Manchester Novices 2026

54 days away · In Person, Manchester, UK · BP

Below Average

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

Based on the 2025 edition. This year’s field isn’t rated yet.

44 teams (2025), 37 teams (2024)

Round 1This House would abolish trial by jury.
Round 2This House opposes the narrative that love is sacrifice.
Round 3This House would allow workers providing public services (e.g. doctors, teachers, train drivers, bin collectors) to be terminated for going on strike.
Round 4This House believes that feminists in China should try to popularise ‘leftover man’ as an equivalent to 'leftover woman'.
Gold FinalThis House regrets the de-industrialisation of the United Kingdom.
Silver FinalsThis House prefers to be Elsa as opposed to Lena.
Non-schools FinalsThis House predicts that Reform UK will be in government after the next UK general election.

Law & Crime29%

Social & Identity29%

Economics14%

Abstract14%

Politics14%

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

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Linear flow"Foundations for Law & Crime motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Law & Crime 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: This House would abolish trial by jury.Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Law & Crime motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Social & IdentityPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.Tournament info ›

27% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 72.8.

Last edition: 12 of 44 teams broke.

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72.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 70.0 and 74.1.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 76.0

Top-10 pace 74.3

Top-20 pace 73.3

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

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Same kind of motions, same kind of field. Worth running through their past motion sets too.