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2019/01/29 Nanke Invitational Forensics Tournament (NIFTy)

IBST hosts the NIFTy on a Friday night and a Saturday of March annually. NIFTy continues to be one of the premier speech and debate tournaments on the island. We hope you will join us for a weekend of great debate, speech, food, and fun!

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2019 NIFTy Video
https://youtu.be/wfGBmaf0UTQ

2018 NIFTy Video
https://youtu.be/qrQKjCrqIJY
2017 NIFTy Video
https://youtu.be/XT6e06r9F4o

Every year’s tournament will include multiple individual and partner speech events, as well as Parliamentary debate. Schools may submit teams of students competing in the Junior Varsity division [grades 7, 8, and 9] and Varsity [grades 10, 11, and 12].

Each participant must pay a tournament fee of $600 NT, which will cover the cost of Dinner Friday night, Lunch on Saturday, as well as all trophies, medals, and judges appreciation. While teams can be submitted by email as soon as possible, fee payment can be made in cash after arriving to IBST on Friday.

In addition, schools MUST provide one judge per debate team or one judge for every team of 5 speech competitors. Judges are not required to be proficient or experienced in speech and debate. Rather we ask for enthusiastic individuals wanting to have some fun and help make the tournament a success!

Parliamentary debate teams will consist of 3 students. The first three speeches from each team are six minutes in length. At the end of these initial speeches, each team then delivers a “reply” speech of four minutes in length. This is delivered by either the first or second speaker on their team.

Speech competitors will be limited to competing in two individual and/or duo speech events. Speech includes: (1) Solo Interpretation; (2) Duo Interpretation; (3) Editorial Commentary; (4) Extemporaneous Speaking; (5) Impromptu Speaking ; (6) Original Oratory; and (7) Story-telling.

Note: The debaters won’t be able to compete in speech events due to the tight debate schedule.

Tentative schedule:

Friday
5:00-5:30pm	Supper and Registration – 1^st Floor Rocky Area
5:30-5:50pm	Welcome and Briefing – 3^rd Floor Auditorium
6:00-6:30pm	Tournament Briefing for Speech participants/ Debaters and Judges
6:30-8:00pm	Round 1(Speech-Varsity; Debate- Varsity&Junior Varsity)
8:00-9:30pm	Round 2(Speech- Junior Varsity; Debate- Varsity&Junior Varsity)
Saturday
8:00-9:30am	Round 3(Speech- Varsity; Debate- Varsity&Junior Varsity)
9:30-11:00am	Round 4(Speech- Junior Varsity; Debate- Varsity&Junior Varsity)
11:00-12:20pm	Lunch
12:30-2:00pm	Round 5(Speech- Varsity; Debate- Varsity&Junior Varsity)
2:30-4:00pm	Round 6(Speech- Junior Varsity; Debate- Varsity&Junior Varsity)
4:00-4:30pm	Awards Ceremony - 3^rd F Auditorium

B. Team Entry

To register teams or individual students for speech and debate, please email your roster to IBST.
The registration deadline is one week before the event. By then, all participants must have registered for their chosen events.

C. Judge Requirements

Debate:
1 team - one judge
2 teams+ - one judge per 2 teams, odd number teams round up (ex. 3 teams 2 judges, 5 teams 3 judges...)
If schools don't have enough judges, judge fee 1000 NT per judge (same number of judges apply as mentioned above i.e. 3 teams 2000NT, 5 teams 3000 NT)

Speech:
Each school must supply an adult qualified to judge for the tournament. School's bringing more than 5 contestants must supply 2 judges. Any school bringing more than 10 participants, must supply 3 judges, etc. A school not bringing the necessary judges may find some or all of their participants disqualified (due to a judging shortfall). Judges need not have judged events previously.

D. Registration Fee and Payment

Each student must pay a fee of $600 NT in order to compete. This fee will cover the cost of dinner Friday night, lunch on Saturday, as well as all tournament expenses.

Team fees may be paid upon registration on Friday.

E. Food and Accommodation

Upon request, we will provide a list(attachment) of nearby accommodations which can accommodate all participants within a quick drive of IBST. If preferred, participants can also find lodging in Tainan, and commute in Saturday Morning.

NIFTy will provide as part of the registration fee, dinner for all judges and contestants on Friday night, as well as lunch on Saturday.
Within walking distance of the school, there is a 7-11 as well as several tea shops at the nearby Life Hub.

F. Getting to Nanke

Schools can arrive at Nanke in several ways. If they choose to take a bus, the Science Park and school offer ample parking. Schools can also take the HSR rail to Tainan (Shalun Station) and transfer to the local train headed toward Nanke (the train terminates at Nanke). Schools can also take the Fast (yellow) train or a bus to Tainan. A local train north goes back to Nanke. From the Nanke train station, you can take the Science Park free shuttle bus (on Friday only), a taxi, or simply walk the 15 minutes to IBST.

G. Awards
ALL participants will receive participation certificates. In addition, the tournament will award trophies and medals to forensics winners and top debaters.

For more information regarding the tournament schedule, debate format, or on specifics for the different speech events, please see the attachments below. Any other questions can be directed to Ms. Sandy Hsieh shan830th@ms.nnkieh.tn.edu.tw

NIFTy-Speech-Information.pdf
NIFTy-Debate-Rules.pdf

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