Invitation and Tournament Information

This is a Middle/High School tournament in Pensacola, Florida.

You are cordially invited to the Pensacola High School Fall Invitational Tournament! The Fall Invitational, will be held Saturday, November 21,, 2026at Pensacola High School, 500 W Maxwell St., Pensacola, FL 32501. This tournament will be live and in person.

The tournament offers middle school and high school divisions. This is an open tournament and all schools are welcome to compete. NCFL-Pensacola League members receive a 50% discount on up to 10 entries.

FEES: $20.00 per single entry and $30.00 for partner events.

There will be three rounds of competition in IE and Debate events and two rounds of competition in Student Congress. Please plan to arrive at Pensacola High School no later than8:00 for tournament check in. Judges should plan to arrive by 7:45 and should be in the library by 8:00 for Judge Training.

Tournament check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. CST, for competitors and judges.

8:00: Judge Training Begins

8:30: Prep for Extemp Events begins

9:00: Round 1 of Competition Begins

3:00: Tentative Ending/Awards but please be flexible regarding the end time of the event.

EVENTS and DIVISIONS: We offer middle school, and high school divisions. If numbers allow. We reserve the right to combine divisions for events with low entry numbers. If we combine divisions, we will separate events and divisions for awards.

Double entries ARE allowed for students in IE Events only. No cross-over double entry is allowed between speech and debate events.

EVENTS INCLUDE:

Debate Events-(1 judge per every 2 entries)

• Public Forum Debate
• Lincoln Douglas Debate

Speech/Congress Events-(1 judge per every 5 entries)

• Student Congress
• Extemp Speaking
• Declamation
• Dramatic Performance
• Storytelling
• Duo Interpretation
• Poetry Interpretation
• Prose Interpretation
• Original Oratory
• Informative Speaking
• Program of Oral Interpretation
• Impromptu

TOPICS:

IMPROMPTU TOPIC AREAS: Famous Pairs, Thanksgiving, Recipe for Disaster

EXTEMP TOPIC AREAS are : Veterans, Fiction vs. Reality, Voting

LINCOLN DOUGLAS TOPIC; students will debate both sides of the resolution:

(NSDA Nov/Dec Resolution): Resolved: De-extinction is unethical.

PUBLIC FORUM TOPIC; students will debate both sides of the resolution:

(NSDA Nov/Dec Resolution): Resolved: European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION: To be added

JUDGES: We will need your judges in order to run the tournament.

The judge ratio for this tournament is 1 judge for every two debate entries; 1 judge for every 5 speech/interp/congress entries.

Please bring parents, teachers, former students, community members, etc.! Judges should be available for the duration of the tournament. Leaving early must be communicated with the tabroom and approved in order to avoid a no-show fee.

Judge training videos and additional judging resources can be found at https://www.speechanddebate.org/learn/judge-accreditation/

It is the affirmative duty of the coach to ensure that all judges (except students) must be approved as volunteers through their district’s volunteer system.

LUNCH: Meals will be provided for all coaches, and judges. Student lunches may be purchased for a $5 fee per student using the concessions tab on your entry page.

CONCESSIONS for sale: Concessions, including breakfast items, coffee and snacks will be available for purchase with cash only.

NO OUTSIDE FOOD DELIVERIES ARE PERMITTED AT THE TOURNAMENT.

COACHES: Coaches must be available on-site for the duration of the tournament.

Payments can be made at the tournament with a credit card, check or cash. Checks can be mailed in advance or following the tournament but should be mailed no later than 5 business days after the end of the tournament. Credit Card Payments will go to the host school via MySchool Bucks. Check payments should be made to the league. Check information is below.

Please make checks payable to:

NCFL Pensacola

C/o Ashley Carter

5500 Education Drive

Pace, FL 32571

Contact information for tournament questions via email or text to:

Tournament Director

Krysta Wilcox,kwilcox@ecsdfl.us

850-982-8700

and League Contact:

Ashley Carter, cartera@santarosa.k12.fl.us

850-516-8586