Independent Entries

We do not accept independent entries. For clarification, all students must represent a diploma-granting secondary school, have their school administration’s or school-approved coach's permission to attend the tournament, and have a school-approved adult chaperone with them at the tournament (or available throughout the tournament if the tournament is virtual). If students compete in a team event (Duo, PF, Policy, WS*), all team members must compete for and be from the same diploma-granting school. If you have questions about this policy, please ask. We will not be entertaining questions from "word smiths". Our intent is clear, and the spirit of this rule will be enforced, even if you find a creative interpretation of the letter of this rule.

*WS division permits hybrid teams, but all participants must represent a diploma-granting secondary school. See main page for restrictions.

If at any time the tournament discovers a student or school does not meet the aforementioned criteria, the student and/or school will be disqualified from the tournament and lose their entry fees. If this is discovered after the tournament, any TOC qualification will be revoked (as we have done in the past), and we will do our best to contact other tournament directors to prevent a student in violation of this policy from being able to enter other tournaments (as we have done in the past).