Hosted ONLINE over Teams

Wednesday, May 29th, 2024

Tabroom Staff: Mr. Liu, Luke Canabou

Equity Officer: Mr. Liu

Equity Form(anonymity is an option): To be posted

Registration:Only Bellarmine College Prep rising sophomores will be allowed to enter this tournament. All other schools will be dropped from the tournament without notice or warning.

Welcome to the 4thAnnual Bellarmine Theory MiniDebate Invitational! Thetournament schedulecan be accessed by clicking on the "Schedule" page on the sidebar to the right. Forspeech times, look at the page titled "Speech Times."

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS

ALL MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTSwill take place overMESSENGERvia the joint rising sophomore/junior group chat. Contact any of the rising juniors to be added to the chat.

2. NOTES FOR STUDENTS AND JUDGES

Pairings for all rounds will be posted on Tabroom. The tournament schedule will be listed on a separate custom page on the side bar. Please make sure that you know which room you will be debating in.

Competition will take place in a Microsoft Team. Check the Messenger chat the morning of the tournament to find the link to the Team where instructions will be given out.

3. HOW THE TOURNAMENT WORKS

This tournament is geared towards rising sophomores attending debate camp over the summer. There will be six preliminary rounds and subsequent elimination rounds. Each round will debate a different theory argument. Further details about speech times are listed under the "Speech Times" page.

When a round begins, your judge will reveal the resolution. Then, you'll have a period of2 minutesto prep out your given side. After the period ends, the first affirmative constructive (1AC) will begin and introduce arguments defending their side. The first negative constructive (1NC) will then begin - it will respond to the 1AC and introduce arguments defending their position. The next two rebuttal speeches (1AR and 1NR) will explain why they have won the debate. Each team will receive30 seconds of preparation timeto use at any point in the debate.