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Fall TIFA 2019 - Friday/Saturday
General information
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2019 Fall TIFA / SMU Invitational
Dear Colleagues,
The Southern Methodist University Department of Communication Studies and Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association are pleased to invite you to the Fall 2019 TIFA tournament and the SMU Invitational. The tournament will include all individual events, NPDA and NFA-LD. The tournament will be held on the SMU campus November 1-3, 2019.
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Here's your reservation link your guests can use to make reservations:
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Book your group rate for Texas State Intercollegiate Forensics Assoc.
You will find the information for your online reservation link below. If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. We appreciate your business and look forward to a successful event.
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Event Summary:
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Texas State Intercollegiate Forensics Assoc.
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Start Date: Friday, November 1, 2019
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End Date: Sunday, November 3, 2019
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Last Day to Book: Friday, October 11, 2019
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Hotel(s) offering your special group rate:
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Courtyard Dallas Central Expressway for 79 USD per night
Book your group rate for Texas State Intercollegiate Forensics Assoc.
We assure warm hospitality, quality awards, and efficient scheduling. We look forward to seeing you on November 1st for some outstanding competition. Should you have any questions regarding tournament logistics, please contact, Louis Petit. He can be reached by email – louis.petit@unt.eduSincerely,
Tournament Information
Individual Events (both parts):
Contestants in prepared events may not use materials used by the student in competition prior to September 1, 2019. AFA-NIET and TIFA rules govern all individual events. The tournament host reserves the right to cancel an event if entries do not warrant holding the event.
Pattern A: Extemporaneous, POI, Persuasive, DUO, Poetry, CA
Pattern B: Prose, Impromptu, Informative, Dramatic, ADS
NOTE: Contestants in Extemporaneous Speaking must be ready to submit contest topics to the judge or be disqualified from the competition.
A student may enter three (3) events per pattern. There is no limit on number of entries per school per event, however, only the top 4 per event will count toward sweepstakes points. Sweepstakes points will be assigned as follows: 1st place – 12 points; 2nd place – 10 points, 3rd place – 7 points, finalist not placing will receive 5 points and semi-finalist not advancing will receive 2 points.
NPDA Debate for TIFA Part of the Swing:
Six prelim rounds (4 preset), plus the appropriate number of elimination rounds. The tournament host reserves the right to cancel an event if entries do not warrant holding the event. Parliamentary teams will debate resolutions varying by round. All debates will follow NPDA rules. All winning records are not guaranteed a break to elimination rounds. The format: 7-8-8-8-4-5
A “novice” team is comprised of debaters, neither of whom has participated in more than two semesters of NDT, CEDA, and/or high school debate. A student who has competed in high school LD debate only may still be considered a novice during their first year of competition in either college in Team Debate or NPDA.
Please NOTE:
One judge covers two (2) NPDA teams.
One judge covers two (2) LD entries.
One judge covers eight (4) I.E. entries.
A judge cannot cover both LD/IPDA and IE entries
SMU parking map
See attached Parking map.Teams should use the Bishop Blvd circle that goes into campus just a couple hundred yards from Umphrey for drop offs (especially for students/coaches that should not walk far). Free parking will be at the Mockingbird Station on the lower right hand side of the map. It is the only free parking (and we did try to get visitor passes). There are regularly scheduled buses (every 10-15 minutes) running all over campus from that parking lot.
Judging and Entry Fees
JUDGING:
One judge covers two (2) NPDA teams.
One judge covers two (2) LD entries.
One judge covets eight (4) I.E. entries.
A judge cannot cover both LD/IPDA and IE entries.
All debate judges are obligated thru elimination round 1.
IE judges are obligated thru the Finals of A & B.
Uncovered IE entry are $10.00 / slot.
Uncovered NPDA team are $100.00 each.
Uncovered IPDA / NFA-LD are $50.00 each.
ENTRY FEES – TIFA Tournament
Individual Events - $10.00 / slot
NPDA team - $50.00 / team
NFA-LD - $50.00 / entry
IPDA - $50.00 / entry
Uncovered I.E. entries are $10.00 each.
Uncovered NPDA team are $100.00 each.
Uncovered IPDA / NFA-LD entries are $50.00 each
ENTRY FEES – SMU Invitational
Individual Events - $10.00 / slot
Uncovered I.E. entries are $10.00 each.
NUISANCE FEEs
1. For each judge dropped after the drop deadline, there will be an additional $50.00 fee.
2. From Noon Wednesday, October 30th until Noon Thursday, October 31st , there will be an $10 charge for dropped IE entries and a $20 charge for dropped debate entries in addition to the original fees.
3. After Noon, Thursday, October 31st , there will be a $20 charge for dropped IE entries and a $50 charge for dropped debate teams in addition to original entry fees.
4. Judges who do not pick up their assigned ballots on time (within 10 minutes after the round is scheduled to begin) will be penalized $25. If their fine is not paid, the judge’s students will be deemed ineligible for elimination rounds and the school’s ballots will be held until the fees are paid.
5. Judges dropped on the day of the tournament incur a $100.00 fine.
6. All fines must be paid before the tournament begins.
Schedule – Fall 2019 TIFA (Tentative)
TIFA Schedule for a Swing
Friday:
12:00-1:15 Round 1 Parli
1:15-2:30 Round 2 Parli
2:30-3:45 Round 3 Parli
3:45-5:00 Round 4 Parli
5:00 Dinner Break
5:30-6:45 Round 5 Parli
6:45-8:00 Round 6 Parli
8:00-9:15 Quarter Finals Parli
9:15 TIFA Business Meeting
9:15-10:30 Semi Finals Parli
Saturday:
7:30 Extemp Draw
IPDA Draw for Flight A
8:00 Round 1 Pattern A: CA, DUO, EXT, PER, POE, POI
Round 1 IPDA, Flight A
IPDA Draw for Flight B
8:30 Round 1 IPDA, Flight B
9:15 Draw for IPDA Flight A, Round 2
Round 1 Pattern B: ADS, DI, IMP, INF, PRO
9:45 Round 2 IPDA Flight A
Draw for IPDA, Flight B Round 2
10:15 Round 2 IPDA Flight B
11:00 Extemp Draw
IPDA Draw for Flight A, Round 3
11:30 Round 3 IPDA, Flight A
Round 2: Pattern A: CA, DUO, EST, PER, POE, POI
Draw for IPDA, Flight B
12:00 Round 3 IPDA, Flight B
12:30 Lunch Break
Finals Parli
1:45 IPDA Draw for Flight A, Round 4
Round 2: Pattern B: ADS, DI, IMP, INF, PRO
2:15 Round 4 IPDA Flight A
Draw for IPDA, Flight B
2:45 Round 4 IPDA, Flight B
3:15 Extemp Draw for Finals
Draw for Quarters IPDA
3:45 Finals for Pattern A
Quarters for IPDA
5:00 Finals for Pattern B
Draw for IPDA Semis
5:30 Semis IPDA
6:45 AWARDS
ASAP Finals IPDA
Day 2 Tournament – Sunday
7:30 Extemp Draw
8:00 Round 1 Pattern A: CA, DUO, EXT, PER, POE, POI
9:15 Round 1 Pattern B: ADS, DI, IMP, INF, PRO
10:30 Extemp Draw
11:00 Round 2: Pattern A
12:15 Round 2: Pattern B
Lunch Break
1:30 Extemp Draw for Finals
2:00 Finals Pattern A
3:15 Finals Pattern B
4:45 Awards
Justin Blacklock, TIFA VP/Director
Co-Director of Forensics
San Antonio College
361-816-1455
Manager contact information Justin Blacklock
Email address: jblacklock@alamo.edu
Phone number: 361-816-1455 Mailing address None provided
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