LOWER MAINLAND WEST REGIONAL
DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
West Point Grey Academy is proud to invite you to the Lower Mainland West Regional
Debate Championship on Friday, January 18th (Seniors only) & Saturday, January 19th,
2013. All three categories (Seniors, Juniors and Grade 8s) will be held at West Point Grey
Academy and your Tournament Directors are Ms Tracey Lee, Lindsay Spencer and Kees de
Ridder.
As we are hoping to encourage schools to send their most competitive teams, we remind you of
the DSABC policy that requires debaters to have must have attended at least one local,
regional, or provincial debate competitions over the past year to be eligible to advance to
Regionals. The registration cap for each school is 5 teams and we encourage participating
schools to send teams in each of the three categories. Please include any extra teams for a waitlist; 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.
The registration deadline will be the first week back from Christmas Holidays on Tuesday,
January 7th, 2013 at midnight, though we encourage schools to send their registration
information as soon as possible in order to facilitate the organization of the tournament. The
early-bird registration deadline is Thursday, December 20th, 2012. Schools registering by
this date will be eligible to submit wait-listed teams; acceptances from this list will be firstcome first-served. Registration information should be forwarded to Tracey Lee at
talee@wpga.ca with an appropriate title in the subject line (ex: Crofton House Regionals
registration) or faxed to 604-224-1334 Attn: Tracey Lee. Please complete the attached
Registration Form and communicate any changes as soon as possible.
Style
Senior Debaters will debate 2 rounds of prepared debate in cross-examination style on the
FRIDAY evening and 3 rounds of impromptu debate in CNDF style, followed by an
impromptu Senior Final in CNDF for the top 2 teams. The first two rounds will be nonbracketed while the three impromptu rounds will be bracketed.
Junior Debaters will debate 2 rounds of prepared debate in cross-examination style and 2
rounds of impromptu debate in CNDF Style, followed by a Junior Final in cross-ex style
(prepared topic) for the top 2 teams (running simultaneously with the Senior Final). The first
two rounds will be non-bracketed while the two rounds of impromptu debates will be
bracketed.
Grade 8 debaters will debate 2 rounds of prepared debate in Cross-Ex and 2 rounds of
impromptu debate in Cross-Ex. As the Grade 8 category will advance students individually to
the LFC, all rounds will be NON-BRACKETED.
Topics
Senior Motion: THBT the time has finally come for a joint Israeli-Palestinian state.
Junior and Novice Motion:
THW allow child labour in developing countries
*Please note that impromptu rounds will each have different topics with 25 minute preparation
time prior to each round. Although the prepared topic is an IR focus and does require research
and preparation, impromptu motions will be more relevant to local or national current events
and/or prevalent social or moral issues.
Registration Cost and Judges
The tournament will cost $80 per team. Part of this fee ($10) is being collected as a tournament
levy for the DSABC. Please provide a cheque made out to West Point Grey Academy prior to
or on the day of the tournament. Schools will be required to bring one judge per pair of
debaters, though names of judges are not required prior to the tournament date. Schools that
bring more than the required number of judges will be given a registration fee discount of
$10 per extra judge.
Cheques can be mailed beforehand to:
West Point Grey Academy
4125 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, BC
V6R 4P9
Attn: Tracey Lee, Debate
Schedule
Please see the attached preliminary schedule. There are separate schedules for the Senior
division and the Junior/Novice divisions, please note the adjusted time slots in each division.
Any changes prior to the tournament date will be forwarded to coaches.
Senior Division Schedule
Tournament Director: Kees de Ridder
Friday, January 18, 2013
4:30 – 5:00 Registration opens for Judges and debaters (cafeteria)
5:00 - 5:30 Briefing for Judges (Room 122) and debaters (cafeteria)
5:30 – 6:30 Round 1 (Prepared Cross-ex topic)
6:30 – 7:15 Dinner (Coaches AGM)
7:15 – 8:15 Round 2 (Prepared Cross-ex topic)
Saturday, January 19, 2013
8:00 – 9:00
Judges Registration and Briefing – Room 122 (SS)
9:00 – 9:30
Registration and Briefing for debaters (CNDF style) - cafeteria
9:30 – 10:25
Round 3 Impromptu motion released/prep
10:30 – 11:30
Round 3 (impromptu)
11:30 – 11:55
Round 4 Impromptu motion released /prep
12:00 – 1:00
Round 4 (impromptu)
1:00 -1:45
Lunch (cafeteria)
1:45-2:10
Round 5 Impromptu motion released /prep
2:15 – 3:15
Round 5 (impromptu)
3:30 – 3:55
Finals teams announced / impromptu prep
4:00 – 5:00
Senior Finals
Junior/Novice Divisions Schedule
Tournament Director: Lindsay Spencer
Saturday, January 19, 2013
8:00 – 9:00
Registration and briefing for debaters (cafeteria)
Judges Registration and Briefing – Junior School Library
9:00 – 10:00
Round 1 (Prepared Cross-ex topic)
10:30 – 11:30
Round 2 (Prepared Cross-ex topic)
11:45 – 12:30
Lunch (cafeteria)
12:30 – 12:55
Round 3 Impromptu motion released/ prep
1:00 – 2:00
Round 3 (Juniors CNDF style / Novice Cross-ex)
2:00 – 2:25
Round 4 Impromptu motion released /prep
2:30 – 3:30
Round 4
3:45
Finals teams announced
4:00 – 5:00
Junior Finals
Awards ceremony will begin at the conclusion of the Senior and Junior Finals,
expected start time is 5:15pm.
Tournament is expected to conclude by 6pm.
LOWER MAINLAND WEST REGIONALS
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Please fax this form to 604-224-1334 Attn: Tracey Lee or email a scanned
version of this completed form to talee@wpga.ca
School: _____________________________________
Coach: ______________________________
Contact information: _________________________(work phone number)
_________________________(cell phone number)
__________________________email
Senior Division
Debater 1
Debater 2
Judge
Debater 1
Debater 2
Judge
Debater 1
Debater 2
Judge
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Junior Division
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Novice Division
1.
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Judges names do not need to be confirmed until Tuesday, January 15th, 2013. If
you have additional judges above your registered number of teams, then your
registration fee will be $10 less per additional judge.
Additional Judges:
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