Tournaments
Sheffield Novices 2026
What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.
Sat 10 Oct 2026in 2 days
From 1 tab, newest Sheffield Novices 2023.
How many points to break?
12points were safe
last time
The last team in averaged 73.1 speaks in 2023.
What will they set?
Out of 8 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
How many teams, and how many break?
16of 46 teams broke
in 2023
Field strength: Below Average in 2023, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.
Import a tabYour prep week
Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.
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- For Technology motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
- Start with: THBT the rise of social media platforms focusing on short-form content (e.g., Twitter with...Past motions
- Ask for a Technology motion on your weaker position.
- Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.Tournament info
Prep timer
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Sheffield Novices 20238 motions
- Round 1THO varied sentencing.Practise this motion
- Round 2THBT the rise of social media platforms focusing on short-form content (e.g., Twitter with 140 word max character limit, TikTok with 60 second videos) has done more harm than good.Practise this motion
- Round 3TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritising a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change)Practise this motion
- Round 4THW Ban the development of TalkToys.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalTH, as the contestant, would vote off your friendPractise this motion
- Silver FinalsTHW accept the offer.Practise this motion
- Bronze FinalsTH, as John Owens, would accept an invitation to appear on “The Dinosaur Hour”.Practise this motion
- Non-Schools FinalsTHO the retelling of female villains from well-known stories to present them as sympathetic charactersPractise this motion
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 73.3
- where most speakers land
- 71.4 to 75.1
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker79.8
- 10th speaker75.0
- 20th speaker74.3
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.