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Dear Debate and Public Speaking Coaches:
Balmoral Hall School invites you to the 2016 Junior High Provincial Debating Championships for Grade 8 and Grade 9 students, to be held Sunday, March 6th, 2016.
Time: Sunday, March 6th, 2016. Registration will be from 12:15 until 12:30. There will be 3 regular rounds (1 parliamentary impromptu round and 2 prepared rounds of parliamentary debate). Awards will be presented at approximately 5:00 PM. Snacks will be provided.
Location: Balmoral Hall School, 630 Westminster Avenue
Resolution: Canada should approve the proposed Energy East and Trans Mountain pipelines.
If you have any questions about your definition, please contact Carissa Balcaen at cbalcaen@balmoralhall.net. There will be 3 rounds. There will be 2 rounds of prepared debate, and all teams will debate both sides. There will also be 1 impromptu round that runs prior to the prepared rounds. The topic will be 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.
In the past, the top 3 teams from the Junior Provincials, with no more than 1 team per school as long as they were in the top half of the tournament, were selected to represent Manitoba at the Junior High National Debate Nationals. We presume that will be the case again this year.
Schools may send a maximum of 3 teams to the Manitoba Junior Provincials at Balmoral Hall. Depending upon numbers, it may be possible to send additional teams. If you would like to do so, please indicate this on the registration document. We will respond regarding the potential of sending additional teams by March 1st.
Schools are required to bring one judge per team. If you are bringing student judges, they must be experienced debaters in grade 11 or 12, as we do not have a novice category. ** Change made regarding judges: You may bring experienced debaters in grade 10 to judge as well, but you must check with me first. If you are able to bring additional judges, please let me know so I can ensure there are an adequate number of judges for the tournament.
Copies of the rules are available on the Manitoba Speech and Debate Association website
Please complete your registration by accessing the following link and completing the google form.
http://goo.gl/forms/VK1R0UVrjq . The deadline for registration is February 25th. Please email me if you have any questions, or phone me at 784-1600 ext 637. We look forward to seeing you at the 2016 Junior High Provincial Debating Championships.
Sincerely,
Carissa Balcaen,
Balmoral Hall School Speech & Debate Coordinator
cbalcaen@balmoralhall.net
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