UBC Tournament
UBC Debate Society High School Tournament 2014
We are pleased to extend to you an invitation to this year’s UBC High School Debate Tournament. As always, we are excited to be able to offer an excellent competitive and educational experience for new and experienced debaters alike. The key details and dates for the tournament are listed below.
Dates: Friday, November 7th and Saturday, November 8th Location: UBC Main Campus
Registration Fee: $110 per team (Judging Rebate available) Registration Dates: Opens October 1st and closes October 25th Team Cap: 6 teams per school
Judging Requirement: One judge per two teams
Format – Senior (Grades 11 and 12)
The senior category of the tournament will be conducted in British Parliamentary style using five-minute speeches. There will be two impromptu rounds on Friday, and three impromptu rounds on Saturday followed by an impromptu semi-final and final. A written guide to British Parliamentary debate will be provided by email prior to the tournament, and experienced UBC debaters will conduct a briefing explaining how to debate in BP style before the tournament begins.
Format – Junior (Grades 8 through 10)
The junior category of the tournament will be conducted in Canadian National Debate Format, using standard speaking times. A guide to CNDF will be provided by email prior to the tournament, and UBC debaters will conduct a briefing on how to debate in CNDF before rounds begin. Two prepared rounds on topic one will take place on Friday, and two prepared rounds on topic two and one impromptu round on Saturday, followed by
an impromptu final related to topic one. After the junior final, all are invited to stay to watch the senior final. The topics for the prepared rounds will be:
Topic One: This house believes that social networking sites should be legally obligated to ban users who engage in cyberbullying.
Topic Two: This house believes that adult children have a responsibility to care for their parents in old age.
Registration
We will be accepting registration on our website (http://ubcdebate.com/hst_register/) beginning at noon on October 1st up until 11:59pm on October 25th. Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis, and each school may register six teams until our total team cap is reached. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate all schools’ requests for teams, and therefore suggest that you register as soon as possible after registration opens. Schools that would like to register more than six teams should indicate this when they register, and should more spots remain available after registration has closed, we will allocate those spots to waitlisted teams.
We will contact you after registration to solicit the names, team pairings, judge names and dietary restrictions of debaters, which must be provided by November 1st.
Each school upon signing in at the tournament must pay the registration fees of $100 per team either in cash or as a cheque made payable to “UBC Debate Society”. All registration fees must be paid by November 1st. Fees may be sent to:
Vivian Dong #513 - 6005 Walter Gage Road Vancouver, BC V6T 0B3
You can also email the Tournament Director at ubcdebate.highschool@gmail.com to arrange another payment method, should that be necessary.
Judging Requirement
Debate tournaments rely on having sufficient numbers of judges in order to run smoothly. As such, we require that schools provide one judge for every two teams they register. Every judge at the tournament will be provided with a judging guide, and a judging briefing explaining how to judge debates will be conducted prior to the beginning of rounds. Judges can be anyone who is over 18. Think of parents or guardians, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, family friends, former students, etc. Schools that have concerns about their ability to meet the judging requirement are urged to contact the Tournament Director at ubcdebate.highschool@gmail.com as early as possible. The earlier we are made aware of concerns, the more we can do to address them.
We strongly encourage all adults present to participate in the tournament as judges. Those adults who elect not to judge and who are not coaches or chaperones representing a school will be charged an observer fee of $15 in order to allay the costs associated with providing meals throughout the two days of the tournament.
Judging Rebate
In order to further encourage the provision of adequate numbers of judges by schools, this year’s tournament will see the return of a judging rebate. For every team whose judge is present for all rounds on both days, the school will receive a rebate of $10. We are happy to offer the rebate for up to as many judges as you have teams, and schools are encouraged to bring as many judges as they can to the tournament. Please remember that this is a rebate, and registration fees must be paid at sign-in at the full rate of $100 per team, with rebates arriving afterwards. Please make clear when you register how you would like to receive your rebates.
Meals
We will provide meals for debaters, judges and coaches, including dinner on Friday, and breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Vegetarian options will be available, and we will do our best to accommodate other dietary restrictions or provide a discount on registration provided that we are made aware of them.
Questions
Please direct all questions to ubcdebate.highschool@gmail.com Sincerely,
Garion Hicks Tournament Director
Registration Timeline
October 1st – Registration Opens
(Registration link: http://ubcdebate.com/hst_register/)
October 25th – Registration Closes
November 1st – Dropout Deadline (Confirmation of team and judge names, Fees paid)
November 8th and 9th – UBC High School Tournament
Post-Tournament – Judge rebate cheques provided
Preliminary Schedule
Note: This schedule is subject to change
Junior Tournament
Friday 3:30 PM- 5:00 PM 4:30 PM
5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:45 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM 8:45 AM
10:30 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:30 PM 4:15 PM 5:30 PM
Registration
Dinner
Briefings (Debaters and Judges) Round 1
Round 2
Breakfast Round 3 Round 4 Lunch Round 5 Final
Senior Final Awards
Registration
Dinner
Briefings (Debaters and Judges)
Round 1 Round 2
Breakfast Round 3 Round 4 Lunch Round 5 Semi-Final Final Awards
Senior Tournament
Friday 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
4:30 PM 5:00 PM
6:00 PM 7:45 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM 8:45 AM
10:30 AM 12:00 PM
12:45 PM 2:30 PM 4:15 PM 5:30 PM