- 5. For the purposes of our tournament, a novice is defined as a student in their first year of competition in a secondary school (high school).

6. For finals of individual events and semifinals and finals of debate events, we will make every possible effort to panel judges (as long as we have enough judges). TFA qualifying events will have paneled final rounds. 7. The Champion Team will be recognized on our Castle Traveling Trophy. This traveling trophy has become a tradition for our Knight Invitational. If practical (due to Covid-19), the winning team gets to keep the traveling trophy for a year and upon returning it, will receive a permanent trophy for their trophy case, while we add an enscribed name plate to the trophy to recognize that team and their Head Coach(es).

- 8. Clear Falls students may be entered in select events to ensure that events meet TFA participation requirements to award TFA State points, as well as in non-TFA events. These students will not be eligible to receive team points nor individual sweepstakes points.

9. Students may cross enter in up to 2 events per speech flight, but do so at their own peril. They should compete in whichever event they are scheduled to go earlier and if possible sign-in to their later scheduled cross entered event. Debate competitors may not cross enter in another debate event, nor Duo or Duet. Students who advance to semifinals or finals in multiple events are responsible for attending to their rounds as quickly as possible. If a judge has given a student what is deemed to be sufficient time (by the tournament staff) to arrive and that student has not made a good faith effort to arrive to that round, they will be given last place in the round or forfeit the round in debate. Students who may advance to elimination rounds should not spectate rounds when postings are anticipated. The tournament cannot be held up by students watching other performances or losing track of time. 10. COVID-19 Protocols. The Clear Falls Knight Invitational will not follow the recommended TFA COVID-19 protocols. Instead, we will follow the following protocols and expectations. A. Masking outside of competition rounds and during preparation times : While Governor Abbott's executive order on mandatory masking remains in place, masking during our tournament will strongly be recommended for all competitors, coaches, judges, and volunteers. If Clear Creek ISD institutes a mandatory masking policy anytime before our tournament, we will adhere to district policy and will require all attendees to be masked. B. Masking during competition rounds: Because we understand that performers utilize their faces to compliment their performance choices, even in the circumstance where masking is mandated by district policy, we will allow competitors to be unmasked while they are competing. Students not competing (spectating a round or waiting for their speaker position to be called) are expected to abide by the aforementioned masking protocols in point A. Judges and other adults in the competition room will similarly be expected to follow the protocols in point A. C. Social distancing: We encourage all attendees to practice social distancing wherever possible, but understand that not all spaces we may utilize for the tournament will lend themselves to proper social