Bellaire Tournament Schedule

Friday, October 18

1:30                       Leave Lanier Middle School

2:30                        Extemp Draw

3:00                        Section A Individual Events

4:00-6:00              Student Congress Prelims

4:30                        Debate Round 1

6:30                        Debate Round 2

6:30-8:30              Student Congress Prelims (continued)
8:30                        Debate Round 3

10:00                     Pick up at Bellaire

Saturday, October 19

8:00                        Section B Individual Events

9:30                        Debate Round 4
11:30                     Individual Events Semis (Section A & B) FX, SrPR, SrPO, SrIMP, NX, NPr, NPO, NIMP; Quarterfinals DX, OO/ Rd. 2 prelims HI, DI, NDI, NOO, DA, DUO, NDA, NHI

11:30                     CPF Round 5

1:00 – 3:00           Student Congress Finals

1:00                        Double Octos CLD, NLD; Octofinals NPF, quarters CX

1:30                        CPF Round 6

3:00                        Individual Events Finals (Section A & B) FX, HI, DI, SrPR, SrPO, DA, SrIMP, DUO, NX, NPR, NDI, NPO, NOO, NIMP, NDA, NHI/ semifinals OO, DX

4:30                        Double Octos CPF; Octos CLD, NLD, quarters NPF, semis CX

5:30                        Finals in OO/DX

6:30                        Awards

Most students will be able to leave after awards

6:30                        Octos CPF; Quarters CLD, NLD; semis NPF; finals CX

7:30                        Semis CLD/NLD/CPF; finals NPF

8:00                        Quarters CPF

8:30                        Semis CPF; Finals CLD, NLD

9:30                        Finals CPF

Sept./Oct. LD topic

Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.

October PF topic

Resolved: Developed countries have a moral obligation to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Oct. PF Topic Announced

Resolved: Private sector investment in human space exploration is preferable to public sector investment.

There were two space topics for the high school coaches to vote on.  The other one was something about benefits of space outweighing the costs or something like that.  I'm glad this one won.

Any student who is NOT doing PF at Bellaire but IS doing it at UH can ditch their Sept. cases and start working on this topic.