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HF Longhorn Invitational
General information This is a High School tournament in Texas. View manager contact information Dear UIL Coordinator/Sponsors:
Hamshire Fannett High School will be hosting our Academic Meet on January 11, 2025. The meet will be held on the high school campus in Hamshire. This letter should answer any questions you have about the meet; however, if you need further information, you may reach Barry Haynes at any of the following numbers: (409) 243-2131 school or (409) 291-3805 cell. My email address is bhaynes@hfhorns.net EVENTS: We are offering all UIL events excluding LD and CX Debate and Computer Science Programming DEADLINES: Entry and drop deadline is Monday, January 6, 2024, by 5:00 P.M for speaking events.Entry and drop deadline for all other events is Wednesday January 8th by 5pm We will accommodate requests for late entries, if we can. Drops made after the posted deadlines will not be refunded.
ENTRIES: Schools may enter up to 4 contestants each in, Journalism events, and Ready Writing. Each school can enter unlimited entries in the other events until we reach maximum capacity. The top scores from each school will be used to calculate team scores in team events. Entry fees will be $10.00 per event per student (except ready writing, journalism and speaking events).
DROPS: Drops after 5 P.M., Wednesday, January 8, 2025, will forfeit the entry fees. . Please advise us of any drops in Extemporaneous Speaking, and Prose/Poetry in advance - Thank You ! SUBSTITUTIONS: Substitutions may be made on the day of the contest. It is the responsibility of the contestant’s coach to make the director of that specific contest aware of the substitution. If contestants are added, present the contest director with your student’s add slip indicating that he/she has been added to the contest.
FOOD AND SERVICES: We will provide food services in the cafeteria where contestants can purchase a variety of hot foods, snacks, drinks, etc. Meals for the coaches and bus drivers will be provided in the hospitality room.
FACILITIES: Contests will be held in rooms all over our campus. The cafeteria will be used as holding areas, available for students who have finished or are in between contests.
RESULTS AND AWARDS: Results and awards will be announced in the cafeteria as they become available. We will award medals to the top six places in individual events as well as to first place members of the winning teams. In speech and journalism events, we will only award one set of medals (no divisions). First and second place sweepstakes trophies for the two schools amassing the most points will be awarded. (Hamshire-Fannett's High School’s students will be competing but will not be eligible for the sweepstakes trophy).
JUDGING AND GRADING: Paid judges will be provided by Hamshire-Fannett High School for all judged events including Journalism.
ATTENTION: Spelling teams MUST provide a grader. If one is not provided, that school’s papers will NOT be graded and scored. Contestants using computers in Ready Writing and Journalism contestants must bring their own laptops, printers, and extension cables.
GENERAL RULES: (1) Vandalism of any sort will result in disqualification of the entire squad. (2) Please keep all food and drinks in the cafeteria. (3) CD players, radios, etc, may be used with headphones. Please keep the noise down in the cafeteria (4) Hamshire-Fannett ISD will not be held responsible for damage, theft, loss of property or accidents. (5) Students who are not competing need to remain the cafeteria.
Again, thank you for the interest you have shown in our meet and your past support. If you need further information, please call. We look forward to seeing you on January 11, 2025. Barry Haynes -- bhaynes@hfhorns.net
Barry Haynes Mailing address 12702 2nd Street SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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