You are cordially invited to The Meadows School’s Invitational Tournament, October 30th – Nov 1st, 2015. We will provide competition in Varsity Policy and Lincoln Douglas debate on the 2015 Policy and Sept / Oct LD topics.

There is no entry deadline – we will accept entrants until we are full. Fees will be frozen on Oct 16^th; entries that drop after that time will still be obligated to pay entry fees. We can accommodate up to approximately 56 teams and 76 LDers.  Entry will be through the Tabroom.com site. Hired judge requests must be sent to timalderete@yahoo.com by Sept 18^th. We must receive payment for hired judges prior to Sept 30th. Directions, announcements and judging preference instructions will be sent out in the weeks prior to the tournament through Tabroom.com.

Both Divisions will consist of six preliminary debates. We will break to at least Octofinals. Power matching in Policy will be based on Wins, High Low Points + Opponents Wins, Total Points and Judge Variance. Round Three will be matched High High, with the remaining rounds being powered High Low within brackets. Power matching in LD will be based on Wins, High Low Points + Opponents Wins, Total Points and Judge Variance. (These are subject to change due to technology consultation). Up to 16 teams/debaters in policy with winning records will advance to elimination rounds. Up to 32 debaters in LD with winning records will advance to elimination rounds.