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Congressman Tim Ryan Speech and Debate Tournament
General information
This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Ohio. View manager contact information
Dear Forensics Coach:
The Warren John F. Kennedy Speech and Debate Team cordially invites you and your team to attend the Congressman Tim Ryan Speech and Debate Tournament on October 29, 2016!
Locations: IE and Congress: PF and LD Debate:
John F. Kennedy-Upper Campus John F. Kennedy- Blessed Sacrament Campus
2550 Central Parkway SE 3000 Reeves Road
Warren, OH 44484 Warren, OH 44484
Individual Events: We tentatively will offer a total of four (4) rounds of competition. You may enter up to four (4) competitors in each category and list them as Varsity. Any other competitor should be listed as JV and will be added to the tournament as long as space permits. No more than six (6) competitors may be registered in any category, including JV. Due to space limitations and interest in the tournament this year, no adds will be accepted after Monday, October 24th. **Disclaimer: Depending on the number of entries in each category and due to space limitations, we may need to have a staggered start schedule for rounds. If that is the case, we will only run 3 rounds of IE in order to accommodate ending at reasonable hour for the first tournament of the year.
Public Forum Debate: We will offer four (3) preliminary rounds of competition. Please follow the November NSDA topic. There will be a maximum of 3 entries (mark as Varsity in SpeechWire). If you have additional entries, please enter them and mark them as JV. We will add them as space permits. We cannot accept adds after the entry deadline.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate: We will offer four (3) preliminary rounds of competition. Please follow the November/December NSDA topic. There will be a maximum of 3 entries (mark as Varsity in SpeechWire). If you have additional entries, please enter them and mark them as JV. We will add them as space permits. We cannot accept adds after the entry deadline.
**DEBATE, PLEASE NOTE: LD and PF will be flighted due to the number of teams participating in the tournament versus the space limitations. Hence, we will only have 3 rounds of debate. Competitors will be power-paired after a randomized round 1.
Student Congress: We WILL be hosting student congress at the tournament and registration for this event is capped at no more than 6 entries per school. We will be utilizing the October docket assigned for October 29th from the OHSSL for legislation. (It will also be available to all the schools on Speechwire. Legislation will not be accepted the day of the tournament). We will have 3 preliminary sessions of Congress (approximately an 1hr and 10 minutes each). The top 12 overall scorers from the preliminary rounds will participate in a final session. Final session legislation will be determined the week prior to the tournament.
Schedule: 8:00-8:30 Registration/Check-in
*An official schedule will be posted by Tuesday, October 25th after final entry counts are conducted.
**ALL DEBATERS SHOULD BE DROPPED OFF FIRST AT THE BLESSED SACRAMENT CAMPUS.
***DEBATE JUDGES SHOULD REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT CAMPUS AND CHECK-IN NO LATER THAN 8:30 a.m.
Registration: Please register for the tournament on speechwire.com
Deadline to add entries: Monday, October 24th @ 3:00 p.m.
Deadline to add/edit judges: Thursday October 27th @ 5:00 p.m.
Registration Fees: $3.50 per entry (PF & DUO count as 2 entries). All checks should be made payable to John F. Kennedy High School(Fees may be paid at the time of registration).
Judge Requirements: IE: One (1) judge for every five (5) IE entries (a Duo team counts as one entry)
Public Forum/LD/2P: One (1) judge for every 2 debaters/teams
Congress: One (1) scorer or parliamentarian for each school the has Congress entries.
The fee for being short judges is $30.00 per judge. This fee will be enforced. JUDGES DROPPED THE DAY OF THE MEET WILL RESULT IN A $30 FINE.
Lunch & Snacks: Snack items will be available for purchase at reasonable prices on Saturday in both schools throughout the day. A lighter lunch will be provided at breaks for debaters at the Blessed Sacrament Campus. However, a full lunch menu will be served in the High School cafeteria. The Youngstown District has issued a rule stating that no contestants are allowed to leave the premises for food to bring back to the tournament (i.e. McDonalds, Arby's).
Awards: Trophies/Plaques will be awarded to the top six placements in all events. School sweepstakes will be presented based on the top ten competitor’s sweepstakes points per school. There will be a team sweepstakes trophy for the top 2 teams.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at acatale@warrenjfk.com
We look forward to seeing you all on October 29th!
Anthony Catale
Head Coach, JFK Speech and Debate
Manager contact information Anthony Catale
Email address: acatale@warrenjfk.com
Phone number: 330-501-1471 Mailing address JFK Speech and Debate
2550 Central Parkway SE
Warren, OH 44484
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