2025 Nanke Invitational Forensics Tournament (PDF)
Greetings Speech and Debate coaches, Judges and Participants!
It is our utmost pleasure, on behalf of the International Bilingual School at Tainan Science Park (IBST), to invite you to 2025 Nanke Invitational Forensics Tournament (NIFTy).
We here at IBST are excited to make this year's NIFTy tournament bigger and better than ever! As always, that starts and ends with the commitment and participation from all of you! It is because of all of your hard work and dedication that NIFTy continues to be one of the premier speeches and debate tournaments on the island.
We hope you will join us on Saturday March 22nd and Sunday March 23rd for a weekend of great debate, speech, food, and fun!
This year’s tournament will include multiple individual and partner speech events, as well as Modified World School Parliamentary Debate. Schools may submit teams of students competing from middle school and above.
Speech participants must pay a tournament fee of $800 NT while Debate participants must pay a tournament fee of $1000 NT which will cover the cost of Lunch on both Saturday and Sunday, as well as all trophies, medals, and judges’ appreciation. While teams can be submitted through online application form as soon as possible, fee payment can be made in cash after arriving at IBST on Saturday, March 22nd.
In addition, schools must provide one judge for two debate teams or one judge for every team of 5 speech competitors (See Section C for Judge requirements). Otherwise, schools must provide an additional fee of 1000NT per missing judge.
Speech competitors will NOT be able to compete in Debate due to schedule conflicts. ALL SPEECHES AND PERFORMANCES MUST BE ORIGINAL WORKS. Speech events include Duo Interpretation, Impromptu Speaking, and Editorial Commentary. Grade 7-9 will be considered as Junior Varsity (JV) and Grade 10-12 will be considered as Varsity. (see link to https://ibst.nnkieh.tn.edu.tw/uploads/tadnews/file/Attachment%201.pdf _blankAttachment 1)
Debate: If the participant is competing in Debate, then the participant can NOT compete in speech events due to schedule conflicts. Debate will be divided into Novice and Open debaters. (see Attachment 2)
A. Tentative schedule:
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B. Team Entry
The registration deadline is February 21st. By February 21st, all participants must have registered for their chosen events.
(a) To register teams or individual students for Speech, please fill in the online application form: https://forms.gle/1qMBaoxwArxiVkKS9
(b) To register teams or judges for Debate, please fill in the Phase 1 form (https://forms.gle/yDo1qQMHvC5csQHQ8). For teams, only the institution representative or team captains need to fill it in. Once you’ve received a confirmation email regarding registration details, please proceed to fill out Phase 2 form (https://forms.gle/gr65xVD7efLbgtcU9).
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C. Judge Requirements
Speech:
Each school must supply an adult qualified to judge for the tournament. Schools 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.
Debate:
Judges must be an adult.
1 team - one judge
2 teams+ - one judge per 2 teams
3 teams- 2 judges
4 teams- 2 judges
5 teams- 3 judges
etc.
Every odd number requires an additional judge.
[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)
Judges please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/v1oD6vuTheNUN4PD8 by February 14th.
D. Registration Fee and Payment
Each student must pay a fee of $800NT(speech)/ $1000NT(debate) in order to complete. This fee will cover the cost of lunch on both Saturday and Sunday, as well as all tournament expenses.
Team fees may be paid upon registration on Saturday, March 22nd.
E. Food and Accommodation
We will provide a list (see Attachment 3) of nearby accommodations which can accommodate all participants within a quick drive of IBST. For questions regarding booking accommodation, please contact Alvis Lin at activity3@ms.nnkieh.tn.edu.tw for assistance. If preferred, participants can also find lodging in Tainan, and commute to IBST.
NIFTy will provide, as part of the registration fee, lunch for all judges and contestants on Saturday and Sunday. 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 train or a bus to Tainan. A local train north goes to Nanke. From the Nanke train station, you can take 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 debate, please send email to ibstnifty@gmail.com. Any other questions like the tournament schedule, or on specifics for the different speech events can be directed to Alvis Lin at activity3@ms.nnkieh.tn.edu.tw or at (06)505-2916#7102.
We thank you again for your continued time and support, and look forward to seeing you all in March!
