SU
Speech and Debate Tournament Schedule
2024-2025
Tentative 0.9
ALWAYS double check with Jim Hanson for accurate tournament information.
Tournaments you can participate in.
Please put them into your calendar.
We encourage you to go to as many as you can. : )
Tournaments that we host are highlighted in light red.
U British Columbia
may host a tournament. If U Hawaii changes their tournament date. We’ll give both
of those serious consideration.
U Washington may
host a tournament. U Washington wants to have mini-tournaments/practice
with us.
Willamette wants practice debates with us. We’ll
likely do these events with UW and Willamette.
Fall 2024
Sept
24-25-26-28-29 First Meetings
Returners meet
Tues or Wed Sept 24/25 expected 645pm.
First Year
students meet Thurs Sept 26 expected 645pm.
All students especially returners meet on Sat or Sun Sept 28/29
for an afternoon of topic prep debates.
Oct 4-5 YODL First
Tournament (online)
Friday 3:15 to
7:30pm, Saturday 930am to 3pm plus elims into early
evening (note the YODL will now start elims with
quarters).
Oct 11-13 Lewis
and Clark (Portland, OR)
Friday late afternoon/evening drive, Saturday all day, Sunday return in
the evening.
Topic Prep Debates
will happen the week before Nov 1-2 YODL.
Nov 1-2 YODL
Second Tournament (online)
Friday 3:15 to 7:30pm,
Saturday 930am to 3pm plus elims into early evening.
Nov 15-17 Linfield
Tournament (may be in person McMinnville OR or
online)
If In-Person Leave
Friday midday, Return Sunday in the evening.
If Online: Friday
3:15 to 7:30pm, Saturday 930am to 3pm plus elims into
early evening.
Seattle U Hosted:
Elem-MS-HS-Congress-Speech tournaments
Judge Debates, Speeches (online or in-person)
Friday Nov 22, 4
to 9:15pm (online)
Saturday Nov 23,
8:50am to 5:30pm (in-person)
Sunday Nov 24, 9:20am to 6:10pm (in-person)
Dec 6 Seattle U IV WUDC Rules
(Online)
Friday Dec 2,
8:20am to 6:45pm plus finals after that (online)
Dec 7-8 Seattle U IV YODL Rules
(In-Person)
Saturday 8:50am to
8:00pm and Sunday 8:50am to 12:30pm plus multiple elims
into the evening (in-person)
Winter 2025
JAN 18 SU MS tournament Online
Judge Debates (online)
8:50am to 5:30pm
JAN 24-25 Seattle U HS Tournament
Judge Debates, Speeches (online)
Friday Jan 24, as
early as 1pm to 10pm (online)
Saturday Jan 25, 745am to 9pm (online)
JAN 31-FEB 3
Vanderbilt In Person
(limited number of
qualified teams can go, must apply and be approved to go)
Friday morning
fly, Saturday and Sunday all day, Monday fly return late evening.
SU Mini? UW New Tournament? Feb 14 or 28 weekend?
Details to be
posted.
Topic Prep Debates
will happen the week before Feb 21-22 YODL.
FEB 21-22 YODL 4 Online
Friday 3:15 to
7:30pm, Saturday 930am to 3pm plus elims into early
evening.
MARCH 14, 15, 16
Seattle U Hosted: Elem-MS-HS-Congress-Speech tournaments
Judge Debates, Speeches (online or in-person)
Friday March 14, 4
to 9:15pm (online)
Saturday March 15,
8:50am to 5:30pm (in-person)
Sunday March 16, 9:20am to 6:10pm (in-person)
Spring 2025
MARCH 24-31 *Cal Poly San Luis-Obispo
YODL Championship (In Person)
(limited number of
teams can go, must apply and be approved to go)
Leave Monday or Tuesday, Bay Area practice and events,
Tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday all day, Return late Monday evening.
MAY 4 Climb Team IPDA Tournament (Online)
May 4, Sunday
9:20am to 3:45pm plus elims into early evening.
https://www.nwforensics.org/climb-tournaments/index-college.htm
MAY 23, 24,
25 Seattle U Hosted:
Elem-MS-HS-Congress-Speech tournaments
Judge Debates,
Speeches
Friday May 23, 4
to 9:15pm (online)
Saturday May 24,
8:50am to 5:30pm (in-person)
Sunday May 25, 9:20am to 6:10pm (in-person)
*Apply for Vanderbilt and YODL Nationals (and any
plane travel tournament) confirming the following:
--Confirm you have photo id and know that there is 1
day travel before and after these tournaments and you know you may not check-in
baggage unless you have an ada reason to do so
--Confirm that you've judged or that you will judge at su elem/ms/hs tournaments before the start of the tournament. Each
regional (van) trip requires 1 day of judging. Each national (plane) trip
requires 2 days of judging. SU IV participation can count for the 2024-2025
year.
--List the tournaments you have competed at or that you
will compete at before the plane travel tournament happens. We would normally
expect an absolute minimum of 3 local/online tournaments prior to traveling by
plane.
--Confirm you've attended at least 2/3 of practices
during the previous 2 months of debate meetings/practices.
--Confirm that you have completed Topic Prep Debate
Practice Sessions.
--Concisely and briefly explain the work you have done
to help others on the team
--Confirm you've been a supportive teammate and
speech-debate community member
Understand that we have a limited budget and so we can
only afford to send so many to plane ticket tournaments. That means not
everyone that can go to plane ticket tournaments even if you meet the above
standards. So, we ask and will make decisions also based on:
--List out any awards/high rankings you have received
especially this year
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