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Austintown Fitch Optimist Speech Tournament

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This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Ohio.

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You and your team are invited to the 44th Annual Austintown Optimist Forensic Tournament held at Austintown-Fitch High School.  This year the format will include a power round and a power sweepstakes award in individual events. 
 
Date:  Saturday, November 17th
Events: LD/PF Debate, Individual Events, and Student Congress
        Entry Restrictions have been lifted
 
 
PF will use the November NFL topic
LD will use the November / December NFL Topic
 
There is NO policy debate at this tournament.
NO students will be added the day of the tournament.
 
Registration :  All teams are to register online at www.speechwire.com.
All contestants must be registered by Monday, November 12th at 3:00 PM
All judges must be registered by Friday, November 16th at 8:00 PM.
 
Awards:  Trophies will be awarded to the top 7 in Debate and all finalists in individual events.
 
Judges:  1 judge for every 2 debate entries.
1 judge for every fraction of 5 in IE (max of 7).
1 judge for each team bringing congress entries.
 
Drops in registration do not allow a drop in judges required.  Any school that fails to bring their required number of judges will be fined $30.00 for each missing judge.
 
Fees:  $3.50 per student.  Team events count as two.  Any drops in registration after the close of registration must be paid for.  Make checks payable to Austintown Fitch Speech and Debate Team
 
Sweepstakes:  Your top ten entries of the day will count towards sweepstakes
Debate:  2.25 per win       Speech:  1=3  2=2    3=1     Congress:  Score of 6=3  5=2   4=1
 
Power Sweeps will follow OHSSL state sweeps guidelines.  Congress and debate will not be part of Power Sweeps.
 
Schedule 8:00-8:30 Re-register in the main office
     8:30 General assembly for all participants, coaches, and judges in the cafeteria
     9:00 Extemp draw/ Round one/ and shuttling to AMS
     Power rounds in IE will begin immediately after round three tabulation
 
Lunch:  Available after round 3:  Youngstown Rules apply
 
Impromptu:  Quotations and OHSSL procedures
 
Extemp:  Prep room is in the media center off the cafeteria
 
Tabroom:  Closed to everyone by the district committee.
 
Shuttle:  A shuttle will take students to and from Austintown Middle School for Debate.  All judges and participants should report to the high school in the morning.  
 
Note:  There is major construction being done to the Austintown Campus.  There is a new road to the High School From Idaho Road, it is called Lloyd Loop, this will take you around the construction and around Fitch.  You can also enter from Burkey Rd.  or Raccoon Rd by the Austintown Library.
 
Hope to see you at Fitch:
Andrea 
 
 
Andrea Folsom
English Department/Director of Forensics
Austintown Fitch High School

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Andrea Folsom
Email address: aust_amf@access-k12.org
Phone number: 330-718-9038

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4560 Falcon Dr.
Austintown, OH 44515

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