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Welcome to THE Wash Tech Cup Invitational!

THE Wash Tech Cup will be held at Washington Technology Magnet School in St Paul (information below). All five divisions (Novice A, B, and C, JV, and Varsity) will be offered. All divisions will have three debates (see schedule below). Please try to register by 10/14 at the latest so that we can ensure enough food, rooms, and judges are available.

When registering for the tournament, please read through all the information below:

Tournament Location

Washington Technology Magnet School

1495 Rice St,

St Paul, MN 55117

When entering Washington Technology Magnet School, please enter via the main entrance, which is door 1 on the east side of the building (right outside the parking lot). If you are parking, please park in the lot on the east or southeast side of the school. Please do not let your bus driver park right outside the front entrance as this will severely impede traffic - park alongside the school (between the school and the parking lot). Do not go to W Hoyt Ave (on the west side of the building) - there is nothing there and no accessible entrances.

When you arrive, please head to the great hall (cafeteria). As you enter the building at the main entrance, take the first right down a long hallway. The great hall is pretty much at the end of that hallway (you'll go up one short set of stairs). There should be someone to greet you at the front door and direct you, but essentially you enter, turn right, and take the stairs up a floor.

Significant FYI: Wash Tech has a limited number of usable rooms (probably ~60). In order to make sure we are able to plan and accommodate debates, please enter your tentative registration ASAP. If we start to hit ~130 entries, we may have to cap registration.

Tournament Schedule

All teams should arrive BEFORE 9:15am

Round 1: 10:00am-11:45am

Lunch: 11:45am-12:30pm

Round 2: 12:45pm-2:30pm

Round 3: 3:00pm-4:45pm

Awards: Done by 5:45pm

Very important ------->>>>>Please arrive to the tournament between 8:45am-9:15am. The minute your team is on the bus and moving please text the Tournament Director, Jake Swede, at 507-382-3740. Let him know who you are, your ETA to the tournament, and if any changes to registration need to be made (including debaters and judges). <<<<<<--------

I recommend planning to have your buses pick up at 5:45pm on on the east side of the school (in the parking lot). This is an easy place for them to idle - plenty of space, little traffic. Make sure the bus driver contacts you about where they are.

Standard practice notes:

There should ALWAYS be an adult with your team at the tournament. You cannot drop off students unsupervised or leave them unsupervised at a tournament.

At least one of your team's coaches should have your students' emergency contact information with them in a physical file for ease of access in case of any emergency.

You should have one judge for every two partnerships you have entered in the tournament (MNUDL schools you are excluded from this). If you have an odd number of partnerships, round your judge obligation up to the nearest whole. If you are missing a judge, the tournament reserves the right to charge you for the standard cost of hiring plus a judge finding fee ($145 per judge). If you are low on judges the day of the tournament, the tournament will do its best to provide a judge to cover you, but if a sufficient number of judges are not available, the first partnerships dropped will be novices from schools that did not meet their judge obligation.

We will be serving pizza, snacks, and water for lunch - there will also be snacks available before round 3 and before awards. Please know your students' dietary restrictions so that we can provide them with food as necessary. Ideally, communicate any restrictions at least a week in advance to the tournament.

Thanks and see you at Washington Technology Magnet School!