WCFA Wisconsin State College Tournament

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a College tournament in Wisconsin.

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Greetings!

You and your program are invited to attend the 2018 Wisconsin Collegiate Forensics Association State Tournament. The WCFA State Tournament is offered exclusively to post-secondary institutions located in Wisconsin and no institutions outside of Wisconsin may enter. The dates for this year’s tournament are Friday and Saturday, February 16^th & 17^th at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. 

Schedule

Friday, February 16^th

1:30p – 2pm Registration, outside Hibbard 180

2:00pm – Extemp Draw, Hibbard 178

2:30pm – Flight 1B (Ext, Duo, Ora, POI)

3:45pm – Flight 1A (Pro, Imp, Info) 

5:00pm – Flight 1C (ADS, CA, DI, Poe)

6:15pm – Flight 2C (ADS, CA, DI, Poe)

Saturday, February 17^th

8:00am - Breakfast, Hibbard 100

8:30am – Extemp Draw, Hibbard 178

9:00am – Flight 2B (Ext, Duo, Ora, POI)

10:15am – Flight 2A (Pro, Imp, Info) 

11:30am – Finals C (ADS, CA, DI, Poe)

12:30 – Lunch, provided by WCFA,  Hibbard 100

12:45 – WCFA coaches meeting, Hibbard 180

1:15pm – Extemp Draw, Hibbard 178

1:30pm – Finals B (Ext, Duo, Ora, POI)

2:45pm – Finals A (Pro, Imp, Info)

ASAP – Awards, Hibbard 100

Brackets

A - Pro, Imp, Info

B - Ext, Duo, Ora, POI

C - ADS, CA, DI, Poe

Entries

Schools may enter up to five students per event. Students may enter a maximum of two events per bracket, for a total of six events. Competing in two duos equals two events. In order for school judges to be used, teams with larger entries may have students “doubled up” in rounds in order to facilitate the use of all judges.

Deadline for Entries

Entries must be received to Speechwire by NOON, Tuesday, February 13^th.  A $5 nuisance fee will be added to any changes after this time. An email confirmation will be sent by Tuesday night.

Fees

There is a $40 membership fee that must be paid at registration. Entry fees are $5 per individual entry. Uncovered slots are $10 per slot. One judge covers six entries. Judges who request exclusion from an event(s) cover only 3 slots. 

Parking

The tournament will be held in Hibbard Hall and there is parking available in the lot next to the building. A campus map is available here: http://www.uwec.edu/about/maps-directions/

Judge Note

As we must rely heavily on hired judges, it is important to bring as many qualified judges as possible, especially those who are impartial to your own team and may be hired as clean judges. If you know of any impartial judges who are available, we would be happy to hire them at $10 a round. The Judges Lounge will be Hibbard Hall 177.   

Standards

AFA event guidelines will be followed with the exception of Oratory, which will adhere to ISO rules.

Extemp

Internet usages is allowed. Preliminary rounds will employ typical topic areas such as domestic, International, etc. Meanwhile, the final round will feature questions exclusively about Wisconsin themes.

Awards

Individual awards will be presented to the top six speakers in each event. Every student is entered in individual sweepstakes, however, only their top five events count for an individual sweepstakes award. Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top three schools and top five individuals.

Tournament tiebreakers

Individual preliminary rounds: 1) Cumulative rank, 2) Cumulative points, 3) Number of first-place ranks in prelims

Individual final round placings: 1) Cumulative rank, 2) Judges preference

Team sweepstakes: 1) Total points, 2) Number of state champions, 3) Number of finalists

Individual sweepstakes: 1) Total points, 2) Number of first-place ranks in finals, 3) Number of finals

Food

Breakfast will be provided by UW-Eau Claire Forensics on Saturday morning. Lunch will be provided for all students, coaches and judges on Saturday. Lunch is provided by WCFA.

Coaches Meeting

The coaches meeting will be held on Saturday during the lunch break. If you have any agenda items for the meeting, please send them to Jim Disrude, DisrudeJL10@uww.edu. 

Contact Information

Direct all tournament related questions to Jim Disrude, WCFA Executive Secretary, DisrudeJL10@uww.edu. Text or call (cell) 608-780-4637.

Manager contact information

Jim Disrude
Email address: DisrudeJL10@uww.edu
Phone number:

Mailing address

800 W. Main St.
Heide Hall 402
Whitewater, WI 53190