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We are pleased to invited you to the CFL Spring LD/CX Debate Tournament to be held on Saturday February 25, 2012 at Sequoia High School
Events offered: Policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Divisions: Varsity and Junior Varsity (see divisions page for JV eligibility) *** YOU MUST BRING MEDICAL FORMS AND HAVE A LEGAL, SCHOOL SANCTIONED CHAPERONE REPRESENTING YOUR SCHOOL AT ALL TIMES FOR ALL TOURNAMENTS.Please understand that if your school does not provide an official school-sanctioned chaperone and/or have available medical forms for all students involved in the tournament, ALL ENTRIES FROM YOUR SCHOOL WILL BE REMOVED ON SITE. TOPICS USED (visit www.nflonline.org for complete wording): Policy – Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere. LD – Mar/Apr topic Resolved: Targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool. **Students are asked to purchase a lunch ticket BEFORE the beginning of Round 1 in order to ensure the best deal and that they are guaranteed lunch!
Entry Procedure Registration should be completed via Joy of Tournaments. The registration deadline is 5:00pm on Friday, Feb 17th. No adds will be accepted after this time although free drops will be allowed until 5 pm Tuesday Feb 22nd.
Fees $10 per LD debater and $20 per debate team
Chris will send invoices to all schools who have not established a league credit after registration has closed and the drop deadline has passed. All changes in between the 22nd and the day of the tournament will be billed after the tournament to ensure that all fees are correct. Also, please do not submit multiple checks for your registration fees. Entries dropped after 5 pm 2/22 will be assessed a late fee of $20 per entry.
Where to go when you Arrive: Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster Ave, Redwood City There are 3 parking lots at Sequoia. The best one for the tournament is off James St. which would have you enter by the pool. To get to this parking lot use the district address of 480 James St., Redwood City, 94062 on your GPS. Students go to the MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
Please provide one judge for every two CX teams entered, or fraction thereof. One judge covers 3 LD teams, or fraction thereof. A judge only covers one type of debate. All judge quotas apply to all four rounds. This means that if you have three teams in CX, you must bring two CX judges for all four rounds to cover your obligation. If you have one CX team and one LDer, you must bring 2 judges, each round, all 4 rounds.
All judge information (Name and time slot) MUST be entered in Joy of Tournaments by the registration deadline. There is the option to mark your judges AM or PM, please check both if they are judging all day. Please get all information in as you will hold up the tournament if we have to make a significant number of changes at the tournament. If you do not know all of your judge names simply enter fictitious names for your judges and then tell your parents to pick up the ballot for that name. For example, if I didnt know who was covering one of me LD judge slots for the AM and PM, I could put the name "Charlie Batch" into the computer for the entire day. I would then tell the AM judge I assigned for that slot that they should pick up the ballot for "Charlie Batch" and I would tell the PM judge that they should also pick up the ballot with the name "Charlie Batch." The key to this working is that your judges know they shouldn't be looking for a ballot with their name on it if you didn't enter their name directly into the system.
Coach Responsibility: Each school is REQUIRED to have a coach or experienced adult to help with tab room duties, and given the size of the tournament, we will put them all to use! This is on top of your judging quotas. So, for example, if you have one CX team, you must have one judge all day to cover that team, and a coach there all day (through the start of awards). You must also have a legal chaperon that has been authorized by the school - if needed, we may ask you to produce a letter from the principal or school, signifying that the chaperon is authorized to represent the school, has been trained in all school procedures for emergencies, and the school understands that its team is entered under its school name and bears liability. Usually this chaperon is also the coach in tab room.
AWARDS Awards will be given to all undefeated debaters in all divisions.
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