LIMITED PREP TOPIC AREAS:

Mixed Draw Extemp:
R1: Europe
R2: Domestic Econ
R3: Africa and Mid East
R4: Education and Healthcare
Quarters: Conflicts and Crisis
Semis: Colorado
Finals: The Grab Bag

Impromptu:
R1: Orange Crush (Quotes related to the Denver Broncos)
R2: Let the Games Begin (Quotes from Olympians past and present)
R3: Happy 150 Years, Colorado! (AKA all things Colorado)
R4: We Miss You, Rob Reiner (Quotes from the movies he directed)
Semis: Year of the Horse (Chinese proverbs and wisdom)
Finals: The Gilded Age (Quotes from the show and the era)

Improv Pairs Situations:
R1: Sports Tournament
R2: First Job
R3: Family Vacation
R4: A Wedding
Finals: Reality TV Show

Hello Fellow Coaches, 

The Patriot Games 2026 is now OPEN for Registration. 

Here are some key details:

1. The PUBLIC FORUM TOC BID will be a VIRTUAL TOURNAMENT hosted on TABROOM. https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=37231

2. We are offering an ASYNC SPEECH tournament that will start the week BEFORE the in-person tournament. 

Video links will be due in Speechwire on Monday, January 12th, by 4 pm. 

3. Our IN-PERSON Speech events are UKTOC and NIETOC bids. 

4. The in-person portion of The Patriot Games will be held at George Washington High School in Denver, CO. We are offering 4 prelims and multiple break rounds (Dependent on entry numbers) over Friday and Saturday. Events offered:

• Debate: Policy, PF, and LD
• Platform: Mixed-Draw Extemp, Impromptu, Informative, and Original Oratory
• Interp: Humor, Drama, POI, DUO, Improv Pairs and Poetry*

*All events (including the online asynchronous speech events) will be run under NSDA rules except for Poetry, which will run under the CHSAA rules. They can be found on page 9 of the handbook https://docs.google.com/document/d/11mZY57G3OHwC2jPXaALDbQydA7iBL2_X41kAumaVJ4M/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0

5. Due to the influx of entries that eventually are dropped the week before the tournament, please note that we will not be moving anyone off the waitlist before January 9th, 2025. 

6. JUDGES: NEW THIS YEAR: At least HALF of your judge requirement must be on-site and checked in at all times. 
Teams must provide the following judge-to-entry ratio for the tournament.
 

• 1 DEBATE-CODED judge for every 2 debate entries or portion thereof.
• 1  IN-PERSON Speech OR Debate coded judge for every 8 IN-PERSON entries or portion thereof. 
• 1 ASYNC JUDGE AVAILABLE TO JUDGE ALL DAYS OF THE ASYNC TOURNAMENT for every 6 Async entries or portion thereof. 

More information will be available closer to the tournament. 

Looking forward to seeing all of you in January!

The GWSD Coaches