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Lincoln Railer Invitational
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Illinois. View manager contact information Dear Coaches,
We are excited to invite you to the Lincoln Community High School "The Railer Games" speech tournament on Saturday, January 11, 2014. Important information regarding the tournament is noted below. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me at jkeith@lchs.k12.il.us.
STRUCTURE All students will compete in two preliminary rounds spread across four flights. The top six competitors in each event (including ties) will advance to the final. We will be combining Varsity and Junior Varsity during the preliminary rounds, but will have separate finals.
First round will begin at 8:15 a.m. You may triple enter your students. See you there! SCHEDULE For the Day Registration 7-8 a.m. Round 1 A - 8:15 a.m. - DI, HDA, HI, IMP, OD, OO, SOS, EX Prep Round 1B - 9:30 a.m. - DDA, INF, OC, PO, PR, RS, EX Speak Round 2A - 10:45 a.m. Round 2B - 12:00 p.m. Finals - Flight A 1:30 p.m. (if possible) Finals - Flight B 2:45 p.m. (if possible) Awards - immediately after tabulation (4 p.m. if possible)
ENTRIES AND FEES Teams may enter as many competitors in the events as they wish. The top three competitors in each event will be added to tabulate sweeps points, however.
1-7 Entries: $75
8-14 Entries: $100
15-28 Entries: $125
29-42 Entries: $150
43-56 Entries: $250
The tournament is listed as "open" but will max out at 20 competing schools.
JUDGES Each school will be required to provide one judge for every six entries or fraction thereof. Judges are capped at seven. We will have hired judges available for a fee of $100 for the day. If you need to hire a judge from Lincoln, please contact us by January 8. In order to ensure that the tournament runs on time, it is essential that ALL judges be available for finals.
1-6 entries: 1 judge
7-12 entries: 2 judges
13-18 entries: 3 judges
19-24 entries: 4 judges
25-30 entries: 5 judges
31-36 entries: 6 judges
37-42 entries: 7 judges
RULES We will follow IHSA rules for all events. However, competitors will not prep for Radio Speaking at the tournament, and should bring a prepared radio script from the last 24 hours. Additionally, Extemporaneous Speaking competitors will only prep once during prelims and again for finals.
Awards We will have awards for the top six varsity finalists and top six junior varsity finalists. Additionally, we will have awards for the top three teams.
Weather If inclement weather should cause cancellation of the tournament, we, along with our principal, will make that determination by 11:00 PM on Friday, January 10th. Check your email. If your school has confirmed its entry by Thursday, January 9th at 2:30 PM and decides not to attend, but the tournament is held, your school is still responsible for all fees and judges. We would appreciate being contacted as early as possible about the cancellation of your school's entry.
We hope you'll be able to join us on the 11th!
Jennifer Keith and the LCHS team and staff Abby Curry, Elizabeth Buttell Landes Jennifer Keith Mailing address Lincoln Community High School SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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