Tuesday, December 20, 2011

TDL Tournament 3 Results

Below are the results for the Tidewater Debate League tournament held December 17th at Phoebus High School in Hampton, VA.

Student Congress
1st Austin Chambers – Princess Anne
2nd Katie Branum – First Colonial
3rd Jim An – Great Bridge

Outstanding Senator
Austin Chambers – Princess Anne

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
1st Grace Reon – Smithfield
2nd MacKenzie Anderson – First Colonial
3rd Jaryn Harinandan – Deep Creek

Varsity Lincoln- Douglas
1st Mia Knowles - Phoebus
2nd Austin Oliver – Great Bridge
3rd Ellie Miller – Great Bridge

Public Forum
1st Rachel Reon and Jesse Reon - Smithfield
2nd Micaela Crawford and Lauren Ensley – Great Bridge
3rd Hannah Anderson and Sarah Donely – Great Bridge

Public Forum Speakers
1st Jesse Reon - Smithfield
2nd Amy McMillen – Grassfield
3rd Rachel Reon - Smithfield

Junior Varsity Policy
1st Cody Carroll and Will Throu - Grafton
2nd Charlott Van Schench and Jonathan Wen – Princess Anne
3rd Trevor Eads and Jake Mullins - Grassfield

Junior Varsity Policy Speakers
1st Jake Mullins - Grassfield
2nd Will Throu - Grafton
3rd Charlott Van Schench and Jonathan Wen – Princess Anne

Varsity Policy
1st Liam Canty and Matt Hain - Grafton
2nd Nathaniel Bowers and Alex Whitehead - Grassfield
3rd Monica Moon and Seth Mertz – Summit Christian

Varsity Policy Speakers
1st Nathaniel Bowers – Grassfield
2nd Seth Mertz – Summit Christian
3rd Alex Whitehead – Grassfield

Sweepstakes
1st Great Bridge High School
2nd Smithfield High School
3rd Grafton High School

The next TDL Tournament will be January 21st, hosted by Princess Anne High School.

Registrations and Congress submissions are due Tuesday, January 17th.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

December 2011 TDL Tournament Congress Topics

Domestic
· Occupy Movement
· Drinking Age

International
· Iranian Nuclear Proliferation
· US – Pakistan Relations

Virginia
· Death Penalty
· Road Tolls

Economic
· Corn-Ethanol Subsidies
· Unemployment

TDL Tournament 2 Results

Below are the results for the Tidewater Debate League tournament held November 19th at Hickory High School in Chesapeake, VA.

Student Congress
1st Davis Rudisill – Western Branch
2nd Caitlin Montgomery – Summit Christian
3rd Madison Kozoyed – Western Branch

Outstanding Senator
Madison Kozoyed – Western Branch

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
1st Emily Bohan – Great Bridge
2nd Austin Oliver – Great Bridge
3rd Brittany Acors - Grassfield

Varsity Lincoln- Douglas
1st Naveen Iyer – Ocean Lakes
2nd Ellie Miller – Great Bridge
3rd Trevor Radzewicz - Grassfield

Junior Varsity Public Forum
1st Micaela Crawford and Laruen Ensley – Great Bridge
2nd Angelica Maddock and Rion Moreland – First Colonial
3rd Amy McMillan – Nick Bellucci – Grassfield

Junior Varsity Public Forum Speakers
1st Micaela Crawford – Great Bridge
2nd Amy McMillan – Grassfield
3rd Laruen Ensley – Great Bridge

Varsity Public Forum
1st Joshua Pandey and Nathan Wuertz – Grassfield
2nd Hannah Anderson and Sarah Donely – Great Bridge
3rd Kelsey Terry and Nick Seaver – First Colonial

Varsity Public Forum Speakers
1st Nathan Wuertz – Grassfield
2nd Joshua Pandey – Grassfield
3rd Hannah Anderson – Great Bridge

Policy
1st Nathaniel Bowers and Alex Whitehead - Grassfield
2nd Erik Lang and Monica Moon – Summit Christian
3rd Seth Mertz and Joshua Boyd – Summit Christian

Policy Speakers
1st Alex Whitehead - Grassfield
2nd Nathaniel Bowers - Grassfield
3rd Erik Lang – Summit Christian

Sweepstakes
1st Great Bridge High School
2nd Grassfield High School
3rd Summit Christian Academy

The next TDL Tournament will be December 17th hosted by Phoebus High School.

Registrations and Congress submissions are due Tuesday, December 13th.

Friday, October 28, 2011

November 2011 TDL Tournament Congress Topics

Domestic

Campaign Finance Reform

Health Care

International

Greece Debt Crisis

Human Trafficking

Virginia

Education

Cyber Bullying

Economic

9-9-9 Tax Plan

National Debt

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

TDL 1 Results

Below are the results for the first Tidewater Debate League tournament of the 2011 - 2012 Season held October 15th at Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, VA.

Student Congress
1st Austin Chambers - Princess Anne
2nd Katie Branum - First Colonial
3rd Tyler Hasty – Landstown
4th Daniel Choi – Princess Anne


Outstanding Senator
Austin Chambers - Princess Anne

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
1st Brittany Akers – Grassfield
2nd Manon Cook – Landstown
3rd Alliyah Fabijan – Princess Anne
4th Austin Oliver – Great Bridge

Varsity Lincoln- Douglas
1st Naveen Iyer – Ocean Lakes
2nd Iah Kohnle – Princess Anne
3rd Ellie Miller – Great Bridge
4th Austin Morris – Deep Creek

Junior Varsity Public Forum
1st Amy McMillan – Nick Belluci – Grassfield
2nd Leaha Pohlman – Jason Wuertz – Grassfield
3rd Danielle Spache – Elizabeth Spache – First Colonial
4th Bianca Moore - Sanyam Patel - Grassfield

Junior Varsity Public Forum Speakers
1st Jason Wuertz – Grassfield
2nd Bianca Moore – Grassfield
3rd Amy McMillan – Grassfield

Varsity Public Forum
1st Ross Abbott & Ryan Deal – First Colonial
2nd Joshua Pandey - Nathan Wuertz - Grassfield
3rd Hannah Anderson – Sarah Donely – Great Bridge
4th Bekah Davis – Caitlin Montgomery – Summit Christian

Varsity Public Forum Speakers
1st Ross Abbott– First Colonial
2nd Ryan Deal – First Colonial
3rd Joshua Pandey – Grassfield

Policy
1st Nathaniel Bowers - Alex Whitehead - Grassfield
2nd Devon Wolfe – Diana Abdurakhmanova - Cox
3rd Jessika Smith – Brian Meyer - Cox
4th Charlotte Van Schenck – Bansri Raval – Princess Anne

Policy Speakers
1st Nathaniel Bowers - Grassfield
2nd Devon Wolfe - Cox
3rd Alex Whitehead - Grassfield

Sweepstakes
1st Grassfield High School
2nd Princess Anne High School
3rd First Colonial High School

The next TDL will be November 19th hosted by Hickory High School. Registrations and Congress submissions are due Tuesday, November 15th.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

October 2011 TDL Tournament Congress Topics

Domestic
Federal Disaster Relief
Internet Privacy

International
Drug violence in Mexico
Syrian anti-government movement

Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Public Safety at State Universities

Economic
European Economic Crisis
President Obama’s Job Bill

Monday, September 26, 2011

2011 - 2012 Tidewater Debate League Tournament Schedule

TDL #1 – October 15 @ Deep Creek High School

TDL #2 – November 19 @ Hickory High School

TDL #3 – December 17 @ Phoebus High School

TDL #4 – January 21 @ Princess Anne High School

TDL #5 – February 11 @ First Colonial High School

Registrations are always due the Tuesday before a tournament. The deadline for registration for the first tournament is Tuesday, 11 October 2011. Please remember you must provide judges, one for every four teams/debaters (Policy, Public Forum, and L-D) and one for every six Congress Debaters or part of that number. Please note that your judges must be qualified to evaluate the categories in which your students are competing.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

February TDL Tournament Congress Topics

Domestic
Women’s Rights
Gun Control

International
Arab Political Unrest
Militarization of Space

Virginia
Physical Education in Public Schools
Immigration

Economic
Unemployment
Unions

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

3rd TDL Tournament Results, 22 January 2010 at Phoebus High School

Below are the results for the third Tidewater Debate League tournament of the 2010-2011 Season held January 22nd at Phoebus High School in Hampton.

Student Congress
1st Tom Scott-Sharoni - Princess Anne
2nd Pratysuh Agarwal - Princess Anne
3rd Austin Chambers - Princess Anne
4th Joseph Newton - Princess Anne

Outstanding Senator
Tom Scott-Sharoni - Princess Anne


Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
1st Naveen Iyer – Ocean Lakes
2nd Brian Meyer - Cox
3rd Amy LeCroix - First Colonial
4th Shaquan Seadrow - Norview

Varsity Lincoln- Douglas
1st Edmund Saw - Smithfield
2nd Mia Knowles - Phoebus
3rd Gavi Simon-Tav - First Colonial
4th Nitin Iyer – Ocean Lakes

Junior Varsity Public Forum
1st Nathan Wuertz & Josh Pandey - Grassfield
2nd Gabby Kim & SeeHee Kim – Princess Anne
3rd Chrissiana Harmon & Tequila Fleming - Norview
4th Sam Arthur & Seth Mertz – Summit Christian

Junior Varsity Public Forum Speakers
1st Gabby Kim – Princess Anne
2nd Nathan Wuertz - Grassfield
3rd Josh Pandey - Grassfield
4th Chissiana Harmon - Norview

Varsity Public Forum
1st Rachel Reon & Jesse Reon – Smithfield
2nd Ross Abbot & Ryan Deal – First Colonial
3rd Hannah Anderson & Sara Donley – Great Bridge
4th Kelsey Terry & Nick Seaver – First Colonial

Varsity Public Forum Speakers
1st Rachel Reon - Smithfield
2nd Ross Abbot – First Colonial
3rd Jesse Reon - Smithfield
4th Ryan Deal – First Colonial

Junior Varsity Policy
1st Danielle Spach & Elizabeth Spach – First Colonial
2nd Monica Moon & Elsa Lang – Summit Christian
3rd Bhakti Raval & Brandon Brinesfield – First Colonial
4th Jared Emry & Connor Burnie – Summit Christian

Junior Varsity Policy Speakers
1st Elsa Lang - Summit Christian
2nd Bhakti Raval – First Colonial
3rd Molly Bohan – Great Bridge
4th Brandon Brinesfield – First Colonial

Varsity Policy
1st Rand Irons & Jacob Fish – Grafton
2nd Matthew Hain & Liam Canty - Grafton
3rd Tommy Hamilton & Tanner Rotering – Summit Christian
4th Nathaniel Bowers & Alex Whitehead - Grassfield

Varsity Policy Speakers
1st Jacob Fish - Grafton
2nd Tommy Hamilton – Summit Christian
3rd Matthew Hain - Grafton
4th Rand Irons - Grafton

Sweepstakes
1st First Colonial High School
2nd Princess Anne High School
3rd Smithfield High School
4th Grafton High School

Congratulations to all the winners. Thanks for your support and participation.

The next TDL will be February 12th hosted by First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach. Registrations and Congress submissions are due Tuesday, February 8th.

Monday, January 3, 2011

PLEASE NOTE!


The location for the 22 January TDL Tournament is changed from Kings Fork High School to Phoebus High School.

Phoebus High School is located at 100 Ireland Street, Hampton, VA 23663.

Registrations must be submitted via email to tidewaterdebate@gmail.com by the Tuesday just prior to a TDL tournament. Registrations must include debater’s name and division as well as judges’ name, address and events qualified to judge. One qualified judge must be supplied by the entering school for each four policy, public forum and Lincoln-Douglas debaters/teams or fraction thereof and one judge for each six Congress entries.