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The Tri-County Forensic League

State Qualification Debate Tournament

 February 24, 2012 - February 25, 2012

Where: Oaks Christian HS
31749 La Tienda  Dr.
Westlake  Village,   CA  91301
(818) 575-9900

Directions to Oaks Christian HS: 

Coming from the 101 going west (out of LA), exit at Lindero Canyon Rd.  Turn right and go to the first light (Via Colinas)  Turn left and go to the first light (Via Rocas)  Turn left and go to the second drive way (the first behind Calvary church)  turn right and go until you enter the underground parking garage.  The High School building will be on your left.  Go up the stairs from the parking garage, turn right, walk downhill, then left and to the front of the building which is directly across from the Gymnasium.  Directions will be posted as to where to go.

Coming from the 101 going east (out of Ventura),  exit at South Westlake Blvd.  Turn left and go over interstate.  At the first light turn right (E Thousand Oaks Blv).  Go to the second light and turn right (S. Lakeview Canyon Rd) Go to the stop sign before another bridge crossing interstate.  Turn left (La Tienda Rd.)  turn left into the school and go up the hill.  A parking garage is at the top of the hill.  Walk down the hill to the front of the school, across from the gymnasium.  Directions will be posted as to where to go.

Public Forum Topic (February) (4 Qualifiers):   Resolved: Birthright citizenship should be abolished in the United States.

LD Topic (March/April) (7 Qualifiers):   Resolved: Targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool.

Policy Topic (5 Qualifiers):  Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.

Parliamentary Topic (4 Qualifiers):  Announced 20 minutes before each round.

Entries:  Only students who have completed a TCFL Open Tournament or Congress during the ‘11-'12 season may enter as well as schools that have paid their CHSSA Dues.

Fees: $30 per Policy, PoFo and Parli Teams, $15 per Lincoln-Douglas. Each school is limited to 7 entries in LD and 4 entries in all team events. Make check payable to TVFL.

Judges: Each school is obligated to provide one experienced judge per every 2 Teams*, and one experienced judge per every 3 Lincoln Douglas entries* (*or fraction thereof).  All required judges must be available to judge one round passed their commitment.

Deadline: All entries must be e-mailed no later than Tuesday, February 21, 2012, by 10pm. *Also, it’s imperative that you rank your entries and give me the names of the competitors. Please send email to jrobin9812@sbcglobal.net.

Schedule - This will be a Double Elimination tournament (for specific procedure download TCFL Debate State Qualifier Guidelines (PDF)

Friday - February 24, 2012
4:00 - 4:30 - Registration

4:30 - 5:00 - Judges Orientation

5:00-7:30 - Round I

7:30 - 9:30 - Round 2

Saturday - February 25, 2012
8:30 - 9:00 - Judges Orientation

9:00 - 11:30 - Round 3

11:30 - 2:00 - Round 4

2:00 - 3:30 - Round 5

3:30 - 5:00 - Round 6

5:00 - 6:30 - Round 7

Awards to immediately follow!

This is a tentative schedule that depends on entries.  Each category can be run separately which means Parli and PoFo could run every hour and a half and LD can be single flighted at any time.  Also, there is a chance some categories could go past 7 rounds. 

** Note: Food will be sold between rounds. Do not leave the campus.

Because of the differences that exist in human perception, a subjective quality is present in the scoring of Speech and Debate rounds. Even with rules and evaluation criteria for guidance,  judges will not evaluate the same performance in an identical manner. While we do everything possible to maintain consistency in scoring, winning results are not guaranteed.

 

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