Hosting a Tournament

The logistics of hosting a tournament

Numbers

Expect to host about 300 people. Our tournaments have around 250 debaters and 50 adults/high school students who serve as judges, coaches, and observers.

Volunteers

Schools need to recruit volunteers to sell lunch tickets, order pizza, receive and distribute lunch, and provide directions to classrooms.  Hosts are not responsible for other operations–the CTMSDL provides drinks, paper goods and awards and runs the event.

Facilities

Scrimmages and regular tournaments require 40 classrooms. CTMSDL will also require use of the host school’s cafeteria and the auditorium. We will also need microphones for use in the cafeteria and auditorium and access to wifi and a copier throughout the day.

Timing

Registration for CTMSDL tournaments begins at 9:30 am so host schools need to be open by 8:30 am for set-up. CTMSDL events will be completed by 5 pm.

Services

Host schools are responsible for providing custodial services.

Why host?

  1. Save on time and transportation costs for your debaters!

  2. Your debaters’ parents can easily observe their children in action.

  3. Your school administrators can find what debate is all about.

  4. Debaters are more comfortable debating at their own schools.

  5. Debaters love showing off their schools.

Most importantly, CTMSDL wouldn’t exist without our host schools. Thank you to all our hosts!