In January, California hosted the nation’s largest NCFCA tournament: 121 Team-Policy teams attended. This was likely the most competitive environment, more competitive than Nationals itself. TWO of the four teams that qualified straight to Nationals 2008 were Camp Alumni: Nicholas Townes / Esther Townes, December Rutledge / Aaron Krive.
So, how did Campers do at Nationals?
June 21, 2008
That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? Nationals has passed, as did numerous state, regional and open qualifiers. If our camps are truly up to snuff, the results should speak for themselves. So, here are some facts coming out the 2008 NCFCA National Tournament: Individual Sweepstakes: 8 of the 24 awarded competitors were alumni [...]
More Success Out of California
May 5, 2008
This email and picture came in from Darlene Townes, host of the California Camp Sept. 25-29, displaying the overall success of some of our debate campers at the California Qualifying IE Tournament last weekend: Jonathan Johnson (novice Blue Book Camper this year) performed his rendition of a popular piece, ‘Shotgun Cheatum’s Last Night Above Ground’. [...]
Rocky Mountain Classic – Alumni Consist of 88% Outround Slots
April 3, 2008
Another big “congratulations” to the outround contestants at the Rocky Mountain Classic in Denver, Colorado. Camp alumni consisted of approximately half the competitors. These alumni were the ones who advanced ahead of the competition. Result: Of the 32 quarter-finalist teams in both Team-Policy and Lincoln-Douglas, 28 were camp alumni. Update 4/7/08: Results are posted here, [...]
Texas Open Features Camp Alumni
March 11, 2008
Congratulations to a successful Texas Open! The third and final NCFCA Open Tournament took place last weekend in Texas. HALF of the semi-finalists were alumni of our Debate Camp program. Griffith/Seibert (Colo.) took a qualifying slot to Nationals at 3rd place, and Craig/Topper (Tex.) took 4th place. Congratulations, Campers! Update 3/12/08: The NCFCA has just [...]
Centennial State: All Semis were Alumni
March 4, 2008
Good news from Colorado once again. The state qualifier produced out-rounds that shined with Debate Camp Alumni. All semi-finalists in both Team-Debate and Lincoln-Douglas were Camp Alumni, and a majority of the quarter-finalists were also. Of all those who received invitations to Regionals, all but one team were alumni. Pictured here is a semi-final round [...]
Centennial State: All Semis were Alumni
March 4, 2008
Good news from Colorado once again. The state qualifier produced out-rounds that shined with Debate Camp Alumni. All semi-finalists in both Team-Debate and Lincoln-Douglas were Camp Alumni, and a majority of the quarter-finalists were also. Of all those who received invitations to Regionals, all but one team were alumni. Pictured here is a semi-final round [...]
Colorado Open Unveils Several Successful Campers
February 18, 2008
Gold Standard Open Tournament in Colorado attracted 100 Team-Policy and 52 Lincoln-Douglas teams. Of the semi-finalists in Lincoln-Douglas, 3/4 were camp alumni; Suzanna Griffith, 2-year camper, took 1st place. The top two team-policy speakers were 3rd year camp alumni: Joanna Griffith (1st) and Zachary Enos (2nd). And campers did well across the board. Pictured here [...]
National Open in Virginia Reviewed by CBN
February 13, 2008
The Christian Broadcast Network (CBN) gave attention to the NCFCA Open Tournament in Virginia where several Camp alumni appeared on camera. Jason Hughey and Marie Jeffries showcase the final round of Lincoln-Douglas debate, and other alumni give their 2-cents on the value of speech and debate. Watch the video here.
Alumni Take Top Awards in Virginia
February 11, 2008
Jason Hughey, camp alumni and 2007 NCFCA finalist, took an undefeated 1st place award at the Virginia State Qualifier last weekend. The Hugheys are facility coordinators for our Virginia Debate Camp, and the family did quite well at the tournament. Andrew Hughey and Josh Clark (both alumni) went 5-1 and took 10th place. Lydia Hughey [...]
Oregon: So Far, Quite Good
February 4, 2008
Salt Lake City: Region 3 First Regional Qualifier
January 13, 2008
Teams from all over the NCFCA’s geographically largest region competed in Salt Lake for their first chance to qualify to Regionals. Camp Alumni swept the tournament results with the two finalist both from Colorado Camp 2007: Zachary Enos / Ashley Liddiard (1st) and Joshua Craddock / Jennie Babcock (2nd).