Tournaments

Stoa seeks to encourage forensics competition among Christian home-schooled students, by recognizing achievements from a wide spectrum of tournament models. The types of tournaments supported by Stoa are as follows:

NITOC - The National Invitational Tournament of Champions

NITOC Modeled Tournament

6 criteria

1. Debate and/or IE events with the minimum number of rounds for SpeechRanks
2. More than one club participation
3. Transparent tabulation procedures
4. All participants must be Stoa USA members
5. Stoa USA resolutions are used
6. Follow all Stoa USA event rules

Stoa Tournament

4 criteria

1. Debate and/or IE events with the minimum number of rounds for SpeechRanks
2. More than one club participation
3. Transparent tabulation procedures
4. The Tournament Director must be a Stoa USA member

Additionally, these tournaments need to comply with Speechranks Standards.

Visit Speechranks to view the Minimum Tournament Standards.

Additionally, the SpeechRanks website operated by Stoa allows any Christian home-schooled student to upload their rankings from non-Stoa forensics competitions, thereby affording all eligible students the opportunity to earn an invitation to compete at NITOC.

Click this link to view the Stoa Tournament Calendar.