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Saturday, November 7, 2026

Tessellations School, Cupertino, California

1170 Yorkshire Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014

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ELIGIBILITY: Students enrolled in grades 5-8th are eligible to compete at this tournament.

EVENTS: Impromptu; Extemporaneous; Original Advocacy/Original Oratory (combined); Parliamentary Debate.Students may cross-enter in any combination of Speech events at their own-risk; no cross-entry is allowed in Parli.

RULES: Speech events will followNSDA Rules. Parliamentary Debate will followNPDL Round Rules.

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JUDGING

The judging obligation is 1 judge per 2 entries for Debate events and rounds up (e.g. if you have 3 entries you owe 2 judges).

The judging obligation is 1 judge per 3 entries for Speech events and rounds up (e.g. if you have 4 entries you owe 2 judges).

High School students with varsity-level competitive experience may judge. Judges must have Tabroom.com accounts with their email and phone number.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

8:15-8:45 Registration and Check-in

9:00 Parli/Speech R1

10:30 Parli/Speech R2

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch(free pizza for all participants)

1:00 Parli/Speech R3

2:30 Parli/Speech R4

4:00 Awards

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FEES & PAYMENT

$25 per entry in each Speech event; $50 per entry in Parliamentary Debate.

Lunch and snacks are provided free of charge to all participants.

Payments may be made at paypal.me/tessiespeechdebate.

Please include the school name in the payment memo.

No hired judges are available for this tournament.

$50 nuisance fines may be assessed for judges who fail to show up for rounds.