:15 PM (sooner if possible) – Awards Ceremony (Auditorium)

Rules/Resources - All judges should be familiar with current Speech Activities rules and the details contained on the ballots specific to their event(s). All info available at http://www.themifa.org/speech-activities-rules.html and http://www.themifa.org/ie-resources.html should be familiar to a Judge who wants to be considered “qualified” to adjudicate any IE tournament.

Judge Lounge - Lunch will be provided for all judges and Tab staff and served here.

Student Lunch – There will be pre-ordered meals available for $8. The meal includes a choice of pepperoni or cheese pizza, a choice of chips, a pop or water bottle, and a choice of cookie.