We welcome all coaches and judges to our tournament. Breakfast and lunch will be provided in our judge hospitality lounge. Speech and PF pools will be combines to ensure variety in judging.
Judge Quotas: Speech: One qualified judge for every five speech slots or fraction thereof is requested. 1-5 entries - 1 judge 6-10 entries - 2 judges 11-15 entries - 3 judges and so on...
PF Debate entries: One qualified judge for every three debate slots or fraction thereof is requested. 1-3 entries - 1 judge 4-6 entries - 2 judges 7-9 entries - 3 judges and so on...
LD Debate entries: One qualified judge for every three debate slots or fraction thereof is requested. 1-3 entries - 1 judge 4-6 entries - 2 judges 7-9 entries - 3 judges and so on...
Congress entries: One qualified judge for all entrants.
If you drop contestants after the entry deadline (January 26th), judges still must be provided for those dropped slots. Dropped judges will result in an $125.00 hired judge penalty fee. Schools will be assessed a $25.00 per round fee for judges who arrive late, leave early, or fail to pick up scheduled rounds. Judges dropped at registration will be assessed a $150.00 penalty.
Hired judges may be commissioned at $85.00 per judge on a first come, first serve basis.
Deadline for Judge Requests: Wednesday, January 26th. Due to a limited number of hired judges, we do appreciate any judges you can bring along. We are also interested in hiring any additional LD judges you may have available.