Entry and Fee Information

Entry and Fee Information

Entries must be made by Coaches or Administrators for schools. Student Accounts May Not enter the tournament. We have been forced to delete entries found to be made from student accounts. Hybrid entries and entries from private corporations are not allowed.

COMPETITORS:

In Varsity Policy, there is an entry cap of 70, to accommodate a humane schedule. There will be an initial team cap of 3-4 teams.

In Varsity LD, there is an entry cap of 120, because due to single flighting, we can break to doubles. There is an initial team cap of 5 debaters.

There are no entry caps or limits in Novice or JV divisions. 

JUDGES:

Judge Requirements:

In both Varsity divisions and JV/Novice policy, one judge may cover two entries.

In JV and Novice LD, one judge can cover three debaters.

As our tournament attempts to provide national circuit level competition, we ask that all judges be have national experience and be qualified in their event, subject to our approval. Please do not enter Parent or lay judges. Please do not make us ask you to replace your judge.

Varsity debaters can judge Novice and JV divisions, provided they are experienced Juniors or Seniors.

Judges in the JV and Novice Divisions may be used in both divisions. Please mark judges who may only judge Novice. 

All Judges will be required to have a judging philosophy sheet available on Tabroom.com. You MUST enter one on Tabroom to judge at the tournament.

An Extremely limited number of hired judges will be available for $400 each. Please contact us at timalderete@yahoo.com by Sept 17 if you need to hire judges. Hired judges are first come/first served – we have not always been able to fulfill late requests.

All judges are committed one round beyond their school’s elimination.

ENTRY FEES:

Fees will be $50 for a Policy Team

Fees will be $30 an LD Competitor

There are No extra Late, Drop, Hotel or School fees or Nuisance Fines added on.

Please make checks payable to The Meadows School, NOT to Tim Alderete or Malcolm Gordon.

You must send checks to Tim Alderete, Meadows Debate, 8601 Scholar Lane, Las Vegas NV, 89128. We do not have the capability to accept credit cards payments online.