2025 The Arkansas Oak

Surgamus Speech and Debate (AR) - Apr 9-12, 2025 | Status: Closed | 2:47 AM Central

Tournament Time
2:47 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.

Tournament Schedule

Wednesday, April 9

Starts	Ends	Name
7:00 am	7:15 am	Parli check in
7:15 am	7:30 am	Announcements
7:30 am	8:45 am	Parli Round 1
8:45 am	10:00 am	Parli Round 2
10:00 am	11:15 am	Parli Round 3
11:15 am	11:45 am	Lunch
11:45 am	1:00 pm	Parli Round 4
1:00 pm	2:15 pm	Parli Round 5
2:15 pm	3:30 pm	Parli Round 6
5:30 pm	7:30 pm	Social Event

Thursday, April 10

Starts	Ends	Name
7:00 am	7:30 am	Announcements
7:30 am	8:45 am	Parli Quarter Finals
7:30 am	7:45 am	TP/LD Check In
8:45 am	10:45 am	TP/LD Round 1
9:00 am	9:30 am	Speech Check In
10:45 am	12:45 pm	Speech Pattern A Round 1
12:45 pm	2:45 pm	TP/LD Round 2
2:45 pm	4:45 pm	Speech Pattern B Round 1
4:45 pm	6:45 pm	TP/LD Round 3
6:45 pm	8:00 pm	Parli Semi Finals

Friday, April 11

Starts	Ends	Name
7:00 am	7:30 am	Announcements
7:30 am	9:30 am	TP/LD Round 4
9:30 am	11:30 am	Speech Pattern A Round 2
11:30 am	1:30 pm	TP/LD Round 5
1:30 pm	3:30 pm	Speech Pattern B Round 2
3:30 pm	5:30 pm	TP/LD Round 6
5:30 pm	7:30 pm	Speech Pattern A Round 3
7:30 pm	8:30 pm	LD Octo-Finals
7:30 pm	9:30 pm	TP Quarter Finals

Saturday, April 12

Starts	Ends	Name
6:30 am	7:00 am	Hot Breakfast & Debate Breaks
7:00 am	8:00 am	TP/LD LD Quarter Finals
8:00 am	10:00 am	Speech Pattern B Round 3
9:00 am	9:30 am	Jr Check In
10:00 am	11:30 am	Junior Speech Round 1
10:00 am	11:30 am	TP/LD Semi Finals
11:30 am	12:45 pm	Juniors Speech Round 2
11:30 am	12:30 pm	Parli Finals
12:45 pm	3:00 pm	Speech Breaks & Finals
3:00 pm	4:30 pm	Junior Debate Rounds 1 & 2
3:00 pm	4:30 pm	TP/LD Finals
4:30 pm	5:45 pm	Dinner & Clean Up Facility
5:45 pm	6:45 pm	Awards Ceremony
7:00 pm	8:00 pm	Facility Re-Set

Patterns

Speech Pattern A

Apologetics
Duo Interpretation
Humorous Interpretation
Mars Hill
Persuasive
Slam Poetry

Speech Pattern B

Dramatic Interpretation
Expository
Extemporaneous
Impromptu
Open Interpretation
Original Oratory

TP/LD

Lincoln Douglas
Team Policy
LD Novice Debate Non-Qualifying

Parli

Parliamentary Debate

Junior Speech

Jr Apol Juniors
Jr Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
Jr Duo Interp Juniors
Jr Expos Juniors
Jr Impromptu Juniors
Jr Individual Interp Juniors
Jr Platform Juniors

Junior Debate

Jr Debate Juniors