Grant Park Jr

Grade 6-9 Debating Tournament

Time: Thursday, Dec 12. Registration will be from 5 until 5:30PM. There will be 2 rounds. The tournament should end at around 8:30 PM. Students should have eaten before attending – dinner will not be provided. Snacks will be provided between rounds.

Location: Grant Park High School, 450 Nathaniel Street

Resolution: This House would significantly increase censorship of popular entertainment.

In the open category, speaking times will be a maximum of 6 minutes for constructive speeches and five minutes for novice. 3 minutes for rebuttals. There is no minimum time. Heckling is not allowed. Points of order, personal privilege and information are allowed in the open category only. There will be open and novice categories. 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 November, 19th. 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 November 18th.

Please email the information below to Buffie Macklin at bmacklin@wsd1.org

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 ________