SpeechWire Tournament Services - Forensics Tournament Software

December 7, 2022

Dear Friends,

You are invited to the 30th annual Jack Lynch Debate and Speech Tournament!

We are delighted to host our tournament held in honor of Professor Lynch.

Professor Lynch started the debate team at St. Anselm College in 1948. He was

the head coach here for 46 years and over the decades was a tremendous

influence on the lives of so many students and coaches throughout the country.

We hope you will join us on Saturday, February 11, 2023, for a great day of

speech and debate!

We will offer IPDA debate, and 11 Individual Events.

We hope to offer you a good day of competition, with a friendly schedule.

Rounds will start at 9 am (EST). We will plan for an hour break for lunch in the

middle of the day. Awards are scheduled for 5 pm.

The tournament will be held virtually through the SpeechWire and Yaatly

platforms.

Tournament highlights:

• IPDA Debate - 3 prelim rounds and semifinals. There will be

Novice and Open Divisions in IPDA if entries permit.

• IE - 2 prelim rounds in all 11 IE events. Final rounds in events with

12 or more speakers. If there is no final round in an event, we will

have two judges in one of the prelim rounds. We will follow NFA

guidelines.

If finances preclude your team from attending, please let me know. We can

arrange a fee waiver.

We look forward to seeing you online in February.

David Trumble

Debate Coach

St. Anselm College

Manchester, NH

dtrumble@anselm.edu

Registration

Deadline. The deadline to register is Monday, February 6 at 9 pm.

Online registration. Please submit your registration at SpeechWire.com. Also,

please register your school and your competitors at Yaatly.com.

Judges. Please provide enough judges to cover your entries.

Saturday morning check in. We ask everyone (coaches, judges, and

competitors) to check-in on Yaatly at 8:30 am and do a connection check. This

helps the tournament go smoothly. Thank you!

Changes? If you have any changes to your entry or judges’ availability, please

let us know before Saturday if possible. If not, please let us know first thing on

Saturday morning and we will work to resolve them as quickly as we can.

Tab Room

The tab room will be run by myself and Paul Wesley Alday, Director of Forensics

at Bowling Green State University and Scott Thomson, of Ithaca College.

Awards

Debate: Certificates will be awarded to all debaters that advance to the

elimination rounds in all divisions. In addition, we will provide awards to the top

five speakers in all debate divisions.

IE: Certificates will be awarded to the top three speakers in each Individual

Event. Also, we will provide certificates to the top three students in Triathlon. To

be eligible for Triathlon, a student must enter at least three IE events.

Sweepstakes: We will offer Team Sweepstakes Certificates to the top five

schools in IE, the top five schools in IPDA debate, and the top three community

colleges overall.

e-Ballots

We will use the e-balloting system on SpeechWire.

Judges

Debate.

IPDA. One full-time judge who is available for the full day will cover two

IPDA debaters. IDPA encourages a broad range of judges, including

coaches, alumni, students, educators, and members of the community.

Student judges are permitted in IPDA. We ask that student judges have

debate experience.

IE. Each full-time IE judge covers 6 slots.

Full-time and Part-Time Judges. If you have judges who are available

for part of the day, please let us know their exact schedule for the day.

Hired Judges.

We are looking to hire judges. We would like to have several standby

judges available each round, so we can substitute a judge as needed

without any delay to the tournament. If you have alumni judges who would

like to be hired judges, please let me know. We will pay $125 for a full day,

or $25 for each round they are available to judge, whether they are

assigned to judge or not.

Entry Notes

• Debaters may not enter IE.

• IE competitors may enter up to 4 events in each category

• Extemporaneous competitors may not enter any other events in Group A.

IE Events

• Group A: ADS, Prose, CA, Duo, and Poetry

• Group B: POI, Impromptu, Informative, Persuasion, and DI

Fees

You may pay your entry fees either electronically or by mailing us a check, whichever is

more convenient for you. SpeechWire will generate a fees statement. I will confirm your

fees statement by email. Please wait for that email before paying your fees. If there are

any changes to your fees based on late entries, we will update your invoice at the

tournament.

Electronic payment

https://payit.nelnet.net/form/CW2Nje3X

Payments can be made through this link using any major credit or debit card or by echeck from a checking or savings account. The following processing fees apply:

• Credit Card - up to 2.85%

• Debit Card - up to 2.85%

• Checking or Savings Account - no fee

Card transactions for Saint Anselm College are processed by Nelnet Campus

Commerce, USA.

This portal will be open for up to three weeks after the tournament is finished.

Payment by check

Checks are welcome. Please make your check payable to St. Anselm College. If you

pay by check, would you please note Jack Lynch Tournament in the memo line of the

check?

Please mail the check to:

St. Anselm College

Office of the Controller

Box 1733

100 St. Anselm Drive

Manchester NH 03102-1310

IPDA Debate

• Topic announcements and topic strikes will take place in the virtual room that the

debate is taking place. If the judge is not present, the debaters may go ahead

and strike without the judge. If the debaters do so before the judge appears,

please post the topic and the starting time for the debate on the room chat.

• There will be five topics offered for each round. Topics may include policy topics,

value topics, fact topics and metaphors.

• The Negative will strike one topic first. The debaters will take turns striking topics

until one topic remains to be debated. The debate will start 30 minutes after the

first strike by the Negative.

• Debaters are permitted to work with their coaches and fellow students during

prep time in IPDA.

• Debaters may use their laptop/phone to flow and keep time during the round, but

they must be set to airplane mode during the debate.

• Aff/Neg sides are set in prelims. For semifinals and finals, students will flip for

sides in the prep room before striking resolutions.

• Judges, please submit your decision by e-ballot when you have made your

decision. Written comments and suggestions for improvement are always

appreciated by the debaters and their coaches. You can fill in the comments

section and submit that part separately.

• Judges will not disclose decisions. Judges may offer brief oral comments after

the round, but only after they have submitted their decision via e-ballot. If

requested, judges may state their judging paradigm at the top of the round.

Time limits:

Affirmative Constructive 5 minutes

Cross Examination 2 minutes

Negative Constructive 6 minutes

Cross Examination 2 minutes

First Affirmative Rebuttal 3 minutes

First Negative Rebuttal 5 minutes

Second Affirmative Rebuttal 3 minutes

Schedule for Jack Lynch Invitational Tournament

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Time (Eastern StandardTime)

8:30 Check-in

8:45 Opening Assembly

9:00 IPDA - Topic Draw Rd 1

9:00 IE - Rd 1A

9:00 Extemp Draw begins for Round 1

9:30 IPDA - Rd. 1

10:30 IPDA - Topic Draw Rd 2

10:30 IE - Rd 2A

10:30 Extemp Draw begins for Round 2

11:00 IPDA - Rd. 2

Lunch

12:30 IPDA - Topic Draw Rd 3

12:30 IE - Rd 1B

1:00 IPDA - Rd. 3

2:00 IPDA - Semi Finals -Topic

2:00 IE - Rd. 2B

2:30 IPDA - Semi Finals

3:30 IPDA Finals - Topic

3:30 IE Finals A & B

4:00 IPDA Finals

5:00 Awards

Entry Fees for Jack Lynch Invitational Tournament

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Contact Person __________________________________

Name of School __________________________________

Phone Number __________________________________

Email Address __________________________________

School Fee $ __20__

Competitors:

IPDA Debaters # ______x $20 per debater = $ ______

Individual Events # ______x $8 per event = $ ______

Observers: # ______x $4 per person = $ ______

Drops at Check-in: # ______x $10 each = $ ______

Total Due $ ______

Please pay either electronically or by check within three weeks after the tournament.

Thank you!

St. Anselm College - Office of the Controller - Box 1733
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102