2009-10 TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

This page contains a comprehensive listing of tournaments held throughout the state of Florida, as well as national tournaments that are frequently attended by Florida schools.

To add a tournament that you host or direct onto this list, email the FFL Webmaster and include the following information in your email: name of the tournament, the date(s) it will take place, location, events offered, the name of contact person, and the email address for that person. If your invitation or tournament information is online, send the website address as well.

Disclaimer: This tournament listing is a service to the Florida speech and debate community. The listing is based upon information volunteered by tournament hosts/directors, and as listed in the NDCA calendar for 2009-10. If you have an interest in attending one of these events, you must contact the tournament host/director. The FFL is unable to answer questions regarding tournaments that are outside of the league's jurisdiction and is not responsible for erroneous information. To report an error on this listing, email the FFL Webmaster.

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Within Florida

DATE(S)

NAME OF TOURNEY

LOCATION

CONTACT/INFO

EVENTS OFFERED

Aug. 14 Palm Beach & Martin County Coaches Meeting Royal Palm Beach HS Kristie Taylor Coaches Meeting
Aug. 19 Broward & Miami-Dade Coaches Meeting Nova HS Beth Goldman Coaches Meeting
Aug. 29 FFL Fall Meeting Sheraton Ft. Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port Hotel, Dania Beach Carol Cecil Coaches Meeting
Sept. 12 PBCFL All-Congress Suncoast HS - Riviera Beach, FL Kristie Taylor
tourney website
VSC, NSC
Sept. 12 Student Congress McFatter Kathy Ryan-Fores SC
Sept. 12-13 Eagle Preview Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS - Parkland, FL Brad Hicks
tourney website
CX, LD, PFD, SC, IX, DX, DI, HI, PRO, POE, OO, DUO
Sept. 16 After School Tournament University School - Davie, FL Beth Goldman
Sept. 26 Flying L Invitational Ft. Lauderdale HS - Ft.Lauderdale, FL Jim Wakefield
Flying L Invitational website
Sept. 26 NFCFL Trinity Prep - Winter Park, FL Elizabeth Eskin CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, VOI, NOI, OO, DUO, DEC
Oct. 3 Student Congress Hollywood Hills HS - Hollywood, FL Bryan Trimas SC
Oct. 7 After School Tournament University School - Davie, FL Beth Goldman
Oct. 10 PBCFL Royal Palm Beach HS - Royal Palm Beach, FL Kristie Taylor
tourney website
CX, LD, PFD, SC, VMX, NMX, DP, OI, OO, VDUO, NDUO, DEC
Oct. 10 Congressional North Miami HS - North Miami, FL Patricia Lewis SC
Oct. 16-17 Titan Invitational Nova HS - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Lisa Miller
Oct. 24 Charger Invitational North Miami Beach HS - North Miami Beach, FL Paul Domenick VCX, NCX, VLD, NLD, VPFD, NPFD, VSC, NSC, VIX, VUX, NMX, VDI, VHI, NDP, VOI, NOI, VOO, NOO, VDUO, NDUO, DEC
Oct. 24 NFCFL Lake Mary Prep - Lake Mary, FL Elizabeth Eskin CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, VDUO, NDUO, DEC
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009 Florida Blue Key Invitational University of Florida - Gainesville, FL Florida Blue Key webpage CX, VLD, NLD, PFD, SC, IX, UX, DI, HI, OI, OO, DUO
Nov. 5 After School Tournament University School - Davie, FL Beth Goldman
Nov. 14 SFCFL J.P. Taravella HS - Coral Springs, FL Mary Schick CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Nov. 14 PBCFL Lake Worth HS - Lake Worth, FL Kristie Taylor
tourney website
CX, VLD, NLD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, VOI, NOI, OO, DUO, DEC
Nov. 14 NFCFL Eastside HS - Gainesville, FL Elizabeth Eskin CX, LD, PFD, SC, VMX, NMX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Dec. 9 After School Tournament University School - Davie, FL Beth Goldman
Dec. 12 NFCFL Pine Ridge HS - Deltona, FL Beth Eskin CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, VDP, NDP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Dec. 12 SFCFL Cooper City HS - Cooper City, FL Mary Schick CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Dec. 12 PBCFL "Funvitational" Spanish River HS - Boca Raton, FL Kristie Taylor
tourney website
SPAR, DUOEXT, IMP, STORY, RADIO, NLD, NPFD, NSC, NDP, NOI, NDUO
Jan. 8-9 Sunvitational University School - Davie, FL Steve Schappaugh CX, VLD, NLD, PFD, SC, MX, DI, HI, OI, OO, DUO, DEC, GI
Jan. 9 PBCFL Boca Raton HS - Boca Raton, FL Kristie Taylor
tourney website
CX, LD, VPFD, NPFD, SC, MX, VDP, NDP, OI, VOO, NOO, DUO, DEC
Jan. 9 South Florida NFL Student Congress TBD Mary Schick SC
Jan. 15-17 The Crestian Classic Pine Crest School - Ft. Lauderdale/Boca Raton, FL Dan Lewis
Crestian website
CX, LD, PFD, SC, IX, DX, DI, HI, OI, OO, DUO
Jan. 23 FFL Macaw Region 4 Tournament see "League Tournaments" Carol Cecil CX, LD, PFD, SC, IX, DX, DI, HI, OI, OO, DUO, GI
Jan. 23 NFCFL Lake Highland Prep - Orlando, FL Elizabeth Eskin CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, VOO, NOO, DUO, DEC
Jan. 23 SFCFL TBD Mary Schick CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Jan. 26 After School Tournament University School - Davie, FL Beth Goldman
Feb. 6 FFL Region 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 Tournaments see "League Tournaments" Carol Cecil CX, LD, PFD, SC, IX, DX, DI, HI, OI, OO, DUO, GI
Feb. 6 PBCFL SITE TBD Kristie Taylor
tourney website
CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Feb. 20 SFCFL Stoneman Douglas HS - Parkland, FL Mary Schick CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Feb. 25 After School Tournament University School - Davie, FL Beth Goldman
Feb. 26-27 Florida Panther NFL Qualifier Trinity Prep - Winter Park, FL Mary Schick CX, LD, PFD, SC, IX, DX, DI, HI, OO, DUO
Feb. 27 South Florida NFL Qualifier TBD Mary Schick CX, LD, PFD, IX, DX, DI, HI, OO, DUO
March 5-6 FFL State Championship University School - Davie, FL Carol Cecil CX, LD, PFD, SC, IX, DX, DI, HI, OI, OO, DUO, GI
March 12-13 NFCFL Grand Finals Timber Creek HS - Orlando, FL Elizabeth Eskin CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
March 12-13 PBCFL Grand Finals SITE TBD Kristie Taylor
tourney website
CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
Mar. 13-14 Florida Manitee NFL Qualifier TBD CX, LD, PFD, IX, DX, DI, HI, OO, DUO
March 16 After School Tournament University School - Davie, FL Beth Goldman
March 20-21 SFCFL Grand Finals Michael Krop HS - Miami, FL Mary Schick CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
April 17 Broward Novice Championships Stoneman Douglas HS - Parkland, FL Beth Goldman
April 23-24 FFL Novice State Wharton HS - Tampa, FL Carol Cecil NCX, NLD, NPFD, NSC, NIX, NDX, NDI, NHI, NOI, NOO, NDUO, DEC
May 8 Palm Beach Catholic Forensic League National Qualifier Workshop SITE TBD Kristie Taylor CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC

Outside Florida
Additional websites listing national debate tournaments:
  • Forensics Online
  • National Debate Coaches Association

    DATE(S)

    NAME OF TOURNEY

    LOCATION

    CONTACT/INFO

    EVENTS OFFERED

    Sept. 12-14 Wake Forest Earlybird Wake Forest University - Winston-Salem, NC WFU Earlybird website
    Sept 18-19 21st Annual Grapevine Classic Grapevine HS - Grapevine, TX Jane Boyd or Jason Sykes
    Grapevine website
    CX, LD, PFD, SC, DX, IX, OO, DI, HI, DUET, DUO
    Sept 25-26 NCFL Fall Meeting Albany, NY NCFL website Coaches Meeting
    Oct. 2-4 Yale Invitational Yale University - New Haven, CT Yale Invitational website
    Oct. ??? Heart of Texas Invitational St. Mark's School of Texas - Dallas, TX David Huston or Tim Mahoney
    Oct. 16-18 New York City Invitational Bronx Science HS of Science - New York, NY NYC Invitational website CX, LD, PFD, SC
    Oct. 30-31 Tim Averill "Big Manchester" Tournament Manchester Essex Regional HS - Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA MERHS Debate CX, LD, PFD, SC
    Nov. 6-7 Unversity of Michigan High School Debate Tournament University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI Aaron Kall
    Michigan website
    VCX, NCX
    Nov. 13-14 Fayette Classic Fayette County HS - Fayetteville, GA Jeffrey Miller VCX, JVCX, NCX, VLD, NLD, PFD, SC, MX, DI, HI, OI, OO, DUO, IMP
    Nov. 21-23 The Glenbrooks Glenbrook North/South HS - Glenview/Northbrook, IL Tara Tate
    Glenbrooks website
    VCX, JVCX, NCX, VLD, JVLD, SC, PF, OO, MX, OI, DUO, HI, DI
    Nov. 20-24 The Villiger Philadelphia PA
    Dec. 3-5 Silver & Black Invitational Alta HS - Sandy, UT Alli Martin CX, LD, PFD
    Dec. 4-6 Princeton Invitational Princeton University - Princeton, NJ Princeton website
    Dec. 5-6 Patriot Games Invitational George Mason University - Fairfax, VA Peter Pober
    Jan. ??? Demosthenian Classic University of Georgia - Athens, GA Ashley Wilkinson and Michael Darsie
    Jan. 12-13 Churchill Tournament Winston Churchill HS, San Antonio, TX Karen King
    Jan. 22-24 Columbia Columbia website
    Jan. 29-31 The Barkley Forum Emory University - Atlanta, GA Melissa Wade CX, LD, PFD, SC, DP, EX, DUO, OI, OO
    Feb. 5-6 Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational Colleyville Heritage HS - Colleyville, TX Dave Huston VCX, NCX, VLD, NLD, VPFD, NPFD, SC, IX, UX, HI, DI, OO, DUET, DUO, OI
    Feb. 6-7 Betty Gunn Tournament Mountain Brook HS - Birmingham, AL Jeff Roberts CX, PF, LD, SC, DI, DUO, OO, PRO, POE, IMP, MX
    Feb. 13-14 Liberty Bell Classic University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA Alexander McCobin
    Liberty Bell Classic website
    Feb. 13-15 Harvard Invitational Harvard University - Cambridge, MA Harvard Debate website CX, VLD, NLD, VPFD, NPFD, SC EX, DI, HI, OO, DUO
    Feb. 12-17 Berkeley University of California - Berkeley, CA Dave Arnett
    Feb. 26-28 Westchester Classic Lakeland Schools - Shrub Oak, NY Dave Arnett CX, LD, PFD
    March 26-27 Great Midwestern Novice Debate Championship West HS - Iowa City, IA Cyndy Woodhouse
    GMND website
    NCX, NLD, NPFD, NSC
    May 1-3 Tournament of Champions University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY J.W. Patterson

    TOC website

    CX, LD, PFD, SC
    May 28-30 NCFL Grand National Omaha, NE NCFL website CX, LD, PFD, SC, MX, DP, OI, OO, DUO, DEC
    June 12-19 NFL National Championship Kansas City, MO NFL website CX, LD, PFD, SC, IX, DX, DI, HI, OO, DUO