52nd Panhellenic Forensics Association Tournament
04 - 07/04/2024
Welcome to the 52nd Panhellenic Forensics Association Tournament 2024!
This year’s tournament is hosted by Mandoulides Schools in Thessaloniki, under the auspices and support of the PFA, in April. The Tournament started 52 years ago.
You are most welcome to attend and enjoy a tournament full of Debate, Group Discussion, Impromptu Speaking , Original Oratory, Oral Interpretation of Literature and Duet Acting.
It is all about a tournament characterized by fair play, commitment to team work and great enthusiasm!
This year about 450 high school students from foreign and Greek private and public schools in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra , and Larisa will participate.
More than 100 volunteers and about 100 judges are going to participate in the tournament as well, thus making it an unforgettable event, an event students will cherish for the years to come!
Πληροφορίες
Participating Schools
The 20 participating schools this year are:
• American Community Schools (ACS)
• American Farm School
• Anatolia College
• Arsakeia – Tositseia Schools of Athens
• Byron College
• Campion School
• Ekpedeftiki Anagennisi
• Ekpedeftiria N. Bakogianni
• Geitonas Schools
• Hellenic – American Educational Foundation (HAEF)
• I.M. Panagiotopoulos School
• Ionios School
• Kastritsi School Patra
• Kessaris School
• Mandoulides Schools
• The Moraitis School
• PIERCE – The American College of Greece ACG
• Pinewood International School
• St Catherine’s British School
• St Lawrence Collegε
Contacts
| Tournament Director PFA President | Sofia Nikoloudaki snikoloudaki@mandoulides.edu.gr T. 2310 474024 #2241 |
| Tournament Organizing Committee | forensics@mandoulides.edu.gr |
| Sweepstakes CA | sweepstakes.pfat2024@mandoulides.edu.gr |
| Debate CA | debate@mandoulides.edu.gr |
Key Points
Impromptu Speaking Topics deadline:
Monday, 18th March, 2024
School Late Registration deadline & late fees (55€ +10€) deadline:
Monday, 18th March, 2024
Judges’ Registration deadline:
Monday, 18th March, 2024
Only ONE registration form per judge is accepted, filling all mandatory fields, as well as the level of experience per event.
Debate teams & Judges’ Registration:
Monday, 18th March, 2024
Sweepstakes Judges’ Zoom Briefing:
Wednesday, 27th March, 2024, 18:00-20:30
GDPR Confirmation Form:
Wednesday, 27th March, 2024
Bus License Details:
Monday, 1st April, 2024
Original Oratory submission deadline:
Wednesday, 27th March, 2024
Head Coaches’ Meeting (in person):
Saturday, 6th April, 13:00 – 14:30 (Judges’ Room 2)
Judges' Registration and Briefing
- You can submit only ONE registration form per judge, filling all mandatory fields, as well as their level of experience per event. Head Coaches should print and keep a copy of each registration form for their records, and the Judge will receive an automated confirmation of the form submitted.
- Please be reminded that all School Head Coaches should do their best to ensure that their school judge(s) are registered and available to judge all events which their students are participating in. Specifically: for Oratory, Group Discussion and Impromptu, each school needs to register one judge per 3 students; for Duet Acting and Oral Interpretation, one judge per 4 students; for Debate, one judge per team.
- The Sweepstakes Judges’ Briefing will take place on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, 18:00- 20:30 via Zoom. The link will be sent to all registered judges closer to that date. While this Briefing is not mandatory for experienced judges, it should be attended by all judges who are new to PFAT, and of course experienced judges are welcome to refresh their in- person judging skills!
- Debate Judges will be sent a judging test after the end of the Judge Registration period, which will need to be submitted before the tournament (deadline TBC). Debate judges who did not complete the test in the last two years will be required to complete the test in order to be eligible to judge. Please make sure ALL your Debate Judges have gone through the Debate Judges testing procedure, regardless of experience, if they did not take the test in the last two years.
PFAT 2024 Schedule
THURSDAY 04 APRIL, 2024
| 16.30 – 17.00 | WELCOME DEBATING SCHOOLS |
| 17.00 – 17.20 | DEBATE JUDGES’ BRIEFING |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | DEBATE ROUND I (Prepared) |
| 18.40 – 20.00 | HEAD COACHES’ MEETING – Light Dinner |
| 19.15 – 20.15 | DEBATE PREP |
| 20.30 – 21.30 | DEBATE ROUND II (Impromptu) |
FRIDAY 05 APRIL, 2024
| 16.30 – 17.00 | WELCOME DEBATING SCHOOLS |
| 17.00 – 17.20 | DEBATE JUDGES’ BRIEFING |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | DEBATE ROUND I (Prepared) |
| 18.40 – 20.00 | HEAD COACHES’ MEETING – Light Dinner |
| 19.15 – 20.15 | DEBATE PREP |
| 20.30 – 21.30 | DEBATE ROUND II (Impromptu) |
SATURDAY 06 APRIL, 2024
| 09.30 – 10.30 | IMPROMPTU Round II |
| 10.45 – 11.45 | ORAL INTERPRETATION Round II |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | ORATORY Round II |
| 13.15 | DEBATE BREAK ANNOUNCEMENT |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | HEAD COACHES’ MEETING & Lunch |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | DEBATE QUARTER – FINALS PREP, GROUP DISCUSSION Round II |
| 15.45 – 16.45 | DEBATE QUARTER – FINALS |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | DUET ACTING Round II |
| 18.00 | DEBATE QUARTER – FINALS RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT |
| 18.15 – 19.15 | DEBATE SEMI – FINALS PREP |
| 19.30 – 20.30 | DEBATE SEMI – FINALS |
| 20.30 – 23.30 | PARTICIPANTS’ PARTY & DEBATE SEMI – FINALS RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT |
SUNDAY 07 APRIL, 2024
| 08.30 – 09.30 | ORATORY FINALS |
| 09.30 – 11.00 | ORAL INTERPRETATION OF LITERATURE FINALS |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | IMPROMPTU SPEAKING FINALS |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | GROUP DISCUSSION FINALS Ι DEBATE PREP |
| 13.00 – 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | DEBATE FINALS |
| 14.45 – 16.15 | DUET ACTING FINALS |
| 16.15 – 17.00 | AWARDS & CLOSING CEREMONY |
Useful Links
01. Details
02. For Judges
03. Floor Plans
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