Lower Mainland West Regional Debate Championship
January 18th & 19th, 2014
West Point Grey Academy & St. John’s School are happy to invite you to the Lower
Mainland West Regional Debate Championship on January 18th & 19th, 2014.
Due to the increase in membership in our region, this competition will be hosted at two
locations. West Point Grey Academy will host the Novice and Junior categories. St. John’s
School will host the Senior category. Please review the attached schedules for each
location.
Registration Cost and Judges
Registration opens at noon on Tuesday December 17th, 2013. Registration closes at
noon on Friday January 3, 2014.
Registration fees are $40 per student. This fee includes the $10 DSABC Regionals levy.
Registration may be paid upon arrival at the tournament via cash or cheque. Please
issue two cheques addressed to the appropriate school if you have students competing
at both locations.
DSABC policy requires that debaters must have must have attended at least one debate
competitions over the past year to be eligible to advance to Regionals (pizza debates
with a minimum of 2 rounds can be included). Please be sure to record this information
on the registration form. Registration will not be accepted if teams do not include this
information.
Teams may register up to 4 teams (in any combination) in the Novice and Junior
categories. A maximum of 3 teams may register in the Senior category. Please include
any extra teams on the wait-list; we will contact you as soon as possible after the
registration deadline to inform you if any wait-listed teams will be allowed to compete.
All teams must send at least one judge to accompany them. Teams that do not supply a
judge may be disqualified from the tournament. Please record the names of your judges
on the registration form.
Please complete the Registration Form via the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fwz4WE-Ga9B5uR-lacdUv40hVrGk7BYlxS_u1S27RDY/viewform
Any questions regarding registration may be sent to:
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Junior & Novice Category: Lindsay Spencer (lspencer@wpga.ca)
Senior Category: Drew Vodrey (dvodrey@st.johns.bc.ca)
Style
Senior Debaters will debate 2 rounds of prepared debate in Cross-Examination Style
and 3 rounds of impromptu debate in Canadian National Debate Format (CNDF),
followed by an impromptu Senior Final in CNDF for the top 2 teams. This tournament
will be bracketed.
Junior Debaters will debate 2 rounds of prepared debate in Cross-Examination Style and
2 rounds of impromptu debate in CNDF.
Novice debaters will debate 2 rounds of prepared debate in Cross-Ex and 2 rounds of
impromptu debate in Cross-Ex.
Topics
Seniors:
THBT Canada should boycott the Sochi Games.
Junior and Novice:
BIRT schools should have random drug testing.
*Please note that impromptu rounds will have different topics for each round with 15
minute preparation time prior to each round. Topics will be relevant to local or national
politics, current events and policy discussions, and/or prevalent social or moral issues.
Schedule
Please see the attached preliminary schedule. Any changes prior to the tournament
date will be forwarded to coaches.
Senior Schedule:
St. John’s School
2215 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver BC
Friday January 17th, 2014:
3:45pm-4:15pm
Registration
4:15pm-5:00pm
Debaters’ Briefing
Judges’ Briefing
5:00pm
Impromptu Motion release, debaters prep
5:15-6:15pm
Round 1, CNDF
6:15pm
Impromptu Motion released, debaters prep & snacks
6:30pm-7:30pm
Round 2, CNDF
Saturday January 18th, 2014
8:00am-8:30am
Registration
8:30am-9:30am
Debaters’ Briefing: Round 3 pairings announced
Judges’ Briefing
9:30am-10:30am
Round 3 (Prepared, Cross-Ex)
11:00am
Round 4 pairings announced
11:15am-12:15pm
Round 4 (Prepared, Cross-Ex)
12:15pm-1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm
Impromptu motion released/Round 5 pairings announced
1:15pm- 2:15pm
Round 5, CNDF
2:30pm
Finalists announced/ Finals motion released
3:00pm-4:00pm
Finals
4:15pm
Awards
Novice & Junior Schedule:
West Point Grey Academy
4125 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver BC
Saturday January 18th, 2014
2:00pm-2:30pm
Registration (Senior School Cafeteria)
2:30pm
Debaters’ Briefing (Senior School Cafeteria)
Judges’ Briefing (Room 122)
Timekeepers/Moderators’ Briefing (Room 106)
2:45pm
Impromptu motion released (Debaters prep both sides)
3:15pm-4:15pm
Round 1 (Novice: Cross-Ex, Juniors: CNDF)
4:15pm- 5:15pm
Round 2 (Novice: Cross-Ex, Juniors: CNDF)
5:15pm-6:00pm
Dinner (Senior School Cafeteria)
6:00pm-7:00pm
Round 3 (Prepared Motion, all Cross- Ex)
7:00pm-8:00pm
Round 4 (Prepared Motion, all Cross-Ex)
8:15pm
Awards
*You will note that we have a later start on this day. Students are welcome to watch
their fellow teammates compete in the Senior category at St. John’s School. WPGA will
provide transportation at 1:45pm from St. John’s to WPGA. Please contact Lindsay
Spencer (lspencer@wpga.ca) no later than January 10th, 2014 to be added to the
transportation list.