Information & Travel

ENTRY FEES:
Entry Fees will be assessed as follows:
School Registration Fee $25.00 - waived for school travelling from 100+ miles away.

Each Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debater:  $50.00,

Each Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debater: $40.00

Each Public Forum Team $80.00

Each CX Team $80.00

Checks should be made payable to “RHS STUDENT ACTIVITIES.”

Friday dinner and Saturday lunch will be provided to all competitors, judges, and chaperones.

All fees will be assessed on Friday, December 6th at 11:55pm. Any changes or drops will be assessed accordingly.  No adds after the deadline will be permitted unless space permits. All payment must be made at registrations; purchase order forms are an acceptable form of payment.

JUDGE REQUIREMENTS:
Lincoln-Douglas: One qualified judge per three entered debaters.
Public Forum: One qualified judge per three Public Forum teams
CX: One qualified judge per two Policy teams.  There are no CX judges for hire.

Novice debaters must be in their first year of the activity and in grades 9-10. 11th graders allowed in CX with prior approval of tournament director. 

Junior/Senior Debaters with established experience/records may be used as 'novice' judges only in LD, CX, and PF. However, junior/senior debaters may only cover entries in novice categories.  You cannot cover your open division obligations with student judges. 

Hired Judging Fee $175.00 per judge.  There are no 'hired' judges available in CX.  Please provide judges to cover your entire CX entry.  

We ask that you supply as many ‘qualified’ judges possible.   A qualified judge is able to clearly define his/her standards as a judge both before the round and during an oral critique. Please no novice/untrained judges. We want to ensure the students receive the highest quality of judging possible. Judges will be required to stay one round past elimination of their debater(s).

AWARDS
Awards will be given to all outround participants, pending entry numbers, including speaker awards in LD, CX, and Public Forum.  

HOUSING
Housing will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis for students with a original cap at 150.  For coaches, judges, and other adults, a block of rooms has been secured at the following hotels:

Courtyard Basking Ridge
595 Martinsville Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Up until November 26th, coaches may call 800.321.2211 and reference the Ridge Debate 
Tournament Room Block at the Basking Ridge Courtyard by Marriott to make reservations at the group rate. You may also book directly online by either of the links below:

To reserve a room with one King bed. or two Queen beds:

**Please note that if you are looking to book their reservations online and attempt to make your reservation to check in prior to December 13, 2013 or choose to stay beyond December 14, 2013, the system will respond that there are no rooms available.  Call 1-800-321-2211 to make your reservations.

MEALS
Students, coaches, and judges will receive dinner on Friday night and lunch on Saturday 
afternoon.  Concessions will be available to purchase throughout the tournament.

ENTRY DETAILS
Entries are due Friday, December 6th, at 11:59pm.  Fees will be fixed on December 6th. Schools who drop after the entry deadline of December 6h but before Tuesday, December 4th will still be assessed the original entry fees.  Judge/Student drops after Thursday, December 12th at 11:55pm will be subject to a $25.00 fine in addition to entry fee and judge quotient responsibility. 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, December 13

Registration - Ridge High School - 12:30-2:00.
Round I - LD, CX & PF - 3:00 - 5:00        

Round II - LD, CX & PF - 5:00 - 7:00

Round III - LD, CX & PF - 8:00-10:00

Saturday, December 14

Round IV - LD, CX & PF - 8:00am SHARP  

Round V - LD, CX & PF - 10:30
  
Outrounds Begin - 1:00