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Showdown in the Heights
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a College tournament in Illinois. View manager contact information PARTICIPATION: The tournament is a novice tournament, which means any community college competitor in his or her first two years of competition and any four year college or university competitor in his or her first year of competition will be allowed to participate.
One of the unique aspects of this tournament is that in addition to the standard team awards, we will be offering the “Quality Team” sweepstakes as well. Event groupings Group A Group B Prose Poetry Duo Extemp Informative STE DI Persuasion CA POI Impromptu
Phi Rho Pi rules will be followed for all of the events. Rules are posted on the Phi Rho Pi website www.phirhopi.org .
Tournament schedule 7:45 Registration 9:00 Round 1 Group A 10:15 Round 2 Group A Lunch on your own! Halsted Street has an abundance of food options (McDonald's, KFC, White Castle, sit-down restaurants, etc.). 12:15 Extemp Draw 12:45 Round 1 Group B 1:30 Extemp Draw 2:00 Round 2 Group B 3:30 Finals Group A 4:45 Draw for Extemp Finals 5:15 Finals Group B ASAP Awards EVENT RULES: Phi Rho Pi Parliamentary Debate descriptions will govern event operation. For complete information on the web, visit http://www.phirhopi.org, including the use of electronic sources during preparation. Teams are NOT allowed to consult coaches OR teammates during preparation time.
Ranks & Awards The top six individuals in each event will advance to the final round. Ties will be broken in this order: speaker points, judges’ preference (where applicable), and number of firsts. We will not break an event into a semi-round unless there are more than 60 entries in the event. The top five schools accumulating the most points will receive team sweepstakes awards. Final round points will be awarded as follows: 6th place = 2 points 5th place = 4 points 4th place = 6 points 3rd place = 8 points 2nd place = 10 points 1st place = 12 points There will also be a “QUALITY” TEAM AWARD for the top five schools. This will be based on total number of team points in finals divided by the number of entries. Fees There will be a fee of $8.00 per entry slot and $10.00 per slot not covered by a judge; each school should provide one judge for every 6 slots.
Also, we will not accept substitution entries for those students who are unable to attend the tournament after Wednesday at 12:00 p.m.
Entry and judging fees will not be reduced for dropped entries. If there are any last minute drops on the day of the tournament, please call Ed Schwarz’s cell phone from the van (708- 275-9632). Food options near tournament (North on Halsted):
Hotel Information: Holiday Inn Matteson (including Bar Louie Tavern and Grill) 500 Holiday Plaza Dr, Matteson, IL 60443 (708) 747-3500
La Quinta Inn Matteson 5210 West Southwick Dr, Matteson, IL 60443 (708) 503-0999
Hampton Inn and Suites Matteson 20920 Matteson Ave, Matteson, IL 60443 (708) 748-4102
Country Inn and Suites Matteson 950 Lake Superior Dr, Matteson, IL 60443 (708) 748-4740 Restaurants located near these hotels: On the north side of Lincoln Highway (Route 30), west of Cicero Giordano’s Starbucks Panera Bread Olive Garden A&W and Long John Silvers On the south side of Lincoln Highway (Route 30) Chipotle Pizza Hut Fuddruckers Hibachi Grill and Buffet Other usual places near the hotels, mostly along Route 30 McDonald’s Burger King Panda Express KFC
Manager contact information
Joshua Green Mailing address 202 S. Halsted St. Chicago Heights, IL 60411 Joshua Green Mailing address 202 S. Halsted SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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