Ruperts Land

Balmoral Hall School

October 13th, 2011

Dear Debate Coach:

Balmoral Hall School would like to invite you to the annual Rupert's Land Debate and Public Speaking Tournament for Grade 10 to Grade 12 students, to be held Sunday, November 20th, 2011. This promises to be a fun-filled day for all participants and we are hoping for a large number of entries.

Once again this year, each competitor must enter either the Persuasive Speaking or the Impromptu Speaking sections in the morning and the Parliamentary Debating section in the afternoon. The Debating will be coordinate impromptu style. This means that the competitors will have a different partner each round and they will not be from the same school. There will be awards for the top 3 individuals in each category, the top 3 individuals overall and the top 3 schools (combined scores of top 3 competitors from each school). The top 2 Manitobans will represent Manitoba at the National Public Speaking Tournament at SJR. Overall individual scores will be the total of the 4 round scores completed by the individual.

This year we are also asking each Manitoban school to bring one judge for every three competitors. Anyone who has graduated from high school is eligible to judge (no previous experience judging debate is necessary). If there is a problem with bringing judges, please contact us at Balmoral Hall so that we may arrange for the proper number of judges.

Please also note that we have asked for $8.50 per student to help cover the costs of snacks, juice, coffee and lunch. There is no cost to judges and coaches. Please indicate the number of judges and coaches that will be staying for the entire day. That would help me in determining numbers and costs for lunch.

Please find as attachments below on this page:

a) Registration Sheet

b) Guidelines for:

- Parliamentary Debating

- Persuasive Speaking

- Impromptu Speaking

c) Agenda

Please encourage your students (to a maximum of 6) to come and participate in all the day's activities. In order to ensure your spot at this tournament, please register your students before Thursday, NOVEMBER 10th, 2011.

Sincerely,

Rhonda Smith,

Coordinator, Speech & Debate