Dear Coach:

You are invited to attend the Lincoln After School Novice tournament. There are no entry fees for these contests.  We will host Novice Policy and Novice Public Forum. All three events should be limited to FIRST YEAR debaters. If they have debated in another event prior to this year, they are not eligible to attend.

When: Tuesday October 30, 2018

Entries: You should enter two person teams who are in their first year of debate.

Deadline: Entries should be completed on Tabroom.com by 5:00pm Monday night. (October 29)

Supervision: A coach from each school should remain at Lincoln for the duration of the contest to supervise hallways and classrooms between rounds.

Judges: One competent judge for every two teams or fraction thereof. You may use high school Varsity debaters who will listen and write clear, constructive ballots. Please make sure that the judges you bring for each debate event can effectively judge that event. – If judges have a tabroom account, we will use online ballots.

Policy Time Limits: Constructive speeches – 7 minutes; 1AC still 8 minutes

                                    Cross-examination – 2 minutes

                                    Rebuttals – 4 minutes

                                    Prep time – 5 minutes

Public Forum Time Limits: NSDA Time limits will be used.

Awards: Ribbons for undefeated 2 person teams.

Schedule:       POLICY

3:30     Registration in Cafeteria

3:50     General meeting in Cafeteria

4:00     Round 1

5:00     Round 2

6:00     Round 3

7:15     Awards in Library

                        PFO Schedule

                        4:00 Round 1

                        4:45 Round 2

                        5:30 Round 3

                        6:15 Round 4