<p><strong>Welcome to the Splash page of the 2017 MAFA State Championship Tournament!</strong></p> <p><strong>We are excited to host the MAFA tournament on Friday &amp; Saturday, February 17-18th, on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in beautiful Warrensburg, Missouri!</strong></p> <p>While this is Missouri&#39;s state tournament, we&nbsp;are an<strong> open</strong> invitational Speech &amp; Debate Tournament who welcomes programs and their competitors from other states featuring strong competition in three formats of intercollegiate debate (Public Forum, NPDA parli, and NFA-LD) and all 11 AFA-NIET recognized individual events. We want to share our tournament experience with you.</p> <p>While the attached invitation outlines the specifics of the tournament, highlights include -</p> <ul> <li>A two-day schedule on a beautiful campus where even the farthest buildings&nbsp;are&nbsp;a short five minute walk;</li> <li>Four preliminary rounds of debate in three formats with both novice and open divisions and appropriate outrounds;</li> <li>A full slate of individual events;</li> <li>Really low fees, great meals, and some really nice awards for all elimination round competitors in all events.</li> </ul> <p>Our MAFA advocacy project for 2016-17 is <em>Empowering Others to Find Their Voice</em>. Look for more information on how you and your students can participate to follow.</p> <p><em><strong>Please note: Due to scheduling conflicts, Lincoln-Douglas debaters may&nbsp;enter only 1 event&nbsp;in Pattern B individual events, but are not restricted&nbsp;in Pattern A, Team debaters are not restricted in their IE entries. Schools are limited to 18 debate entries, not to exceed 6 teams and&nbsp;12 LD debaters and 44 IE entries distributed across all events.</strong></em></p> <p>Entries must be made no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 13th.</p> <p>Please make all checks for fees made paybale to <strong>Missouri Association of Forenisc Activities.</strong></p> <p><strong>If you have questions, or require assistant, please do not hesitate to contact me at 660-543-8646 or Rogers@ucmo.edu.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>