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Carroll College "The Sir" Teaching Tournament 2025

Sep 13, 2025 · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

24 teams (This edition), 35 teams (2024)

Motions from this series

Carroll College "The Sir" Teaching 2025 (2025)7 motions
  • Round 1TH, as an employer, would hire employees with a higher EQ over employees with a higher IQ
  • Round 2THBT America is no longer a good ally
  • Round 3THBT belief in re-incarnation is better for the individual than belief in an eternal afterlife
  • Round 4This House, as a college student, would choose to maintain and strengthen relationships with friends rather than invest time into a romantic partner
  • Novice SemifinalsAssuming a world where superheroes exist, TH, as the United Nations, would regulate their engagement in conflicts
  • Open FinalAssuming a world where superheroes exist, TH, as the United Nations, would regulate their engagement in conflicts
  • Novice FinalsTH would endorse and patronize Hush Harbor, and/or other phone-free establishments.
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

Fiction27%
Social & Identity20%
International Relations13%
Education13%
Religion7%
Sport7%

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You vs this tournament

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

  • Fiction · 27% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

17% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.2.

Last edition: 4 of 24 teams broke.

  • 202411 pts · 75.7 speaks6/35
  • 202510 pts · 74.6 speaks4/24
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Break categories

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

  • Open break4 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

74.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.7 and 76.2.

This is 1.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 77.5

Top-10 pace 76.0

Top-20 pace 75.5

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 2 editions.

Comparable: Sheffield 26 (74.1), Wilfrid Laurier Golden Cup 2025 (72.5)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Mary K.LOTHBT America is no longer a good ally79
🇺🇸 Julia L.DLOThis House, as a college student, would choose to maintain and strengthen relationships with friends rather than invest time into a romantic partner79
🇨🇦 NItin A.DPMTHBT belief in re-incarnation is better for the individual than belief in an eternal afterlife79
🇺🇸 Jase F.PMThis House, as a college student, would choose to maintain and strengthen relationships with friends rather than invest time into a romantic partner78
Oscar B.DLOThis House, as a college student, would choose to maintain and strengthen relationships with friends rather than invest time into a romantic partner78
Fallon E.MGThis House, as a college student, would choose to maintain and strengthen relationships with friends rather than invest time into a romantic partner78
🇺🇸 Julia L.GWTH, as an employer, would hire employees with a higher EQ over employees with a higher IQ78
Joey M.DLOTHBT America is no longer a good ally78
Kimber K.DLOTH, as an employer, would hire employees with a higher EQ over employees with a higher IQ78
Mary K.GWTH, as an employer, would hire employees with a higher EQ over employees with a higher IQ78
Fallon E.MOTHBT belief in re-incarnation is better for the individual than belief in an eternal afterlife78
Joey M.MGTH, as an employer, would hire employees with a higher EQ over employees with a higher IQ78

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