Dear Debate Team,

You are cordially invited to the 2022CrossTown Debate Tournament which will be held this year at Grand Forks Central on Saturday, December 10th, starting with registration at 8:30 AM and rounds beginning at 9:30 AM.

We will be offering Lincoln Douglas and Public Forum debate. The topics will be the Nov/Dec topic for each LD and PF listed on speechanddebate.org

Registration: is due by Sunday, December 4th by 8 PM. Registration fees will be calculated based on registration at this time.

Please use this link to register. This is the link to TABROOM. If you need help with tabroom, please contact Gayle Hyde. If you have trouble with the link, email your entries to hydeg@fargo.k12.nd.us as Gayle Hyde will act as the tournament manager.

We are going to make online ballots an option for judges. Please provide an email address for each of your judges linked to a Tabroom account if possible. We will certainly still allow paper ballots, but we are going to provide the ability for you to do an online ballot.

You will receive an invoice and code sheet after registration.

Fees will be assessed on Sunday, December 4th. Changes after that time will be expected to be included in your fees and judging requirements will be expected to be fulfilled.

Additional hired judges are limited and we encourage you to bring your judges.

Judging: Teamswill need to cover one judge for every three LD or PF teams.Be aware that if you take advantage of one judge for every three debaters/teams, your judges will judge nearly every round. If you would like rounds off, you will need to supply a judge for each 2 debaters/teams. All judges must be certified through the NDHSAA. Info can be found at this site.

Fees are as follows:

$10.00 per LD debater

$15.00 per PF

$85.00 per hired judge

Please make checks payable to GF Central Debate, ℅ Katie Bolstad, 115 N 4th St, Grand Forks, ND 58203..DO NOT SEND THEM TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

Concessions: Concessions should be available throughout the tournament. Any necessary updates regarding concessions will be sent post registration.

Enter the school through DOOR 1 (The main door on the East Side of the school)

A note about busses: You can park busses in the staff lot or the lots across from the gym on the west side of the building.

Click here for hotel information.

We look forward to seeing you on December 4!

Katie Bolstad – GFC, Gabby Mangan, GFC, Sarah Tuchscherer –Red River,