Grant Park Novice Tournament

Manitoba Speech and Debate Association

Grade 10-12 Debating Tournament

Time: Thursday, Sept 27. Registration will be from 5 until 5:15 PM. There will be 2 impromptu rounds. The tournament should end at around 8:30 PM. Students should have eaten before attending – dinner will not be provided. There will be snacks provided between rounds.

Location: Grant Park High School, 450 Nathaniel Street

Resolution: Two rounds of impromptu resolutions. Students will have 30 minutes to prepare the resolutions.

Speaking times will be a maximum of 6 minutes for constructive speeches and 3 minutes for rebuttals. There is no minimum time. Heckling is not allowed. Points of order, personal privilege and information are allowed. If there are enough novice teams registered, we will have a separate novice category. Novice debaters are students in their first year of interschool debating.

Schools may send a maximum of 3 teams. Depending upon numbers, it may be possible to send additional teams. If you would like to do so, please indicate this on the form and I will let you know on Sept 25. Schools must bring one judge per two person team. If you do not have copies of the rules, they are available on the MSDA website at https://sites.google.com/site/manitobadebate/home

Please register your school on or before Sept 23.

Please email the information below and to Prema Bursa at pbursa333@shaw.ca

Registration for the Grant Park Tournament

School________________________________Coach_________________________________________

Phone ___________________ (home) ___________________ (school)

Email ___________________ (if checked regularly)

Number of Novice teams: ________

Number of Open team_____

Initial maximum =3 teams in total

If you would like to send additional teams if there is space, please indicate how many and what type ________