Hello Colleagues,

You and your Policy Debaters are cordially invited to attend the New Trier Season Opener debate tournament, held at New Trier’s beautiful Northfield Campus on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 10, 11, 12, 2014. The New Trier Season Opener is proud to be a Tournament of Champions Qualifying Bid at the Quarter Final level in Policy Debate.

Every school is invited to enter up to four teams in the Policy Debate division. Registration will open on www.tabroom.com on Monday August 25^th. Additional entries will be placed on a wait list and will be admitted into the tournament as space becomes available. We will begin moving teams off the wait list September 8th. If you need to buy plane tickets or have extenuating circumstances please contact Aaron ASAP.

The entire tournament will be held at the Northfield Campus, including break rounds on Sunday. We are pleased that Eric Oddo of Niles West and Katie Gjerpen of Niles North will again oversee and run tabulation.

Last year, approximately 100 teams participated in Policy Debate from 11 states. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have increased the quality of competition every year – last year the quarterfinalists would go on to earn 41 TOC bids. We are confident that we will once again attract quality participants and quality judges.

We will give the Linda Oddo Speaker Award again this year. Linda spent her career dedicated to the education of young speakers and debaters. We are pleased to honor the contributions of such a passionate educator and coach as part of our tournament.

All information regarding this tournament will be posted on www.tabroom.com.

We look forward to seeing you and your debaters in October.

Sincerely,

Aaron Vinson

vinsona@newtrier.k12.il.us

David Weston

westond@newtrier.k12.il.us