The University of Wyoming is hosting a policy Round Robin January 21st-22nd. We have invited the top five Wyoming policy teams based on performance at first semester tournaments. Our goal is to provide an extremely competitive tournament with top-flight judging that benefits not only the teams competing but also any Wyoming debaters that want to observe rounds. Our hope is that disclosure and focused preparation will produce some of the best debates of the year, debates that serve as a model for all Wyoming students. All Wyoming students are invited to watch rounds. If you have students interested in observing rounds, please contact me at [email protected]. We will share videos of the rounds and RFDs after the tournament for those who cannot make the rounds.
Competitors The following 5 teams accepted invitations to the first annual University of Wyoming Policy Debate Round Robin: Cheyenne East GL Hot Springs Co RW Riverton GP Rock Springs PY WYVA CC During the tournaments friends, family, and observers can follow results here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HWoPJFmp5jQS-hLtLD1rigO_JrMLxN0pbNGQJKlOr_M/edit?usp=sharing Opening Ceremony / Trophy Dedication We will hold an opening ceremony Wednesday 1/20 at 7pm (MT). We will be dedicating a traveling trophy that will be awarded to the tournament champion, as well as the award for top speaker. Both trophies will honor legendary Wyoming high school debate coaches. Judges Judges at the UW Round Robin will include, among others, some of the most successful high school debate coaches in the country, the Director of Debate for Harvard University, the founder of Girls Debate, and two extremely successful collegiate Directors of Debate who are alumni of both the Wyoming high school debate community and the University of Wyoming debate team. All of our judges are both supremely qualified and eager to help Wyoming debaters grow more competitive and successful. A full list of the UWRR 2021 judges can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxg17ilr69vn8kt/UWRR%2021-Judge%20Bios.pdf?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR1uWQsgNcW5IWPLCuj6tGIeV-gpL2s4vHow-KHlTSsu1FBe1xiZWxXVBuo Disclosure All teams agreed to provide open-source disclosure of 1ACs they have read as well as common negative arguments they have already read. On the day of the tournament, we expect the aff to disclose what the aff will be 1 hour before the start of the first round of the day (and immediately after the end of the previous round for the second and third rounds of the day). Pairings were released in advance to encourage significant preparation, in-depth research, and argument innovation. Of course, disclosure is only required for arguments that a school has already read. We fully expect and encourage teams to break new arguments to catch their opponents off guard. The full disclosure packet is available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z7mwv3nbhs2n83c/UWRR%202021%20Disclosure.docx?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR0V0jl1uzzBzatdzDheJq-UohhC5eY2xYuhWj56YHUc2bFdBqEIlFVVp0s You can also check out their wikis: East, Hot Springs, Riverton, Rock Springs, and WYVA. Schedule Thursday 1/21 (MT) Round 1 4pm WYVA CC vs Hot Springs WR - Tripp Rebrovick East GL vs Riverton PG - Tyler Thur Round 2 6:30pm Riverton PG vs WYVA CC - Mike Shackelford Rock Springs PY v Hot Springs WR - Jasmine Stidham Schedule Friday 1/22 (MT) Round 3 7am WYVA CC v East GL - Young Kwon Riverton PG v Rock Springs PY - Will Jensen Round 4 9:30am Hot Springs WR vs East GL - Julia Lynch Rock Springs PY vs WYVA CC - Brian DeLong Round 5 12:30pm East GL v Rock Springs PY - Maggie Berthiaume Hot Springs WR v Riverton PG - LaToya Green
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