Wichita Collegiate School Debate the Independent School Debate

Wichita Collegiate School Debate The Independent School Debate

1221 N. Webb Rd. 8317 E. Douglas

Wichita, KS 67206 Wichita, KS 67207

(P)316-771-2089 (F)316-634-0273 (P)316-686-0152 (F)316-686-3918

Dear Policy Debate Coach:

Wichita Collegiate School and The Independent School cordially invite you and your debate squad to participate in the Dana Hensley Invitational Debate Tournament, held at the campus of Wichita Collegiate School on Saturday, Dec. 9th, 2017. Our tournament will feature Wichita Collegiate hosting a JV Division at the Collegiate Middle School, and The Independent School hosting the Open Division at the Collegiate Upper School. We have combined our two tournaments at one site to allow coaches to attend both with a single sponsor. The two buildings are roughly 200 yards apart. Schools should enter the tournament using Tabroom.com

The JV division is for novices and for second-year debaters who have not consistently had success in open tournaments.

The tournament will consist of five rounds, utilizing the delay power match format. Awards will be given to the top 8 teams. Speaker awards will be given to the top six speakers in both divisions. Sweepstakes will be awarded to the top three schools with the best three-team record in the tournament. In order to be eligible for sweeps, a school must participate in both divisions.

Due to room considerations, each division will be limited to 40 teams. The initial limit will be three teams in a division, and six entries per school total. Extra entries will be placed on a waiting list. Entry fees are $5 per team. Schools that drop entries after the Wednesday before the tournament will still be charged an entry fee.

There are a number of lunch options located within two miles of our campus.

Enclosed is a copy of our tournament regulations, schedule, and an entry form. If our tournament is filled when we receive your entry form, we will notify you immediately. The entry deadline is Friday, October, 31st. . Please contact John Steere at The Independent School for all entry information.

Sincerely,

Rodney Wren, Sr. John Steere

Director of Debate and Forensics, WCS Debate Coach, Independent

Tournament Co-Director Tournament Co-Director

DANA HENSLEY INVITATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS

1. Tournament style: Each team will debate both sides of the resolution in a cross-examination style of 8-3-5 format, with 5 minutes of preparation time. All efforts will be made to have teams alternate between affirmative and negative each round, but precedence will be given to preserving the power match.

2. Divisions: Two divisions, Varsity and JV. Varsity will be held at the Koch Upper School and the JV division will be held at the Beren Middle School. Registration for both divisions will be held in the Upper School entry foyer.

3. Power Matching: Typical delay format.

4. Tab Room: Open to coaches/sponsors.

5. Fees: All entry fees are due by the morning of the tournament. The entry fee is $5.00 per team. The entry fee must be paid before your teams compete in the first round.

6. Awards: Both divisions will have awards in the Upper School. Team awards will be based on, and in order of: Win/Loss record, speaker points, opposition record, opposition speaker points. Speaker awards will be based on, and in order of: speaker points, win/loss record, opposition record, opposition speaker points. Sweeps awards will be based on, and in order of: win/loss record, speaker points, opposition record, opposition speaker points. Any ties existing beyond the parameters laid out will be left to the discretion of the tournament directors.

7. Forfeits: Any team more than ten minutes late to a round, by no fault of the tournament, will forfeit the decision. The winning team will receive a 1-2 win and losing team will receive a 3-4 loss.

8. Mavericks: No maverick teams will be allowed to compete. Exceptions will be made the day of the tournament at the discretion of the tournament director if a debater is forced to drop out because of illness and to prevent a bye, but a maverick competitor will not be eligible for awards and will be scored as a loss on a 7 for purposes of the tab room.

9. Judging: Coaches/sponsors may be used to judge if necessary.

10. Tournament management will address any unforeseen circumstances in accordance with KSHSAA rules and the golden rule.

11. The judging pool will be a combination of experienced former debaters, parents with experience judging, and “lay” judges who will have received instruction on debate terminology and mechanics. Almost all of our judges will be college educated and most of our judges will judge in a style consistent KDC debate.

Wichita Collegiate School Debate the Independent School Debate

Schedule:

7:30 Registration

8:00 Round 1

9:30 Round 2

11:00 Round 3

Lunch