Tournament Packet

Things That Are Super-Important To Your Hosts

Please read this stuff.

We try very hard to be the best hosts possible and to make your experience one of the best tournament experiences you will have during the year. We would appreciate your assistance by adhering to campus and tournament policies below.

Smoking Policy

Not in Buildings (This isn’t the 80s)

UMW does not allow smoking (including vaping/e-cigarettes) in any building.

Not Near Entrances (This isn’t the 90s)

Do NOT smoke on the porches/entryways of the buildings. Please move away from the entrances.

Don’t Start Fires (Nothing About This Is Funny)

Also, please *extinguish* and dispose of cigarettes in one of the available receptacles.

Regarding Our Use of Rooms

YOU NEED TO KNOW

Do not use rooms that are not on the pairing. If it is not on the pairing, we likely don't have access to it, or there is a class scheduled to use it. Please check with Adrienne before using a room not on the pairing. This also includes departmental office lobby areas (the ones are the ends of each floor in Combs).

Combs 139 is an open common room.

Please dispose of all food trash in the large trash cans in the hallways, not in the rooms or restrooms.

Tech/Furniture

Please do not move accessible/ADA desks, chairs, etc. Those need to remain in their proper locations for the students that use them in class next week.

Do not remove furniture or items from rooms.

Do not use/touch any technology in rooms Please do not place drinks or food on the technology consoles in any room.

Audio/Music

Please do not play audio/music in public spaces. When in rooms, volume needs to be kept *very* low, as there are classes in the building during the weekend, and several adjacent office spaces which have asked us to keep volumes levels down.

What If I Am Hungry?

Location

Hospitality and meals will be available in Combs and Monroe.

If you are in Trinkle, please go to Monroe for meals & snacks.

Please dispose of all food trash in the large trash cans in the hallways, not in the rooms or restrooms. (Seriously, why do we even find food in restrooms?!?!)

Schedule

Friday – Pizza available toward end of round 1. Please grab as soon as you are done with 2AR in round 1. Please dispose of trash in large hallway trash cans. No one wants to walk into a room smelling like pizza Saturday morning.

Saturday - Tournament hotel has complimentary breakfast. Light snacks and coffee available throughout the day, UMW’s finest Sodexo box lunches served starting during end of round 3. Again, please use large hallway trash cans (as opposed to stacking up them up like some sad food waste Jenga tower near the classroom door).

Sunday – Tournament hotel has complimentary breakfast. Light snacks and coffee available throughout the day. Since everyone has to stay through two elims thanks to obligation rules, everyone gets a box lunch! Once again though, please use the large hallway trash cans [and please don’t leave stray box lunch trash hidden in the back of the Combs auditorium, or on the nearest surface when a pairing comes out, or on the stairs (?!?!)].

Revised Schedule 10-9-19

Buildings

Novice – Monroe

JV – Trinkle

Open – Combs

Friday, October 11

10 am - 2 pm     Registration – online, please complete by 2 pm.

3:30 pm             Pairings online for rounds 1 & 2 (Please prep for both). Do *not* enter buildings before 4 pm.

4:30 pm             Round 1 (Decision time – 6:45)

Dinner               Available starting by 6 pm in Monroe & Combs.

If you are in Trinkle, please go to Monroe for food.

7:15 pm             Round 2 (Decision time – 9:30)

Saturday, October 12

8 am                   Pairings online for rounds 3 & 4 (Please prep for both)

9 am                  Round 3 (Decision time 11:15)

Lunch                Available by 10:45 in Monroe and Combs.

 If you are in Trinkle, please go to Monroe for food.

11:45 am            Round 4 (Decision time 2:00)

2:45 pm             Round 5 (Decision time 5:00)

5:45 pm             Round 6 (Decision time 8:00)

Elim pairing, list of standby judges available ASAP. All judges are, at minimum, obligated through second elim.

Sunday, October 13 – All rounds in Combs

7:30 am              Deadline for coin flip in flip-for-sides debates as per ADA coin flip rule

8 am                   First elimination round (Decision time 10:30)

10:45 am            Awards

11 am                 Lunch available in Combs

11:30 am            Elimination rounds continue

Where Are Things?

Internet

UMW Guest network.

We also now have Eduroam (accessible if your school uses it too and you’ve set it up).

Directions & Parking 

Address & Parking

For mapping purposes, the campus address is 1301 College Ave., Fredericksburg, VA 22401

A campus map is posted on Tabroom (right-hand column). Please review it.

During the weekend, there is typically ample parking on/around College Avenue, and some parking in the lot in front of Combs. There is also a lot behind Monroe.

Debate Locations

Open will be in Combs (#44).

JV will be in Trinkle (#31).

Novice will be in Monroe (#23).

All elims in Combs on Sunday.

Combs

#44 on Campus Map

Open Division (Fri-Sun), Elims on Sunday

Accessible entrance on the front (interior to campus) side of the building (not College Avenue side).

The tab room will be in the basement, in room 025.

Hospitality will be on the first floor, in the lobby.

Gender neutral restroom – Basement level, near stairs at 001-end of the hallway.

Trinkle

#31 on Campus Map

JV Division (Fri-Sat)

Accessible entrances on the front (interior to campus) Campus Walk side of the building as well as back side of building.

For hospitality – please go to nearby Monroe lobby.

Gender neutral restroom – Basement level, B33

Monroe

#23 on Campus Map

Novice Division, Fri-Sat

Accessible entrance on the rear (parking lot) side of building.

Hospitality will be on the first floor, in the lobby, near room 212.

Gender neutral restroom – Basement level, near elevator

Who Runs This Stuff?

Tab room

Will be in Combs 025

[Note – This is different for those of you who have attended UMW tournaments forever].

Tournament staff

Adrienne Brovero, Judd Kimball, assisted by Nick Ryan, Danielle O’Gorman, David Cram-Helwich & Mikaela Malsin, Ellie Miller, John Panetti, and some very kind UMW Debate Alums.

Where Do We Go When We Leave Campus?

This is just stuff we get asked about a lot - not exhaustive.

CVS

Take a right out of campus gate onto College Ave, toward Route 1. Left on route 1. CVS will be at the Cowan intersection on the right.

Giant Grocery Store

Take a right out of campus gate onto College Ave, toward Route 1. Eagle Village Shopping Center is at the intersection of College Ave & Route 1.

Starbucks

Take a right out of campus gate onto College Ave, toward Route 1. Left on Route 1. Starbucks will be just past the Cowan intersection on the right.

Chipotle

Take a right out of campus gate onto College Ave, toward Route 1. Left on Route 1. Chipotle will be just past the Cowan intersection on the right.

Cook Out

Search it on your phone – you want the one at 2024 Hwy 3, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Basilico

Italian deli & pizza – lots of good sandwiches. On Cowan Blvd (follow directions for Central Park below – it will be past hospital on the right, but before Central Park).

Eagle Village Shopping Center

Home Team Grill, Baba Ganoush (Mediterranean), Quiznos, Greens & Grains (salads, sandwiches)

Take a right out of campus gate onto College Ave, toward Route 1. Eagle Village Shopping Center is at the intersection of College Ave & Route 1.

Central Park Shopping Center

Has a ton of things – too many to name. Odds are good they have it – see list in left filter panel under “Dining” here - https://www.shopatcentralpark.com/directory/

Optimally, identify place you are looking for before you leave and map it – this place is too big to wander around aimlessly.

Take a right out of campus gate onto College Ave, toward Route 1. Left on Route 1. Right on Cowan Blvd. Continue on Cowan until it you are surrounded by fast food and sprawl.

Downtown

Primavera – Italian – sit-down, delivery, and takeout. http://www.primaverapizzaandgrill.com/

Sammy T’s – Very veg friendly

Legume Kitchen – Very veg friendly

Capital Ale – Popular.

2400 Diner – Not really downtown. But this is the diner I will forget the name of when you ask me for a diner.

Mason Dixon Diner – Alleged to have very good breakfast menu.

Olde Towne Steak & Seafood – Katsulas eats here every visit.