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 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, November 30th at 11:50pm. 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.

Hired Judging Fee $150.00.  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 7, 2012 or choose to stay beyond December 8, 2012, 
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, November 30th, at 11:59pm.  Fees will be fixed on November 30th..  
Schools who drop after the entry deadline of November 30th but before Tuesday, December 4th 
will still be assessed the original entry fees.  Judge/Student drops after Tuesday, December 4th at 11:59pm will be subject to a $25.00 fine in addition to entry fee. Drops/Changes after 
Wednesday, 11:59pm will be subject to original entry fee, $25 fine, and judge quotient 
responsibility.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, December 7
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 8
Round IV - LD, CX & PF - 8:00am SHARP  

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