This is the Tournament Portal for our Fall East Tournament in Burgas. The upcoming tournament will be held at Goethe GLHS in Burgas on November 30th to December 1st. Registration for the tournament has now closed.
Registration Documents
The forms, sheets, and documents needed for tournament registration will be made available via email to BEST coaches from the tournament region when registration opens, and access to them will be revoked when registration closes. You can see the registration dates above. Coaches, if you don’t receive a comprehensive registration e-mail for the tournament by the time registration opens, please email us at info@bestfoundation.bg.
Press Releases
The pre-tournament press release is available in English here and in Bulgarian here. The post-tournament press release is available in English here and in Bulgarian here.
Tournament Schedule
Saturday, November 30th
9:30 - 11:00 - Team Check In
10:00 - 12:00 - Judge Briefing Session 1 - Speech Events
11:00 - Opening Ceremony
12:00 - Round 1 Flight B: Oratory, Prose, and Duo
Judge Briefing Session 2 - Speech events and Debate
13:30 - Round 1 Flight A: Debate (Prepared) and Poetry
14:30 - Lunch break
15:00 - Round 2 Flight B: Oratory, Prose, and Duo
16:30 - Round 2 Flight A: Debate (Impromptu) and Poetry
18:15 - Quarterfinals: Varsity Prose, Varsity Oratory
Semifinals: Novice Prose, Novice Oratory, Duo
19:30 - Quarterfinals: Varsity Poetry
Round 3: Debate (Prepared), Novice Poetry
20:30 - Semifinals: Varsity Prose, Varsity Oratory
Sunday, December 1st
8:30 - Semifinals: Varsity Poetry
Round 4: Debate (Impromptu)
10:00 - Finals: Prose, Oratory, and Duo
11:30 - Finals: Poetry and Debate (Prepared)
13:30 - Closing Ceremony
Judging
We welcome all high school graduates with C1 or higher English to judge at our tournaments. If you are new to BEST and our tournaments, visit our Judging Basics page!
We will reimburse all judges for their transport if they use trains or buses, but we strongly encourage taking the most affordable option when possible (usually trains). Please purchase your ticket back from the tournament location as well, as we cannot reimburse you without being presented tickets. We will provide food at the tournament site, and we will also cover one night of hotel accommodations for regional tournaments. In exceptional circumstances when a judge can’t make it to the tournament site before 11am on Saturday, we will cover two nights of hotel accommodation.
Judge registration for the tournament is now open! To register to judge, please fill out this form. Coaches, you must register if you are judging, too, and don’t forget to include your judges when you fill out your team roster spreadsheet (see below).
Transportation
Phone numbers for trusted taxi services are below:
Бургас Такси - USE THIS IF YOU’RE IN ATLANTIS RESORT
*9000
Индикар Такси
089 850 0585
Еко Такси
088 775 1151
Ореон Такси
089 980 0800
This is a list of all hotels we will be using for the tournament.
We highly recommend Moovit to navigate to the school if you’re not familiar with the city’s public transport system. The tournament will take place at Goethe GLHS, which can be found on this Google map:
Food
A list of restaurants and supermarkets in Burgas is available here.
Debate Motions
Novice Prepared
This House would ban private prisons
This House regrets the widespread belief that going to university is key to success in life.
This House believes that the winners of major art awards* should always be decided by a public vote.
* Examples of such awards are the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, etc.
Novice Impromptu Hints
Relationships
Higher Education
Varsity Prepared
This House would eliminate diplomatic immunity
This House believes that streaming platforms should remove content from creators who have carried out immoral acts
This House would fund campaigns through taxation as opposed to private political donations.
Varsity Impromptu Hints
Immigration
Beauty