2025 Inland Club Challenge

EPIC2 (CA) · Apr 2-5, 2025

Completed 2:15 AM Pacific

Tab Procedures

 

The Inland Club Challenge follows and uses the standard Stoa tabulations procedures set forth in the Stoa Joy of Tournaments Tabulation Instructions. 

 

Power Matching: Yes, we intend to power match preliminary debate rounds starting in the third round.  The first two debate rounds will be paired randomly.  We plan to power match the third, fourth, fifth and sixth rounds.

 

Affirmative/Negative Arguments: As is customary, every debate team should have an equal number of affirmative and negative preliminary rounds.  In very rare instances, the computer will give a team four affirmative rounds and two negative rounds (or vice versa).  If this happens, feel free to contact the tab room if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Club Protection: We use standard club protection to the maximum extent possible in speech and debate rounds.  In some circumstances, club protection is not possible in late preliminary debate rounds.  There is no club protection in debate outrounds and minimal club protection in speech outrounds.

 

Club Protection and Mixed TP or Parli Teams: If a team policy or parli team consists of two people from different clubs, we maximize club protection by allocating club protection to the club of the team member who has the most other teams and list the team under that club name on tournament postings, at break announcements and during the awards ceremony.  We would be very grateful if you would not request special individual exceptions to this procedure.

 

Mixed Teams and Speechranks: Neither we nor any other tournament can control how mixed team policy teams are listed on Speechranks.  We have no control over which club Speechranks uses when listing the mixed team.  After the tournament, we upload the club data for each member of each mixed team to Speechranks and then Speechranks picks which club name to use for the mixed team when listing it on Speechranks.  Our understanding is that the Speechranks computer program uses the club name for the team member who had a Speechranks account first (i.e. the team member who started competing first).  This is explained on the Speechranks website. 

 

Feel free to come to the tab room to inquire about any tab procedures.  We welcome questions.  You can also send comments, questions or suggestions to us at EPIC2tournaments@gmail.com.

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