Please email NTI2021Help@gmail.com to contact the tabroom and/or tournament hosts. 

We are excited to invite you to our annual season opener policy debate tournament- The Niles Township Invitational 2021.

The competition will be held  online through on Friday, September 10 through Sunday, September 12, 2021. The tournament has once again been designated as a semifinals Tournament of Champions bid in policy debate. We will host one division of Open policy debate in addition to our free Novice Workshop on Saturday only.

Schools may enter the tournament on a first come, first serve basis. The tournament will close registration when it reaches its capacity of ninety-six teams. Elimination rounds will begin on Saturday evening and we will clear to double-octafinals or octafinals depending on the size of the division - a decision will be made by the tab room after final registration. 

Finally, please find information regarding registration, judging, schedule of events and tournament guidelines on tabroom.com. This information should help to answer any questions you may have. Please remember to register early on tabroom.com. If you have any additional concerns, please do not hesitate to call or email.

We look forward to seeing you in September and kicking off another great season of debate!

Sincerely,

Lauren Velazquez, Niles North Head Coach

Eric Oddo, Niles West Head Coach

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SCHEDULE 

*ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME*

 ***Note - only 4-2 or better will clear and no more than 16 teams.

Friday September 10:

12:00 PM – Registration (Virtual)

12:45 PM – Verify all of your participants have checked in (students AND judges)

1:00 PM - Round 1 and 2 Pairings

1:30 PM - Round 1 (Check in 1:05 PM, Report Time 1:20 PM, Decision time 3:30 PM)

4:00 PM – Round 2 (Check in 3:35 PM, Report Time 3:50 PM, Decision time 6:00 PM)

6:00-6:30 PM - Dinner Break

6:30 PM – Rd 3 Pairing

7:00 PM – Round 3 (Check in 6:35 PM, Report Time 6:50 PM, Decision time 9:00 PM)

Saturday September 11:

9:00 AM – Verify all of your participants have checked in (students AND judges)

9:15 AM – Rd 4 Pairing

9:45 AM – Round 4 (Check in 9:20 AM, Report Time 9:35 AM, Decision time 11:45 AM)

11:45-12:15 PM - Lunch Break

12:15 PM – Rd 5 Pairing

12:45 PM – Round 5 (Check in 12:20 PM, Report Time 12:35 PM, Decision time 2:45 PM)

3:00 PM – Rd 6 Pairing

3:30 PM – Round 6 (Check in 3:05 PM, Report Time 3:20 PM, Decision time 5:30 PM)

5:30-6:00 PM - Dinner Break

6:00 PM – Octos Pairing

6:35 PM – Octos (Check in 6:05 PM for flip, Report Time 6:25 PM, Decision time 8:35 PM)

9:00 PM – Release bracket, judge list for Sunday morning and speaker awards

Sunday September 12:

9:00 – Verify all of your participants have checked in (students AND judges)

9:15 AM – Quarters Pairing

9:50 AM – Quarters (Check in 9:20 AM for flip, Report Time 9:40 AM, Decision time 11:50 AM)

12:05 PM – Semis Pairing

12:40 PM – Semis (Check in 12:10 PM for flip, Report Time 12:30 PM, Decision time 2:40 PM)

2:55 PM – Finals Pairing

3:30 PM – Finals (Check in 3:00 PM for flip, Report Time 3:20 PM, Decision time 5:30 PM)

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Novice Workshop on Saturday, September 11 via secured Zoom

9:00-11:45 AM – Flowing and Disads                                               

 1:00-3:00 PM – Demo Debate