Tournament, December 14, 2024, 8:30 – 5:00 pm
Seymour High School, 2 Botsford Rd, Seymour, CT 06483
Sponsored by The English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch
On behalf of Seymour Schools and Coach Harvey Catlin, The CTMSDL invites you our second event of the 2024-25 season.
Novice and Open Level debaters will debate on both sides of the prep-ahead motion:
This House believes that schools should ban smart phones & watches only during instructional time instead of from bell-to-bell. Bell-to-bell means from when the first bell rings at the start of the school day to begin instructional time until the dismissal bell rings at the end of the academic school day. Bell-to-bell includes lunch and time in between class periods.
Please review the June 2024 Handbook. It is up to coaches to decide which category (Novice or Open) is appropriate for each of their teams (page 5). For Round 3, Open Level debaters will debate a different motion extemporaneously (pages 3-4).
Please email jen.posner@ctmsdebate.org and let us know if your school is likely to attend. Coaches should register on Tabroom.com for the event CTMSDLDec14 by midnight Wednesday, Dec 11. That’s the deadline to purchase Tabroom entries. You may edit your teams up until 9:00 am Dec 16. Instructions on using Tabroom can be found here. There is no cap on the number of teams a school may enter.
Coaches must register one judge per every 2 teams entered. Coaches should make sure their judges understand the information in the Judges’ Instructions and the Handbook prior to the event. Observers are welcome.
Schedule
| Arrival, Coaches check-in, lunch ticket sales | 8:30 – 9:15 |
| Welcome | 9:15 |
| Workshops: Debaters (optional), New Judges, Exper Judges | 9:30 – 10:30 |
| Open & Novice R1 (prep ahead topic) | 10:45 – 12:00 |
| Lunch | 12:00 – 1:00 |
| Open & Novice R2 (prep ahead topic) | 1:00 – 2:00 |
| Open R3 (extemp topics)/ Nov R3 (prep ahead) | 2:15 – 3:15 |
| Games for Debaters (optional) | 3:15 – 3:45 |
| Final Round between top 2 Open Teams after 3 Rounds | 3:45 – 4:45 |
| Awards, Announcement of Feb 10 Topic | 4:45 – 5:00 |
Debaters may buy pizza and drink tickets when they arrive. Pizza is $2 per slice and drinks are $1. BYO water bottles. Coffee & donuts and lunch will be provided for judges. Questions or comments? Please email Jen Posner at jen.posner@ctmsdebate.org.