Jan 26 Tournament Results
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, The Connecticut Middle School Debate League held it’s second competitive tournament of the season at Bethel Middle School.
254 debaters from 23 schools combined into 92 teams to debate the motion: This House, as the United States, would ban hate speech.
The team of Ailish MacDonnell, Tommy Fowler, and Matthew Tobin from South Orangetown took first place on a 3-0 Final Round decision.
Full results can downloaded here:
They can also be found on Tabroom.com by clicking on the red Results button next to the tournament name (CTMSDL Jan 26).
Thank you to the Bethel Middle School community and coach, Cathy Emerick, for hosting and allowing us to use almost every room in the school. Thanks to the Greenwich Branch of the English Speaking Union for their continuing support. Huge thanks also go to the 54 people (High School debaters, coaches, teachers and parents) who volunteered as judges, workshop leaders, and Tab staff — you make it possible for our League to continue to operate and grow.
Coaches, if you have suggestions for the topic for our April 6 tournament at Eastern Middle School in Greenwich, please let me know ASAP. We’ll release that in a couple of weeks.
As always, contact me if you are missing a ballot or have questions, concerns, suggestions, or have any fabulous photos you’d like to share.