RIUDL Summer Camp Information

You are invited to join us for the first ever Rhode Island Urban Debate League Summer Debate Institute. At the institute, you will learn the game of debate and prepare for next year’s topic with the help of coaches, Brown Students, and RIUDL alumni. Through workshops, discussions, and research, you will sharpen your debating skills while getting to know students from across the state. You will also get to know these students by participating in special camp events such as a movie night and outdoor recreational activities. At the end of the camp, the skills you learned will be put to good use when you will have the chance to become the first ever winner of the RIUDL camp tournament. The institute provides the perfect opportunity to improve your skills while having a great time doing it – I hope you will choose to join us this summer.

Click here for information and registration forms.

Camp Information

It's the time of year again to think about applying for camp. Most deadlines are in May. Start thinking early! Click here for information on camps

CFL Qualifier Results

After a dramatic finish at the RIDL CFL Qualifier last weekend at Woonsocket, Woonsocket RS (Melissa Ryan & Cindy Southonevat) and Woonsocket DK (Courtney Dwyer & Preeti Kinha) emerged as the top two teams. Classical/MP CM (Jamie Cadet & Cindy Mit) was the alternate team. Congratualations for some great debating. This year's CFL will be in Houston

For full tournament results, click here.

Tournament 4 and Results

We have Tournament 3 Results from Central. See them here. Impromptu results are coming.

Hopefully, everybody enjoyed Harvard and is ready with new arguments for our next tournament. We'll be holding it at Woonsocket High School (777 Cass Ave., Woonsocket, RI 02895) on Saturday, March 3rd.

Once again, we'll also be having impromptu. Debaters and non-debaters are welcome to compete. If you're never debated before but would like to check out speech, come to the impromptu rounds at noon. If you're a debater but want more speech during lunch time, join in.

We're working on fixing our registration right now. Coaches, please check back here in the coming weeks for updated registration pages.

Judges, if you haven't signed up already, sign up here or email shiyinw@brown.edu

Tournament 3: Central

Brown will soon be back from winter break, and we'll have our third tournament at Central (70 Fricker St., Providence) on Saturday, January 27th.

For this tournament, we'll have an additional impromptu speech event. Debaters and non-debaters are welcome to compete. If you're never debated before but would like to check out speech, come to the impromptu rounds at noon. If you're a debater but want more speech during lunch time, join in.

Coaches, get an early start on registering your teams. Everyone did a great job with registration last time. Let's do the same again! We'll be doing seperate registration for debate and impromptu.
Register for debate by clicking here.
Register for impromptu by clicking here.

Judges, if you haven't signed up already, sign up here or email shiyinw@brown.edu

Tournament 2: Brown

Tournament 2 was great, and we say many more new debaters. We have the results here.

Tournament 2: Brown

Our first tournament is December 9th at Brown University's Wilson Hall. Coaches, get an early start on registering your teams by clicking here. Judges, if you haven't signed up already, sign up here or email shiyinw@brown.edu

Tournament 1: Hope

Despite a small field, we had a great time at Tournament 1. It was great to see all the novices. We have the results here.

2006-2007 Season

Welcome back everyone! After some delays and technical difficulties, the RIDL website is back, just in time for the first tournament of the year.

Take a look at the updated evidence page. Be sure to have this year's evidence at the first tournament.

Our first tournament is November 11th at Hope. Coaches, get an early start on registering your teams by clicking here. Judges, if you haven't signed up already, sign up here or email shiyinw@brown.edu

CFL Qualifier results

This weekend's tournament was a huge success, with a large varsity field and a huge number of judges.

Congratulations to these CFL qualifiers! You'll be going to the CFL National Tournament in Chicago.
   Woonsocket AG (Justin Alvarez & Charles Grenier)
   Woonsocket BT (Brian Berard & Bryan Turcotte)
   Classical AS (Kayleigh Ahlquist & Joseph Steigman)
   Woonsocket PR (Sonia Penso & Stephanie Rochefort)

For full results, click here.

Tournament 5

Tournament next Saturday, January 28th at the Brown University. This tournament is the CFL qualifier. Because of this, we'll need three judges in each of the varsity rounds.

Coaches, get an early start on registering your teams by clicking here. Judges, if you haven't signed up already, sign up here or email shiyinw@brown.edu

Tournament 4 Results

Despite SAT's, we had a great first tournament of the semester. For the results, click here.

Feinstein Photos

We have photos from Tournament 3 at Feinstein. Check them out here.

Tournament 3

Tournament 3 is coming up in two weeks. It'll be on Saturday, December 10th at Feinstein High School (544 Elmwood Avenue, Providence 02907).

For this tournament, we'd like to try holding a final round after the three regular preliminary rounds. This final round will be between the top two teams in Varsity or in both divisions. Stay tuned for more info.

Coaches, get an early start on registering your teams by clicking here. Judges, if you haven't signed up already, sign up here or email shiyinw@brown.edu

Tournament 2 Results

Tournament 2 at Brown was great. For the results from Tournament 2, click here.

Tournament 2

As you can see, the website is back after some down time. Sorry about the inconvenience everyone.

Tournament 2 is coming up in two weeks. It'll be on Saturday, November 19th at Brown University (Wilson and Sayles Halls)

Coaches, get an early start on registering your teams by clicking here. Judges, if you haven't signed up already, sign up here or email shiyinw@brown.edu

Tournament 1 Results

Tournament 1 at Mount Pleasant was a huge success. We enjoyed seeing all the novices, and we hope to continue growing the league through excellent debating. For the results from Tournament 1, click here.

Tournament 1

Break out the new cases and get your disads ready. RIDL is about to hold its first tournament of the year this Saturday.

Tournament 1 will be held at Mount Pleasant High School (434 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI 02908) on October 15th.

Coaches, register your teams by clicking here.

If you are interested in judging for this tournament and haven't contacted us, send an email to shiyinw@brown.edu.

RIDL 2005-2006 Season

RIDL is about to kick off a new season. This year's resolution is, "Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause."

Check out the new calendar to keep up with all of our events.

Summer Camp

The RIDL season is almost over. Debaters: if you think you'll miss debate over the summer, of you want to get an edge on your opponents next year, consider going to camp this summer. It's a great experience that will enrich your research skills, your critical thinking, and your general knowledge in addition to making you a great debater.

Interested? Get more information here.

Tournament 3 Results

Tournament 3 was the biggest RIDL tournament yet, with more debators than any other tournament this year. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Discuss your reactions to the tournament on the forums. See the results of the tournament here.

Tournament 2

Tournament 2 was great. We saw some awesome debate, and some new cases. Here are the results. Have a great break everyone!

JUDL Congratulations

RIDL was very well represented at the Newark Invitaional this past weekend.

• Congratulations Randell Douda from Classical for winning top JV speaker.
• Congratulations to Cindy Mit from Classical for winning second JV speaker.
• Congratulations to Vanna Le from Feinstein for winning top Novice speaker.
• Congratulations to Edgar Contreras and Essy Asgarian (MET/Woonsocket) for finishing 10th in the JV division.

A great job and congratulations go out to all RIDL debaters who participated. Hope you all had a good time!

Tournament 1 Photos Up

Mr. Marsula, host of the tournament, and his mother

See if you can find your picture in the photos taken from Tournament 1 at HSTA. Click Here.

RI Debate League "College-Bridge" Trip

United Nations Tour, Newark Invitational Debate Tournament, and College Fair December 3-4, 2004 On Friday, December 3, RI Debate League squads will travel to the United Nations Headquarters for a tour and private briefing from an American UN officer. On December 4th, the squads will participate in the Newark Invitational Debate Tournament and College Fair at University High School in Newark. Admissions officers from over 21 universities will be in attendance, and the tournament will feature debaters from 4 cities: New York City, Washington DC, Newark, and Providence. If you or your parent / guardian have any questions, please contact your debate coach or Mackay Miller at (401) 447-7829. ***Full Info Here***

Tournament Information

Coaches: Have you registered for Tournament 2? You can do so here.

Tournament Info

Thank you to all debators, coaches, judges, and coordinators for a successful first tournament. The results are here.

Scrimmage 1 was a huge success. Thanks go out to everyone who participated.

Scrimmage Next Tuesday

Our first Scrimmage is on Nov. 23 at PAIS/HSTA from 3:30 to 7:30.

Anyone willing to judge that scrimmage or future events should sign up.

CAs returning from practice should fill out a feedback form.

Website Developments

Check out the new site updates. The calendar has been moved to the About Us section.

Get Involved by checking out the About Us section too.

Registration for the next RIDL tournament is now open. The location has yet to be determined.

UN Topic Evidence Now Available

Evidence for the 2004-2005 topic can be found in the Evidence Center.

2004-05 Season Set to Launch

The Rhode Island Debate League is proud to welcome back all debaters, coaches, and community leaders to another intense season of policy debate. Several exciting new changes are unfolding, like our new Local-Issue and Current Events Division. All high school students are encouraged to weigh in on real issues, and have real impacts. Coming soon to the site are photos from our April trip to Washington, DC, as well as links to evidence for the United Nations topic. Be sure to check out the Tournament Schedule for all the important dates! Inform yourself. Raise your voice. Impact!!!

Charles, captain of the Woonsocket squad (right) battles with Kasim from Newark, NJ. Charles and Joe won 3rd Place in the Eastern Region on April 25, 2004. See more results...