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Ben Davis Debate Tournament II
General information This is a High School tournament in Indiana. View manager contact information Dear Coach and Speakers,Welcome to the BDHS Debate Tournament II on December 16th, 2023. The meet will be held at Ben Davis High School located at 1200 N Girls School Road, Indianapolis, IN 46214. Doors open at 7:00 am. All judges and coaches please report to your first round by the time posted on the ballot. We will spin the first rounds at 8:30 AM. There are seats in our commons to accommodate. Schools, please spread out. Judges bring your devices for e-ballots. DIRECTIONS AND PARKINGPlease park in the front of the building and enter through Door 1. Buses please use the bus lot. REGISTRATION DEADLINEAll Registration will be done on www.speechwire.com. No emails, faxes or paper entries will be accepted. We strongly encourage that entries be made as early as possible (like right now, so you don’t forget) Please note the following:
DEBATE TOURNAMENT STRUCTUREThis will be an open tournament with multiple rounds (with Power Matching after Round Two) depending upon the event. The numbers of rounds will run as following: 5 rounds – Lincoln Douglas (LD) 4 rounds – Public Forum (PF), Policy Debate, and World School Debate (WSD) DEBATE EVENTS & TOPICS
Tournament Entries
Debate Events Entry: No event cap, team entry cap 24 BALLOTSThis is an e-ballot tournament. Judges must bring their own device. BALLOTS and WIN-LOSS RecordsAll Ballots will be uploaded on Speechwire after the tournament for any coach to download. WIN-LOSS records will be printed and distributed during awards. JUDGE REQUIREMENTS - NO STUDENT JUDGESJUDGE ELIGIBILITY Judges: any reasonable adult is eligible to judge. We would like very well-written critiques. We will ask you to select the appropriate judge type: adult or student in Speechwire.
DEBATE JUDGE REQUIREMENTS Judge requirement will be 1 to 4 ratio i.e. 1 judge per 4 debaters examples: 2 policy teams = one judge or 1 judge per 3 Congress and 1 LD DROPSCall late drops to (317) 988-7188 by 8:00 am on Saturday, December 16th, 2023.
CONCESSIONSThere should be no leaving the building as food for students will be served in the cafeteria. Complimentary food for judges, coaches and bus drivers will be provided.
AWARDSAwards will be given out for placements 1-8th. Questions: If you have any questions please email Gary Peters, Tournament Host, at gary.peters@wayne.k12.in.us or Fred Douse, Tournament Manager, at fred.douse@wayne.k12.in.us. We want to thank you for coming to the BDHS DEBATE TOURNAMENT II . Warmly, The Ben Davis GIANT SPEAKERS COACHING STAFF Fred Douse Mailing address 1200 N Girls School Rd SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2023 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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