Spring Coaches Meeting
The 2012 Spring Coaches meeting will be held as scheduled on Thursday, April 26, at the 91 Diner in New Haven. Coaches should have received an invitation with a copy of the agenda and directions to the diner. If you did not receive an invitation, or if you are not a member but are interested in the CDA and would like to attend, please email CDA and we will send you the material.
State Finals Results
We had 256 debaters from 30 schools attend our State Finals tournament at Wilton High School on March 24. Thanks to coach Barbara Lyons, the Wilton High School Debate Team and Wilton High School for their hospitality. The topic was:
Resolved: All US residents should be required to purchase health insurance.
The varsity final round at Wilton was won by the Joel Barlow team of Henry Knight and Sam Torchio on the affirmative against the Cromwell team of Brendan Costello and Nicholas Loveland on the Negative. The Darien team of Ward Pankowski and Rohit Datta won the novice division. Congratulations to all of our trophy winners. View or download the complete State Finals Results.
For results from all tournaments this year see the Schedule page.
Yale Osterweis Tournament April 15
Seventy teams from 31 schools attended Osterweis 2012 at Yale University. The field included teams from 16 CDA member schools. A debater from Daniel Hand went undefeated, while teams from Joel Barlow, Loomis Chaffee and Newtown, also undefeated, advanced to the quarterfinals. Choate won a spirited final round over Wilbur Cross on an 8-7 decision. For more information see the Osterweis Tournament website.
Last updated April 23, 2012.