Debate at Davis is proud to partner with the Capitol Valley Forensic League (CVFL) to host two days of competition at the Debatin' Aggie Swing speech and debate tournament. The tournament will be held at UC Davis in Davis, California.

We hope to offer high quality competition, flexible options, humane scheduling, and affordable rates for our competitors.

CHSSA rules will be used, where relevant.

Let's get this out of the way early: what the heck is a "swing"?

A "swing" is a tournament format where each day is a new beginning. At this tournament, debate is run on Saturday, and speech is run on Sunday. Your program (and students) can choose to do one or both days.

Congress?

Congress will be offered on the same day as speech. Congress may not double enter with other speech events.

Policy Debate?

Depends on interest levels. We would run policy on its own track and judge pool for logistical reasons. It would likely have fewer rounds by nature of being longer.

Parli - Closed prep?

Yep, closed prep. We'll have 1-2 Parli prep rooms. Students should only communicate with their partner, but are allowed to consult with non-GenAI Internet resources.

Novice divisions?

Yes, where the numbers are viable for it, we'll run novice divisions. If a separate novice division isn't viable, we'll offer a top novice award (recognition and a pull from the awards swag pile).

Speech double entry?

Entries may double-enter in speech, however, there is only one panel of speech -- that is to say that all speech events will run concurrently.

Speech events offered?

Original Oratory

Informative

Humorous Interpretation

Program Oral Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

Impromptu

Original Advocacy

Original Prose & Poetry

Declamation

Dramatic Interpretation

Extemporaneous [Combined NX and IX]

[again, Congress will run alongside Speech events]

Sweepstakes?

We'll tabulate a sweepstakes award for each day basedon prelim round results. We're entirely unclear what sort of physical award will accompany this.

Awards?

We will offer UC Davis swag/gear as awards for top placing entries and speakers. We hope these will be a memorable and utilitarian commendation of your efforts!

Entry Fees?

- $20/speech entry

- $20/Congress entry

- $40/debate entry

- CVFL member schools are eligible for a 50% discount if they register early and bring sufficient judging.

Judging?

Debate rounds will be single-flighted. That means the judge burdens will be higher!

We need 1 judge per 2 debate entries, rounded up.

Having trouble finding judges? We've got UC Davis students that would be delighted to be hired to judge.Some tournaments say "we'd rather have your judges than your money" -- not us! We'd love to get Debate at Davis judges hired to help provide high quality feedback. The judge hire rate is $125/day.

Speech will require 1 judge per 5 speech entries. We'll use this to keep rooms small -- ideally no larger than 5 entries per room fornon-Impromptu events and no larger than 6 entries per room for Impromptu.

Parking? Maps? Etc?

Be patient.

Schedule

Saturday

R1 Parliamentary Draw - 8:00 AM [As in, the topic gets blasted electronically at this time]

R1 Start - 8:20 AM

R2 Parli Draw - 9:20 AM

R2 Start - 9:40 AM

R3 Parli Draw 10:40 AM

R3 Start - 11:00 AM

~~LUNCH~~

R4 Parli Draw - 12:40 PM

R4 Start - 1:00 PM

Elim 1 Parli Draw - 2:00 PM

Elim 1 Start - 2:20 PM

Elim 2 Parli Draw - 3:20 PM

Elim 2 Start - 3:40 PM

Elim 3, if necessary, would start around 5:00 PM.

Sunday

R1 Extemp Draw - 8:30 AM

R1 Start - 9:00 AM

R2 Extemp Draw - 10:00 AM

R2 Start - 10:30 AM

R3 Extemp Draw - 11:30 AM

R3 Start - 12:00 PM

~~LUNCH~~

R4 Extemp Draw 1:15 PM

R4 Start - 1:45 PM

Awards - 3:00 PM