Bozeman Hawker Invitational

10 & 11 November 2017

Dear Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to attend the Hawker Invitational to be held on the 10th & 11th of November. We will be utilizing Forensics Tournament.net for registration: http://www.forensicstournament.net/. The site is very straightforward and will allow you to manage your entry until 4:00PM on Wednesday, Nov. 8. However, we do ask that you complete a best estimate entry by 4:00PM on Wednesday, Oct. 18 and a final registration by Monday, Nov. 6, so that we can have judges and rooms sorted before the last second. You will be able to make changes until Nov. 8 without penalty, but having an idea of space and judging needs early will be crucial for a smooth tournament and JV entries. If you have former competitors in Bozeman who would like to judge, please pass along the following link and have them sign themselves up: http://bit.ly/bhsjudge2017. Please send all additional inquiries to Adam Thane: .

Registration Information:

Ø  All events will be held at Bozeman High School – 205 North 11th.

Ø  Initial registration due by Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 4:00PM

Ø  Final registration due by Monday, Nov. 6 at 4PM.

Ø  You may bring JV entries depending on space. Traditionally this is a massive meet, and we will make a final determination as to number of JV entries allowed based on the initial registrations on Oct. 18. At that time, I will let people know whether the JV they have entered need to be dropped or trimmed.

Ø  If you plan to bring JV entries, have an assistant coach create an account on Forensics Tournament for the JV squad. Please be sure that any double-entered students are on one team for both entries. We cannot accommodate double-entries on two different teams.

Ø  Varsity and Novice divisions will be offered in Policy and LD. All other events are open division.

Ø  We plan to run octafinal rounds for any debate event with 30+ entries as of Oct. 18. If novice divisions are large enough to warrant an octafinal, we will run one. I will notify registered teams about octafinal rounds and the final schedule on Oct. 18.

Ø  Any Speech event with 24 or fewer entries as of Oct. 18 will break straight to finals

Ø  JV Debate entries will be blocked from hitting debaters on their schools’ varsity squads.

Ø  All MHSA sanctioned AA events will be offered. POI will also be offered, but will not count towards sweepstakes

Fees & Logistics:

Ø  There will be no on-site registration this year. All double-checking and changes will be done by coaches via Forensics Tournament and, after 4PM on Nov. 8, via email. Please expect an e-mail on Thursday, 9 Nov. with final codes and registration.

Ø  There will be a $5.00 fee assessed to all registered competitors.

Ø  There will be no fees for drops, adds, or changes up to Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 4:00PM. Any changes after Wednesday 8PM will be assessed a $5.00 penalty. Changes on Friday, 10 Nov. will cost $20.00!

Ø  We will conduct all events according to the 2017-2018 MHSA Handbook.

Ø  In order to compensate for the massive acreage of our school, and hopefully run on time, the first two rounds of all debate events will be pre-paired, and prelim rounds 3-5 will be paired based on results from 2 rounds previous (i.e., round 3 will be paired based on results from round 1, round 4 from rounds 1 & 2, Round 5 from rounds 1-3). Outrounds will be still paired using all 5 prelims.

Ø  Semi-Finals and Finals of VLD, NLD, and Forum will be single flighted

Topics:

Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of elementary and/or secondary education in the United States.

Lincoln/Douglas: Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be compulsory.

Public Forum: Resolved: The United States should require universal background checks for all gun sales and transfer of ownership.

Schedule of Events

Friday, 10 November:

3:30 PM Extemp Draw for Round I in BHS Berg Library

4:00 PM Round I begins for all competitors

6:00 PM Round II for all

8:00 PM Round III for all

Saturday, 11 November:

8:00 AM Extemp Draw for Round IV, Round IV Debate

8:30 AM Round IV Speech

10:00 AM Round V Debate

10:30AM Round V Speech

12:00 PM Quarterfinals/Octafinals for Debate

1:00 PM Semifinals/Finals for Speech

2:00 PM Semifinals/Quarterfinals for Debate

3:00 PM Finals for Speech

4:00 PM Finals/Semifinals for Debate

5:00 PM Finals for LD and PF if Octafinals are run

6:00 PM Policy Finals Begin if Octafinals are run

6:30 PM Awards Ceremony begins in Hawk Gym

Students Gather in North Cafeteria

Extemp Draw in Berg Library

Tab Room in Old Library