Timing and Timers

TIMING EVENTS

Please note the following timing matters for the Stoa NITOC.

Parents, you may be timing Platform and Interpretive events when you judge. This is the only timing we want parents performing unless all judging slots are filled. Otherwise, we respectfully request that parents leave the timing to the students and their siblings. Parents will be needed to judge at this tournament. If all judging slots are filled for a round and you want to offer your services as a timer, then by all means please go ahead. However, timing rounds does not take the place of your judging responsibilities. Please do not time a round thinking you have fulfilled your judging role for that round or for the tournament.

SIBLING TIMERS

What a fantastic effort you timers have made this season. We could not have run tournaments without you. We are looking forward to your involvement yet again.

We are planning prizes for those of you who judge the most!

During the Debate Pattern, we need you to time Team Policy Debate.
During the IE Patterns, we need you time the Limited Preparation events, e.g. Apologetics, Extemporaneous and Impromptu. If all the rooms have timers, then please feel free to time Platform and Interpretive events.

Lincoln Douglas Debate

LD debates will be flighted. This means one-half of the debates will occur during the first half of the Debate Pattern and the other one-half of the debates will occur during the second half of the Debate Pattern.

LD students will time each other.

All LD debaters are expected to attend the entire round for both debates. Debaters in Flight B will time the Flight A debate and debaters in Flight A will time Flight B.

Team Policy Debate

Sibling timers will time TP debate.

Platform and Interpretive Events

Parent judges will time Platform and Interpretive events. Timing these speeches only requires pushing Start and Stop on the timepiece. This can easily be accomplished by one of the judges. This will minimize the impact on our limited timer resources.

Limited Preparation Events

Sibling timers will time the Limited Preparation events. We will seek to utilize the most experienced sibling timers for these events.

If all the Limited Preparation events have timers, then the remaining sibling timers will be released to time the Platform and Interpretive events.