TAMAR KAPLAN MEMORIAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Highland Park High School [map, directions]
14-15 November 2014
Bus Times
Friday 1:45pm depart EHS from door 8, pickup Southview kids at 2PM. Return approx 10PM.
Saturday 7AM depart EHS from door 7. Return approx 6PM.
Challenge Format
Tournament uses challenge format in Varsity. The rules/procedures for this are the bottom of this page, so scroll down so you know how this will work.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
1:00 – 2:30 Registration opens. Schools not registered by 3:00 will not be
scheduled round one.
3:00 pm Round One – All Divisions
5:00 pm Round Two Challenge – Varsity Divisions
5:30 pm Round Two – All Divisions
7:00 pm Dinner – All Divisions
7:15 pm Round Three Challenge – Varsity Divisions
7:30 pm Round Three – All Divisions
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
8:00 am Round Four Challenge – Varsity Divisions
8:30 am Round Four – All Divisions
10:30 am Round Five Challenge – Varsity Divisions
11:00 am Round Five – All Divisions
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm Quarterfinal Challenge – All Divisions; Round 6 Rookie Division
2:00 pm Quarterfinals – All Divisions
3:00 pm Semifinal Challenge – Lincoln-Douglas
3:15 pm Semifinals – Lincoln-Douglas
4:30 pm Awards
5:00 pm Final Round – Lincoln-Douglas; Semifinal Challenge – Policy; Final Round – Rookie
5:15 pm Semifinal Round – Policy
Varsity Policy
Megan Shannahan - Claire Carlson - Ella Romanelli
Drew Sposeep - Shanelle Roman
Anne Lepow - Sukriti Rawal
Novice Policy
Chris Lethert - Max Aldrich
Zelda Kieser - Quinn Ramsey
Elizabeth Tuinor - Natalia Madrinan
Round Robin JV Policy
Maggie Wells - Meredith Song
Judging obligations
5 Policy Debate judges
The following judges have been recorded.
Bobby Ciborowski
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Brett Lind
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Andy Charrier
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Samantha Hunt
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Stephanie Bramer
OFF Round 1 on Friday
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Rules of Challenge Format
Both Varsity divisions will use the challenge format for tournament pairings.
Each team/debater will debate a randomly paired single preset. Sides in the presets will be assigned by TRPC.
After the round 1 preset, teams will be broken into a “winners” bracket and a “losers” bracket and ranked based on the results of round 1. Thus, if you win your preset you are placed in the winners bracket, and if you lose round 1 you are placed in the losers bracket. Teams will be ranked according to total points, with TRPC breaking ties randomly. Starting with the bottom team on the losers bracket, a team may challenge any team above them in their own bracket. (A team in the losers bracket may not challenge a team in the winners bracket unless they are pulled over due to an uneven number of teams in the winners bracket.)
After a team challenges, the tab room will flip a coin. If the coin flips heads the higher seed gets to pick the side, and if the coin flips tails the lower seed gets to pick the side. The winner of the coin flip will have 10 seconds to pick a side. The tab room will then announce the room number and the judge. The teams should then immediately head to the assigned room and wait for their judge.
If a team is late and misses their challenge, they will be paired against the highest seeded team available in their bracket and the higher seeded team will automatically get to pick the sides for the debate.
For each subsequent preliminary round, teams will be separated into the winners bracket or the losers bracket based on the results of their previous round, and ranked according to wins, opp wins+points, adjusted points, total points, and opp wins. Teams at the bottom of each bracket can challenge any team above them in their bracket.
Teams may NOT challenge a team/debater from their own school during prelims. Teams may NOT be forced to debate a team/debater from their own school during prelims.
During prelims a team/debater may challenge a team/debater that they lost to previously during the tournament, however, two teams/debaters may not be forced to debate twice during the prelims unless the losing team makes the challenge. Two teams may not debate each other more than two times during the preliminary rounds.
All divisions will use the challenge format rules for elimination rounds. In elimination rounds teams are ranked ordered according to wins, opp wins+points, adjusted points, total points, and opp wins. Starting from the top of the bracket, the top team can challenge any team below them in the bracket. If the teams have met once previously in the tournament than the teams will be on the opposite sides. If the teams have met twice previously during the tournament they shall flip for sides.
In elimination rounds, a team MAY challenge a team from their own school, but the tab room and the tournament director reserve the right to mock you for doing so.
The tournament director and the tabroom reserve the right to mock or praise any team’s challenge during the course of the tournament.
Highland Park High School [map, directions]
14-15 November 2014
Bus Times
Friday 1:45pm depart EHS from door 8, pickup Southview kids at 2PM. Return approx 10PM.
Saturday 7AM depart EHS from door 7. Return approx 6PM.
Challenge Format
Tournament uses challenge format in Varsity. The rules/procedures for this are the bottom of this page, so scroll down so you know how this will work.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
1:00 – 2:30 Registration opens. Schools not registered by 3:00 will not be
scheduled round one.
3:00 pm Round One – All Divisions
5:00 pm Round Two Challenge – Varsity Divisions
5:30 pm Round Two – All Divisions
7:00 pm Dinner – All Divisions
7:15 pm Round Three Challenge – Varsity Divisions
7:30 pm Round Three – All Divisions
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
8:00 am Round Four Challenge – Varsity Divisions
8:30 am Round Four – All Divisions
10:30 am Round Five Challenge – Varsity Divisions
11:00 am Round Five – All Divisions
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm Quarterfinal Challenge – All Divisions; Round 6 Rookie Division
2:00 pm Quarterfinals – All Divisions
3:00 pm Semifinal Challenge – Lincoln-Douglas
3:15 pm Semifinals – Lincoln-Douglas
4:30 pm Awards
5:00 pm Final Round – Lincoln-Douglas; Semifinal Challenge – Policy; Final Round – Rookie
5:15 pm Semifinal Round – Policy
Varsity Policy
Megan Shannahan - Claire Carlson - Ella Romanelli
Drew Sposeep - Shanelle Roman
Anne Lepow - Sukriti Rawal
Novice Policy
Chris Lethert - Max Aldrich
Zelda Kieser - Quinn Ramsey
Elizabeth Tuinor - Natalia Madrinan
Round Robin JV Policy
Maggie Wells - Meredith Song
Judging obligations
5 Policy Debate judges
The following judges have been recorded.
Bobby Ciborowski
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Brett Lind
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Andy Charrier
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Samantha Hunt
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Stephanie Bramer
OFF Round 1 on Friday
Available: Friday Saturday
Pool: Policy Debate
Rules of Challenge Format
Both Varsity divisions will use the challenge format for tournament pairings.
Each team/debater will debate a randomly paired single preset. Sides in the presets will be assigned by TRPC.
After the round 1 preset, teams will be broken into a “winners” bracket and a “losers” bracket and ranked based on the results of round 1. Thus, if you win your preset you are placed in the winners bracket, and if you lose round 1 you are placed in the losers bracket. Teams will be ranked according to total points, with TRPC breaking ties randomly. Starting with the bottom team on the losers bracket, a team may challenge any team above them in their own bracket. (A team in the losers bracket may not challenge a team in the winners bracket unless they are pulled over due to an uneven number of teams in the winners bracket.)
After a team challenges, the tab room will flip a coin. If the coin flips heads the higher seed gets to pick the side, and if the coin flips tails the lower seed gets to pick the side. The winner of the coin flip will have 10 seconds to pick a side. The tab room will then announce the room number and the judge. The teams should then immediately head to the assigned room and wait for their judge.
If a team is late and misses their challenge, they will be paired against the highest seeded team available in their bracket and the higher seeded team will automatically get to pick the sides for the debate.
For each subsequent preliminary round, teams will be separated into the winners bracket or the losers bracket based on the results of their previous round, and ranked according to wins, opp wins+points, adjusted points, total points, and opp wins. Teams at the bottom of each bracket can challenge any team above them in their bracket.
Teams may NOT challenge a team/debater from their own school during prelims. Teams may NOT be forced to debate a team/debater from their own school during prelims.
During prelims a team/debater may challenge a team/debater that they lost to previously during the tournament, however, two teams/debaters may not be forced to debate twice during the prelims unless the losing team makes the challenge. Two teams may not debate each other more than two times during the preliminary rounds.
All divisions will use the challenge format rules for elimination rounds. In elimination rounds teams are ranked ordered according to wins, opp wins+points, adjusted points, total points, and opp wins. Starting from the top of the bracket, the top team can challenge any team below them in the bracket. If the teams have met once previously in the tournament than the teams will be on the opposite sides. If the teams have met twice previously during the tournament they shall flip for sides.
In elimination rounds, a team MAY challenge a team from their own school, but the tab room and the tournament director reserve the right to mock you for doing so.
The tournament director and the tabroom reserve the right to mock or praise any team’s challenge during the course of the tournament.
