Event Details
- Date: Saturday, Janaury 17, 2026
- Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Location: Walter Murray, Saskatoon
- Format: Canadian National Style
- Rounds: 2 prepared, 1 impromptu
Thanks to the generous support of Walter Murray 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.
Who can attend?
- Grades 5 to 12
- Beginner Division: Grades 5 & 6
- Intermediate Division: Grades 7 & 8
- Novice Division: Grades 9 to 12 in their first year of competitive debate
- Open: Grades 9 to 12 with previous competitive debate experience
- There will be a French division if registration allows!
Motions and Prep
The prepared motion for all division is: Assuming feasibility, this house, as Canada, would join the European Union.
- Students should come prepared to debate both sides of the prepared motion.
- Student will receive the impromptu motion 30 minutes before the impromptu round.
Judging
- All teams must provide one judge.
- Teams without a judge may be unable to compete.
- No experience required. We provide training.
- View our judging resources HERE.
- Judge registration is open HERE January 2 - 9
Registration
- Space may be limited
- Some teams may sit out a round if numbers are uneven.
- If you don’t have a partner, we will try to match you with someone.
- A registration from must be filled in for each student.
- Debater Registration is open HERE January 2 - 9
Tournament Fee
- $40 per student
- Financial aid available.
- Pay by e-transfer to director@saskdebate.com
- Put the student's name followed by T6 in the memo line.
- Teams that cancel less than 24 hours before the tournament will still owe tournament fees.
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