McGill Tournament

Dear Coach,

On behalf of the McGill Debating Union we are pleased to invite you to our upcoming 62nd annual High School Debating Championships. Following is important information regarding this year’s tournament:

Date: Friday October 22 to Sunday October 24, 2021 Location: Discord

Registration fee: $30 per debater

Registration Deadline: October 11, 2021

Team Cap: 5 teams per school, 2 debaters per team (with more added to waitlist)

Format:

The tournament will consist of six rounds of British Parliamentary impromptu debate, two rounds on Friday, four rounds on Saturday, breaking to quarter-finals, semi-finals, junior semi-finals, junior finals, and finals. This tournament will not include a prepared round. There will be seminars offered on a variety of topics on Friday prior to the tournament.

Registration:

Registration will be open on September 27th, 2021 at precisely 4:00pm EST and will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. The form to register can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGB_A4yZ7gZ-pD6MlB6kW-Rkz_B-TN2IX133FMrzBbS w8yRw/viewform?usp=sf_link

The deadline to register is October 11, 2021 at midnight. We recommend that you register as soon as possible as spots fill up quickly. Schools are permitted to register up to five teams initially, and may submit additional teams who will be placed on the waiting list.

Please inform us of the number of teams you would like to send by the registration deadline (October 11, 2021). To secure your spot, please send your full registration payment via Paypal to

mcgill.debating@gmail.com by the registration deadline as well. If you cannot make payments via PayPal please send us an email and we will figure out another option.

Teams from the waiting list may be permitted to attend if the tournament registration cap for the tournament is not met by October 11, 2021.

We will try to accommodate as many teams as possible. Following this intimation, we request that you send names of the debaters attending the tournament by Friday, October 15, 2021. This information is to be submitted via a google form which will be sent to institutions which successfully reserve spots.

Should there be any questions related to registration, payments, or the tournament, please do not hesitate contacting us on this email (mcgilldebating.highschool@gmail.com).

We look forward to seeing you (virtually) at McGill University! Sincerely,

Joseph Wu

Tournament Director

McGill High School Tournament 2021 Tentative Schedule:

Friday

Registration: 3:00 - 4:00 Briefings: 4:00 - 4:30 Round 1: 4:30 - 6:30 Dinner: 6:30 - 7:00 Round 2: 7:00 - 8:45

Sunday

Check-in: 9:00 - 9:30 Quarterfinals & Junior Semifinals: 9:30 - 11:15

Lunch: 11:15 - 11:45

Semifinals & Junior Finals:

11:45 - 1:30

Grand Finals: 1:30 - 3:15

Awards Ceremony: 3:15 - 3:45

*All times in EST

Saturday

Check-in: 9:00 - 9:30

Round 3: 9:30 - 11:15

Round 4: 11:15 - 1:00

Lunch: 1:00 - 1:30

Round 5: 1:00 - 2:45

Round 6: 2:45 - 4:30

Break Announcement: 4:30 - 4:45