Saturday, April 6, 2024, 8:30 am —4:00 pm                                           Bethel Middle School, 600 Whittlesey Dr, Bethel, CT 06801 Sponsored by The English-Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf of Bethel Middle School and Coach Cathy Emerick, The CTMSDL invites you our 2023-2024…

Tournament, Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:30 am —5:00 pm                                           Timothy Edwards Middle School, 100 Arnold Way, South Windsor, CT 06074 Sponsored by The English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf of Timothy Edwards Middle School and Coach John Smith-Horn, The…

Tournament, Saturday, December 16, 2023, 8:30 am —5:00 pm Smith Middle School, 216 Addison Rd, Glastonbury, CT 06033 AND Virtual on Zoom Sponsored by The English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf of Smith Middle School and Coach John Rook,…

Rippowam Middle School, 381 High Ridge Road, Stamford CT 06905 & Online via Zoom Sponsored by The English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch MOTION: This House believes that artificial intelligence (AI) will do more harm than good. On behalf of Coach…

Tournament, Saturday, February 11, 2023, 9:30 am — 4:30 pm Zoom & Timothy Edwards Middle School, 100 Arnold Way, South Windsor, CT 06074 Sponsored by The English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf of Timothy Edwards Middle School and Coach…

Tournament, Saturday, December 17, 2022, 9:30 am — 3:45 pm Smith Middle School, 216 Addison Road Glastonbury, CT 06033 & Zoom Sponsored by The English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf of Smith Middle School and Coach John Rook, the…

Novice Level Scrimmage, Open Level Tournament Saturday, October 22, 2022, 9:00 am — 3:15 pm Virtual on Zoom AND Live at Seymour Middle School 211 Mountain Rd, Seymour, CT 06483 Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf…

Online Tournament Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch MOTION: This House, as the US Federal Government, would institute a Universal Basic Income (UBI). TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE EVENT – all on Zoom TIME Judges’ Workshop 8:30 – 9:30 Debaters enter…

Online Tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022 Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch MOTION: THW eliminate school Gifted & Talented programs DEADLINES: ENTER TEAMS & JUDGES BY TUESDAY, March 29  at 11 PM. Rearrange team members, add judges, or…

Online Tournament, Saturday, February 12, 2022 Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch MOTION: This House regrets the rise of space tourism DEADLINES: ENTER TEAMS & JUDGES BY TUESDAY, February 8 at 11 PM. Rearrange team members, add judges,…

Online Tournament, Saturday, December 18, 2021 Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch MOTION: THW boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics DEADLINES: ENTER TEAMS & JUDGES BY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 at 11 PM. Rearrange team members, add judges, or…

Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch The Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to the first event of the 2021-22 season. Debaters who will compete should research the topic: This House would ban direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising…

On Saturday, May 22, 2021 the CTMSDL will host its first Championship Tournament.  Coaches will be notified regarding which of their debaters have qualified.  Debaters should prepare both sides of the motion:  This House, as the International Criminal Court, would…

Online Tournament, Saturday, April 24, 2021 Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch DEADLINES: ENTER TEAMS & JUDGES BY TUESDAY, APRIL 20 at 11 PM. Rearrange team members, add judges, or delete teams or judges after that date by…

The CTMSDL motion for our April 24, 2021 online tournament is in the news and something Middle Schoolers can apply first-hand knowledge to:This House, as the US federal and state governments, would not require standardized testing for the 2020-21 school…

The deadline to enter teams is TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 BY 11 PM. (We have to purchase virtual classrooms – $6/room – in advance of tournament day.) You may rearrange team members after that date but you won’t be able to…

Connecticut Middle School Debate League Tournament Invitation Saturday, December 19, 2019, 8:30 am — 3:45pm Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch The Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to attend a tournament on Saturday, December 19, 2020.…

All judges must have a free Tabroom account and download free Zoom software on their computer or phone or tablet. Click here to sign up for a free Tabroom account.  Click here to sign up for a free Zoom account.…

The Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to the first event of the season. Debaters who will compete should research the topic: This House, as Facebook, would ban all political advertising.  Observers are welcome. Please refer to the updated…

Click here to download a copy of our May 9, 2020 online tournament invitation The Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to the third tournament of the season.  Debaters who will compete should research the topic: This House believes…

Tournament, Saturday, December 14, 2019, 9:30 am — 3:45 pm Smith Middle School, 216 Addison Road Glastonbury, CT 06033 Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf of Smith Middle School and coach John Rook, the Connecticut Middle…

Scrimmage, Demonstration & Workshops Saturday, October 19, 2019, 9:30 am — 3:00 pm Bethel Middle School, 600 Whittlesey Drive, Bethel, CT Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch On behalf of Bethel Middle School and Coach Cathy Emerick, The…

On behalf of Bethel Middle School, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to our second tournament of the season, on Saturday, January 26, 2019 from 9:30AM to 3:45PM at Bethel Middle School, 600 Whittlesey Drive, Bethel, CT 06801.…

The Connecticut Middle School Debate League’s first tournament of the season is coming up on Saturday, December 1, at Seymour Middle School. Please download the following files for details: The full Tournament Invitation Updated Judge’s Instructions complete with a rubric…

Smith Middle School, Glastonbury, and the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invite you to our first event of the 2018-19 season, a scrimmage on Saturday, October 27, 2018. Our topic will be: This House would include E-sports in the Olympic…

On behalf of Eastern Middle School and coach Bruce johnson, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to our third tournament of the season: Saturday, April 21, 2018, 9:30 am — 3:45 pm Eastern Middle School, 51 Hendrie Avenue,…

On behalf of Smith Middle School and coach John Rook, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to our second tournament of the season: Saturday, January 27, 2018, 9:30 am — 3:45 pm Smith Middle School, 216 Addison Rd,…

On behalf of Middlebrook School and coach Michael Panoli, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to our first tournament of this season.  The details are: Date:  December 2, 2017, 9:30AM — 3:45PM Location:  Middlebrook School, 131 School Road,…

On behalf of Coach Cathy Emerick and Bethel Middle School, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to this season’s first event, a demonstration debate, skill-building workshop and scrimmage, on Saturday, October 21, 2107 from 9:30 am — 2:30…

On behalf of Middlebrook School and coach Michael Panoli, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League would like to invite you to our second tournament this season to be held at Middlebrook School, 131 School Road, Wilton, CT, on Saturday, January…

On behalf of Smith MIddle School and coaches John Rook and Antoinette Kisluk, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to attend this season’s first competitive tournament on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury, CT…

Middle School Demonstration and Scrimmage Saturday, October 15, 2016, 9:30 — 2:30 Bethel Middle School, 600 Whittlesey Drive, Bethel, CT On behalf of Bethel Middle School and Cathy Emerick, coach, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League would like to invite…

On behalf of Smith Middle School in Glastonbury and Coach John Rook, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League invites you to compete in our next tournament, on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 9:30 am — 3:00 pm. Debaters should come…

We are pleased to announce that we will hold our winter CT Middle School Debate League tournament on Saturday, January 30th, 2016, from 9:30 am — 3:00 pm at Hamden Hall Country School, 1108 Whitney Avenue, Hamden. We owe a…

On behalf of Eastern Middle School and Coach Bruce Johnson, the CT Middle School Debate League invites you to compete in our next tournament, on Saturday, January 23, 2016 from 9:30 am — 3:00 pm. Our snow date will be…

On behalf of Classical Magnet School and TJ Noel-Sullivan, Director of the Hartford Debate League, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League would like to invite you to this season’s first competitive tournament, on Saturday, November 21, 2015 from 9:30 am…

THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CTMSDL:   NOVEMBER TOURNAMENT DUES for 2015-16 ONLINE RESOURCES, including debate videos! November Tournament We’ll hold the first competitive tournament of the 2015-16 season on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Classical Magnet School in Hartford.  We’ll…

On behalf of Luis Munoz Marin School and Ron Rapice of the Bridgeport Public School Debate League, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League would like to invite you to this season’s first event, a demonstration debate, skill-building workshop and scrimmage, on Saturday,…

We will hold our first event of the 2015-16 season, a demonstration debate, workshop and scrimmage, on Saturday, October 17, 2015. This training event is our first for the 2015-16 season.  Please note the important information below.  Note that you can…

Registration is now open for the May 2 tournament at Bethel Middle School.  There will be three rounds of debate for all students followed by a public final round between the top two teams. As previously announced the motion will…

Our next Connecticut Middle School Debate League tournament will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Bethel Middle School. The day’s schedule will be similar to the January tournament:  one open division , two rounds of debate, lunch, a…

On behalf of Bruce Johnson, Coach of Eastern Middle School in Greenwich, and Scott Brady, Coach of Wamogo Middle School in Litchfield, I would like to invite you to our first competitive tournaments at the end of the month.  There…

The Connecticut Middle School Debate League will hold its first debate tournaments at the end of January.  January 24 and January 31 are the likely dates, and we are looking at two locations to make travel a bit easier. These…

On behalf of Bethel Middle School and Smith Middle School I would like to invite you to the inaugural event of the Connecticut Middle School Debate League, an introductory scrimmage.  Bethel Middle School, November 10, 2014, 4PM to 7PM Smith…

The Connecticut Middle School Debate League will hold two scrimmages in November: Bethel Middle School, Monday, November 10 Smith Middle School in Glastonbury, Wednesday, November 12 We expect schools will choose to attend one or the other, as they are…