Contest Guidelines

Timers - briefed by the Club President/Chair
Ask the President/Chair for Timer's Forms.

  • Both timers are to time each event to avoid mistake. Only one needs to operate the lights.
  • One Timer to write each contestants name on their forms and the duration of the participants' performance and checked by another Timer.
  • Begin stop watches only after the 1 st word is uttered or the first gesture is given by the contestants.
  • Turn on the lights when?
    • For the Evaluation Contest:
      • Green light comes on at 2 minutes
      • Yellow light comes on at 2.5 minutes
      • Red light comes on at 3 minutes
      • The red light STAYS ON until the participant has finished
    • For both the International and Humourous Speech Contest:
      • Green light comes on at 5 minutes
      • Yellow light comes on at 6 minutes
      • Red light comes on at 7 minutes
      • The red light STAYS ON until the participant has finished
    • For the Table Topics Contest:
      • Green light comes on at 1minutes
      • Yellow light comes on at 1 minute, 30 seconds
      • Red light comes on at 2 minutes
      • The red light STAYS ON until the participant has finished
  • Timers deliver their Forms to the Chief Judge/Vote Counter at the end of each contest.