RDA Under-14 Debate Championships 2012

GENERAL BRIEFING

19th MAY 2012

Preliminary Round 1

DRAWS

Schedule

Preliminary Rounds (Sat, 19 May)

0830 Registration (Amphitheatre)

0900 Welcome (LT5)

0930 Preliminary Round 1

1045 Round 2 Matchups/ Motions/ Prep

1200 Preliminary Round 2 (Impromptu)

1315 Lunch

1430 Round 3 Matchups/ Motions/ Prep

1545 Preliminary Round 3 (Closed round)

1715 Release of Breaks

‘U-14s’: RULES OF the COMPETITION

1. Teacher-advisors and coaches accompanying the teams will be responsible for the good conduct of the teams and their supporters.

2. Teacher-advisors and coaches will be responsible for ensuring that no mobile phones, pagers, computers or any other forms of mobile communication are used by the team or supporters in the holding and debate venues.

‘U-14s’: RULES OF the COMPETITION

3. Teams may not bring any handwritten, printed or published materials with them into their preparation room for impromptu debates, except an English Language dictionary, a bilingual dictionary, and a single-volume encyclopaedia or almanac per team.

4. Teams should be informed that they may be disqualified should there be any violation of the rules and regulations. 

Format of Debate

• 6 minutes for each main substantive speech from the three speakers of both sides

• The first or second speaker for each side delivers a 3-minute reply speech, with the opposition reply going first, followed by the proposition reply

• Impromptu rounds: Teams will be given 1 hour to prepare to debate a given motion, for a given side

• Only the 5 registered team members may participate in the preparation – no one else is allowed in the preparation room with them.

Format of debate

• Debaters and audience members should keep disturbances to a minimum while a debate is ensuing.

• During preparation time and during the debate, speakers may not communicate with their coach, other team members who are not speaking in that debate, or any person in the audience, except to receive time signals

• There is to be strictly no communication between coaches and debaters during the two-minute consultation time given to the speakers and the reserves before the reply speeches begin.

Reminders

• Teams are responsible for the safekeeping of their valuables at all times. Neither Raffles Institution nor the Raffles Debaters will be responsible for any loss of valuables.

• The judges’ decisions for the competition are final.

• There is to be strictly no communication between the swing team and the other River Valley High School team during the debates.

Important Venues

Purpose Venue

Briefings, Motions LT5

Lunch Canteen

Debate Rooms (and Proposition Preparation Rooms)

B41 - B48

Opposition Preparation Rooms A61 - A68

Tabulation Room A33

Adjudicators’ Briefing Room A34

Toilets Outside lifts

PRELIMINARY ROUND 1

THBT the government should not fund the arts.

Preliminary round 1

Room

no.

Proposition Debate

Venue

Opposition Prep Room

1 B41 A61

2 B42 A62

3 B43 A63

4 B44 A64

5 B45 A65

6 B46 A66

7 B47 A67

8 B48 A68

Tab: A33, Adj: A34

PRELIMINARY ROUND 2

[Insert motion]

Preliminary round 2

Room

no.

Proposition Debate

Venue

Opposition Prep Room

1 B41 A61

2 B42 A62

3 B43 A63

4 B44 A64

5 B45 A65

6 B46 A66

7 B47 A67

8 B48 A68

Tab: A33, Adj: A34

PRELIMINARY ROUND 3

[Insert motion]

Preliminary round 3

Room

no.

Proposition Debate

Venue

Opposition Prep Room

1 B41 A61

2 B42 A62

3 B43 A63

4 B44 A64

5 B45 A65

6 B46 A66

7 B47 A67

8 B48 A68

Tab: A33, Adj: A34

SCHEDULE

Breaking Rounds (Sat, 26 May)0800

Registration (Amphitheatre)

0830 

Welcome (LT2)QF Matchups/ Motions

0845

Quarter Finals Prep

0945

Quarter-finals

1100

Semi Finals Matchups/ Motions

1115

Semi-finals Prep

1215

Semi-finals

1330

Lunch

1445

Grand Finals

1545

Results and Prize Presentation

1615

End