THE SR. RAIMONDE “COMMITMENT TO SERVICE” NYCFL TOURNAMENT

 

Dear Moderator,

 

THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT ITEMS COVERED IN THIS INVITATION

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

 

It is my pleasure to invite you to attend the fourth NYCFL Tournament of the

2017 - 2018

school year.

 

The contest will be held on

Saturday, October 28, 2017

at

Xavier High School

on

30 West 16th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues (closer to Sixth)

 

All monies raised from this tournament will help fund the new Sr. M. Raimonde Scholarship.

 

Therefore:

1.    There will not be any trophies or mugs given at this tournament – All winning competitors and teams will receive certificates.

(please let competitors know about this beforehand)

 

2.   It will be NOT BE Halloween:

 

ELIGIBILITY:

            This tournament is only open to NYCFL member schools

 

CATEGORIES:

JV and Varsity Extemp

JV and Varsity Poetry ONLY

Duo – Memorized

Declamation

Original Oratory

Dramatic Performance

Student Congress – Bill Must Be Included in Bill Packet

(Bills Submitted by 10/17 will be included in Bill packet posted on 10/19)

 

Notes:

1.    Duo is WITHOUT a Binder

2.    Poetry is POETRY Only

 

 

REGISTRATION:

8:30 - 9:00 on Saturday morning at Xavier.

 

DEADLINE:

The Pre-Registration Deadline is

Wednesday, October 25th 

at 9:00PM

Entries not received by this date CANNOT be accepted!!!

 

PRE-REGISTRATION:

Registration may be entered on TABROOM.com.  Please select Sr. Raimonde Service Tournament under the NYCFL league.

 

            Please email me if you are sending any observer judges.

 

LUNCH:

Xavier will provide lunch for all judges. Students should bring lunch with them, or be prepared to go out to one of the local delis.

 

DROPS/ADDS:

All drop should be made on TABROOM.com

 

Remember:

1.    Drops after the registration deadline of 9 PM on WEDNESDAY do not alter your judging quota.

2.    Registration fees for drops on the morning of the contest must still be paid.

3.    There are NO ADDS after the pre-registration deadline has passed.

 

 

FEES:

$5.00 per speaker from a member school.

 (NOTE: Each Duo and PF Team counts as TWO speakers for fee calculations).

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

E-Mail is clearly the best way to contact me (President@NYCFL.org)

 

Please use the following Number Sparingly

Cell Phone – (914) 649-8246 – Use if you have trouble getting to the tournament or last minute drops

 

JUDGING REQUIREMENTS:

Speech: ONE qualified judge for every FIVE entries or fraction thereof.

 

A judge is qualified to judge at this tournament under NYCFL rules

If he or she is a college freshman or older;

AND

is the coach of a program, OR has judged before, OR participated in forensics as a student.

 

Judges who are not qualified under these rules must attend one contest as an observer judge, and be registered with the Executive Committee as such. Observer judges do not count toward the quota of judges you must provide. Observer judges must arrive at the tournament with a copy of the League’s judging handbook and should have read it before hand.

 

A copy of the handbook (not in pamphlet form) can be found at: www.nycfl.org/judgeman.pdf.

 

Congress: ONE qualified judge regardless of the number of students entered.

 

AWARDS:

Certificates to 8 finalists in each event. Seven team certificates based on each school’s top 2 (Extemp, OO, Congress), and top 2 (OI, Duo), and top 2 (DP, Dec). 

 

Debate certificates and levels of competition will depend on registration.

 

 

EXTEMP TOPICS:

            Please see www.nycfl.org for assignments.

                                                                                           

DROPS/ADDS:

All drops should be made in TABROOM directly.  The ability to drop students will remain open until 8:30 on Saturday morning.

 

Remember:

1.    Drops after the registration deadline of 9 PM on WEDNESDAY do not alter your judging quota.

2.    Registration fees for drops on the morning of the contest must still be paid.

3.    There are NO ADDS after the pre-registration deadline has passed.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

E-Mail is clearly the best way to contact me ( Director@NYCFL.org )

 

Please use the following Number Sparingly

.    Cell Phone – (914) 649-8246 – Use if you have trouble getting to the tournament or last minute drops

Warning: Cell Reception at Xavier can be spotty

 

FINAL WORDS:

If you have not done so yet, please send in your NCFL membership cards.

They are available on the http://www.nycfl.org/ website.

 

Either

 

1.    Mail them to:

Charles Sloat

Iona Prep

255 Wilmot Rd

New Rochelle, NY 10804

2.    Fax them to:

Charles Sloat - (914) 632-9760

3.    Bring them to Xavier.

 

I look forward to seeing you on

Saturday, October 28th at Xavier High School.

                                                           

Sincerely,

Charles J. Sloat

President, NYCFL