2009-10

(latest update, 2/8)

2/13-14 UPenn

The Harvard alternative.

Lv after school (2:30) on 2/12. Staying at the Penn Tower Hotel, walking distance of the touranment. All events start Saturday. Return Sunday evening (leaving UPenn at 4). $200 cost per Sailor.

2/12-15 Harvard

(Tournament website)

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. This has been off the Hen Hud list of tournaments for years now.

2/20 MHL at Bronx

2/26-27 Lakeland

Policy, V & Nov LD, PF

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

2/27 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.

Once again, and this time probably forever and for all time, Menick has no intention of attending States. If you wish to go, you must provide your own chaperone/judge.

3/6 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.

Last chance speech @ Iona 3/13

3/12-13 Bobcat Classic @ Byram Hills

Nov and V LD, V PF, Open Policy

3/19-20 NFL Districts Tournament

3/26-28 Woodward

4/10 MHL Grand Finale at Bronx H.S. of Science

Nov, JV & V LD and Policy, JV PF. (Varsity level is an RR, one team per school.)

4/17-19 NDCA at Georgetown

LD, Policy, PF.

4/24-5 New York State Finals at Chaminade

Yep: Saturday and Sunday. As far as we can tell, aside from the change of venue and days of the week, this is the same old States you have always known and loved. Have fun. Send me a postcard.

May 1-3 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.

5/28-31 NCFL @ Omaha

For more on the CFL, click here.

June 13-18NFL Finals

9/11 NY CFL Coaches meeting

Greenhill (see Joy of Tournaments)

TOC @ octos

Mid-Hudson League Workshop at Bronx Science

A free one-day seminar for students and coaches and judges. Details to come.

Round Robin @ Vassar

Invitational for debaters in their second/third year.

9/29 -- Parents' Meeting

7:30 p.m., in room 113. Meet the coaches, find out all about forensics, organize Bump

GDS

All policy at Georgetown Day

Yale (click here for official website)

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

2 1/2 hours. Debaters leave at 9:00 from Hen Hud. (Lunch in New Haven + legendary Lickety-Split Menick Art Tour of Yale Art Museum). Speech folk leave Hen Hud Friday after school.

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 $200 for this tournament ($50 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 Merritt Parkway (Rt 15).
Hotel directions (from the hotel website): Hotel located just off exit 61, Route 15 North and exit 62 Route 15 South. 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.
Map

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.

10/2 CFL @ Regis/Loyola

Speech: OO, JV-Poetry, V-Poetry, Duo (w/ mandatory binders), JV & V Extemp

Bus leaves HHHS at 7:30

10/9 CFL  @ St. Joseph Hill Academy.

Congress, Dec

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

10/8-9 Monticello

Invitation on tabroom.com

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

Leave HHHS at 12:00.

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. (Or Montwegian Chinese, if it's late.)

TOC @ semis. PF. Menick tabbing. We usually stay at the Best Western.

10/12 Team Bump mtg Room 113

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

10/14 Bronx Round Robin

You'll have to be invited to this one.

10/15-17 Big Bronx (AKA BBv3.0) -- Bronx High School of Science

Debate V (TOC at Qs), Policy, PF (TOC @ Qs — 60 teams), Congressarooni.
Three days of solid competition, 7 prelim rounds, run-off for 5-2s. 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.

10/23 First-Timers' MHL @ ?

Novice debating the novice topic. Also offering JV LD and JV PF.
Novices must be at the absolute first tournament of their lives. If they've debated in middle school, they cannot particpate as novices at the MHL. JV is limited to sophomores in their second year of debate.
Bus leaves at ???

CFL @ Regis

Speech events (JVX,VX,OO, JV Poetry, V Poetry, Duo, Dec, DP, Congress)

10/22-4 St. Mark's

10/30 CFL @

Debate events.

10/29-30 Tim Averill Invitational at Manchester

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. Menick usually tabs CFL this weekend, so a parent chaperone is required.

Debate, VLD, Nov LD, PF

Judges - 1/3

11/5-7 Scranton

11/5-6 Apple Valley

TOC at Octos

11/6 MHL @ Monticello

7:00 am leaving time by car.

11/6 CFL @ Fordham

  November 12-13

This is Hen Hud's own tournament -- the Malcolm A. Bump Memorial. Mandatory participation by all students. Parent participation desperately required too. This is our big fund-raiser. Without it, we may not travel where we want to.

11/20 Little Lexington

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) usually 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.

11/19-21 Villiger  (St. John's in Philadelphia)

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

11/20-2 Glenbrooks

12/3-5 Princeton

Some money required per student (depending on the Bump candy profits). There's V and Nov LD, PF, plus IEs.
2 1/4 - 2 1/2 hour trip (by bus).

12/4 MHL

The cheapskate's alternative to Princeton. No bus; at least one parent will be required to chaperone.

12/4 CFL @ Ursuline

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

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

12/10-11 Ridge

Leave HS at noon. Roughly 1 1/2 hour travel time from HH. Students housed, adults at Hotel Indigo 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.

12/17-9 Blake (Minneapolis)

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

12/18 CFL @ Regis

LD: V, JV, N

CONGRESS, PFD (V and JV)

Bus leaves at 7:00

1/7-8 Arthur L. Johnson

About 1:45 (by bus) from HHHS.

1/8 Chaminade

All speech events.

1/14-5 Lexington

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

1/15 CFL @ Regis/Loyola

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

Jan 21-3 Columbia 

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

Jan 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.

1/29 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, Cong

1/? MHL @ ?

2/5-6 Newark Invitational

Varsity, TOC at Finals. Also Novice LD. Policy.

2/4-5 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.

2/5 Congress Grands @ Scarsdale