High School Debate Tournament Information in Virginia–2009-10

Hello.  We are attempting to post all of the tournament information for debate (and possibly ie’s) in one central location, including any tournaments from surrounding areas.  

We will post links and information here–if you have any dates or information to add, please send it to us and we’ll post it. (k k u s w a @ r i c h m o n d . e d u) 

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WACFL: bertrlh@aol.com  (WACFL’s schedule can be found at www.wacfl.org)

WACFL 2009/2010 schedule:    http://www.wacfl.org/2009-2010Schedule.htm

VHSL Debate page:  http://www.vhsl.org/activities/debate

Mid-Atlantic Forum page on cross-ex.com = http://www.cross-x.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=101

Joy of Tournaments (national schedule): http://www.joyoftournaments.com/

LD Thread on CX.com: http://www.cross-x.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=147

TC Williams HS Schedule (comprehensive):  http://tcdebate.wordpress.com/activities-schedule/

The Cross-X.com Virginia page: http://www.cross-x.com/vb/showthread.php?t=992725

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King George: 9/26   reter1@juno.com (Novice and Open in LD/Policy/Public Forum)

King George High School, on the Northern Neck, will be offering a tournament on September 26th. It will offer four rounds of competition in Novice and Open LD, Policy, Public Forum, Congress, and Speech Events (DI, HI, OI, Duo, Ex, OO)

Fees:
School Registration: $10.00
Fees are:
$10.00 per competitor in Debate – i.e. $20.00 per CX team or PF team – and
$10.00 non-debate events – i.e. $10.00 per Duo team – and
$10.00 per competitor in Student Congress-and
$10.00 per entry for Observers and workshops-.

Georgetown Day School tournament (policy only) in late September/early October.

Broad Run Invitational: Ron.Richards@Loudoun.k12.va.us  (Tourney will be 10/24)

George Mason is the first Friday/Saturday after New Years (Warren Decker is the contact) 

And in spring 2010, the NDCA’s national tournament will be hosted by Georgetown U.

http://debatecoaches.org/2009/06/08/announcing-ndca-championships-2010/

The VHSL State Tournament for Debate will be at Liberty University, contact Mike Hall.  Information here:  http://www.vhsl.org/events/0724081216920755_evnt.html 

And the VHSL guideline for debate document can be found here: http://www.vhsl.org/files/deb-manual.pdf

Novice/JV Tournament at Chantilly High School in November (not sure on the date) - both are invitationals.

The Virginia Forensic League (assoicated with the NFL and containing regional leagues) has not yet posted schedules as far we know. 
 
George Mason (January) and JMU (November) have HS tournaments and Salem HS (outside of Roanoke hosts an invitational usually in February).  
VSHL (3 tournaments)
WACFL (5 t + 1 qualifier) [Washington-Arlington, Northern Virginia / Maryland]
Richmond CFL (5 +1)
Tidewater Debate League (5)
NFL (1 q)
Invitationals (GMU, JMU, Broad Run) (Is Pot Falls still around? SBHS?)

3 Responses to “High School Debate Tournament Information in Virginia–2009-10”


  1. 1 kkuswa

    Please send more information–thank you for what we have thus far

  2. 2 Jason Kline

    Jan 8-9, 2010
    Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament
    Myers Park High School, Charlotte, NC
    Speech Events (Quadruple Entry) : Extemp, Impromptu, Oral Interp, Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Duo Interp, Original Oratory, Radio Speaking, Declamation
    Debate Events (Varsity and Novice): Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Congressional Debate
    Jan 10, 2010: PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge

    Contact:
    website: www.lairdlewis.org
    Andrew West
    Myers Park High School
    2400 Colony Road
    Charlotte, NC 28209
    (980) 343-5800 x264

  3. 3 Rebecca Dovi

    The Richmond Metro Speech and Debate League (RMSDL) is a debate league open to any school, public or private, in the Richmond Metro Area. Our goal is to provide cheap, local meets to get students ready for competition at VHSL districts and other leagues.

    Meet Dates:

    Dec 3, 2009 @ Patrick Henry HS
    Jan 21, 2010 @ LC Bird HS

    If there is interest we might add a meet in Feb 2010

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