Please note: Change in Registration Time:  We will hold registration in the Ridge Performing Arts Center between 12:30pm and 2:00pm.  You must arrive before 2:00pm because you will not be allowed to drive into the school driveway between 2:00 and 2:45pm (our buses block all the roadways and parking lots).  We will have general announcements at 2:30pm with Round I set to start at 2:45pm.  This will allow us to conduct three prelim rounds on Friday.  

Greetings,

The Ridge High School Debate Team cordially invites you to the EIGHTH annual Ridge 
Debates on December 7th and 8th  in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. We hope to provide 
you and your team with an exceptional day of competition. We will be offering two 
divisions in Lincoln-Douglas Debate (open and novice), Policy Debate and Public Forum.  We  will be awarding TOC bids to the semifinalists in Public Forum Debate and finalists in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

All judge names must be finalized by Tuesday, December 4th to afford time for strikes.  
Any changes in judge names after December 4th will be fined $25 in order to allow teams 
the most accurate and fair opportunity to rate.   

The tournament will use the 2012-2013  Policy Debate topic, the November/December  
Lincoln-Douglas debate topic and the December Public Forum topic.  In Lincoln-Douglas 
Debate, Policy Debate, and Public Forum, five preliminary rounds will be held with an 
appropriate number of outrounds (entry numbers permitting).   Awards will be presented 
to all outround participants in all three events, along with speaker awards.   

Until we receive more information from attending schools, we will cap the entry numbers 
to 8 entries in each event. If you would like to add extra students on a ‘waitlist’ basis, feel 
free to indicate that in your registration. We will contact you as soon as more information 
is available.

We hope you and your team will consider attending the seventh inception of this 
tournament!  We eagerly await hearing your feedback and hope to see you and your team 
in December.

                                                          .

David Yastremski
Ridge High School