Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:47:55 -0400
From: Tim Averill <timaverill@comcast.net>
To: cx-l <cx-l@debate.net>
Subject: [CX-L] Manchester Invite
Manchester Essex Regional High School Debate Team<?xml:namespace prefix =
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MERHS
36 Lincoln Street
Manchester, MA 01944-1151
(978) 526-4494 - FAX- (978) 526-7585
Dear Debaters and Coaches:
Manchester Essex Regional High School is pleased to invite
you and your students to our twenty-sixth annual debate tournament on
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25, 2003. Please note for calendar planning
that our date is one week after Bronx and one week before Bergenfield.
The tournament will offer varsity and novice competition in policy debate
and varsity competition in Lincoln-Douglas debate. If early registrations
warrant, we will also offer Ted Turner debate for no more than two teams
from each school. We will provide the best judging possible in both
divisions, drawing from former debaters in the Boston area. The
tournament will be run with administrative accuracy, on-time performance,
and some great food and entertainment.
We are pleased to announce that this year, the National
Tournament of Champions has designated Manchester as a qualifier in
Lincoln Douglas at the quarterfinal level.
Based on past experience, we hope to attract over
seventy-five L-D debaters from New York, New England, and the
Mid-Atlantic states. In recent years, the varsity divisions have been
highly competitive. They will run five preliminary rounds, and clear to
octofinals, unless ninety teams enter, in which case double-octofinals
will be held. Because we will be using two schools, we will certainly be
able to hold a tournament large enough to easily accommodate all teams in
each division.
INVITATIONAL INFORMATION:
DATE: Friday and Saturday, October 24 & 25, 2003
REGISTRATION: Registration should be received by Oct. 17. There will be
a limit of THREE Varsity teams, FOUR novice teams, and FIVE
Lincoln-Douglas debaters from each school. In addition, each school mat
register up to TWO Ted Turner Debate teams.
FOOD: Dinner on Friday, breakfast on Saturday, and lunch on Saturday
will be provided at no additional cost.
HOUSING: The Team will provide housing for Friday on a first requested,
first served basis. Requests for housing must be received by October
10. We regret that we cannot house coaches or adult chaperones. Local
motels include the following:
Courtyard by Marriott (978) 777-8630
Best Western (978) 777-1700;
The Kings Grant (978) 774-6800;
The Days Inn (978) 777-1030.
The Peabody Marriott (978) 977-9700
COST: $60 per policy debate team, $30 per L-D debater, and $60 for each
Ted Turner team.
JUDGING: L-D - one qualified judge per three debaters or fraction
thereof should be provided. Please be sure to bring trained and
experienced L-D judges to the competition. Policy- one judge per two
teams or fraction thereof should be provided. Experienced varsity
debaters may judge in the novice division. Judges may be hired for $150
in L-D and policy. We regret that we cannot hire fractions of judges.
Requests for hired judging cannot be honored after October 10.
TOPIC: Varsity competitors will argue this year's national topic on
ocean policy. L-D will follow the SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER NFL RESOLUTION.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, October 24, 2003
2:15-3:00 Registration. You must register by 3:00 to
participate in round one.
3:15-3:45 Opening meeting
4:00-5:30 Round One
5:30-7:00 Round Two
7:00-8:00 Dinner in Cafeteria
8:00-9:30 Round Three
9:30 Return to Cafeteria for housing
Saturday, October 25, 2003
8:00-9:30 Round Four
10:15-11:45 Round Five
11:45-12:15 Lunch
12:30-2:00 Octo's (subsequent rounds in L-D will move as
quickly as possible)
3:00-5:00 Quarters
5:30-6:00 Awards in Music Room
6:00-7:30 Semis
7:30-9:00 Finals
Directions to Manchester Essex Regional High School:
Approach the Hub of the Universe on the Mass Pike or Route 95.
Take Route 128 North to the second Manchester exit - "School St. " (exit
15)
Go right
Through flashing lights
Take second left after the flashing lights (Lincoln St.)
High School will be on left, 300 yards east on Lincoln St.
FAX (978)-526-7585, EMAIL to timaverill@comcast.net, OR MAIL TO: Tim
Averill, Manchester Essex Regional Debate Team c/o MERHS, 36 Lincoln St.,
Manchester, MA 01944-1151
SCHOOL:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE #:(______)_________________________________
COACH AND HOME PHONE: ______________________________
# OF LD DEBATERS @ $30.00 EACH _________________________
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE USING THE SEP.-OCT. L-D RESOLUTION:
# OF NOVICE POLICY TEAMS @ $60.00 EACH _______________________
# OF VARSITY POLICY TEAMS @ $60.00 EACH _______________________
# OF TED TURNER TEAMS YOU ARE BRINGING @ $60.00_____________________
(NO JUDGES REQUIRED FOR TED TURNER DEBATE)
# OF LD JUDGES YOU ARE BRINGING: ______________________
# OF LD JUDGES HIRED @ $150.00 EACH: ___________________
# OF NOVICE POLICY JUDGES YOU ARE BRINGING: _________________
# OF VARSITY POLICY JUDGES YOU ARE BRINGING: _________________
# OF POLICY JUDGES HIRED @ $150.00 EACH: _____________
TOTAL DUE: ____________________
AMT ENCLOSED: _________________
Fees are frozen (this means that you owe us the money) as of October 17 -
changes will incur a penalty.
# TO BE HOUSED MALE __________ FEMALE ________
NAMES OF DEBATERS TO BE HOUSED:
MALE:
FEMALE:
On the reverse of this sheet, please give us the names of all your debate
teams and judges, even if you are not requesting housing. This will help
us with tabulation.
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