Giant Speakers Debate Tournament - November

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General information

This is a High School tournament in Indiana.

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Welcome to the Ben Davis HS Giants 

Fall Debate Invitational II 

NOVEMBER TOURNAMENT

(Tournament details may change as necessary)

We take pride in hosting this season. This will be an in-person tournament.

When: Saturday, November 7^th, 2026  Rounds begin at 9:00am EST; doors open 7:30am

Where: Ben Davis HS, 1200 N. Girls School Road, Indianapolis 46214

What:  Novice and Varsity Debate Meet

ENTRY DEADLINE: November 2^nd, 2026 by 5:00 PM

ENTRY TO SCHOOL

Please use Door 20 as usual.  Do not use the main entry aka Door 1.

This tournament registration is located on Speechwire. We will offer the following rounds of competition:

• 4 Rounds of Policy, WSD, PF

• 5 Rounds of LD

• Congress - 2 sessions - AM/PM

We will offer Public Forum, Policy, and Lincoln-Douglas as novice/varsity and Worlds School Debate & Congressional Debate as OPEN.  

ENTRIES

• Novice Definition - a novice debater for this tournament is defined as a first-year debater or first-year speech student with no prior experience before this season.  Students with prior experience to this season will be considered varsity and must be registered as a varsity student.  Any violation of this registration will result in the student being disqualified from the tournament. 

• TEAM CAP: - 18 entries per school - any combination of novice, varsity, and open across the five events. 

• ENTRY CAP: Schools may enter no more than 6 entries in an event regardless of the division.  

• No second team entry. 

• NO MAVERICKS.

EVENT TOPICS

LINCOLN DOUGLAS AND PUBLIC FORUM - SEPT/OCT TOPICS 

• DIVISIONS - NOVICE AND VARSITY

• LD - Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative. 

• PF - Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction. 

POLICY DEBATE - 2026-2027 NATIONAL TOPIC. 

• DIVISIONS - NOVICE AND VARSITY (dependant upon number of entries/event can be combined)

• POLICY TOPIC - Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States. 

• NO RESTRICTIONS FOR EITHER DIVISION

CONGRESS

• DIVISIONS - OPEN (Novice and Varsity Combined)

• Congress Bills will be October 28, 2026.

• Event Cap - 6 entries

• Schools entering students in Congress MUST identify one adult as a parliamentarian - all head and assistant coaches may be used as well. 

• Bill order will be set by the chamber for session one. 

WORLDS SCHOOL DEBATE 

• DIVISIONS - OPEN (Novice and Varsity Combined)

• Worlds School prepared topics will be released October 21, 2026.

• Round Structure - 2 prepared, 2 impromptu rounds 

• Event Cap - 6 entries

BIG QUESTIONS - whereas we are not currently offering this event.  If there are several schools that would like for us to host Big Questions, please email us no later than 10/28/2026.  We are open to offering the event if there is a considerable interest in the event. 

JUDGES

Schools must bring the following:

• LD and PF - 1 judge per 2 entries for or any fraction there of. 

Example: 3 entries = 2 judges

• Policy and WSD - 1 judge per 1 entry 

• CONGRESS - 1 judge per 1-6 entries.  Schools entering students in Congress MUST identify one adult as a parliamentarian - all head and assistant coaches may be used as well. 

• Coaches must train your judges. Judges will be placed in any category as needed. 

• No student judges will be allowed at this meet! 

• Teams with missing or late judges will be ineligible for sweepstakes trophies.

CONCESSIONS

There will be concessions sales. No outside food please.  Any team caught bringing in outside food will result in the team being disqualified from sweepstakes trophies.   Your financial support through concessions helps us in paying for tournament costs.  Debit/Credit Card school only. If there are special diets or circumstances, please email Gary Peters @ gary.peters@wayne.k12.in.us.  Students may bring home or school lunches provided that the tournament host is notified at least one week in advance.  Please email Gary regarding anything dealing with concessions. 

Any questions about the events or topics, please email host: gary.peters@wayne.k12.in.us  AWARDS will be given.

We look forward to your participation!

Humbly,

GIANT SPEAKERS COACHING TEAM

GARY PETERS - Tournament Host, Head Debate Coach

FRED DOUSE - Tournament Manager, Head Speech Coach

JANET OLUWAYOMI - Assistant Debate Coach

RICHARD BOWMAN - Assistant Speech Coach

Speak Up. Speak Out. Speak Truth.

Manager contact information

Fred Douse
Email address: fred.douse@wayne.k12.in.us
Phone number: 317.988.7188

Mailing address

None provided