st. marksStarting tomorrow, the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational will take place in Dallas, Texas.  The tournament is unique in that it allows extempers to do both United States and International extemp.  The St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational is a fifth tier tournament and is the third tournament of the year in the Extemp Central National Points Race.

To award points at this event, Extemp Central will combine extempers performance in both parts of the tournament in US and International extemp.  For each part of the tournament extempers will receive points based on their finish.  The points they can receive are as follows:

1st place = 1 pt.
2nd place = 3 pts.
3rd place = 5 pts.
4th place = 7 pts.
5th place = 9 pts.
6th place = 10 pts.
Semi-Finalist = 15 pts.
Quarter-Finalist = 25 pts.
Non-Break = 35 pts.

The top six extempers with the lowest total of points will be awarded the 1st-6th National Points Race fifth pier points.  This will prevent a double counting of St. Mark’s.  Extemp Central encourages anyone attending the tournament to send us information on finalists and final placings so that we can recognize those individuals in a timely manner.

Extemp Central wishes everyone competing at St. Mark’s this weekend good luck.