2011-12 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

This page contains a comprehensive listing of national tournaments that are frequently attended by Florida schools.

To add a tournament that you host or direct onto this list, email FFL Webmaster Paul L. Gaba and include the following information in your email: name of the tournament, the date(s) it will take place, location, 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. 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 FFL Webmaster Paul L. Gaba.

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National Tournaments

DATE(S)

NAME OF TOURNEY

LOCATION

CONTACT/INFO

Sept. 9-10 Grapevine Classic
EVENTS: Policy, LD, PF, Congress, HI, DI, OO, PO, PRO, FX, USX, DUO, Duet
Grapevine HS - Grapevine, TX Jane Boyd (Director)
Jason Sykes (Debate)
Grant Hahn (IE)
Grapevine website
Sept. 9-11 Wake Forest Earlybird
EVENTS: VCX, JVCX, VPF, VLD, JVLD, CD, IMP, DI, HI, EXT, DUO, OO
Wake Forest University - Winston-Salem, NC J.P. Lacy
WFU tourney website
Registration website
Sept. 17-19 Greenhill Fall Classic
EVENTS: VCX, VLD
Greenhill School - Dallas, TX Aaron Timmons
Greenhill tourney website
Sept. 23-24 Bishop-Guild Invitational Samford University - Birmingham, AL Ross Garrett
Bishop-Guild tourney website
Sept. 23-24 The Rex Fleming Memorial
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF, DX, FX, OO, HI, DI, DUO, Duet, PRO, POE, IMP
Memorial High School - Houston, TX Cecil Trent
Rex Fleming tourney website
Sept. 23-25 Howard & Diana Nichols Invitational
EVENTS: LD, PF, CX
The Harker School - San Jose, CA Greg Achten & Carol Green
Harker tourney website
Sept. 23-25 Niles Township Invitational
EVENTS: VCX, NCX
Niles West High School - Skokie, IL Eric M. Oddo
Sept. 23-25 Yale Invitational
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VPF, NPF, CX, CON, DI, DUO, EXT, HI, OI, OO
Yale University - New Haven, CT Tourney Director
Yale tourney website
Sept. 24-27 Mid-America Cup
EVENTS: VLD, VCX, VPF
West Des Moines Valley High School - Des Moines, IA David McGinnis
Valley tourney website
Valley tourney Facebook page
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Chattahoochee Cougar Classic
EVENTS: CX, LD, PF, IE
Chattahoochee High School - Chattahoochee, TN Garrett Abelkop
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Dr. Robert J. Kaiser Invitational
EVENTS: CX, LD, PF
Monticello High School - Charlottesville, VA Rose Joyce-Turner
Oct. 1-3 The Georgetown Invitational
EVENTS: CX, LD, PF, CON
Georgetown University - Washington, DC Jonathan Paul
Oct. 14-15 Harker Eagle Open
EVENTS: CON, CHSAA Speech Events
The Harker School - San Jose, CA Jonathan Peele
Harker tourney website
Oct. 14-16 New York City Invitational
EVENTS: VLD, VPF, VCX, VCON, DI, Duo, Extemp, HI, OI, OO
The Bronx High School of Science - New York, NY Jon Cruz
NYC tourney website
NYC tourney Facebook page
Oct. 14-16 Heart of Texas Invitational
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF, CON, HI, DI, OO, PO, PRO, FX, USX, DUO, Duet
St. Mark's School of Texas - Dallas, TX Tim Mahoney
Heart of Texas tourney website
Oct. 22-24 New Trier Season Opener
EVENTS: VCX
New Trier Township High School - New Trier, IL P.J. Samorian
Oct. 28-29 Tim Averill "Big Manchester" Invitational
EVENTS: VPF, NPF, VLD, NLD, VCX, NCX
Manchester Essex Regional HS - Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA Bill Cooper
Big Manchester tourney website
Oct. 28-30 Iowa Caucus
EVENTS: VCX, NCX, VLD, PF
Cedar Rapids Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, IA Warren Sprouse
Caucus tourney website
Oct. 28-30 Beltway Invitational
EVENTS: LD, PF, IE
Walt Whitman High School - Bethesda, MD Ari Parker
Beltway tourney website
Beltway tourney Facebook page
Oct. 28-30 Meadows Invitational
EVENTS: CX, LD
The Meadows School - Las Vegas, NV Tim Alderete & Scott Phillips
Meadows tourney website
Oct. 29-30 Capitol Debate Fall Classic
EVENTS: VCX, VPF, VLD
Centennial High School - Ellicott City, MD Ronald Bratt
Capitol tourney website
Nov. 4-5 The MinneApple
EVENTS: VLD, JVLD, NLD, PF, CON
Apple Valley High School - Minneapolis, MN Pam Cady Wycoff
MinneApple tourney website
Nov. 4-5 Toro Country Classic
EVENTS: CD, VCX, NCX, VLD, NLD, VPF, NPF, EXT, IMP, OO, EXP, DI, HI, PR, PO, DUO, DUO Acting, RB (Radio Broadcasting)
Mountain View High School - Mesa, AZ Meg Howell-Haymaker & Tracy Weaver
Toro tourney website
Nov. 4-6 Unversity of Michigan High School Debate Tournament
EVENTS: VCX, NCX
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI Aaron Kall
Michigan tourney website
Nov. 4-6 David P. Damus Trojan Championships
EVENTS: CX, LD
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA Gordon Stables
Trojan tourney website
Nov. 11-12 Malcolm A. Bump Memorial Tournament
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VPF, NPF
Hendrick Hudson High School - Montrose, NY Jim Menick
Bump tourney website
Nov. 12-13 The Damien Debates
EVENTS: VCX, NCX, VLD, NLD
Damien High School - La Verne, CA Chuck Ballingall
Damien tourney website
Nov. 18-21 The Glenbrooks
EVENTS: VCX, JVCX, VLD, JVLD, PF, CON, HI, DI, Duo, Extemp, OI, OO
Glenbrook North High School & Glenbrook South High School - Glenview/Northbrook, IL Tara Tate
Michael Greenstein
Glenbrooks tourney website
Nov. 18-21 The Villiger St. Joseph's University - Philadelphia, PA Villiger Debate email
Villiger tourney website
Dec. 1-3 Silver & Black Invitational
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF
Alta High School - Sandy, UT Alli Martin
Silver & Black website
Dec. 2-4 8th Annual Patriot Games Classic George Mason University - Fairfax, VA Peter Pober
GMU Debate website
Dec. 2-4 Princeton Classic
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VPF, NPF, CD, DI, DUO, EXT, HI, OI, OO
Princeton University - Princeton, NJ Tourney Director
Princeton tourney website
Dec. 3-5 Ohio Valley Invitational
EVENTS: VCX, JVCX, NCX, VLD, NLD, VPF
University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY Andrea Reed
Ohio Valley tourney website
Dec. 9-10 Isidore Newman Invitational Forensics Tournament
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF, CD (Based on Demand), DI, DUO, EXT, HI, OI, OO
Isidore Newman School - New Orleans, LA Greg Malis
Isidore Newman tourney website
Dec. 9-10 The Ridge Debates
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VPF, NPF, VCX, NCX, CON
Ridge High School - Ridge, NJ David Yastremski
Ridge tourney website
Dec. 9-11 Dowling Catholic Paradigm
EVENTS: VCX, NCX, VLD, NLD, PF, CD, EX, OO, HI, DI, DUO, PP
Dowling Catholic High School - West Des Moines, IA Timothy Sheaff
Dowling Catholic tourney website
Dec. 16-18 John Edie Holiday Debate Tournament
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF, VCD
The Blake School - Minneapolis, MN Shane Stafford
Blake tourney website
Dec. 17-18 College Prep Lincoln-Douglas Invitational
EVENTS: VLD, NLD
College Preparatory School - Oakland, CA Lexy Green
College Prep tourney website
January 6-8 The Sunvitational
EVENTS: LD, PF, CX, CD, DI, HI, DUO, OI, MX, OO, DEC
University School - Ft. Lauderdale Steve Schappaugh
tourney website
Jan. 6-8 Laird Lewis Invitational Myers Park HS - Charlotte, NC Jason Kline
Laird Lewis tourney website
Laird Lewis tourney Facebook page
Jan. 13-14 David Kanellis Invitational Overnighter
EVENTS: VCX, NCX, VLD, NLD, PF, CD, OO, HI, DI, DUO, EXT, OI
Iowa City West High School - Iowa City, IA Melanie Johnson
Kanellis tourney website
Jan. 13-16 Lexington Winter Invitational
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VCX, NCX, PF
Lexington High School - Lexington, KY Sara Sanchez
Lexington tourney website
Jan. 20-22 Columbia Invitational
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VPF, CD, DEC, DP, DUO, EXT, OI, OO
Columbia University - New York, NY Joseph Anzalone
Columbia website
Jan. 20-23 The JW Patterson Invitational
EVENTS: VCX, NCX
Heritage Hall School - Oklahoma City, OK Bryan Gaston
Patterson website
Jan. 21-23 Victory Briefs Tournament
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF
University of California Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA Mike Bietz
Victory Briefs website
Jan. 27-29 The Barkley Forum for High School Students
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF, CD, DI, DUO, EXT, HI, OI, OO
Emory University - Atlanta, GA Melissa Maxcy Wade & Kara Grant
Emory tourney website
Feb. 2-3 Betty Gunn Invitational Mountain Brook HS - Birmingham, AL Jeff Roberts
Betty Gunn tourney website
Feb. 3-4 Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational Colleyville Heritage HS - Colleyville, TX Dave Huston
Colleyville Heritage tourney website
Feb. 3-4 Newark City Invitational
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VCX, NCX, VPF, NPF
Newark Science Park High School & East Side High School - Newark, NJ Jonathan Alston
Kurt Shelton
Newark tourney website
Feb. 3-5 Golden Desert Invitational University of Nevada Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV Ted Belch
Golden Desert tourney website
Feb. 10-11 Scarsdale Invitational
EVENTS: VLD, NLD, VPF, NPF
Scarsdale High School - Scarsdale, NY Joe Vaughan
Scarsdale tourney website
Feb. 11 Stanford Invitational
EVENTS: LD, CX, PF, IE
Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA Matt Fraser
Stanford tourney website
Feb. 18-20 Harvard National High School Invitational Forensics Tournament
EVENTS: VCX, JVCX, VLD, JVLD, VPF, JVPF, CD, DI, DUO, EXT, HI, OO
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA Sherry Hall
Dallas Perkins
Harvard tourney website
Feb. 18-20 Liberty Bell Classic University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA Alexander McCobin
Liberty Bell tourney website
Feb. 18-20 California Invitational
EVENTS: VCX, JVCX, VLD, JVLD, PF, CD, DI, DUO, EXP, EXT, HI, IMP, OO
University of California Berkeley - Berkeley, CA Jonah Feldman
Berkeley tourney website
Feb. 24-26 Homewood-Flossmoor Viking Classic
EVENTS: VCX, NCX
Homewood-Flossmoor High School - Flossmoor, IL Josh Brown
Viking tourney website
March 2-4 Westchester Classic
EVENTS: VCX, NCX, VPF, NPF, VLD, NCX, CD
Lakeland High School - Shrub Oak, NY Stefan Bauschard
Westchester tourney website
March 23-25 Woodward Novice/JV Nationals
EVENTS: JVCX, NCX, JVLD, NLD
Woodward Academy - Atlanta, GA Maggie Berthiaume
Woodward tourney website
March 30-April 1 Great Midwestern Novice Debate Championship
EVENTS: NCX, NLD, NPF, NCD
Iowa City West High School - Iowa City, IA Melanie Johnson
GMNDC tourney website
March 31-April 1 The Cavalier Classic
EVENTS: VPF, VLD, EXT, CON
Durham Academy - Durham,NC Robert Sheard
Cavalier tourney website
April 13-15 International Public Policy Forum "Elite Eight" New York University - New York, NY Andrea Burnett
IPPF tourney website
April 14-16 National Debate Coaches Association Championships
EVENTS: VCX, VLD, VPF
Las Vegas, NV Tim Mahoney
NDCA website
April 27-30 Tournament of Champions University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY J.W. Patterson

TOC website

May 25-27 NCFL Grand National Baltimore, MD NCFL website
June 9-16 NFL National Championship Indianapolis, IN NFL website