General Information

10^th Annual Austin Capital Congressional Debate Tournament

Thursday, December 2, 2021

General  Information

Entry Information:

·      There is an overall cap for a total of 175 students for this Tournament.

·      Each school may enter up to 8 students.

·      There are entry limits within each of the three divisions Senate (max of 2 from each school), House (max of 4 from each school), and Novice (max of 2 from each school).

·      Awards to Top 8 in each division

·      Each division will have a preliminary round in the morning and a finals chamber in the afternoon.

·      Breaks will be announced at 1:00pm outside of the Tabroom.

·      Overall Sweeps Award to 1st Place and 2nd Place Schools

·      Entry fee is just $20 per student!

·      Top 3 in Senate and House Finals are awarded the extra-large gavels handmade by prisoners in the Texas State Prison System.

Senate Entry Information:

~ Each school can register up to 2 students for the Senate.

~ Each Preliminary Chamber will have 20 debaters.

~ Top 6 from each preliminary chamber will break to Finals

~ The Finals Chamber will have18 debaters.

~ Awards to Top 8 (Top 3 get LARGE Specialty Gavels handmade by prisoners in the Texas State Prison System. Place 4-8 get regular size gavels)

~ Plaque to Top PO in Senate.

House Entry Information:

~ Each school can register up to 4 students in the House.

~ Each Preliminary Chamber will have 20 debaters.

~ Top 5 from each preliminary chamber will break to the House Finals.

~The House Finals will have 20 debaters.

~ Awards to Top 8 (Top 3 get Large Specialty Gavels handmade by prisoners in the Texas State Prison System. Place 4-8 get regular size gavels)

~ Plaque to Top PO in House.

Novice Entry Information:

~ Must be a first year Forensics Student. To be clear, this means this is the students first year in speech and debate, NOT first year doing Congressional Debate only.

~ Each Preliminary Chamber will have 20 students each.

~ Top 8 from each preliminary chamber will break to the Novice Finals Chamber.

~ 16 students in Finals

~Awards to Top 8, all regular size gavels.

Sweepstakes and Awards:

We will be using the following point system to determine sweepstakes:

1^st Place – 15 points

2^nd Place – 12 points

3^rd Place – 10 points

4^th Place – 8 points

5^th Place – 6 points

6^th Place – 4 points

All three divisions, Senate, House, Novice, will count towards overall point totals for sweeps. We will be awarding a Top PO award in the Senate and House yet this distinction will not carry any point value.