Northwest Guilford High School Tournament

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in North Carolina.

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The Guilford County Challenge

Welcome to Greensboro and to the 12^th Annual Guilford County Challenge.

It is an honor to host this pre-holiday event that is sure to bring out the best of competitors.  Our team here at Northwest Guilford High School is working hard to continue to offer the hospitality and premier competition that you expect from us.  We know you always have options throughout the year, and we are delighted you are considering including us in your tournament season.

We are looking forward to seeing you on December 13^th!

Registration for the Guilford County Challenge must be completed on Speechwire by 5:00 pm WEDNESDAY, December 10, 2014.

All debate events will offer Junior Varsity and Varsity divisions.  A junior varsity debater is defined as any student in his/her first two years of competition.  All other competitors, even those not in their third and fourth years but who are new to an event at this tournament, must register in the varsity division.  Coaches, please honor the purpose of junior varsity status.

Use of Technology

Use of laptops and tablets will be allowed during all debate events provided this equipment is not used to retrieve the internet and with the understanding that technology cannot disrupt the flow of the debate process.  Additionally, we discourage the use of laptops while formally speaking in rounds.  Other technology notes:

• With the exception of use as timers in rounds, cell phones of any type are prohibited in ALL events including Extemp.
• We will not guarantee the safe storage of any personal item including computers and will offer no guarantee of electronic hookups.
• Use of technology in violation of the rules may result in disqualification.

Students entered in Extemp will be allowed to use computers in the Extemp Prep Room under the following guidelines:

• Students may use laptop computers they provide (1 computer: 1 student; no sharing) or the more traditional boxes/tubs/squad current events files.
• NO internet service will be available or allowed. Competitors may NOT use wireless or cellular cards to access the internet.
• Printers will NOT be available.  Extempers may bring their own printers if they also provide appropriate extension cords (if outlets are available in the Extemp Draw Room), and their own paper, AND printing does not interfere with other student preparation to speak.
• Technology may be checked at any time by the extemp draw room monitor.
• Use of technology in violation of the rules (as provided by the National Forensic League) may result in disqualification.

Double Entries

Contestants may enter up to two speech events.  Because events will be patterned, contestants may enter one event in each pattern, one in Pattern A and one in Pattern B, but they may not double enter within the same pattern.  Coaches, please remind double entered contestants that they should carefully read postings to know where to be and what time to be there.  There is no doubling in Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, or Congress.

Patterns:

A--Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry), Extemporaneous Speaking, and Declamation

B--Impromptu, Duo Interp, Original Oratory, Storytelling, and Expository Speaking

Awards to be presented

Sweepstakes:  We will award 1st-3rd place overall Sweeps trophies as well as 1st and 2nd place Small Team Percentage Sweeps.  To qualify for the small teams sweeps, teams must have at least 5 but no more than 15 entries.

SWEEPS POINTS WILL BE AWARDED IN ALL EVENTS AS FOLLOWS

1st =6 pts; 2nd=5 pts; 3rd=4 pts; 4th=3 pts; 5th=2 pts; 6th = 1 pt.  All other places will not count towards sweeps.

Judging Obligations

Only high school graduates will be allowed to judge at the Guilford County Challenge. Please provide judges who you know to be competent and experienced, or, in the case that this is their first time judging, judges that you have personally trained.  First and second year college students are invited to judge, but let us know their status, so we can flag them to judge only novices.  A limited number of LD judges are available for hire.  Please do your best to meet your quota.

Drops

Drops made after 5:00 pm on WEDNESDAY December 10th will just be charged the normal registration fee and no additional drop fees.  After December 10th, please email your drops to RJ Pellicciotta at richard_Pelliciotta@caryacademy.org (when sending your request, please CC Scott Bennett at bennetp@gcsnc.com as well).  Any Congress drops should be sent to Mr. Pittman at Keith.Pittman@asheville.k12.nc.us

Registration Changes

Please help us finalize registration as smoothly as possible.  Additions after registration closes on Wednesday are unlikely unless space allows, so please take care of your registration as soon as possible.  If you have additional needs, please contact us at your earliest convenience.  In that these additional entries do not overwhelm an event and you can provide the required number of judges needed, every effort will be made to meet reasonable requests.  Last year, we ran out of space, so get registered soon!  Name Changes will be accepted through the end of final registration with no additional fee assessed.

Final Saturday Registration

Calling ahead will without a doubt help us get the tournament underway.  While traveling, contact Scott Bennett at (336) 707-0966 (texting is preferable) to confirm registration and make any necessary changes.  You may begin calling as early as 7:00 am.  Leave a message if voice mail kicks in unless texting.  Then, upon arrival, coaches may simply drop off their checks at the registration table and pick up their packets.  Registration will take place in the media center from 8:00 to 9:00 AM.

Tournament entry fees

Thank you for planning in advance to pay at registration. Please make checks payable to Northwest Guilford High School.

Please remember that registration for the Guilford Challenge must be completed Speechwire (www.speechwire.com) by 5:00 pm WEDNESDAY, December 10th.

Manager contact information

Scott Bennett
Email address: bennetp@gcsnc.com
Phone number: 336-707-0966

Mailing address

Northwest Guilford High School
5240 Northwest School Road
Greensboro, NC 27409