Carroll College "The Sir" Teaching Tournament 2024

Sep 14, 2024 · BP

The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

35 teams (This edition)

Motions

Carroll College "The Sir" Teaching 2024 (2024)8 motions

Round 1This house regrets violent sports such as football, boxing and soccer which have a higher risk of causing brain injury.
Round 2TH, as the United States, would not support Ukraine firing long range missiles into Russia.
Round 3THBT Taylor Swift has done more harm than good to the feminist movement
Round 4THW prohibit the advertisement of prescription medicine to the general public.
SemifinalsAssuming a world where superheroes exist, TH, as the United Nations, would regulate their engagement in conflict.
Novice SemifinalsAssuming a world where superheroes exist, TH, as the United Nations, would regulate their engagement in conflict.
Grand FinalTHS post-tenure review of faculty.
Novice FinalsTHS post-tenure review of faculty.

What gets set here

Fiction25%

Education25%

Sport13%

International Relations13%

Pop Culture13%

Health & Medicine13%

Practice Fiction motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

Fiction · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Education · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Sport · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Pop Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Health & Medicine · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Fiction motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Fiction motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: Assuming a world where superheroes exist, TH, as the United Nations, would regulate their ...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Fiction motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: EducationPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

17% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.7.

Last edition: 6 of 35 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

Open break6 teams
Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

74.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.6 and 76.2.

This is 0.5 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 77.5

Top-10 pace 75.8

Top-20 pace 75.5

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), QMUL Open 2026 (72.9)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Noah M.	MG	TH, as the United States, would not support Ukraine firing long range missiles into Russia.	80
Calin H.	GW	TH, as the United States, would not support Ukraine firing long range missiles into Russia.	80
🇺🇸 Lola B.	DPM	THW prohibit the advertisement of prescription medicine to the general public.	80
Anna B.	PM	This house regrets violent sports such as football, boxing and soccer which have a higher risk of causing brain injury.	80
🇺🇸 Ashlynne J.	PM	THW prohibit the advertisement of prescription medicine to the general public.	80
Aurora S.	GW	THBT Taylor Swift has done more harm than good to the feminist movement	80
Leah M.	MG	THBT Taylor Swift has done more harm than good to the feminist movement	79
🇺🇸 Anzhela S.	MO	THBT Taylor Swift has done more harm than good to the feminist movement	79
Madison K.	MG	THBT Taylor Swift has done more harm than good to the feminist movement	79
Sara B.	LO	TH, as the United States, would not support Ukraine firing long range missiles into Russia.	79
Nathan G.	DPM	This house regrets violent sports such as football, boxing and soccer which have a higher risk of causing brain injury.	79
Emily M.	DLO	TH, as the United States, would not support Ukraine firing long range missiles into Russia.	79

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