SUN 2007 General InformationThe Speech and Debate Clubs of New England Cordially and Excitedly Invite all you Region 10ers to the S.U.N. Speech and Debate Tournament February 22-24 at Gardner High School, 200 Catherine Street, Gardner, MA 01440 Capacity for 50 Policy Debate Teams Capacity for 20 Lincoln Douglas Debate Teams Running All Individual Events Top Finishers will qualify for the Region 10 Invitational Tournament in April NCFCA Sanctioned For Information you can contact Darlene Rossi Phone # (978)297-5103 Email – region10.rc@gmail.com IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 1. Registrations will be accepted beginning Monday, January 22.
Email Darlene Rossi for necessary forms. See #5 below for list for required forms. 2. Registration will close Wednesday, January 31. Any registrations
accepted after that date will be subject to a $10 fee per category of
event, i.e. TP, LD or IE. 3. All tournament fees are non-refundable. 4. Judge Coordinators are Sue Lewis (Lewis.5@verizon.net and Alicia Steele(aliciasteele@yahoo.com). Please contact them with your judge recruiting questions. You can also visit our Community Judge's site at www.xanga.com/SUN_JUDGES.5. No food will be allowed to be brought into the facility. All meals must
be purchased in advance. There will be a snack table available during
all hours of the tournament where you can purchase a variety of
beverages and snacks. Note: the prices charged for the meals and
the snacks are what the cafeteria is charging. All money collected for
these items goes directly to them. There are no restaurants or stores
near the school, so unless you plan to bring a cooler and eat in your
car (in February!), I recommend purchasing your meals ahead of time. 6. Forms you will need to fill out and submit for your registration to be
complete:
A. 1 event registration form (Debate and/or IE) for each participant in
your family.
B. 1 Meal order form per family (if ordering)
C. 1 Dress code form per family
D. 1 Financial Summary form per family 7. A new rule from NCFCA limits the size of the tournament's largest IE
event to be no more than 1 room bigger than the tournament's next
largest event. This will most likely affect Impromptu or Open Interp. If
you plan on competing in either of those events, I recommend getting
your registration in ASAP. 8. All parents are required to attend the appropriate orientation for the
events they are signed up to judge as early on in the tournament as
possible. If not assigned to judge, parents are to check in with the
Judge Coordinator and Timer Coordinator before each round to see if
they are needed before they go to watch a round. Thank you for doing
your part to keep the tournament on schedule. 9. Parents signed up to judge are expected to be on premises at all
times. Please let the judge coordinator know if you have to leave
temporarily. 10. Housing
A. We have a limited amount of host housing available that will be
provided on a first come first served basis. Please be aware that
most of the host homes will be 30 min. to 1 hour away from the
facility. Contact Anne Smith at (978)372-1339 or
ewsjfamily@juno.com for more information. B. Hotels
There are not many hotels within a 10 mile radius of the facility.
Here are 2 that we have made arrangements at. Mention NCFCA
when making reservations.
I. Super 8 Motel Gardner
22 North Pearson Boulevard
Gardner, MA 01440 (978)630-2888
http://www.super8.com/Super8/control/Booking/property_info?
propertyId=03630&brandInfo=SE&cid=%EAid!
1.3 miles from tournament. This is a medium quality
establishment. Walking distance to fast food restaurants and
a Staples. No indoor pool. $72 a night (taxes not included). Four person per room maximum. All rooms have a microwave and sm. refrigerator. A small continental breakfast is included.
II. Colonial Hotel
625 Betty Spring Road
Gardner, MA 01440 (978)630-2500
http://www.colonial-hotel.com
2 miles from tournament. Very nice facility. Restaurant, indoor
pool and workout room on premises. $79 a night (taxes not included).
A continental breakfast is included. 11. S.U.N. Tournament Schedule 2007 with Anticipated Judge Slots Thursday – February 22 8:00am Judge‘s Orientation for Debate Round 1 9:00-10:30am Debate Round 1 30 Judges needed 9:45am Judge’s Orientation for Speech Round 1, Pattern A 10:45-12:15pm Speech Round 1, Pattern A 90 judges needed 11:30am Judge’s Orientation for Speech Round 1, Pattern B 12:30-2:00pm Speech Round 1 Pattern B 90 Judges needed 1:15pm Judge’s Orientation for Debate Round 2 2:15-3:45 pm Debate Round 2 30 Judges needed 3:00pm Judge’s Orientation for Speech Round 2, Pattern A 4:00-5:30pm Speech Round 2, Pattern A 90 Judges needed 4:45pm Judge’s Orientation for Debate Round 3 5:45-7:15pm Debate Round 3 30 Judges needed 6:30pm Judge’s Orientation for Speech Round 2, Pattern B 7:30-9:00pm Speech Round 2, Pattern B 90 Judges needed Friday – February 23 8:00am Check In and Judge Orientation 9:00-10:30am Debate Round 4 30 Judges needed 9:45am Judge’s Orientation for Speech Round 3, Pattern A 10:45-12:15pm Speech Round 3, Pattern A 90 Judges needed 11:30am Judge’s Orientation for Debate Round 5 12:30-2:00pm Debate Round 5 30 Judges needed 1:15pm Judge’s Orientation for Speech Round 3, Pattern B 2:15-3:45pm Speech Round 3 Pattern B 90 Judges needed 3:00pm Judge ’s Orientation for Debate Round 64:00-5:30pm Debate Round 6 30 Judges needed Saturday – February 24 7:45am Check In and Judge Orientation 8:45-10:15am Debate – TP Octafinals, LD Quarterfinals 36 Judges needed 9:15am Judge’s Orientation Speech Semi-Finals 10:15-11:45am Speech Semi-Finals 55 Judges needed 11:00am Debate Judge’s Orientation 12:00-1:30pm Debate – TP Quarterfinals, LD Semifinals 18 Judges needed 1:00pm Speech Judge’s Orientation 2:00-3:30pm Speech Finals 55 Judges needed 3:00pm Debate Judge’s Orientation 4:00-5:30pm Debate – TP Semi-Finals, LD Finals 15 Judges needed 5:00 Judge’s Orientation 6:00-7:30pm Debate – TP Finals 7 Judges needed 8:00pm Closing Ceremonies | 
