Heart of Texas

District Invitation and Information

                                   

Dear Colleague:

 

You and your squad are cordially invited to attend the Heart of Texas National Forensic League District Tournament on March 30-31, 2012, at Lake Travis HS for qualification to the NFL National Tournament to be held June 13-18 in Indianapolis, Indiana. If you would like to participate and have not yet joined NFL as an affiliate, I urge you to do so immediately.  You can find the necessary forms online at http://www.nflonline.org/AboutNFL/LeagueManuals.  These forms must be submitted before you can record points, which will enable you to enter the tournament.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact one of the NFL District Committee members listed below.  We hope to see you in Austin in March.

 

Debbie Johnson                                  Michael Harlan                       Diane Forbes

Round Rock HS                                   Westlake HS                            Southlake Carroll HS

300 N. Lake Creek Dr.                        4100 Westbank Dr.                 1501 W.  Southlake Blvd

Round Rock, TX  78681                       Austin, TX  78746                   Southlake, TX  76092

512-464-6042                                      512-732-9000 x33840             817-949-5801

 

                                    Joseph Uhler                                       Kirsten Nash

                                    Anderson HS                                       Hendrickson HS

                                    8403 Mesa Dr.                                     2905 FM 685

                                    Austin, TX  78759                               Pflugerville,   TX  78660

                                    512-414-2538                                      512-594-1100

                            

When and Where:

          March 30-31                   District Tournament

         

          Lake Travis HS

          3324 RR 620 South

          Austin, TX  78738

          512-533-6100

 

Deadlines:

          Mar. 5         Submit entry numbers in District to           rrdebbie@hotmail.com

          Mar. 23       Final entry is due on Joy of Tournaments

          Mar. 23       Official entry form with signatures must be faxed to

512-428-7917.    

          Mar. 28       4:30 p.m.  Add/Drop deadline.

 

Entering Points:

If you have not submitted all NFL points for your students, please do so at your earliest convenience in order to finalize your members and degrees on record for entry slots.  I encourage you to fill all of your available slots so as to give the greatest number of students from our District the opportunity to qualify for Nationals.  Your members and degrees on record 7 days prior to the District Tournament and Congress will officially determine your number of slots for each of these Tournaments.  You can find the number of slots allowed for your school at http://www.nflonline.org, (under ‘Resources’ select ‘Membership Reports’, then select ‘District’, then choose ‘Heart of Texas’ and ‘Search’.)

 

The formula for calculating qualifying numbers to Nationals is as follows (based on numbers actually participating in first round):

Speech and L/D                      CX, PF, Duo                 Congress House                      Cong Senate

4-11 entrants=1 qual              4-9 teams=1 qual        16-29 students=1qual            2 provided

12-37 entratns=2 quals          10-29 =2 quals            30-60 students=2 quals          there are at

38-57 entrants=3 quals          30-49 =3 quals            61-90 students=3 quals          least 8 schools

58+ entrants=4 quals             50+ teams =4 quals    91+ students=4 quals             participating

 

Tournament Administration:

We will utilize the up/down system of ‘two downs and you’re out’.  We will post ‘up and away’ lists starting after round 2 of each event.  We are therefore required to use panels of judges in all IE events beginning with round 3 and debate events when 8 competitors remain.  It is crucial that you submit your numbers by March 5 so that we may plan appropriately for judging needs.

NFL requires two individuals to audit each event round by round.  Thus, we do utilize coaches to run events and we ask that you make yourself available for duty in the tab room.  Assignments will be made and sent out prior to the tournament.  Please understand that the tab room is CLOSED during this tournament.  You may not show your students their ballots until your school is eliminated from the tournament.