Event Details
- Date: November 2, 2024
- Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Location: Centennial Collegiate High School, Saskatoon
- Divisions/Grades: Students in grade 5 to 12.
- Style: Canadian National Style
- Rounds: 2 rounds prepared, 1 round impromptu
Motions
Elementary Prepared Motion: This house would lower the voting age to 14.
High School Prepared Motion: This house believes that democracy is the best form of government.
Students should come prepared to debate both side of their motion.
The third round motion will be impromptu. The theme of the impromptu motion for all divisions is school. Students will be given the motion at the event and will have 30 minutes to prepare their speeches. No research is allowed during prep time. We have resources to help students prepare for impromptu debates.
Judging
- All teams must provide one judge for the event.
- Teams that do not provide a judge may be unable to compete.
- Judges do not need previous experience. We provide a judge briefing at the start of every event to teach judges how to score a debate and give feedback.
- View our judging resources HERE.
- Judge registration will be open HERE from Friday October 18 to Friday October 25.
Registration
- There may be a limit to the number of teams who can register.
- If an odd number of teams register, some teams may be required to sit out one round.
- If you do not have a partner, SEDA will do its best to match you with a partner.
- Observers for virtual tournaments must be registered on the debater registration form.
- A registration from must be filled in for each student.
- Student registration will be open HERE from Friday October 18 to Friday October 25.
Tournament Fee
- $40 tournament fee per student.
- E-transfer to director@saskdebate.com by Friday October 25. Put the student's name followed by T2 in the memo line.
- Teams that cancel less than 24 hours before the tournament will still owe tournament fees.
- We offer a 25% or 50% subsidy. If the subsidy prices are still a barrier to participation, please contact SEDA at info@saskdebate.com.
Meals
- Thanks to the generous support of Centennial Collegiate for the tournament venue, we are able to provide a pizza lunch. The pizza lunch will be provided for debaters, coaches, judges, and volunteers.
- Please bring a reusable water bottle.
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