The 2010 Conway Spring Classic

A Tournament Of Champions Qualifying Tournament - Semis Bid

 March 5th - 7th, 2010 (Fri-Sun)

Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington

 

Dear Colleague,

      The Gonzaga University Debate Program extends an invitation to you and your students to attend the 61st Conway Classic.  The Classic is named in honor of Sister Margaret Mary Conway, former Director of Debate at Gonzaga University.   Sister Conway is the major reason why Gonzaga has remained a perennial competitor in collegiate policy debate.  Her commitment and dedication to forensics in the state of Washington served as a model for our entire community.

      The tournament will be held Friday - Sunday, March 5th - 7th on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.   The only event offered at the Conway Spring Classic is Policy/CX debate. We will offer three divisions, Novice, JV and Open.  The Conway Spring Classic is a TOC qualifying tournament in the semis of our open division.

       We intend to make this tournament a very special experience for the students attending. On Sunday morning there will be an awards breakfast on campus followed by a continuation of elimination rounds. Students who attend the tournament also receive a discount if they attend the Gonzaga Debate Institute.

      Additional logistical details are outlined below. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at frappier@gem.gonzaga.edu. We look forward to hosting all of you in March for the Conway Spring Classic.

Sincerely

Glen Frappier                                           Karina Momary                                                           

Director, Conway Spring  Classic            Assistant Director, Conway Spring  Classic   

 

Entering the Tournament: Entries need to be entered online at www.debateresults.com Registering is simple and this will enable us to utilize an online pref system in Open. If your school does not have an account with debateresults.com then that is your first step in registering. Its free and you'll find it is incredibly easy to use the site.

Entry Fees: Tournament fees will be $50 per team as well as a $25 school fee. So 1 team = $75, 2 teams = $125, etc.

Tabroom: The tabroom will be run by Greg Achten and Glen Frappier. In accordance with Washington rules there will be high school coach(es) serving in the tabroom in an advisory capacity.

Judging: Each School is expected to provide 3 rounds of qualified judging commitment for each team entered. There will be limited judging available to purchase through the tournament so if you need to hire rounds please tell us asap. First come first served. You will be required to submit a judging philosophy for each judge you are bringing to the tournament that will judge in the open division.

Deadlines:  The deadline for entering is March 1st, 2010.

Hotel Information:

We have arranged with Red Lion River Inn to extend special rates for people attending our tournament.  Individual reservations can be made by calling 1-800-RED-LION (1-800-733-5466) and requesting the rate for "Gonzaga Debate." 

BE SURE AND TELL THEM YOU ARE REQUESTING THE GONZAGA DEBATE SPECIAL RATE.

Hotel Rate Location
Red Lion  River Inn $99.00 for Single, Double, Triple or Quad Right Next to GU campus

Spokane's Red Lion River Inn provides complimentary shuttle service to/from the Spokane International Airport.  There is a courtesy phone near baggage claim that rings directly to the hotel.

Other hotels in the area, close to campus, include:

Courtyard by Marriott               509-456-7000

Holiday Inn Express                  509-328-8505

 

Hope this email reaches you well. With our tournament just a few days away I wanted to send out an email with some important announcements and potential changes. If there is anything not covered below please do not hesitate to contact me at this email.

 

1 – Please finalize entries on debateresults asap. We especially need your judges entered right away if you haven’t entered those. We would like to make prefs active in the next 2 days and its imperative all schools have entered their judges or made arrangements to hire judging

 

2 – Judge preference sheets – These will be activated either tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning. Just go to www.debateresults.com and on the tournament calendar you will see a “prefs” tab next to our tournament. If you click on this it will take you to the page to enter your teams prefs. When they go active I will send out an email to let you know you can start entering them. You will have until Thursday night (11:59pm)  to complete these.  Also – if you have a judge entered who does not yet have a philosophy entered on debatersults.com please do that asap so the debaters and coaches can at least start thinking about their pref sheets.

 

3 – Where to go when you arrive. Registration is at 4pm on Friday in College Hall 101. Campus maps can be found here. http://www.gonzaga.edu/About/campus-map.asp.   Pairings for Rounds 1 and 2 will be released in College Hall (posted on doors and distributed from 101 at 4pm).  The tabroom will operate out of 101 all weekend. Judges can also feel free to lounge in this room (refreshments available).

 

4 – All debates will occur in College Hall and Jepson Center.  All elimination rounds will be held in College Hall.

 

5 – Schedule –  The schedule is below. There have been no major changes.  It is questionable if there will be a double octafinal round on Saturday night. If there is NOT a doubles, we will run octas in that time slot.  We will definitely clear all teams with a 4-2 record or better. If there are 16 or less 4-2s then we will clear to a full octa final round (to be held on Saturday at 8pm) with quarters scheduled as the first elim Sunday.  However, if there are more than 16  teams with a record of 4-2 or better we will clear to a partial double octa final round (to be held on Saturday at 8pm) with octas scheduled as the first elim on Sunday.  

 

6 – Fees –We lowered our fees thanks to donations from the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University. We got this posted on our website a couple weeks ago but thought some of you might not have noticed.  Fees are now $50 per team plus a $25 school fee. So 1 team = $75, 2 teams = $125, 3 teams = $175, etc.

If you hired judging from us the rate is $75 per uncovered teams.

 

7 – Some information we need from you asap: Please send all of this information to Karina Momary at karina.momary@gmail.com

a. T-shirt sizes: We are giving all competitors tournament t-shirts. In order to more accurately order these please send us t-shirt sizes (or best guesses) for your students.

b. Vegetarians, vegans, or other meal restrictions that we can reasonably cater to.

 

8 – Internet.  All competitors, judges, and coaches will have wireless access while on campus. You do not need a username/password. Simply connect to the Gonzaga Guest Network.  Please tell your students not to download large media files while on our network.

 

 

 

Friday, March 5th

4pm-5pm Registration in College Hall 101*

4pm: Debate Pairings Released

5pm: Debate Round 1

7pm: Debate Round 2

 

Saturday, March 6th

8am: Round 3

10am: Round 4

11:30am: Lunch Break  - Pizza Lunch Provided By Tournament. Served behind College Hall if weather permits.

1pm Round 5

3pm  Round 6

5pm Dinner Break – Dinner Provided By Tournament. Served Behind College Hall if weather permits.

6pm List of Teams Clearing and Pairing for First Elim Round

8pm  First Elim Round*

 

Sunday, March 7th

8am Awards Breakfast – Cataldo Hall in the Globe Room. Speaker Awards and Pairings for next elim announced.

9:30am    Elim

12:30pm  Elim

 3:30pm   Elim

6pm         Elim (if necessary)

 

*Please note that while the buildings should be relatively empty there will be a few students/faculty/staff who have not yet left campus for Spring Break. On Friday night it is really important your students try to stay out of the hallways when possible (ie, use them just for going between classrooms). Pairings will be posted all around the building at 4pm so students can go straight to their first round when you arrive and begin prepping.

**We will clear all teams with a 4-2 record or better. If there are 16 or less 4-2s then we will clear to a full octa final round (to be held on Saturday at 8pm) with quarters scheduled as the first elim Sunday.  However, if there are more than 16  teams with a record of 4-2 or better we will clear to a partial double octa final round (to be held on Saturday at 8pm) with octas scheduled as the first elim on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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