The Bluegrass Debate Coalition cordially invites you to the BDC January Invitational to be held on Saturday, January 21st, 2023, which we will host on campus at the University of Kentucky. We will be offering all Senior Speech Events as well as debate events in Congressional Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Public Forum Debate. Divisions (such as novice, junior varsity, and varsity/open) in debate will be determined by attendance.

Learn more about the BDC January Invitational, here!

Please see here for the BDC January Invitational Invite

Additional information including tournament schedule and procedures are available on Tabroom. Please review all documents and ensure you/your team are in accordance with all KHSSL & NSDA rules, procedures, and eligibility requirements.

Official Schedule – All Events

CATEGORIES:

The BDC Debate Winter Invitational will be offering all Senior Speech Events (BRO, DEC, DRA, DUO, EXT, HUM, IMP, IP2, INF, ORA, POE, POI, PRO, STO) and debate events in Congressional Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Public Forum Debate.

TOURNAMENT TOPICS:

The BDC Debate Winter Invitational will use NSDA topics for the January/February area (outlined below).

For Congressional Debate, we will use the January NSDA legislation packet.

LD – Resolved: TBA

PF – Resolved: tBA

KHSSL & NSDA RULES, PROCEDURES & ELIGIBILITY:

The BDC Debate January Invitational will follow NSDA and KHSSL rules and procedures. Click here to review the KHSSL handbook, and click here to review the NSDA procedures manual.

JUDGES:

Schools must provide 1 judge for every 2 entries (or fraction thereof) in LD/PF and 1 judge for every 6 entries in IE and Congress. For example, a school with 3 PF teams must provide 2 judges to cover their entries OR a school with 7 entries in IE must provide 2 judges to cover their entries. While we may have judges available for hire ($30 per judge), we ask teams to reach out regarding hired judges as a last resort. Judge drops will result in a $50 fine.

All judges attending the BDC January Invitational are expected to be familiar with KHSSL rules and online balloting. Asynchronous training, as well as on site training during the event, will be available to judges.

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE:

7:30am ————————————– Registration
8am —————————————– Round 1 – LD, PF, & Extemp Draw
8:30am ————————————– Round 1 – IE
9am —————————————– Congress Session 1
9:30am ————————————– Round 2 – LD, PF, & Extemp Draw
10am —————————————- Round 2 – IE
11am —————————————- Round 3 – LD, PF, & Extemp Draw
11:30am ————————————- Round 3 – IE & Congress Session 2
12:30pm ———————————— Lunch Break
2:30pm ————————————- Round 4 – LD, PF, & Extemp/Broadcasting Draw (Finals)
2:30pm ————————————- Congress Session 3
3pm —————————————– Finals – IE
5pm —————————————– Awards

FOOD:

Food will be available for purchase, including pizza, snacks, and drinks.

AWARDS:

We will be offering trophies for the top performers in each speech and debate event. Awards will be proportional to entries. In an event with 10 or less entries, the Top 4 students will receive awards. In an event with 11 or more entries, the Top 6 students will receive awards. Speaker awards may be offered, as well as a Top Novice Award, dependent on entries. A sweepstakes award will be awarded to the top 3 schools.