2025 River City Rumble
AIM (WA) · Apr 9-12, 2025
Welcome to the River City Rumble!
Dates: April 9-12, 2025
Locations:
*Wednesday Parli Location:*
Zion Spokane
545 E Wellesley Ave
Spokane, WA 99207
*Thursday - Saturday Location:*
Calvary Spokane Church
511 W Hastings Rd
Spokane, WA 99218
Events:
Debate: Lincoln Douglas, Team Policy & Parliamentary
Speech: All Speech Events
Junior Speech: Apologetics, Impromptu, Platform, Interp (Saturday Only)
Registration:
Registration Opens: March 7th at 8:00am
Registration Closes: March 13th at 11:59pm
*REGISTER EARLY* We do expect events to fill. Speech is limited to 3 events per round, but may open to more after registration closes.
Registration Fees
$50 for LD/TP/Parli
$25 for first speech event, $15 per additional speech event
Junior Speech events: $15 for first event, $5 each additional (Juniors will be limited to 3 events)
General Tournament Information:
This is a Stoa qualifying tournament as posted on Speechranks.
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.
Competitor Eligibility: Any student who meets the requirements set forth in the Stoa Eligibility Rules may participate. Eligibility Rules are found at Stoausa Membership.
Meals: Student meals available for purchase at registration. Parent/Judge meals are free and will be served in Judge Hospitality. No meals will be served on Wednesday for the Parli tournament.
Dress Code: Standard tournament attire. The tournament dress code will be enforced.
Inclement Weather: The tournament will proceed regardless of weather. *We apologize, but no refunds will be made for weather-related cancellations.*
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parliamentary Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Juniors
- Juniors Apologetics Juniors
- Juniors Impromptu Juniors
- Juniors Interp Juniors
- Juniors Platform Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Tue 02/11/2025 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 8:00 am Fri 03/07/2025 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:59 pm Thu 03/13/2025 (Pacific)
- Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Sun 04/13/2025 (Pacific)
What the statuses mean
- Setup
- The tournament is still being set up.
- Open
- Registration is open — families can register for the tournament.
- Drops Only
- No new entries are allowed, but families can drop existing ones.
- Closed
- Registration is closed — no adds or drops. Contact the tournament director with questions.
- Completed
- The tournament is finished.