Creating a tournament scheduleHere are some important things to consider when creating your tournament schedule:
Always plan for more tournaments than you think to ensure that you qualify in your event. However, make sure to have a few weeks of no tournaments so you can work on your event! |
How to grow your team
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1) District Qualifier Tournament. Meaning you only have one chance to qualify (dun dun duuun!) Your team may only take up to 4 entries per event. In Congress, you may take 2 entries in the Senate and 2 entries in the House. The number of qualifiers your district takes to NSDA in each event depends on the number of entries. Regardless, at least two schools must be participating in the event:
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2) Automatic Qualification By placing Top 14 in any main event, Top 4 in Big Questions, or Top 8 in World Schools the previous year and you’re still enrolled in high school and in good standing, you’re automatically qualified for the respective event.
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2) Automatic Qualification You’re automatically qualified for TOC if:
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3) Bid applications You will send in the top five ranks you’ve earned at any tournament and TOC will select the top applicants. Complete and email the bid application to TOC.
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1) Earn Two Bids You must earn two NIETOC bids for every event you want to enter in. Only certain tournaments offer NIETOC bids. Check this website to find out which tournaments: http://nietoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NIETOC-BID-SCHOOL-LIST-2020-21-BY-DATE.pdf This is how many entries it takes for the rank you need to earn a bid at a tournament:
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2) Automatic Qualification You are automatically qualified for NIETOC if:
3) At Large Qualifier You will send in the top five ranks you’ve earned at any tournament and NIETOC will select the top applicants. In order to apply at large, you must register for NIETOC via SpeechWire and upload the proper documentation on Dropbox.
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