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Nottingham Novices 2026

What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.

In person, Nottingham, UKBPTournament site

Sat 17 Oct 2026in 9 days

From 1 tab, newest Nottingham Novices 2025.

How many points to break?

9points were safe
last time

The last team in averaged 73.3 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 6 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

8of 33 teams broke
in 2025

Field strength: Below Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

What should you do first?

Work through “Generating arguments”

Your prep week starts 6 days before the tournament. 6 tasks in the plan below.

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Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.

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Your prep week

Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.

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  • For Social & Identity motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: TH Opposes the rise of sports fans being fans of particular players, rather than being fan...Past motions
  • Ask for a Social & Identity motion on your weaker position.
  • Pull a motion
  • Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.Tournament info

Prep timer

15:00

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Nottingham Novices 20256 motions
  1. Round 1TH Opposes the rise of sports fans being fans of particular players, rather than being fans of particular teamsPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THS the adoption of “Honesty Dividend” schemes in retail storesPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THR the dominance of subscription-based streaming as a method of music consumptionPractise this motion
  4. Round 4TH as a U.S.-based feminist organisation would prioritise efforts towards gaining male postnatal benefits (paternity leave, right to return to work etc.) over expanding existing female postnatal benefits (increasing paid maternity leave, more comprehensive healthcare etc.).Practise this motion
  5. Grand FinalTH, as a player, would prefer playing Hardcore Survival Mode over Creative Mode.Practise this motion
  6. Silver Final FinalsTHP a world where humans have a natural instinct to pursue polyamorous relationshipsPractise this motion

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How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
71.2
where most speakers land
68.6 to 73.7

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker76.5
  • 10th speaker73.8
  • 20th speaker72.5

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Prep these too

Coming up, and their past motions cover the same topics. Topic match is how alike the two topic mixes are: 100% would be the same mix.