Sr. Provincial Debating Championship

Grades 10-12

Time: Monday, April 11rth Registration will be from 4:30 to 5 PM. Awards should be presented around 9:20 PM. This will be an in-person tournament.

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

Resolution: There will be 2 impromptu rounds. All prep will be done from 5 to 6 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 online National Debate Championships hosted by Ontario from April 29 – May 1, with no more than 1 team per school until all schools with teams in the top half of the tournament are sending 1 team, after which any remaining spots will be awarded based solely on ranking in the tournament regardless of school. To be eligible for the Senior Nationals, a school must be a member of the MSDA and must participate in this qualifying tournament.

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 send extra teams, please email me and we will let you know on April 7 if space is available. Schools must bring one judge per team. If this causes great problems for you, please let me know and it may be possible to make other arrangements. High school students may not be judges. Judges do not need to be there as early as the debaters; judge registration will be from 6 to 6:20, and the judges’ briefing will start at 6:25.

Please send the following information to John Robinson at manitobadebate@gmail.com no later than Wednesday, April 6. I will email you by Thursday, April 7, confirming your registration –please contact me if you do not receive that confirmation by April 7. Please email if you have any questions.

To register, please email the information below to manitobadebate@gmail.comSchool_______________________________________________ Coach__________________________

Phone (cell) _________________ (school)______________________ email__________________ Number of teams: ________ (open) Additional teams if there is space, ____ (open )