February 4 Tournament Results
We continue to have good luck with the weather. Thirty-one schools and 328 debaters came to our tournaments at Glastonbury High School and Westhill High School. Thanks to coaches Angela Sotomayor and Aaron Hoffman for their annual hospitality.
The topic was:
Resolved: The UN should accept Palestine as a member state.
The final round at Glastonbury was won by the Daniel Hand team of Katherine Guo and Hank Cohen on Affirmative over the East Catholic team of Ryan Baniszewski and Kayvon Ghoreshi.
The final round at Westhill was won by the Stamford team of Samantha Sye and Dan Paseltiner over the Joel Barlow team of Nicolo Marzaro and Brendan Coppinger.
Congratulations to all of our trophy winners. You may view or download the complete February Results, as well as the resolution package.
Our next tournament date is March 3 when we will be a Greenwich, Guilford and Pomperaug, our first attempt at running three tournaments simultaneously!
January 7 Tournament Results
It was sunny, in the 50's and January! We had a near record 362 debaters from 27 schools attend our tournaments at Fairfield Warde High School and King School. Thanks to coaches Mick McGarry and Christos Galanopolos for literally openning every door to accommodate us. The topic was:
Resolved: College athletes should be paid competitive salaries.
The final round at Warde was won by the Warde team of Sam Preminger and Ethan Cantor on Negative over the Trumbull team of Stephen Scott and Dan Flaherty.
The final round at King was won by the New Canaan team of Gita Abhiraman and David Luchs on Affirmative over the Stamford team of Samantha Sye and Dan Paseltiner.
Congratulations to all of our trophy winners. You may view or download the complete January Results, as well as the resolution package.
For results from all tournaments this year see the Schedule page.
CivicsFirst Announces Debate Tournaments
CivicsFirst has announced the date, location and topic for their 2012 high school debate. In past years this competition was named The Great Connecticut High School Debate. The format is cross-examination policy debate, similar to what we use in CDA. It is a good opportunity to debate using a researched topic and to meet many schools that do not participate in CDA.
Competitions will be held at New Britain High School on March 28 and New Canaan High School on March 29. In addition to the high school competition, a middle school tournament is also planned. See the CivicsFirst web site for registration and details.
Last updated February 6, 2012.