Results: December 19, 2020 Tournament

On Saturday, December 19, 2020, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League held its first competitive tournament of the season, online.  300 debaters from 19 schools combined into 106 teams to debate the motion: This House believes that televised Presidential debates do more harm than good.  This was made possible by 86 volunteers who judged and trained to judge!  Proposition prevailed in 55% of the rounds.  Results can be accessed from Tabroom.com under ctmsdldec19, Results.

The St. Luke’s School team of Zakowich, Gerber and Gilrain-Lennond won the Final Round on Opposition over the Bethel team of Sackey, Betz and Zalasnick.  Willa Zalasnick from Bethel was the first place speaker.

Many thanks to the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch for their sponsorship.  Huge thanks also to our Middle School debate coaches who spent hours not only coaching, but getting their debaters’ technology ready.  The efforts of Jennifer Hunt, Bruce Johnson, Halle Hunt, Ryan Lafferty, Eliza Posner, Ann Walsh Henderson, and Everett Rutan were invaluable during the tournament.

The motion for our February 27, 2021 tournament will be released and posted on ctmsdebate.org on January 1, 2021.

Please email me with any questions or concerns.

Happy Break & hope to see you in February,  Jen

Jen Posner

President, CT Middle School Debate League jen.posner@ctmsdebate.org