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 3minute 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
0800
0830
0845
0945
1100
1115
1215
1330
1445
1545
1615
Breaking Rounds (Sat, 26 May)
Registration (Amphitheatre)
Welcome (LT2)
QF Matchups/ Motions
Quarter Finals Prep
Quarter-finals
Semi Finals Matchups/ Motions
Semi-finals Prep
Semi-finals
Lunch
Grand Finals
Results and Prize Presentation
End