Welcome to the Grand Canyon Challenge II
Friday & Saturday April 28-29, 2023
Speech and Debate Tournament
Hosted by the Metamorphosis Worldview, Apologetics, Debate, and Speech Club
This website is still a little under construction and may have some slight changes, please continue to check back for the latest.
Tournament Scripture:
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. (Romans 12:2 The Message Bible)
Tournament Location:
Park University
92 W. Vaughn
Gilbert, AZ 85234
Greetings Stoa Families from Arizona and beyond -
We are excited to host the Grand Canyon Challenge II. This is a two day quick tournament with all Stoa speech events and nine (9) events for the Juniors.
EVENTS:
Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29
*Lincoln Douglas Debate
*Team Policy Debate
*Limited Prep: Apologetics, Extemporaneous, Mars Hill, Impromptu
*Interpretive: Dramatic, Humorous, Open, Duo
*Platform: Persuasive, Expository, Original Oratory
*Wildcard: Interp in a Box
*Extra: Contemporary Worldviews (See list of questions), and Novice Impromptu
Saturday, April 29
*Juniors:* Apologetics, Persuasive, Expository, Original Oratory, Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Open Interp, Duo, Impromptu
ALSO PLEASE NOTE: CONTEMPORARY WORLDVIEWS will be a non-qualifying event similar to Novice Impromptu. There will not be any green check marks given out for this event. Gift cards will be given to the 1st ($100), 2nd ($75), 3rd ($50), and 4th place ($25) winners of this event.
This NITOC qualifying debate tournament will consist of six debate rounds.
This NITOC qualifying speech tournament will consist of two preliminary rounds and one final round. Note: events with a small number of entries will compete in a third round during the final round.
Results will be uploaded to Speechranks. We hope this tournament will be a blessing to all competitors as you sharpen your oratorical skills in bringing glory to the Lord through your speech and debate.
Registration Opens: March 28, 2023 at 8 am
Registration Closes: April 7, 2023 at Midnight
Space is limited. We are requiring payment through Stripe at the time of registration. Please make sure that you fully complete your registration with a confirmation that you are paid, or your registration may be deleted from the system.
Stoa Membership is required in order to participate.
STOA AFFILIATE NUMBER: Be prepared to enter your Stoa "Affiliate Number" that you will find in your Stoa Membership confirmation email, or on the Review and Pay page of your 2022-2023 Stoa registration.
PLEASE BE PROMPT. Our goal is to have this tournament run in a timely manner. In the event that you are running late, please call us at (480) 521-1526 or (480) 310-0907 to let us know. We will not be able to wait for you. If a competitor does not show up for a round the day of the tournament, that student will automatically get last place in the room.
Judges: We need judges! If you have an alumni hanging around the house, bring him or her along! Parents, please plan on judging every other round for the tournament. There will be judge training before each round.
Community Judge Registration opens Tuesday, March 28 at 8:00 am.
A special note to local families -- please consider having family/alumni/friends come and judge a round. We will have training available for community judges. For more information, see the Community Judge page.
For additional information please e-mail Rich or Trish Fenger at [email protected].
This website is still a little under construction and may have some slight changes, please continue to check back for the latest.
Tournament Scripture:
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. (Romans 12:2 The Message Bible)