2008-9

(latest update, 9/2 Princeton updated)

9/6 NY CFL Coaches meeting @ Iona

9/6-7 Round Robin @ Vassar

Invitational for debaters in their second/third year.

9/12-13 Wake Forest (see Joy of Tournaments) *

9/12-14 Greenhill (see Joy of Tournaments)

TOC @ octos

9/25 -- New Parents' Meeting

7:30 p.m., in room 111. Meet the coaches, find out all about forensics.

9/26-28 Yale (click here for official website)

There will be no bus provided for this tournament. Parents or coaches must drive.

2 1/2 hours. Leave Hen Hud Friday at 12:00.

Hotel: the Clarion. 2260 Whitney Ave , Hamden, 203-288-3831. There's a shuttle to the hotel.

The optional status of this tournament means that expenses will be passed to the students attending; we usually set the cost at $250 for this tournament ($100 if you bring a judge), with overage paid for by the Bump Fund. NOTE: All meals must be paid for by the debaters. Bring enough money to cover two lunches and two dinners.

Debate: V & JV -- TOC at Quarters; PF — TOC at Octos
Menick tabbing LD.

Speech: DI, Duo, Extemp, HI, OI (P/P), OO (Double entry, please; work hard over the summer to bring something to the table other than the desire to take a trip to beautiful New Haven and waste your parents' money)

Congress

Judging (1-3 in LD, 1-5 Speech)

Info:
Drivers: Fastest route: Rt 22 to Long Ridge Rd to the Parkway, connect with 95 right before New Haven. Hotel (from their website): From I-95 South: Take I-91 North, take exit 10 (Route 40/Mount Carmel), left onto Whitney Avenue, go through six traffic lights. Hotel on the right. From I-91 South: Take exit 17 (Route 15 South), take exit 62, right on Whitney Avenue. Hotel on the left. From I-95 North: take exit 38 (Route 15 North) to exit 61, right onto Whitney Avenue. Hotel directly ahead on the left.

Directions to the tournament from the thruway: Take (left) exit 47, I-91 North (Hartford, Springfield exit). Continue for a short distance on I-91 to Exit 3 (Trumbull Street). Stay in the middle lane and continue straight through the light on to Trumbull Street. At the fourth light, turn left on to Prospect Street. At the first light, Prospect Street becomes College Street. Continue on College Street past the New Haven Green (on the left) to Chapel St. Turn right on Chapel, then take the first right onto High St. (Starbucks is on your left at the corner). LC is the second building on the right.

City parking lots are located at the corner of Crown and College Streets, on Broadway opposite the Yale Bookstore, and on Temple Street between Chapel and George Streets. I recommend the Broadway one; cost will be reimbursed to the drivers.

9/30 Bump Meeting for Parents

In Room 111, 7-7:30 p.m. This is the meeting when we ask people to volunteer to help us run our tournament. So this is for the honcho types. EVERYONE will be called on later to pitch in (housing, food, general support).

10/4 CFL @ Regis

CFL V & JV LD (LD must participate to be part of LD Grands in March and NCFL in May):
Speech: OO, JV-Poetry, V-Poetry, Duo, Dec, DP, Cong, JV & V Extemp, PFD (V and JV)

Bus leaves HHHS at 7:30

Any senior can judge JV PF.

10/4 SAT I & II -- (SAT info)

Team Bump mtg 10/7 Room 111

7:30 to 8:00. Let the whining begin! Find out what your miserable job is this year. Mandatory meeting.

10/10-11 Monticello

Invitation on Joy of Tournaments.

The annual Columbus Day celebration. Second-year LDers get a shot at accessible varsity. Go for it!

Leave HS Friday at 11:00.

1 1/2 hours by car, 2 by bus (max). Best food on the circuit (for judges). Great opportunity for state and TOC quals. Housed. Afterwards, Beach Chinese.

TOC @ semis. PF. Menick probably tabbing.

10/11 CFL  @ St. Joseph Hill Academy (Bills due ?).

Congress, Dec

There will be no bus provided for this tournament. Parents or coaches must drive.

10/18 MHL @

Novices MUST be first-timers. Also offering JV LD and first-time JV PF.

10/17-19 UPenn

10/17-19 St. Mark's

LD Registration: $50, must be done by mid-September (limit c.130 LDers). TOC at octos. Also offering full speech menu. This year only, switching weekends with Big Jake.

10/24-6 Big Bronx -- Bronx High School of Science

On the normal St. Marks Weekend.
Debate V (TOC at Qs), Policy, PF (TOC @ Qs — 60 teams), Congressarooni.
Three days of solid competition, 7 prelim rounds. Menick tabbing LD.

Bus leaves HH @ 12:00 friday (1:00 traveling time).
7:00 on Sat.
8:00 on Sunday (for those still in it or observing; Menick will drive to this one).

Need 1 judge for 3 LD entries; 4 entries (and maybe up to 5) possible according to the invite.

Housing Monticello again probably.

10/25 CFL @ Regis

JVEX, VEX, JV-Prose, OO, JV & V Poetry, Duo, Dec, DP
Bus leaves HH at 7:30.

Bronx Round Robin 10/26-7

You'll have to be invited to this one.

10/31-11/1  Tim Averill Invitational at Manchester

Home of the albino bagel!

Menick probably going this year. 5 hours to the furthest reaches of Massachusetts--lv HHHS @ 9:00. Housed. Stop on the way up for marginally edible fast food lunch Friday; Saturday's dinner depends on how well you're doing. We may be bringing other teams (Byram Hills?).

Debate, VLD (TOC @ Ss), Nov LD, PF (TOC @ Qs)

Judges - 1/3

(Judge and driver stay at Salem Days Inn, 152 Endicott, Danvers, MA 978-777-1030)

11/1 SAT I & II -- (SAT info)

11/7-8 Apple Valley *

TOC at Octos

11/8 MHL

11/8 CFL @ Fordham All speech and congress

  November 14-5

This is Hen Hud's own tournament -- the Malcolm A. Bump Memorial. Mandatory participation by all students (although we do expect to be able to allow open participation at the concurrent CFL). Parent participation desperately required too. This is our big fund-raiser. Without it, we may not travel where we want to.

11/22 Little Lexington

NOTE NEW DIVISIONS -- Novice, JV, and V LD; PF. Considered by many to be the social event of the year. Up to 8 entries allowed (but we usually get more). Leave Hen Hud after school, 2:30, on Friday, dinner (you pay for it) at the Chinese buffet at the Yangtze [(781) 861-6030], house with Lex families Friday night, debate begins bright and early Saturday morning, return Saturday night. Judge/chaperone stays at local motel. Return dinner at Reins at exit 65.

11/21-3 Villiger *  (St. John's in Philadelphia)

Strong IE tournament. This is one you pay for yourself. All speech events, LD (not recommended) and Congress.

11/21-4 Glenbrooks

12/5-7 Princeton *

There will be no bus provided for this tournament. Parents or coaches must drive.

Menick tabbing, so this one should be interesting. The hope is to kick the tournament up a notch. As with other college tournaments, all costs at Princeton are picked up by whoever goes.

Judges (1 for 3)
There's V and Nov LD, PF, plus IEs. More info to come.
2 1/4 - 2 1/2 hour trip (by bus).

12/6 MHL at ?

The cheapskate's alternative to Princeton.

12/6 CFL @ Ursuline

There will be no bus provided for this tournament. Parents or coaches must drive.

JV-Ex, OO, JV & V OI, Dec

12/12-13 Ridge

Leave HS at one. Roughly 1 1/2 hour travel time from HH; no entry before 2:45 in 2007; probably earlier this year. Students housed, adults at Courtyard Basking Ridge.

Directions:
Route 287 South - North Maple Avenue - Basking Ridge - Exit 30A
Turn right onto North Maple Avenue.
Pass AT&T on your left.
Continue through the traffic light and at the 'Y' in the road bear right.
At stop sign, turn left into the town.
Travel straight and the road will bear around to the right. (A stone wall is on the left.)
At end of the stone wall, the school will be on the left. To hotel: Turn left out of the high school. Turn left again a ways down the road on Mt. Airy. Hotel will be on your right. Decent Japanese and Indian restaurants if we do well and need to eat in situ.

12/12-14 Blake (Minneapolis)

TOC @ Qs. If you've got the $...

12/20 CFL @ Regis

LD: V, JV, N -- We must participate at this tournament to qualify as a member of the CFL for CFL Grands in March (if you're fully states-qual'd, competing at a higher level than your qual).

CONGRESS, PFD (V and JV)

Bus leaves at 7:30

1/3 or 1/10 Chaminade

All speech events.

1/3 or 1/10 MHL @ ?

1/9-10 Arthur L. Johnson?

1/16-7 Lexington

V (TOC @Qs), and novice LD. PF (TOC @ Qs). -- 5 hrs travel time -- leave Friday 9:00 bus. Judges in Quality Inn (781-861-0850). Debaters return Saturday night, unless part of RR, which returns Monday early evening, just in time for a nice dinner.

1/17 CFL @ Regis/Loyola

Father Rippon Invitational
JV-Ex, V-Ex, OO, JV OI, V OI, Duo, Dec, DP, Cong

Jan 23-25 Columbia 

LD (TOC @ Ss), PF, Congress, IEs.

Jan 23-25 Emory Emory

Pay for this one yourself, and bring a chaperone. Don't bother going unless you're TOC-worthy (or at least think you are).

LD & Speech. TOC at octs.

1/31 CFL @ Convent of the Sacred Heart (Greenwich)

There will be no bus provided for this tournament. Parents or coaches must drive.

JV & V EX, OO, JV OI, V OI, Duo, Dec, DP

Newark Invitational (and MHL on Saturday)  

Combination two-day tournament for Varsity, with a TOC at Finals, plus MHL for JV and Novs. JM goes up with the MHL, which means that an adult is needed for the Invitational. Housing is at a local motel (be on the bus back to the school by 7:15).

Allow 1:45 hrs travel time -- lv Hen Hud 12:00 Fri; house at Day's Inn at NewarkAirport, 973-242-0900
MHL leaves Hen Hud 7:00 Sat

Directions to East Side HS.
Raymond Blvd exit 15E off 95. Head west on Raymond. Go left on Van Buren Street. (Note, streets are in presidential order, so if you get lost, remember your history.) East Side HS is a few blocks down, across the street from a park. Returning, head back up toward Raymond, but turn right at Market, then left at Ferry. This will take you back to 95.

2/6-7 Scarsdale

LD (N & V), PF, Varsity (Jrs and Srs) judge novices (with luck, for half of the rounds). Bus leaves 12:30 (one hour ride) on Friday, 7:00 on Saturday; preferably, we'll get cars and drive.

2/7 Congress Grands @ Scarsdale

2/13-16 Harvard

(Tournament website)
There will be no bus provided for this tournament. Parents or coaches must drive.

Debate, V (TOC@ Octs), JV, PF, Congress, most IEs

NOTE TO PARENTS: The relationship of entering the Harvard Tournament and eventually attending Harvard University is roughly the same as the relationship of eating Harvard Beets to eventually attending Harvard University. No student has ever ever ever gotten even a blink from the Harvard admittance people simply because they attended the Harvard tournament. There are 2500-3000 kids at that tournament every year. Do the math. Even WINNING the Harvard tournament has no effect on getting into Harvard.  It may be great competition, and great fun, but that is the end of the story. 

Return after awards @5:00 Monday. I suggest a stopover at Reins Deli (exit 65) for dinner.

A trip to Harvard requires solid participation throughout the year, namely a minimum of 5 tournaments. Less than five by February puts you in the Debateless Debater / Speechless Speechie category -- in other words, a fellow-traveler. We like you, you're a wonderful person and we wish you well, but you're not really a dedicated forensician. Average cost of the tournament is $300-400 per person (less $150, if you supply a needed judge). Prices are subject to change. NOTE: This is the most expensive tournament in the country, and the fact that we have to motel everyone makes it usually equivalent to the cost of our entire budget (which is why we can no longer afford to go out of the team budget). It's a lot of fun, but frankly, one questions whether it's worth the money as an academic experience. It could potentially be considered a reward for hard-working kids, if the parents wish to so reward their children, but that's about it. On the debate side, the judging is wildly erratic: if you get a TOC bid, you've really earned it, but if you don'tget the bid, that doesn't mean you didn't. At other national-circuit tournaments (Greenhill, Glenbrooks, Emory), doing well usually results in recognition. Not so at Harvard.

2/27-28 Lakeland

Policy, V & Nov LD, PF

Bus from HHHS on Friday @12:15, parents/coaches/whoever drive thenceforth.

2/28 Regionals at Lakeland

For Speech and Congress, a special chance to qualify for States, the annual culminating forensic event for some programs.

Attending Regionals is a commitment to attend States, if you win. Ignoring this commitment will result in suspension from the team next September through October.

3/7 NYCFL Grands

To qualify for CFL Nationals:

LD: We're allowed 3 debaters (although we can put in for the swing). Highest status (win/loss record) during the year is how the debaters are chosen. Each debater must bring an experienced judge with a minumum of three debates under the judge belt.
PF teams welcome!!! But same commitment/judge issues as with LD.
Speech: Ex, OO, OI, Duo, Dec, DP.

3/14 Last chance speech @ Iona

3/20-21 The "TNC" -- The Northeast Championships (Needham, Ma?)

"TNC -- it's one letter up from Kentucky." Nov, JV & V LD and Policy, Open PF.

3/27-28 NFL Districts Tournament

4/24-25 New York State Finals in Albany

May 1-4 TOCs    

The Tournament of Champions for Debate. You've got to earn at least 2 legs to go to Kentucky, or pre-qualify by breaking at the previous year's TOCs. If you don't know anything about TOCs, you're not in the running, and you'll be happier in the local circuit.

5/22-24 NCFL @ Albany

Spend Memorial Day weekend in beautiful Albany, New York. Albany? Hey, I don't make the news, I only report it.

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6/14-19 NFL Finals at Birmingham, Alabama