2025 The Arkansas Oak

Surgamus Speech and Debate (AR) - Apr 9-12, 2025 | Status: Completed | 4:01 AM Central

Tournament Time
4:01 AM Central

The Arkansas Oak

Meals and Snacks

Parent Meals:

All parents will need to purchase meals if they would like to enjoy the tournament-provided food, even if they are judging multiple rounds.

Only community judges and full-time staff may eat free of charge.

Parents have 2 options if they would like to eat tournament-provided meals:

3-day meal pass that includes Thursday through Saturday meals. This is 3 lunches and 3 dinners as well as miscellaneous snacks and drinks throughout the tournament. Cost is $45

4-day meal that that includes Wednesday through Saturday meals. This is 4 lunches and 3 dinners as well as miscellaneous snacks and drinks. Cost is $50. Please NOTE: Wednesday dinner is not included, and will be a separate cost due to the optional social event.

Student Meals:

Students are welcome to order the meals that will be provided during the tournament. These meals should be ordered during the registration process. Meal descriptions can be found under the Meals tab on this website.

Adding Meals After Registration Closes:

Meals can be added through your registration until April 3rd. Refunds on parent and student meals will be offered until April 3rd. No refunds on meals will be offered after this date due to the commitments we will be making to our vendors concerning quantity. Processing fees will not be refunded.

Bringing Your Own Food:

No crock pots or other cooking devices are allowed in the facility. Families are welcome to bring coolers as needed. Please note that families will not have access to the kitchen facilities (refrigerator, microwave, etc) during the tournament.

Food Nearby:

There is a grocery store directly across the street from our facility called The Co-op. It's also known as Ozark Natural Foods. They have a hot bar that includes soup, salad, and some hot sandwiches. They also have breakfast burritos on the hot bar in the morning. In their deli section, they offer some cold prepared foods as well, including pasta salads, prepared proteins, and sushi. YOU MUST USE THE CROSSWALK AT THE LIGHT TO GET TO THE CO-OP! DO NOT CROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHURCH!

There is a Papa John's Pizza 2 blocks away, and some food places down Dickson Street, though getting in and out of those is difficult due to street parking only.

The Arkansas Oak is a a Stoa NITOC-modeled tournament hosted by Surgamus Speech and Debate Club

Welcome Community Judges!

Please click on the Community & Alumni Judge Registration on the left to register.

Here is some useful information

No experience required - Training is provided

2 - 3 hour time commitment

You select your time slot to judge according to your availability

Tournament Location

First Baptist Church Fayetteville

20 E Dickson St

Fayetteville, AR

Events

The following debate events will be offered:

Team Policy Debate

Lincoln Douglas Value Debate

Parliamentary Debate

The following speech events will be offered:

Limited Prep: Apologetics, Extemporaneous, Impromptu, Mars Hill

Platform: Expository, Original Oratory, Persuasive

Interpretation: Dramatic, Duo, Humorous, Open

Slam Poetry

To learn more about Stoa events, please visit the link below!

Stoa Event Descriptions

Questions??

Please contact us at surgamustournament@gmail.com

Information for Students and Families

Registration:

Registration Opens: Monday, March 10, 2025 @ 10:00 am CT

Registration Closes: Monday, March 17, 2025 @ 11:59 pm CT

Stoa membership is required in order to participate

Payment:

Payment must be made during the registration process. Registration payments will not be accepted at the tournament. Registration will not be complete until all fees have been paid.

Cancellations prior to tournament registration close will receive a full refund minus any processing fees. There will be NO REFUNDS after registration closes. Thank you for your understanding.

Dropping Events: You may drop any registered events by logging in to your registration up until March 28, 2025 with no penalty. Drops between March 29, 2025 and the tournament end will incur a Drop Fee of $25 per event.

Late Payment: Payment is due upon registration. Payments made after March 17, 2025 will incur a late fee of $25.

Competitor Tournament Fees:

$10 Registration fee per family

$40 per debate event

$30 first speech event

$15 each additional speech event

Juniors Speech: Flat fee of $20

Juniors Debate: FREE!

Late Payment Fee (after March 17): $25

Drop Fee (March 29 through end of tournament): $25

Event Information:

Debate:

LD: 6 Prelims, Octo-finals through Final rounds

TP: 6 Prelims, Quarter finals through Final rounds

Parli: 6 Prelims, Quarter finals through Final rounds

Speech:

All Stoa Speech events through 4th rounds or Final rounds

Junior Speech: 2 rounds

Junior Debate: 2 rounds

Registrar Contact
Please direct any questions or concerns regarding registration or tournament details to our Tournament Administration at surgamustournament@gmail.com

Arkansas Oak Merch!

Who doesn't love a great t-shirt?? We are selling our annual Arkansas Oak shirts, and they are awesome! We have youth and adult sizes available.