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Western High Speech and Debate cordially invites you to the inaugural Cat Claw Classic.

The tournament will be held in person at our wonderful sunny campus in Davie, Florida on October 25, 2025. We offer competition in four debate events: Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Big Questions, and Congressional debate in which only one varsity division of each will compete, with novices welcome to compete in that division to encourage high quality competition and learning. We also offer 8 individual events: Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, and Program Oral Interpretation. All events are subject to change given limited entries. We look forward to you joining us for a great weekend of hospitality, competition, and learning from each other!

PLEASE READ THE FULL DETAILED INVITE FOR ALL INFORMATION REGARDING THE TOUNRNAMENT LINKED IN "FILES FOR DOWNLOAD"

Lunch will be provided at no additional cost, with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Although they are free, please indicate how many of each type you will need within speechwire upon registration.

To facilitate a fair and quick tournament, please follow directions as promptly and exactly as possible:

Tournament registration will open at 7:00am in the Media Center (second floor). There, coaches can register their teams for the day, pay any fees BY CHECK ONLY, and collect meal tickets. On-Site registration is NOT the time to report last minute drops; report drops to the tournament director via email ASAP, being clear on which student and which event is being dropped to avoid disruption.

Judges: Judges are REQUIRED to check-in on Saturday morning to confirm their attendance in the media center. Judge call will begin at 7:30, at which point a short meeting will commence to outline the schedule and any updates. Judges MUST NOT arrive later than 7:30, as the meeting is important to staying current. To start the tournament promptly, proceedings will begin at 8:00am.

Competitors: Students will be directed to the cafeteria upon arrival and between rounds. Please coordinate an adult to chaperone students from each team in the cafeteria at all times before and after rounds. Arrival: All judges, coaches, and competitors should arrive, enter, and park through the student parking lot, where there is a large lot as well as a drop off loop system available. This is the lot along SW 14th St, on the southernmost side of the school.

Food: The cost of registration covers a lunch meal for all competitors, for which teams will receive meal tickets upon registration and will be distributed in the cafeteria at the designated lunch time. Meals for judges and coaches will be distributed in the judge lounge (media center) and coordinated by our generous booster club.

Drops: All drops reported after October 20th will forfeit their entry fee. All drops reported after October 22nd will forfeit their entry fee as well as incur an additional $15 drop fee. Drops which occur on the day of the tournament, or no-show competitors will forfeit their entry fee, and incur a $45 late drop fee, but will not be subject to the initial $15 drop fee.

Entry Fees: Cost of entry is ($35) per entry in individual speech events and congress; ($70) per Duo team; ($35) per entry in Lincoln-Douglas Debate; ($70) per Public Forum team. These fees INCLUDE lunch for competitors. Please make all checks payable to (“Western Highschool”) Competitor

Legislation: October 1st, email to brianallen.lynn@browardschools.com in NSDA format

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