Tournament Time
12:19 PM Mountain

Welcome to Camelback Classic 2025

Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Psalm 105:1

This is a qualifying Stoa Speech & Debate Tournament hosted by Mars Hill Speech & Debate Club. All participants must be members of Stoa.
Please read all information tabs on our website before registering.

Dates: March  5-8, 2025

New location this year!

Camelback Classic is expanding! We will be holding our tournament on the campus of Arizona Christian University. We look forward to having room for many more competitors at this location. Wednesday will be a Parli only day.

Arizona Christian University

1 W Firestorm Way

Glendale, AZ 85306

 

Registration opens: Friday, February 7, 2025 8:00 AM MST
Registration closes: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 11:59 PM MST

Script Submission

Opens: TBD
Deadline: TBD

Please the Script Submission Tab for full details.

Events

Debate: LD, TP, Parli.
All Debate events will have 6 prelim rounds and 2 outrounds.
Power Matching will begin in Round 2.

Speech: All Stoa NITOC speech events
Extra: Novice Apologetics (For Stoa Competitors in their First Year, NOT a NITOC qualifying event).
Juniors: Apologetics and TBD

Stoa Membership is required in order to participate. Please read all the information and tabs on our website before registering. You will need to register with Stoa on StoaHub before you can register for Camelback Classic.

  1. Parent creates a family profile on StoaHub
  2. Parent adds students to the family profile
  3. Request and be granted membership into an official Stoa club
  4. Pay for the family Stoa annual registration

Entry Procedure: Fees:

Debate - $50 per Debate
Speech Events - $30 per Speech

Juniors - $15 per Speech

Payment:
Registration is not complete until your fees have been paid! We use Stripe to process payments. A small surcharge will be added to cover Stripe fees. If fees are not paid at the close of registration, unpaid events will be dropped.

Refund Policy:
Cancellations received after registration closes will not be eligible for a refund. We make decisions (space usage, awards, food, etc.) based on the number of people who have registered and paid. For this reason, we do not offer refunds after registration closes.

Drop Fees:
Drop Fees are standard practice at many tournaments. Drop Fees are utilized to discourage late drops to events. Late drops negatively impact the tournament in a number of ways. Please double-check your events prior to February 12th. If you decide to drop any events, send an email to MarsHillTournaments@gmail.com.
• During open registration dates ~ Refunds available.
• February 13th – March 4th ~ Drop Fee of $20 per event.
• March 5th (On Site) ~ "Ouch" Drop Fee of $25 per event.

In order to be eligible to compete in your other events, drop fees must be paid prior to the tournament. There will be a $25 fee for any event that is dropped at on-site student check-in. In order to be eligible to compete in your other events, this fee must be paid by cash at student check-in before the tournament begins.

Meals

We recommend students and parents pre-purchase your meals or bring your own as there will not be time available to go out between rounds. Since we are on a college campus we will only be able to provide light snacks for judges at this tournament. Meals may be paid for during registration or added up until xxxTBDxxx.

Waitlists

During registration, some events might show that only a waitlist is available. If you desire that event, add yourself to the waitlist. We will let you know if space becomes available. Watch your email for notification of being cleared from a waitlist OR log back into your registration to check.

Parent Judges

EACH registered student needs to have their own parent judging for them every day of the tournament. Students will need to have their parent physically with them at check in.

Thank you for your assistance to keep our tournament running on time. Please plan on judging every other round, and check with the ballot push table 30-45 minutes before each round to see what the judging needs are for the upcoming round. The Ballot Push Team will be happy to see you! Judge orientation sessions will be provided each day of the tournament.

Dress: Tournament attire please. For more information, click here Dress Code

More Information: For questions, please email Katherine Spurling at MarsHillTournaments@gmail.com