Code
and Conduct for Spelling Competition
1.
The
Pronouncer, judge(s) and other officials will be in complete charge of the
contest. Any questions or protests about the spelling(s) of a word or the
running of the contests must be referred to the officials immediately (before
the beginning of the next round). Their decisions will be final in all matters.
NO PROTEST WILL BE ENTERTAINED AFTER THE CONTEST
NO PROTEST WILL BE ENTERTAINED AFTER THE CONTEST
2.
For
each contest there will be an arbiter whose duty is to hear any protests as
they arise and decide on them before the contest continues. The arbiter’s
decision shall be final.
3.
In
competition, all words will be chosen from official lists compiled by our
official. The official list is the final spelling authority for the
competition.
4.
The
competition will be oral; contestants must spell the words orally and the use
of pens and/or pencils and paper will not be allowed.
5.
Contestants
must pronounce their words before spelling them and after spelling them as per
PSP format.
6.
For
all words with capitals, the speller must indicate the capital. For example
Ottawa the speller must say “Capital O t-t-a-w-a”.
7.
If
a word taken from the manual is unclear to a contestant, he or she may ask for
the word to be re-pronounced and can even ask the word meaning.
8.
Officials
may disqualify any contestant who ignores a request to start spelling his or
her word within a reasonable length of time. Also, A
SPELLER WHOSE SPELLING OF A WORD IS NOT AUDIBLE TO THE OFFICIALS MAY HAVE HIS
OR HER SPELLING RULED INCORRECT.
9.
The
elimination procedure changes when the number of contestants is reduced to three.
At this point, when one contestant misspells a word, the other contestants will
be given the opportunity to spell the same word and if all the contestant are
wrong then next word will be assign to next contestant.
10. If the second contestant spells the passed words correctly,
then he or she will get a bonus 5 points plus the next word on the pronouncer’s
list.
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