Sr Provincial Debating Championships 2019

Senior High Provincial Debating Championships

Grades 10, 11 and 12

Time: Sunday, March 3^rd. Registration will be from 11:30 to noon. The awards will be presented by 4:30 PM.

Location: St. John’s-Ravenscourt School, 400 South Drive, Winnipeg

Resolution: There will be 3 impromptu rounds. All prep will be done between noon and 1 PM. No outside material or access to the internet, coaching, etc. is allowed once the motions have been released. The rules are on the MSDA site at https://sites.google.com/site/manitobadebate/home.

The six top teams in this competition will represent Manitoba at the National Debate Championships in Halifax from April 11-15, with no more than 1 team per school until all schools with teams in the top half of the tournament are sending 1 team. To be eligible for the Senior Nationals, a school must be a member of the MSDA and must participate in this qualifying tournament. Students selected for the Senior Nationals will have to pay a fee to cover travel and registration costs. The MSDA has made a group booking for the flights so students will not be booking their own flights.

Schools may send a maximum of 3 teams plus 1 team for every MSDA tournament hosted this year whether before the provincials or after. Since this is a qualifying tournament, there will not be a novice category. 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 on Feb 25 if space is available. Schools must bring one judge per team. High school students may not be judges. If this causes great problems for you, please let me know and it maybe possible to make other arrangements.

Please send the following information to John Robinson at manitobadebate@gmail.com no later than Thursday, Feb 21. I will email you by Monday, Feb 25, confirming your registration Please email if you have any questions.

School_______________________________________________

Coach__________________________

Phone (home) _________________ (school)______________________ email__________________

Number of teams: ________ (open) Additional teams if there is space, ____ (open )