Spelling Bee Rules #ECHA2013

SPELLING BEE RULES

A.    Requirements

1.      Participants are Junior High School Students, grade 7-9, that is representative of their respective schools.

2.      Maximum quota of spellers is 30. Each school could submit 2 of their students as main participants. If there are more than 2 representatives, they will submit into waiting list participant.

3.      All spellers must attend the Technical Meeting that will be held on:

Day, date        : Thursday, 28^th March 2013

Time                : 14.30 - end

Place                : SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta

Technical meeting will discuss the technical and competition rules. For participants who do not attend, must agree with all the rules that have been set by the committee.

4.      Registration will be closed at Technical Meeting

B.     Terms of Registration

1.      Registration form can be taken at SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta

2.      Fill out the registration form and submit at the time of registration

3.      Submit photographs as much as 2 pieces 3x4 (1 for in paste form, one submitted to the committee) and a copy of student identity card at the time of registration.

4.      Pay a registration fee of Rp 50.000, 00

C.    Technical and Competition Rules

1.      Participants must re-register before opening ceremony begins.

2.      Participants who did not attend after being called 3 times, will be disqualified.

3.      There are 2 rounds in competition; Elimination Round and Final Battle.

4.      The announcement of the winners will be announced on that day, but the distribution of prizes and certificates will be held in SMADA English Performance.

5.      Decision of the judges cannot be contested.

6.      Participants are not allowed to bring a dictionary or any device that aims to prepare the spelling of the word after re-registration.

-          Elimination Round

1.      Spellers are divided into 3 groups.

2.      Each speller will occupy seat according to the serial number given in technical meeting.

3.      The spellers shall be conducted in rounds. Each speller remaining in the spelling bee at the start of a round shall spell one word in the round. Spelling started by serial number.

4.      After the pronouncer gives the speller a word, the speller should pronounce the word before and after spelling the word.

5.      The speller may ask the pronouncer to say the word again, define it, and/or use it in a sentence. The pronouncer shall grant all such requests until the judges agree that the word has been made reasonably clear to the speller.

6.      If a word has one or more homonyms, the pronouncer will indicate which word is to be spelled by define it.

7.      Speller will be eliminated if:

a)      Misspells the word given.

b)      In the process of retracing a spelling, alters the letters or sequence of letters from those first uttered.

c)      Refuses a request from judges to start spelling.

8.      There will be 3 spellers from each group who continues to the Final Battle.

-          Final Battle

1.      There are 9 spellers in Final Battle.

2.      The rules are same as Elimination Round.

3.      There will be 3 winners.