The Jungle Debate Tournament
2024 — Idaho Falls, ID/US
Welcome to The Jungle
October 25-26, 2024
Idaho Falls High School
Thank you for your interest in attending The Jungle Invitational! This is East Idaho’s only two-day debate only tournament, and we can’t wait to have you join.
Fees-
Because speech isn’t offered at this tournament, and it is a two-day tournament, entry fees will be $8 per person.
Events-
This year, the following events will be offered in both Novice and Varsity Divisions: LD, PF, Congress. World Schools Debate will be introduced this year and will be offered in a single "Open Division." Due to historically low numbers in Policy Debate at this tournament, we will not be offering Policy Debate this year.
Judges-
The judge obligation will be:
One judge per 4 LD entries
One judge per 4 PF entries
One judge per 2 World Schools
One judge per 5 Congress entries
Topics-
This year, we will be running the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER topics for LD & PF. World Schools topics and the Congress Docket are posted on their own pages to the right!
Congress-
Student-written congress legislation is due Wednesday, October 9th! Please also only submit newly written legislation for the 2024-2025 season, and do not submit bills that have been written in previous seasons.
Food-
Judge food will be provided by the tournament in the judges lounge. Concessions will be ran for students to purchase during the tournament. Please encourage your students to bring cash or card to purchase concessions. All proceeds benefit the IFHS debate team.
Schedule- (PF/LD)
Friday-
Registration: 2:00-2:45 pm
Opening Meeting: 2:45pm
Round 1: 3:20pm
Round 2: 5:20pm
Round 3: 7:20pm
Saturday-
Judge check in- 8:40
Round 4: 9am-11am
Round 5: 11am-1pm
Quarters: 1:30pm
Semis: 2:45pm
Finals: 4:00pm
Awards- 6:00pm
Rules-
This tournament is running Idaho State Rules. A few modifications occured in order to have a two-day tournament. The tournament host reserves the right to make changes to the rules in order to accomodate this invitational. Any big changes will be communicated in advance before the start of the tournament. Questions or Comments should be directed to the tournament host!
***SEE THE SCHEDULE PAGE FOR SPECIFIC EVENT SCHEDULES***