Novice Divisions

Qualification:

A novice is a person in their first year of high school competition.   

Collapsing:

We will always try to maintain novice divisions and when a collapse seems justified we will verify with coaches prior to any collapse.  If a collapse is made it will be made due to two factors: there are less than 5 schools enter in the event; there are less than 10 contestants. Even if these are met, there must be a TFA point justification in varsity.  We will not collapse simply due to small numbers. If there is no TFA point justification we will maintain novice division regardless of the numbers.  This may cause students to debate their own school or debate the same opponents in prelims.  The goal will be about getting them rounds with quality judges.