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ENTRY RULES:
Entries must be received by October 20, 2003. This earlier deadline will help us better prepare for you! We will continue to take registrations after that date, provided space can accommodate entries. Submit requests and await the confirmation within 24 hours. In order for us to provide the best tournament possible, all changes should be communicated up until the day of the tournament. However, as of 5 pm on Monday, October 27, fees will be assessed.
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REGISTRATION:
Registration can be completed at joyoftournmaments.com.
~There are NO entry limits.
~There is a school registration fee of $15
~The Novice Entry Fee is $15
~The JV Entry Fee is $20
~The Varsity Entry Fee is $30
~Hired judges may only be requested by out-of-state schools and the fee is $175 to cover both days. Requests are NOT guaranteed until confirmed. We have a limited number of hired judges available. Please make every attempt to bring your own judges.
TIME LIMITS AND RESOLUTION:
We will use the NFL 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 time limits with 3 minutes of preparation time. Any debater late by more than 15 minutes to a round may be forfeited at the discretion of the director. Each division will debate the NFL November/December resolution.
PAIRINGS PROTOCOL:
Rounds one and two in all divisions will be randomly paired. Rounds three through six will be paired high low within brackets. Brackets will not be broken in elimination rounds. Varsity speaker awards are based on speaker points in rounds one through six.
AWARDS:
Once again, our awards feature the apple theme. Varsity semifinalists and finalists will also receive an engraved Minnesota plaque. Varsity LD will break to double octofinals, JV will break to quarterfinals, Novice LD will break to octofinals. All debaters in elimination rounds will receive a red marble apple. The top ten varsity speakers will be recognized. We will also award sweepstakes trophies.
 LODGING: For those planning on staying overnight at our tournament, we have secured a special rate for tournament attendees. Please click on the "Lodgings" page for more information.
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NUISANCE FEE:
It has become increasingly difficult to collect fees after registration. In the past, too many checks that are "in the mail" have not arrived and then only arrived after repeated notices. Therefore, as an incentive to have fees in at the deadline, we have instituted a nuisance fee for checks that arrive after registration. Ten percent of the school's total fee for registration, hired judges, and meal tickets will be assessed and invoiced. For example, a $100 registration would incur a $10 nuisance fee; $200 would incur $20 etc. We regret having to institute this fee but we hope you understand why it has become necessary. It is our hope that all fees will be turned in at registration and that no nuisance fees will need to be assessed. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this matter.
JUDGING:
We do not flight rounds. This allows us to streamline our schedule and provide a better judging schedule. Therefore, each school must provide one qualified judge for every two LD debaters in each division, or portion thereof. For example, if you have two novice debaters, you will need one judge at Eastview High School. However, if you have only one novice debater and one junior varsity debater, you would need one judge at each building for a total of two judges. Logistically, one judge could not be scheduled into two buildings to cover those two debaters. The tournament also reserves the right to move judges between divisions to ease scheduling constraints.
Judges are obligated to judge one round beyond the elimination of all students from the school in question. If judging obligations are not met, the tournament reserves the right to remove a school's entries to balance the student-judge ratio. This includes cases where judges are missing the first round on Friday or Saturday. Debaters may be reentered into the schedule but with losses for the missed rounds.
Additionally, because the judge pool is integral to the efficiency and quality of the tournament, a 'chaos control' fee of $30.00 will be assessed per missed round per judge. This fee must be paid by the end of the tournament. This fee is typically assessed on rounds one and five. We have a VERY limited number of hired judges. The fee for a two-day judge is $175.00. These are strictly reserved for out-of-state competitors. Requests are not guaranteed until confirmed.
LOCATIONS AND REGISTRATION:
Varsity and Junior Varsity registration and rounds will take place at Apple Valley Senior High School. Novice registration and rounds will be held at Eastview High School. Please see the "Maps and Directions" page for more details. The schools are about 10 minutes apart. It is critical to the tournament that all of your debaters and judges are at their designated location for the first round each day.
T-SHIRTS:
Special tournament t-shirts will be on sale for $15.00 at the concessions. Check them out. If you like "Hard Core Debate," you'll want a Minneapple T-Shirt.
 On the day of the tournament, all changes in registration must be called directly into the tab room before you arrive at the tournament site. The tab room number is (952) 431-8251.
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