JERSEY SHORE INVITATIONAL AT MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY (November 12-13)

We are pleased to announce the invitation to participate in the Jersey Shore Invitational at Monmouth University to be held from November 12-13, 2016   This year's policy debate tournament will feature six preliminary rounds of competition including two on Friday, four on Saturday, and break rounds on Sunday. We will be debating the following. Resolved: The United States Federal Government should establish a domestic climate policy, including at least substantially increasing restrictions on private sector emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States.

 We want the tournament to be a great experience for everyone and hope that the tournament Hotel near the beach will be an inviting backdrop for debaters to build friendships across campuses.  The registration fee is $40.00 per person (debater ($80 per team, 40 per coach, or judge).  The tournament will provide snacks on Friday night, and will provide breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday.     

 The tournament offers competition in three divisions of policy debate: open, junior varsity and novice divisions. We will be using a 30-point scale with a tenth of a point increments (e.g. 27.1, 27.2 etc) on individual speaking scores. 

Our tournament is CEDA sanctioned and will comply with CEDA’s Statement on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination and the Statement of Ethical Principles.  Time limits for speeches are 9-3-6 with ten minutes of preparation time.  Rounds one and two will be pre-determined and rounds three through six will be power matched.  Each school is responsible for securing three rounds of judging for every team registered at the tournament.  A limited number of judges can be hired for $30 per round.

Hotel Accommodations: We reserved rooms just a couple of miles away from campus at The Asbury Hotel, located near the beach at 210 5^th Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ 07712.   The phone number is 732 774-7100.  The Asbury Hotel is a brand new hotel that “mashes up Asbury Park’s Victorian-era history, rock and roll present, and shiny future into a new kind of social experience” according to its webpage.  Rooms are reserved at a discounted rate of $105.00 per night and you can access the hotel webpage by clicking on this link http://www.theasburyhotel.com/.  Please try to make Hotel arrangements early in order to guarantee the tournament rate.  The Hotel is a five to ten minute drive to campus and is in walking distance to a lot of restaurants and musical venues, including the Stone Pony, made famous by Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and a number of Jersey Shore musicians.  

If you have any questions, please contact me at (732) 263-5742 (office) (732) 930-4300 (cell)
or by e-mail at jpatten@monmouth.edu.  Please let me know if there’s anything at all we can do for you or your students to help make this a wonderful tournament and weekend.

In friendship,

    Joe Patten, Monmouth University

Monmouth University’s Jersey Shore Invitational Tournament Schedule

Friday, November 11, 2016

 6pm – 8pm Registration, Lobby of Asbury Park Hotel

Saturday (November 12) – 7:00 am – 8:00 am – Registration and Continental Breakfast, Student Center, Monmouth University – Pairing Released by 7:30 am –

8:00 AM  - Round 1

10:30 AM – Round 2

12:15 – Lunch Provided – Student Center

2:30 PM – Round 3

5:00 PM – Round 4

7:00 PM – Round 5

Sunday (November 13)

7:00 am -8:00 am – Breakfast and Pairing

8:00 am – Round 6

10:30 – Award Ceremony – Wilson Auditorium, Wilson Hall (the mansion in the middle of campus)

11:00 am – Elimination Rounds