Junior Provincials

Junior High Provincial Debating Championships at Balmoral Hall

Grades 8 and 9

Time: Sunday, March 9th, 2014. Registration will be from 12:15 until 12:30. There will be 3 rounds (1 impromptu round and 2 prepared rounds of Parliamentary debate). The tournament will end around 4:45 pm. Snacks will be provided at 2:15 PM.

Location: Balmoral Hall School, 630 Westminster Avenue

Resolution: This House would abolish the Senate.

If you have any questions about your definition, please contact Rhonda Smith at rsmith@balmoralhall.net. Teams will debate both sides. There will also be an impromptu round that will run prior to the prepared rounds with the topic announced 30 minutes prior to the debate.

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. There will NOT be a novice category at this tournament.

The top 3 teams from the Junior Provincials, with no more than 1 team per school until all schools with teams in the top half of the tournament are sending 1 team, will represent Manitoba at the Jr Nationals in Toronto from May 8 – 11. In addition, the top team per school will be eligible to attend the Donahoe Cup tournament in Halifax, April 5th – 6th. Teams that are selected for the Jr. Nationals may not go to the Donahoe Cup as well but the next best team from those schools can attend the Donahoe. Students going to either the Donahoe or the Jr Nationals will have to pay their registration and travel costs.

Schools may send a maximum of 3 teams to the Provincials. 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 we will let you know after March 3rd. Schools must bring one judge per two-person team. If you are bringing student judges, they should be experienced debaters in grade 11 or 12 as we do not have a novice category. If you would like to bring, experienced debaters in grade 10 to judge, you must check with me first. If you do not have copies of the rules, they are available on the Manitoba Speech and Debate Association website.

Please fill in the attached form and either fax (774-5534) to Rhonda Smith or email it – email is preferred -- at rsmith@balmoralhall.net by February 28th.

Rhonda Smith, Anita Moeller, Carissa Nikkel

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Registration for the Junior High Provincials

School________________________________Coach_________________________________________

phone ___________________ email ___________________

Number of teams: _________ (open) initial maximum = 3

If you would like to send additional teams if there is space, please indicate how many _________ (open)