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CFA Sun and Sand
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Join us in sunny Florida at the newly renovated Garden Hotel right near the Fort Lauderdale Beach!
CFA Sun and Sand Tournament
Fort Lauderdale, FL
February 27 & 28, 2026
Dear Coaches, Teams, and Friends:
We are delighted to invite you to Fort Lauderdale, FL, for The CFA Sun and Sand Forensics Tournament on Friday and Saturday, February 27 & 28, 2026. We are looking forward to offering an organized and timely event.
This tournament will be using Speechwire.com for registration and tabulation. We will also be using paper ballots. We will also feature 11 I.E. and 2 Debate CFA sanctioned events, if registration allows, with two preliminary rounds of individual events followed by finals which will include the top six competitors in each category. The debate competition will include 3 rounds of both Parliamentary and Lincoln-Douglas Debate at non-competing times and a final round, if entries warrant it, based on number of schools, time restraints, competitor schedules, and distribution of entries. The event field for LD Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Bracket A events will be very tight, so please ask your students to limit their registration to what can be realistically accomplished within the time constraints. We want to do our best to offer these events but still keep the tournament on time.
Should you have any questions, please call me at 570-408-4210 or email me at Christine.mellon@wilkes.edu.
Sincerely,
Dr. Christine Mellon, CFA President
Director of Forensics, Wilkes University
Tentative Tournament Schedule
Entry Deadline – Friday, February 20th @ 5 p.m. to Christine.mellon@wilkes.edu
OR on SpeechWire.com.
Friday, February 27, 2026
8:00 am L-D Debate I
9:00 a.m. Parly Debate I
10:15 a.m. Parly Debate II
11:15 p.m. Extemp Draw
11:30 p.m. Round IA – Extemp, Prose, ADS, Declamation
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Round IB – Impromptu, Duo, Informative, CA
2:30 p.m. Round IC – Persuasion, SDI, Poetry, L-D Debate II
3:45 p.m. Extemp Draw
4:00 p.m. Round IIA – Extemp, Prose, ADS, Declamation
5:00 p.m. Round IIB – Impromptu, Duo, Informative, CA
6:15 p.m. Parly III
Saturday, February 28, 2026
7:30 am Parly IV
8:45 a.m. Round IIC – Persuasion, Poetry, SDI, LD Debate III
10:00 am Extemp Draw for final round
10:15 a.m. Group I Finals
11:15 a.m. Group II Finals
12:15 p.m. Parly Final
1:30 p.m. Awards
PLEASE NOTE: Schedule is subject to change.
Please report any changes to Christine Mellon after the registration deadline......call or text (570) 926-5580. Leave a detailed voicemail or text message. Nuisance charges will apply if schematics have been prepared and if changes cannot be easily accommodated.
Tournament Fees
School Fee $100.00
CFA Membership Fee (If Not already paid) $100.00
Per Person Fee $25.00
Entry Fee – Slots 1-30 $ 7.00
Entry Fee – Slots 31+ $10.00
Hired Judging Fee $25.00
Late Entry Fee $25.00
Nuisance Fee for Changes $10.00/change
One judge covers 8 forensics slots plus two debate “units.”
Housing
All schools are required to stay at The Garden Hotel Resort in Fort Lauderdale, as this
is a “Hotel Tournament.” CFA is obligated to fill hotel rooms under our contract with the
hotel.
There is a room block for 25 rooms for each night, so please contact Christine Mellon if
you wish to attend and how many rooms you will need by October 13 th , 2025. We will be
able to add to the block at this time. We want to ensure that the tournament will have
rooms for you and your team.
Also, a “Hotel” tournament means that we will use individual hotel rooms for
competition space. Schools should expect to have their judges’ hotel rooms be used for
competition space at the tournament.
The room rate for 3 nights (Thursday-Saturday) is $624.00 ($208.00 per night) and
includes taxes and resort fees. These rooms include 2 Queen beds and sleep 4 people.
These rates also include access to the recreation areas, WIFI, beach and local
transportation via Circuit, one-hour e-bike rental per guest per day (up to two guest per
room), wellness and resort programming, pool towels, daily bottled water, swimming
pool access, putting green and outdoor games.
To make a reservation, you must book your rooms through the following
link: CFA Beach Speech and Debate Tournament
Please contact Christine Mellon and I will email you the link.
Do Not contact The Garden Hotel & Resort by any other method to secure a
reservation. You must use this link. Reservations will automatically be billed for
$208.00 per room at the time of booking by using a major credit card. All reservations
require full payment to the resort by February 13 th , 2026. The amount owed will be
charged to the credit card on file unless otherwise noted.
The deadline for reserving a room is Monday, February 2, 2026 at 12 noon.
Cancellations must be made by February 13, 2026 or the full amount will be charged. If
you cancel prior to this date, the full deposit will be refunded. Any no shows will be
charged per the resort policy and the resort can retain the deposit.
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