September
27th – 28th : Yale (FRI MORN TO SUNDAY EVE) VARSITY
October
4th: Judges’ Clinic at HGP [1st semester congress legislation due]
SEASONED PARENTS ARE NEEDED TO PROVIDE HOSPITALITY—AND
NEW PARENTS ARE NEEDED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC.
TF WILL BE SPEAKING AT A VIRGINIA STATE CONFERENCE.
11th (possible) JV Tournament – location TBA (Gwynedd?)
18th – 19th: University of Pennsylvania (SAT-SUN) VARSITY WITH SELECT JV IN
DECLAMATION
25th: PFD and Congress Tournament in Broad Run, VA (NOT A DEFINITE)
25th: (possible) Local Varsity Tournament – location TBA VARSITY AND JV
November
7th--8th: Scranton (FRIDAY AFTER SCHOOL TO SAT EVE) JV AND VARSITY
15th: JV at Notre Dame
22nd – 23rd: Villiger Tournament at St. Joseph’s University (SAT-SUN) MANDATORY
FOR VARSITY-WITH SELECT JV
December
5th – 7th: Speech Tournament at George Mason University (THURS AFTER SCHOOL
TO SAT EVE) VARSITY WITH SELECT JV
13th: LaSalle College High School [2nd semester congress legislation due] VARSITY--
WITH SELECT JV
18th: (possible) JV Tournament at Bishop Shanahan JV
January
3rd: Debate Tournament at George Mason University MAYBE A NY/NYC
8th: PCFL Winter Meeting
9th – 10th: Shikellamy HS (NOT DEFINITE)
10th: JV Tournament at St. Basil’s
17th: (possible) Varsity Tournament – location TBA (Upper Merion?) VARSITY AND
ALL JV
17TH: EL Meyers Tournamant (leaving Fri afternoon; returning Sat eve) VARSITY AND
SELECT JV
23rd – 25th: Emory University (THURS AFTER SCHOOL TO MONDAY LATE)
(ONLY OPEN TO VARSITY ELITE—CAN SEND 8 SPEECH SLOTS, 2 OR 3 PFD
TEAMS, AND A FEW SC SLOTS)
30th – 31st Pennsbury High School (VARSITY AND SELECT JV)
February
13th – 15th: Harvard University (Thursday after lunch to Monday eve) VARSITY
21st: All-event Tournament at Unionville ALL VARSITY AND JV
28th: PHSSL District Championships (State Qualifiers) – location TBA (LaSalle
University?) VARSITY AND SELECT JV
March
7th: CFL National Qualifiers To cfl nationals in Albany, NY for Debate at Jenkintown
High School VARSITY--JV SHOULD WATCH
12th – 13th: NFL National Qualifiers to nats in Birmingham. AL at LaSalle
VARSITY/JV SHOULD WATCH
21st: CFL National Qualifiers for Speech – location HGP (NEED PARENT
HOSPITALITY) VARSITY AND SELECT JV IN DECLAMATION AND EXTEMP
27th – 28th: PHSSL State Championships at Susquehanna University (Thurs after school
to Sat eve)
April
4th: CFL National Qualifiers for Congress and PFD – location TBA (Archmere?) JV
CONGRESS ALSO
18th: PCFL JV Speech and Debate Championships at Truman High School ALL JV
25th: Grade School Tournament at HGP (NEED PARENT HOSPITALITY AND
V/JV STY=UDENT JUDGES, AMBASSADORS
May
13th: PCFL Banquet AT KINGS'S CATERERS
22nd – 24th: NCFL Grand National Tournament in Albany, NY (Thurs to Monday)
June
12-20 NFL National Tournament in Birmingham, AL
MEETS THAT REQUIRE ABSENCES
SEPT: YALE: TF, MC
DEC: GMU: TF, MC, MRS GEOGHAN, TBA
JAN: EMORY: TF, MC
FEB: HARVARD: TF, MC, MAYBE 2 PARENTS, A FEW GRADS
MARCH: PHSSL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: TF, MC, JC, JB, RYA, TOM
MURTAUGH, TBA, MRS G
APRIL: TBA, TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS; CHAPERONE: TBA
MAY: NCFL NATIONALS: TF, MC, JB, RYA, JC, A PARENT, GRADS
JUNE: NFL NATIONALS: TF, MC, TBA
TOURNEY ADDITIONS
--LAST YEAR DOM ATTENDED TWO ADDITIONAL NATIONAL
INVITATIONALS: ONE IN FL AND THE OTHER IN KY--form TOCS; HIS
PARENTS PAID;
--OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR TWO PFD TEAMS WENT TO TWO
EXTRA TWO-DAY TOURNAMENTS, WITH THEIR PARENTS AS CHAPERONES
AND JUDGES.
--IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT ADD ANOTHER NATIONAL MEET
(PROVIDING THAT STUDENTS PAY AND THAT WE SEND ONLY OUR ELITE.)
--WE MIGHT ADD A FEW SATURDAY NYC AND JERSEY TOURNEYS TO
REPLACE OUR ILL-ATTENDED LOCAL ONES.
EVENTS HOSTED HERE –for approval.
OCT 4—WE ARE HOSTING A JUDGES EDUCATION CKLINIC FOR
GRADESCHOOL AND HIGHSCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS. USING
FOUNDERS ONLY.
MARCH 21—WE ARE HOSTING THE SPEECH QUALIFIERS TO CFL
NATIONALS. USING BOTH BUILDINGS.
APRIL 25—HGP GRADESCHOOL FORENSIC TOURNAMENT.