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The Bulldog Bash Hosted by University Schools

Coaches and Students,

You’re invited to our annual Speech and Debate Tournament, “Bulldog Bash” hosted by University Schools. We are excited to be able to provide schools with the opportunity to compete this weekend. We will also be offering an asynchronous category for all interpretation & platform events (including extemporaneous speaking). Please note that only our live tournament is a NIETOC BID tournament. To be In line with our district, we will be using Tabroom.com for our hosting platform this year.

• We are a NIETOC bid tournament! Bids do count for in-person only. https://nietoc.org/

• Pre-registration of live entries is Due Monday, Jan 13, 2026 by 5pm MST

• Judges for live events can be updated by Friday, Jan 16th 11:00 pm MST

• A coach is responsible for being on site at all times; failure to adhere will result in auto DQ for school entries and a call to the school’s district superintendent.

• Legislation will be posted 1 week out.

• Debates will be using January topics

• Entry fees are $12 per single entry, partnered events $24: live & asynchronous

• NEW: World Schools will be offered Friday 4-8pm. You may do mixed teams, or from 1 school. There will be one preparation round and 1 impromptu round. Topics released shortly

PF: Resolved: The People’s Republic of China should substantially reduce its international extraction of natural resources.

LD: Resolved: The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.

CX: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.

Judging: We are hoping to provide a diverse judging pool of former competitors, community members, and parents. Our goal is to increase the community involvement with the activity, so we appreciate you acknowledging that lay judges may be used for debate to help train new judges to become familiar with the activity. Teams should cover 4 rounds per 4 debate entries, 5 rounds per 10 Async Entries, 5 rounds per 10 IE entries (basically 1 full-time judge for 4 debate/10 Async/IE entries). As we recruit more judges, we will lower the requirements and release judges from the tournament.

We are happy to announce this year we will be paying college students $12 per round! If you have formers that you are using to cover a judging obligation, we will pay them! We hope to expand this to all judges in the future, but to see how it impacts finances, this year we will limit it to students in college.

Entries: Each school may enter a maximum of 4 entries in each event. You may add additional entries to the waitlist and if room permits, I will add entries as possible. Entries will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration will occur online via speechwire.com

Entry Fees: Please make checks payable to University Schools. Mailing address: 6525 W 18th Street Greeley CO 80634 Thank you!