SpeechWire Tournament Services - Forensics Tournament Software

Dear Friends,

You are invited to the 32nd annual Jack Lynch Debate and Speech

Tournament!

We are delighted to host our tournament held in honor of Professor Lynch,

who started the debate team at our college in 1948 and coached for 46 years.

We hope you will join us on Saturday, March 1, 2025, for a day of IPDA

debate and 11 Individual Events.

The schedule is friendly. Check in starts at 8:30 am and rounds will begin at

9:00 am (EST). We plan for a one hour break for lunch in the middle of the day.

The awards are scheduled for 5 pm.

The tournament will be held virtually through the Speech Wire and Yaatly

platforms.

Tournament highlights:

• IPDA Debate - 3 prelim rounds and semifinals. There will be

Novice and Open Divisions in IPDA if entries permit.

• IE - 2 prelim rounds in all 11 IE events. Final rounds in events

with 12 or more speakers. If there is no final round in an event,

we will have two judges in one of the prelim rounds. We will

follow NFA guidelines.

If finances preclude your team from attending, please let me know. We can

arrange a fee waiver.

We look forward to seeing you online on March 1st.

David Trumble

Debate Coach

St. Anselm College

Manchester, NH

dtrumble@anselm.edu

Registration

Deadline. The deadline to register is Tuesday, February 25th at 9 pm.

Online registration. Please submit your registration at SpeechWire.com.

Also, please register your school and your competitors at Yaatly.com.

Judges. Please provide enough judges to cover your entries.

Saturday morning check in. We ask everyone (coaches, judges, and

competitors) to check-in on Yaatly at 8:30 am and do a connection check. This

helps the tournament go smoothly. Thank you!

Changes? If you need to make changes to your entry or judges’ availability,

please let us know before Saturday if possible. If not, please let us know first

thing on Saturday morning and we will work to resolve them as quickly as we

can. This will help us get the tournament started on time.

Tab Room

The tab room will be run by myself and Paul Wesley Alday, Director of Forensics at

Bowling Green State University.

Awards

Debate: Certificates will be awarded to all debaters that advance to the

elimination rounds in all divisions. In addition, we will provide awards to the top

five speakers in all debate divisions.

IE: Certificates will be awarded to the top three speakers in each

Individual Event. Also, we will provide certificates fpr the top three students in

Triathlon. To be eligible for Triathlon, a student must enter at least three IE

events.

Sweepstakes: We will offer Team Sweepstakes Certificates to the top

five schools in IE, the top five schools in IPDA debate, and the top three

community colleges overall.

e-Ballots

We will use the e-balloting system on Speech Wire.

Judges

Debate.

IPDA. One full-time judge who is available for the full day will cover two

IPDA debaters. IDPA encourages a broad range of judges, including

coaches, alumni, students, educators, and members of the community.

Student judges are permitted in IPDA. We ask that student judges for IPDA have

debate experience.

IE. Each full-time IE judge covers 6 slots.

Full-time and Part-Time Judges. If you have judges who are available

for part of the day, please let us know their exact schedule for the day.

Hired Judges.

We are looking to hire judges. We would like to have several standby

judges available each round, so we can substitute a judge as needed

without any delay to the tournament. If you have alumni judges who

would like to be hired, would you please let me know? We will pay $150 for

a full day, or $30 for each round they are available to judge, whether

they are assigned to judge or not.

Entry Notes

• Debaters may not enter IE.

• IE competitors may enter up to 3 events in each category.

• Extemporaneous competitors may not enter any other events in Group A.

IE Events

• Group A: ADS, Prose, CA, Duo, and Poetry

• Group B: POI, Impromptu, Informative, Persuasion, and DI

Fees

You may pay your entry fees either electronically or by mailing us a check, whichever

is more convenient for you. Speech Wire will generate a fees statement. I will confirm

your fees statement by email. Please wait for that email before paying your fees. If

there are any changes to your fees based on late entries, we will update your invoice

at the tournament.

Electronic payment

https://payit.nelnet.net/form/CW2Nje3X

Payments can be made through this link using any major credit or debit card or by echeck from a checking or savings account.

This portal is turned on and will be open for a few weeks after the tournament is

finished.

Payment by check

Checks are welcome. Please make your check payable to St. Anselm College. If

you pay by check, would you please note Jack Lynch Tournament in the memo line

of the check?

Please mail the check to:

St. Anselm College

Office of the Controller

Box 1733

100 St. Anselm Drive

Manchester NH 03102-1310

IPDA Debate

• Topic announcements and topic strikes will take place in the virtual room

where the debate is taking place. If the judge is not present, the debaters may

go ahead and strike without the judge. If the debaters do so before the judge

appears, please post the topic and the starting time for the debate on the room

chat.

• There will be five topics offered for each round. Topics may include policy

topics, value topics, fact topics and metaphors.

• The Negative will strike one topic first. The debaters will take turns striking

topics until one topic remains to be debated. The debate will start 30 minutes

after the first strike by the Negative.

• Debaters are permitted to work with their coaches and fellow students during

prep time in IPDA.

• Debaters may use their laptop/phone to flow and keep time during the round,

but they must be set to airplane mode during the debate.

• Aff/Neg sides are set in prelims. For semifinals and finals, students will flip for

sides in the prep room before striking resolutions.

• Judges, please submit your decision by e-ballot when you have made your

decision. Written comments and suggestions for improvement are always

appreciated by the debaters and their coaches. You can fill in the comments

section and submit that part separately.

• Judges will not disclose decisions. Judges may offer brief oral comments after

the round, but only after they have submitted their decision via e-ballot. If

requested, judges may state their judging paradigm at the top of the round.

Time limits:

Affirmative Constructive 5 minutes

Cross Examination 2 minutes

Negative Constructive 6 minutes

Cross Examination 2 minutes

First Affirmative Rebuttal 3 minutes

First Negative Rebuttal 5 minutes

Second Affirmative Rebuttal 3 minutes

Schedule of Events (Eastern Standard Time - EST)

8:30 Check-in

8:45 Opening Assembly and Extemp topic draw Rd. 1

9:00 Topic Draw for IPDA Rd. 1, IE Rd. 1A,

9:30 IPDA Rd. 1

10:30 Topic Draw for IPDA Rd. 2, IE Rd. 2A, Extemp topic draw Rd. 2

11:00 IPDA Rd. 2

Lunch

12:30 Topic Draw for IPDA Rd. 3, IE Rd 1B

1:00 IPDA Rd. 3

2:00 IPDA Semi Finals, IE Rd. 2B

3:30 IPDA Finals, IE Finals for A and B

5:00 Awards

Entry Fees

Contact Person __________________________________

Name of School __________________________________

Phone Number __________________________________

Email Address __________________________________

School Fee $ __20__

Competitors:

IPDA Debaters # ______x $20 per debater $ ______

Individual Events # ______x $8 per event $ ______

Observers: # ______x $4 per person $ ______

Drops at Check-in: # ______x $10 each $ ______

Total Due $ ______

Please pay either electronically or by check within three weeks after the tournament.

Thank you

St. Anselm College - Office of the Controller - Box 1733
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102