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Welcome to Bates NAUDC 2026! We are pleased to announce that Bates College will be hosting the North American Debating Championships 2026 in the beautiful state of Maine. The tournament will run from Friday, March 6th to Sunday, March 8th.
We are striving to make the tournament as competitive and accessible as possible and are working with a world-class CA team to ensure a balanced, fun, and stimulating motion set.
If you have any questions, please reach out to members of org com.
Org Com: Tosca Neumann, James Foleno, Manav Mittal, Nokutenda Zuze.
CA Team: Tejas Subramanian, Jaleelah Ammar, Helen Wu, Benjamin Vigueras
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR NAUDC 2026:
Friday, March 6th
2:30 PM - Registration Opens
4:15 PM - Registration Closes
4:30 PM - Tournament Briefings
5:00 PM - Round I Draw
7:00 PM - Dinner
8:00 PM - Round II Draw
Saturday March 7th
7:15 AM - Judge Registration and Breakfast
8:00 AM - Round llI Draw
10:30 AM- Round IV Draw
12:30 PM - Lunch
2:00 PM - Round V Draw
4:30 PM - Round VI Draw
5:30 PM - Dinner
Sunday March 8th
7:30 AM - Check-in and Breakfast
8:30 AM - Check in CLOSES
8:45 AM Round VII Draw
11:00 AM - Lunch
12:15 AM - Quarter-finals/Novice Semis draw
2:30 PM - Semi-finals/Novice finals draw
5:00 PM - Finals draw
7:00 PM - Awards
The schedule is at the discretion of org com and may be subject to change.
REGISTRATION
The participation fee per participants is set at $225.
We are enforcing a judging requirement of n-1.
We are aware that some non-US universities are imposing travel restrictions on teams seeking to compete within the United States. We are accordingly allowing non-US teams that can prove institutional bans on travel to compete online. Please submit relevant proof with the registration form. Since we want to ensure that Bates NAUDC 2026 remains a predominantly in-person tournament, we will only allow teams explicitely prohibited from travel to compete online. Other STRONGLY prohibitive extenuating circumstances faced by non-US institutions may be grounds for hybrid approval at the discretion of org com. The reg fee for teams barred from traveling to the United States will be reduced by $60 per participant.
The deadline for Institutional Registration is Friday, January 23rd.
Institutional Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_Z2269VMxwNYS4pFbQEw97S761r4kZ_Dt0IZTs9cdFqmfBw/viewform?usp=dialog
If your institution is seeking financial assistance, please fill out this additional form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTDSV_oSbshmu7TID4D2ksyyt5ptGCQWS6vD84DX2ekrhQ9g/viewform
Notes on missing judges:
We are enforcing a missing judge fee of $350 dollars / missing judge. We will waive this fee if a team brings especially qualified judges, ie judges who have broken at majors.
Additional information will follow soon!
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