You are cordially invited to The Meadows School’s Invitational Tournament, October 26th – 28th, 2018. We will provide competition in Varsity Policy and Lincoln Douglas debate on the 2018 Immigration Policy topic and the Sept/Oct 2018 LD topic.

There is no entry deadline – we will accept entrants until we are full. Registration will open on Monday, August 20^th at 12:00 Noon, PST. Fees will be frozen on Oct 22^th; entries that drop after that time will still be obligated to pay entry fees. We can accommodate up to approximately 54 teams and 76 LDers.  Entry will be through the Tabroom.com site. Hired judge requests must be sent to timalderete@yahoo.com by Sept 21. We must receive payment for hired judges prior to Sept 30th. Directions, announcements and judging preference instructions will be sent out in the weeks prior to the tournament through Tabroom.com.

Both Divisions will consist of six preliminary debates. Power matching in Policy will be based on Wins, High Low Points + Opponents Wins, Total Points and Judge Variance. Rounds Three through Six will be matched High Low within brackets. (These are subject to change due to technology consultation). Up to 16 teams/debaters in policy with winning records will advance to elimination rounds. Up to 32 debaters in LD with winning records will advance to elimination rounds.