When: Sunday October 5th, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Where: St. John’s-Ravenscourt School, 400 South Dr, Winnipeg

What: 

This event acts as the qualifier for the National British Parliamentary Championships. There is a junior division (grades 8-9), and a senior division (grades 10-12). Schools should send experienced teams with knowledge of BP who could be successful at a national level. 

Schedule:

11:50 -12:15 Judges and Debater Registration

12:15 -1:00 Judges Briefing

12:45 Round 1 prep

1:00 - 2:10 Round 1

2:20 Round 2 prep

2:35 - 3:45 Round 2

3:55 Round 3 prep

4:10 - 5:20 Round 3

5:45 Results

6:00 End of day

Registration: 

Schools are guaranteed three team spots in EACH division with possible expansion determined by initial registration. Registration is in three phases:

• September 19th initial registration is due. Coaches can find the form here. Early registration is highly encouraged. 

• September 22nd tournament convenors will confirm how many additional spots each school can have

• October 1st names of competitors and judges are due

Judge requirements:

Schools are expected to provide at least one judge per two teams rounded up [ex. If you bring 2 teams you bring 1 judge. If you bring 3 or 4 teams you bring 2 judges, etc]. Judges for the junior division can be experienced grade 11/12 students who are not attending as debaters. Judges in the senior division must be adults, experience is not required. 

Meeting your judge requirement is extremely important to ensure that rounds can run with multiple judges in a room, especially because this is a combined junior & senior event. 

Tournament rules:

• 3 rounds of BP Debate, all impromptu

• 5 minute speeches, 30 seconds of protected time (no POIs offered)

• No outside resources (including notes, past debate flows, books, phones, etc) are allowed to be used during prep. Students may have a phone out to keep track of prep time. 

• Teams can refer to the MSDA guide to British Parliamentary for precise details.