Pacific Meets the Delta Swing

Invitational Forensics Tournament November 3-5, 2023

Mustang Invitational Synchronous Tournament

IN PERSON — November 4,2023 Hosted on San Joaquin Delta College campus

Paul Winters & Pat Kennedy Invitational

LD/NPDA/IE Tournament November 3-5, 2023 Hosted on University of the Pacific campus

Dear Colleagues,

The Speech and Debate teams of the University of the Pacific and San Joaquin Delta College are pleased to invite you and your forensics squad to attend the Pacific Meets the Delta invitational speech & debate tournaments.The Mustang Invitational will be held IN-PERSON (Nov. 4, 2023) while the Paul Winters & Pat Kennedy Invitational will be hosted IN-PERSON (Nov. 3-5, 2023) on University of the Pacific’s campus.

San Joaquin Delta College’s Mustang Invitational will feature two preliminary rounds of competition in Novice and Open divisions of all eleven AFA/Phi Rho Pi individual events. Events with seven or more competitors will advance to a final round. All entries are due no later than Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 by 5:00 PM PST.

The University of the Pacific’s Paul Winters & Pat Kennedy Invitational is a full-service tournament featuring NPDA Debate, NFA LD Debate, IPDA Debate, and Individual events. NFA LD Debate runs on Friday evening through Saturday. NPDA Debate runs Saturday and Sunday and conflicts with IEs which will run concurrently with debate rounds on Sunday. Two preliminary rounds of competition in Novice and Open divisions of all eleven AFA/Phi Rho Pi individual events will be offered, advancing to semifinals (as appropriate) or finals in each event. IPDA will run concurrently with IE rounds on Sunday and will advance to a festival style elimination round. Five preliminary rounds of Novice and Open divisions of NPDA Parliamentary and NFA LD debate will advance to appropriate elimination rounds.

All entries for the Paul Winters are due Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 by 9PM PST. Entries will be taken electronically at speechwire.com. Changes and drops can be made but additions and/or replacements must occur on a case-by-case basis. If you have never used this method for submitting tournament entries, please email either myself (sfarias@pacific.edu) or Ben Stewart (support@speechwire.com). The forensics teams from the University of the Pacific and San Joaquin Delta College Colleges look forward to hosting you and your students Nov. 3-5, 2023. We will be creating separate tournament documents on google that will contain information, FAQ, best practicesdocuments, etc. If there is anything we can do, please do not hesitate to contact us.

For Pacific Forensics, Prof. Steve Kalani Farias

Tournament Director and Dir. of Forensics University of the Pacific

(209) 946-3050 or (209) 471-6470 (cell)

sfarias@pacific.edu

For San Joaquin Delta College Forensics,Jeff Toney

Tournament Director and Dir. of Forensics San Joaquin Delta College

(209) 954-5191

jeffey.toney@deltacollege.edu

Mustang Invitational Schedule

Saturday Nov. 4, 2023

(Times subject to change)

8:00-8:45 AM Registration

8:45 AM Round 1 (Pattern B) 10:00 AM Extemp Prep Start 10:15 AM Round 1 (Pattern A)

11:30-12:30 PM LUNCH

12:45 PM Round 2 (Pattern B) 2:00 PM Extemp Prep Start 2:15 PM Round 2 (Pattern A)

3:30 PM Pattern B Finals/Semis as Necessary

4:45 PM Extemp Prep 5:00 PM Pattern A Finals Awards ASAP

Pattern A – Extemporaneous Speaking, Informative Speaking, After Dinner Speaking, ProseInterpretation and Poetry Interpretation.

Pattern B – Impromptu Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Communication Analysis, DuoInterpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, and Programmed Oral Interpretation.

PART ONE: TOURNAMENT ENTRIES

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Tournament Rules – AFA, NFA, NPDA, & IPDA regulations will govern their respective divisions,unless specified elsewhere in this invitation. Hybrid teams and three person teams may compete (although only two debaters may speak in a given round). Only NFA L/D debaters may compete without a partner.

Competitor Eligibility - Any undergraduate in a two-year or four-year college or university carrying 6 or more units is eligible. No person who has competed for 10 or more semesters or has competed at a collegiate national tournament in 5 different years may compete. UOP and San JoaquinDelta College students may participate but will not accrue sweepstakes points at their individual tournaments.

ENTRY PROCEDURE

Both tournaments will exclusively use Speechwire.com. Entries must be completed by the following deadlines: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 by 5:00 PM EST (MUSTANG) & 9:00 PM PST (PAUL WINTERS & PAT KENNEDY). ALL Fees (judging and entry) will accrue as of Friday at 12 noon.

Both tournament directors reserve the right to refuse adds, name changes, and/or assess nuisance fees after this date and time.

ENTRY CONSTRAINTS

Students may enter in NFA-LD & NPDA, NFA-LD & IEs/IPDA, & NPDA & ONE event per pattern of IEs/IPDA at the Paul Winters & Pat Kennedy portion of the swing.
Students may CONDTIONALLY enter in NFA-LD, NPDA, & multiple events per pattern of IEs/IPDA however if the cross entered student breaks in NPDA, they may be dropped from IEs/IPDA due to scheduling conflicts.
Students may NOT enter NPDA & the Mustang portion of the IE swing.
Students may CONDITIONALLY enter NFA-LD & the Mustang portion of the IE swing however if the cross entered student breaks in NFA-LD, they may be dropped from the Mustang
Students may enter in no more than 3 events per pattern of IEs OR one IE event and IPDA debate.

IE ENTRY CHANGES AFTER POSTINGS HAVE BEEN MADE: We all make mistakes.

However, if you do not catch the mistake BEFORE 8 pm on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, the changes ARE NOT GUARANTEED. It only creates errors and delays the tournament.

PART TWO: INDIVIDUAL EVENTS- GENERAL

EVENTS OFFERED

Students MAY NOT enter more than THREE events per pattern. IF COMPETING IN IPDA, students may not enter more than one other IE event. It is the sole responsibility of competitors to ensure they arrive to each round on time. Failure to do so will result in a no-showscore for that round. The following events will be offered in Novice and Open division:

Pattern A – Extemporaneous Speaking, Informative Speaking, After Dinner Speaking, ProseInterpretation and Poetry Interpretation.

Pattern B – Impromptu Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Communication Analysis, DuoInterpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, and Programmed Oral Interpretation.

DIVISION RULES

Eligibility Rules - Open Division is available to all eligible students, regardless of experience. Students are novices in individual events when they:

are in their first year (defined as two semesters) of collegiate individual event competition and
have not placed third or higher in a similar event two or more times in any division.
have limited high school experience. Directors should use discretion regarding appropriate division

Novice division student whose success at the Mustang Invitational causes them to meet Opendivision standards do not lose their novice eligibility for the Paul Winters Invitational.

Collapsing Divisions – Every effort will be made to protect novice competitors. However, if there are fewer than seven (7) entries in an event, it may be collapsed into the next highest division. Ifthis occurs, top novices will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony.

ELIMINATION ROUNDS

Criteria for Elimination Round - Any event with less than 7 contestants will not have a final round (we will attempt provide three judges however, it may be as a third preliminary round or it may be as an extra judge in one of the two preliminary rounds). For events with 7 to 29 competitors competing in all preliminary rounds, a final round will be held. In events where more than 30 students compete in all preliminary rounds, semifinals will beoffered. This rule is NOT applied to the Mustang Invitational. Events that break to an elimination round at the Mustang Invitational will go directly to finals.

Advancement to Elimination Rounds – No more than half of the field will be advanced to finals. Students will be rank ordered first by lowest cumulative rankings, then by the highest reciprocal score (a.k.a. decimal conversion) and finally by the highest cumulative ratings. In larger events, preference will be given to clean breaks versus larger numbers in elims.

Placement/Advancement in Elimination Rounds - Students will be rank ordered first by lowest cumulative rankings, then by judge’s preference, followed by the highest reciprocal score (a.k.a. decimal conversion) and finally by the highest cumulative ratings.

PART SEVEN: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ENTRY FEES

You must have TWO checks (or online payments)—one payment for the Mustang Invitational made out to San Joaquin Delta College and one payment for the Paul Winters & Pat Kennedy Inivational made out to Pacific Forensics. Fees will be assessed at noon on Thursday, Nov 5, 2020. Because we need to finalize our trophy order, we cannot accommodate last minute reductions in fees. The following fees will be assessed:

Mustang Invitational

$30 per institution (for administrative costs)
$10.00/Individual Events slot

Paul Winters Invitational

$30 per institution (for administrative costs)
$10.00/Individual Events slot
$25.00/NFA LD & IPDA Debate slot.
$50.00/ NPDA debate teamm

Uncovered judge fees will be assessed on the following basis (on top of standard fees):

$20.00 per I.E. slot.
$50 per IPDA Slot
$100.00 per L/D Debate slot.
$150.00 per Debate team

HARDSHIP CONSIDERATION

Teams expecting that fees may result in a financial hardship to their team should email tournament directors to discuss fee waivers. Waivers between 50-100% will be made available where possible and necessary to ensure equitable access.

PAYMENT

Payment should be completed no later than the end of competition on the first day of YOUR involvement in the tournament (e.g., if your school is competing in LD or at the Mustang Invitational, payment is due no later than the end of Friday. If you are competing in NPDA, then your payment is due no later than the end of Saturday. If only in IEs on Sunday, then by end of Sunday). We will accept payment all the way until Sunday and past the tournament with advanced notice.

Unfortunately, we cannot bill you. Purchase orders are NOT acceptable. WE CAN accept payment via credit card and before the tournament via a stable link that will be posted on Speechwire.com

JUDGING

Commitment –

IEs OR IPDA- One judge can cover up to six IE slots per pattern OR 2 IPDA debaters.

- Example: Tierra Smithson covers EITHER Pacific’s IE entries OR Pacific’s IPDA entries, not both LD- One judge covers 2 entries LD debate.

NPDA- One judge covers 2 entries in NPDA debate.

To make the tournament work as efficiently as possible, we may ask that an IPDA judge also judge IEs and vice versa, but we also want to make sure that we are not double booking judges and that we hire the correct amount of judges to cover our needs. Also, because of the nature of a tournament, we will attempt to honor half- commitments, but cannot guarantee it; especially when schools bring novice/junior only judges.

Debate judges are needed through the first TWO elimination rounds and one round beyond their

team’s/debater’s elimination. An I.E. judge is committed through finals. Meeting this commitment is essential for this tournament.

Available Judges – We will be working with Hired Judge and can work to charge your school for full time judges for the days we will need judges. We will pay $125 per day to hired judges and no more than $425 for the entire weekend (meaning your judge is available to judge IEs on Friday, LD Debate, NPDA Debates, and IE/IPDA events).

PART EIGHT: AWARDS

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Individual Events – First through third place receive handsome trophies while all other finalists receive finalist award paperweights. NFA L/D debaters advancing to an elimination round will receive awards and we will recognize the top 5 speakers in each division of debate.

NPDA Debate – Each debate team advancing to an elimination round will receive an award. In NPDA debate, the top ten speakers in each division will receive speaker awards. Speaker awards will be determined by: 1. Adjusted points (drop low), 2. total points; 3. Twice adjusted points (drop hi-lo); 4. judge variance (Z-score); 5. Random

SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS

Individual Events - Sweepstakes points will be issued to all participants in semifinals and finals based on the following scale. No points will be given for preliminary rounds.

1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Finalist	Semifinalist
10 points	7 points	5 points	3 points	1 point