Welcome to the JFC!

The Jim Fountain Classic

October 23rd-24th, 2026
McClintock High School

Dear Colleagues, McClintock Masque and Gavel is proud to invite you to the Jim Fountain Classic Invitational Tournament onOctober 23rd and 24th, 2026. At this tournament we will be offering Congressional Debate, Novice/Varsity Divisions of LD & Public Forum, we will offer an open division of Policy Debate, and an open division of World Schools Debate. We also offer a full compliment of individual events.This year, we are allowing triple entry in speech events.

We will be using a staggered debate schedule to hopefully prevent any need to flight debate rounds. The schedule will be posted soon on the sidebar of this website.

Fees: No school fee will be assessed. Entries will be $10 for individual entries, $20 for partner event entries (Duo, Duet, CX, and PF), $25 for WSD Entries.

Debate Topics: PF and LD will use the appropriate September/October topics for each division (Novice LD will use the Novice LD topic for Sept/Oct)

Open LD: Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative.

Novice LD:Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be mandatory.

PF (Both Divisions): Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.Because Policy is an Open Division, everyone will be restricted to the use of the 2026-27 NDCA Novice Policy packet.

World Schools Debate: Pre-set topics will be released soon.

Congress:Bill submissions are due by October 8, 2026.Please use the NSDA Templates for formatting legislation.
ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE UPLOADED IN PDF FORMAT ONLY (That one courtesy will save Richie a significant amount of time.)

We will be using DIRECT QUESTIONING for both sessions of Congressional Debate.

Congress Entries are Limited Due to Space - we only have enough space for 100 congressional debate entries, MAX. That will make 4 chambers of 25. Our main Auditorium is being renovated and we are at a significant shortage of available space during school hours. Make sure to get your congress entries in early to make sure they have a seat.

TOC Speech Bids will be Available! - We are excited to announce that we have been approved for speech bids for the UK Tournament of Champions! Bids will be available in all relevant TOC Speech events. For information on what bids will be available, see the UK TOC qualification requirements.

Please note that all entries will be due prior to

5:00 p.m.on Monday, October 19th.

Drops and name changes are due by

6:30pm on Thursday, October 22nd.

Any drops after that date will be assessed the entry fee amount for said event(s). Additions to the entry and modifications will also be accepted until that date.

Judges need to be finalized by October 22nd.

Please post your drops and/or changes online as soon as you are aware of them.Entries and drops will only be accepted through Tabroom. Do not fax or call in entries/drops. After Tabroom closes, last minute drops should be sent via text to Richie at the number below. We hope to see you at the tournament. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Tim Cornwell at (480) 216-3787 or tcornwell@tempeunion.org or Richie Glover at (480) 270-4314 orr.a.glover@gmail.com(TXT Preferred). See you at the Tournament!

We are excited to be the first full-service tournament of the season. We are excited to be the Spooky Season tournament. As always, MHS Students will be dressed according to a theme (for easy visibility when seeking them out for questions or directions). We absolutely invite and encourage dressing up and having a good time! We're looking forward to seeing everybody at MHS!

Sincerely,

Tim Cornwell & Richie Glover