2026 NYPDL October In-Person Invitational

Dear Parliamentary Debate Leader,

On behalf of the New York Parliamentary Debate League, we invite you and your debate team to the New York Parliamentary Debate League September In-Person Invitational on October 24th and 25th at John Adams High School in Queens. The tournament will run through Tabroom, so all debaters and judges must first set up a free Tabroom account at this link.

The New York Parliamentary Debate League was founded in 2016 as a student-run organization dedicated to fostering open and respectful discourse concerning modern day issues in the Parliamentary Debate style. For more information, please visit our website.

You can register for this tournament through this Tabroom link starting on September 13th. Registration and Judge Entries will be due by October 21st at 11:59 PM
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Fees:

This tournament will charge $20 per entry. We reserve the right to cap the entries of schools who drop entries two days before the tournament.

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Judging Obligations:

Each team is required to bring one judge for every two teams, rounded unfavorably — if you are bringing three teams, you must bring two judges. Schools may split up judging requirements between multiple people. Judges must be present for all preliminary rounds and the round after their last team has been eliminated from the break. While experienced judges are preferred, judge training is required. If you are unable to meet the judge requirement, we reserve the right to break up an entry into two judges.

A judge must be either a) a high school sophomore or older, or b) a high school freshman who has attended at least two high school debate tournaments.

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Tournament Schedule:

Saturday

7:30 - 8:00 Check-in

8:00 - 8:55 Judge Training/Judge Equity/Debater Equity

8:55 - 9:00: General assembly (required)

9:00 - 10:45: Round 1

10:45 - 12:30: Round 2

12:30 - 1:15: Lunch

1:15 - 3:00: Round 3

3:00 - 4:45: Round 4

4:45 - 6:30: Round 5

6:45 - 7:00: Award Ceremony

Sunday*

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Check-in and General Assembly

9:00 - 10:45 AM: Varsity Octofinals / Novice Quarterfinals

10:45 AM - 12:30 PM: Varsity Quarterfinals / Novice Semifinals

12:30 - 1:15 PM: Lunch

1:15 PM - 3:00 PM: Varsity Semifinals / Novice Finals

3:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Varsity Finals

*Rounds will be added/removed as needed, based on the number of breaking teams

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In-Person Tournament Information:

• The tournament will be hosted at the John Adams High School at 101-01 Rockaway Boulevard Ozone Park Queens.

• If you are arriving via public transportation, you can take the A train to 104th St.

• School policy states that every school who attends the tournament must be accompanied by at least one chaperone.

• Lunch (pizza) will be provided.

• If the registration fees (intended to cover solely trophies and lunch) are for any reason financially infeasible for your school or for your team, reach out to us! The NYPDL will provide financial support.

• Outrounds will be IN-PERSON on Sunday
  

Learn more about the tournament via the invitation attached to the tabroom mainpage.