Invitation Feb 8, 2025 Tournament
Saturday, February 8, 2025, 8:30 – 5:00
Timothy Edwards Middle School, 100 Arnold Way, South Windsor, CT 06704
Sponsored by The English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch
On behalf of Timothy Edwards Middle School, South Windsor and Coach John Smith-Horn, The CTMSDL invites you to the third 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 carbon capture is essential to fighting climate change.
Info Slide: Carbon capture technologies capture carbon dioxide from emission sources before it enters the atmosphere. This topic was featured on Open to Debate.
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).
Coaches should register on Tabroom.com for the event CTMSDLFeb8 by midnight Wednesday, Feb 5. That’s the deadline to purchase Tabroom entries. You may edit your teams up until 9:00 am Feb 8. Instructions on using Tabroom can be found here. There is no cap on the number of teams a school may enter. Teams must include 3 members if possible.
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 April 5 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. TEMS will provide breakfast and lunch for judges & coaches! Questions or comments? Please email Jen Posner at jen.posner@ctmsdebate.org.