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- Under Construction: Junior Tournament
- We Need You..... to Judge Juniors
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Spring Fling in Chicago
Tournament Time2:29 PM Central
- Home
- Contact
- Schedule
- Events
- Family Registration
- Community & Alumni Judge Registration
- Meals
- Entries
- Postings
- Results
- Timetable
- Event Rules
- Under Construction: Junior Tournament
- We Need You..... to Judge Juniors
- Tournament Check-In for Students, Parents, and Visitors
- Important Parent Information
- Eligibility, Dress Code and Code of Conduct Information
- Script Submission
- Parliamentary Debate Information/Competitors
- Lincoln Douglas Competitors
- Team Policy Teams
- Apologetics/Mars Hill Information
- Extemp Speech Participant Guidelines
- Refund/Dropped Events/Late Payment Policy
- Stoa & Aspire Speech and Debate Club's Tabulation Core Values and Principles
- Mandatory Liability Waiver
- Where to Stay:
Welcome to
Spring Fling in Chicago!
Registration opens Monday, February 2, 2026 9:00 a.m.
Registration closes February 14, 2026 11:59 p.m.
at Cityview Community Church
343 S. York Road Elmhurst, IL 60126
A big THANKS to Cityview Community Church for providing 8 additional rooms so our tournament can GROW!
This is a Stoa Modeled Tournament.
StoaUSA rules will be used for events, eligibility, and dress code.
Stoa events that will be offered will be Team Policy Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Parliamentary Debate
and all Stoa-sanctioned speech events
Community Judge information can be found on the left
Competitor Information:
Registration Fees:
Debate events: $40.00 per debater (Team Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary).
Speech events: $30.00 for the first event and $15.00 for each additional event. There is a limit of 6 speech events.
Junior speech events: $10 per event.
A Completed Registration Includes:
- Family Registration
- Read Important Parent Information Tab to the left
- Parent Judge Registration
- Payment
- Signed Mandatory Liability Waiver
Please note: Full payment is expected by the close of registration on February 14. If payment has not been received by February 14, a late fee of $25 will be incurred, and you will have until February 21 to pay in full. If no payment is made by February 21, the student will be dropped from all events with no opportunity to be added back in.
Refund Policy
- Full payment is expected by the close of registration on Saturday, February 14, 2026.
- A $25 late payment fee will be incurred after registration closes on February 14.
- Before registration closes, adds and drops will not incur any extra fees, and all drops will be fully refunded.
- Between February 15 and March 6, all drops will incur a fee of $15.00 per event.
- No refunds for dropped events will be made after March 7, 2026.
All add, drop, and refund requests must be submitted by e-mail to our registrar, JoAnn Pattara at aspirespeechanddebate@gmail.com.
Script Submission:
Script Submission will open Saturday, February 14, and close Saturday, March 7.
Wait List Information:
Events fill up. If this happens, those who have completed registration will be given priority for all available event slots as they open up.
Still Under Construction:
Juniors Tournament: We will have a Junior's Speech Tournament on Saturday, March 21, in the afternoon, consisting of Platforms, Impromptu, Apologetics, and Interps. See the Tab to the left for additional information.