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2023 Team Registration

Registration applications will open after Summer School. All coordinators will be emailed. Please note for your records that the deadline for team registrations is March 1st 2023 at 3:00pm

​RULES

  • A-Divisions (Junior A, Intermediate A, Open A) are for collectively experienced debate teams.

  • B-Divisions (Junior B, Intermediate B, Open B) are for collectively novice debate teams.

    • By applying to register a team, a school is confirming that these classifications are understood and that teams will be registered in the appropriate divisions.

    • Note regarding Year 7 Students: all Year 7 students compete in the Junior B Division, except for those involved in the Gold Coast Primary Schools Debating Competition in 2022. Teams with two or more of these students are considered to be 'collectively experienced', and thus should be entered into the Junior A Division

  • There is no limit to the number of teams a school may register in any division of the competition.

  • Teams should contain a minimum of four members and must not contain more than five members.

  • Each time a team debates, three students will speak and a fourth will act as either Chairperson (affirmative team) or Timekeeper (negative team).

  • Three team members must be present and able to debate for a team to be eligible. In this case, any member of the community may act as the Chairperson and/or Timekeeper – e.g. a parent, coach, sibling etc.

  • No debater may debate more than once in the same round, or across multiple divisions

  • Students may be entered into a higher division than their regular school grade.

  • Students are not permitted, in any circumstances, to debate in a lower division than their school year level.

  • Only School Coordinators may register teams - students may not fill out the above forms

TEAM ENTRY FEE

  • A fee of $140 per team will be charged for each team entered into the 2023 competition. This fee covers administrative costs that GCD incurs throughout the course of the year, as well as payments to adjudicators. Schools will be invoiced following the completion of the first round of the preliminary series. This fee is non-refundable in cases where a team withdraws from the competition after the completion of Round One of the preliminary series.

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