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2019 ADA Fall Championship

Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to invite you to the American Debate Association Fall Championship Tournament.

Dates
Saturday November 23-Monday November 25 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
Entries
Entries will be accepted in novice and junior varsity.
Hybrid entries are welcome and eligible to clear.
In each division, there will be six preliminary rounds of debate competition. Half of the teams (as determined per ADA rules) in each
division will advance to elimination rounds.
The topic for debates will be the 2019-2020 CEDA/NDT/ADA Resolution.
The entry deadline is November 20 at 5 pm. Teams dropping after that time will be assessed entry fees.
Fees
$75 per participant (coach, judge, debater, observer). Fees will be locked in on Monday, January 13 at 5 pm.
Fees are payable to Wake Forest, by cash, credit card, or check.
Please be sure to indicate on Tabroom.com any specific dietary needs/vegetarians/vegans in your contingent, as well as the total
head count of your contingent.
Judging Requirements
 Judge philosophies, as a precondition of entry, must be posted to judges’ Tabroom.com accounts no later than November
20.
 Each judge should be entered for a minimum obligation of 2 preliminary rounds.
 Each school must provide 3 rounds of prelim judging per team.
 If a judge cannot be placed above the strike line for the number of debates for which they are committed, the tab room
reserves the discretion to increase the commitment(s) of other judges from that school.
 Each judge is obligated through the first two elimination rounds. If judges are cross entered in Wake, please ensure
that they are available for elimination rounds beginning Sunday afternoon (round 7 of Wake).
 Judges are expected to judge debates assigned to them by the tournament tab room.
 Judges must vote for one and only one team in each debate.
Hospitality
Wake Forest will be providing all meals and hospitality for the tournament.
Conduct
The tournament abides by the rules and norms of the American Forensics Association and the American Debate Association.
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Tentative Schedule
Friday—November 22
7:00 – 9:30 PM Virtual Registration – Please communicate via tabroom and email if your entry needs adjustment. Gary will email to
ask for confirmation on Friday.

Saturday—November 23
7:15 AM Pairings for Rounds 1 & 2
8:00 AM Round 1 Start
10:15 AM Round 1 Decision Deadline
11:00 AM Round 2 Start
1:00 PM Lunch Available (under tent – weather back-up Tribble Lobby – Carswell 2nd fl)
1:15 PM Round 2 Decision Deadline
1:45 PM Round 3 Pairings
2:30 PM Round 3 Start
4:45 PM Round 3 Decision Deadline
5:00 PM Dinner Available (under tent – weather back-up Tribble Lobby–Carswell 2nd fl)
5:30 PM Round 4 Pairings
6:15 PM Round 4 Start
8:30 PM Round 4 Decision Deadline

Sunday—November 24
7:15 AM Round 5 Pairings
8:00 AM Round 5 Start
10:15 AM Round 5 Decision Deadline
10:30 AM Round 6 Pairings
11:15 AM Round 6 Start
1:00 PM Lunch served – eat during RFD’s if possible
1:30 PM Round 6 Decision Deadline
2:00 PM Elim 1 Pairings
2:45 PM Elim 1 Start
5:15 PM Elim 1 Decision Deadline
5:15 PM Elim 2 Pairing
6:00 PM Elim 2 Start
7:45 PM Dinner Available (Carswell 2nd Fl and Tribble Lobby as weather back-up)
8:30 PM Elim 2 Decision Deadline
8:30 PM Coach of the Year and Speaker Awards! (Carswell 111 weather back-up)
ASAP Tab releases full bracket and pairing for doubles

Monday—November 25
7:00 AM Elim 3 Pairing
8:00 AM Elim 3 Start
10:45 AM Elim 3 Deadline