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Regis Jesuit Novice Tournament
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Regis Jesuit Novice Tournament
We are thrilled to invite you to this year’s Regis Jesuit Novice Tournament!
Location: Regis Jesuit High School, 6300 Lewiston Way, Aurora CO 80016
Date: October 4, 2025
Time: 8:00-3:00 (approximate)
Another year of Speech & Debate is beginning. Get excited!
Registration
Deadline: Please register by Wednesday, October 1st, 5 pm.
Limit: Per tradition, we will accept up to five (5) entries in each event.
Cost: $6 per single student event, $10 per team (duo, policy, PF) event, based on preregistration on October 7th.
Payment: Make checks payable to Regis Jesuit High School with note "Speech & Debate."
Judges: Teams will be expected to bring one varsity student judge for every five speech entries and one judge for every two debate entries. We will do our best to use all student judges every round by doubling up on speech judges(when possible). Please explain to students that the more events they're willing to judge, the better the chance that we'll get to use them every round.
Ballots: Ballots for the tournament will be done virtually, through Speechwire. Please have all judges bring devices and chargers with them.
Events
Platform: Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking (National and International)
Interpretive: Humor, Drama, Poetry, Duo, Program Oral Interpretation
Debate: Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Policy Debate, Congressional Debate
Topics:
Lincoln Douglas - Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, plea bargaining is just.
Public Forum – Resolved: The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union.
Policy – Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.
Congress - Docket will be available on SpeechWire one week prior to the tournament
National Extemp Topics -
Round 1 - Economy
Round 2 - US Politics and Government
Round 3 - Social and Cultural Issues
International Extemp Topics -
Round 1 - Africa
Round 2 - Europe
Round 3 - Asia
Questions: Please contact the RJ coach, Miranda Smith, at msmith@regisjesuit.com.
Miranda Smith Mailing address Regis High School SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2025 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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