This is the Tournament Portal for our Fall West Tournament which will be held online.

Registration Documents

Registration process is now closed.

Press Releases

The pre-tournament press release will soon be available in English and Bulgarian.

Tournament Schedule

Friday, November 13th

18:00 - 18:45 - Student Leader Meeting

19:00 - Opening Ceremony 

19:30 - Special Guest

19:40 - Students Social Meeting ( Zoom )

 Judge Briefing Session 1 - Speech Events

20:45 - Judge Briefing Session 2 - Debate Events

Saturday, November 14th

12:00 -  Round 1 Flight B: Oratory, Prose, and Duo

13:30 -  Round 1 Flight A: Debate (Prepared) and Poetry

14:30 -  Break

15:00 -  Round 2 Flight B: Oratory, Prose, and Duo

16:30 -  Round 2 Flight A: Debate (Impromptu) and Poetry

17:30 -  Break

18:15 -  Semifinals: Prose, Varsity Oratory

20:00 -  Semifinals: Varsity Poetry

             Round 3: Debate (Prepared)

Sunday, November 15th

11:00 - Round 4: Debate (Impromptu)

12:30 - Finals: Prose, Duo

13:00 - Finals: Original Oratory

14:00 - Finals: Poetry and Debate (Prepared)

17:00 - Closing Ceremony

Coaching

BEST Coaches should download our Coaches’ Checklist and make sure their teams are up to date.

Judging

We welcome all guests who are high school graduates or above with C1 or higher English to judge at our tournaments. If you are new to BEST and our tournaments, visit our Judging Basics page!

Judge registration for the tournament is now open using 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.

Debate Motions

Novice Prepared
TH opposes the use of referenda for major policy decisions. 

TH believes that colonial states that directly benefit in sports from the integration of athletes with roots to former colonies should actively pay dividends to these former colonies, separate from existing financial obligations.* The 2018 FIFA World Cup champions, France, won the tournament with an ethnically diverse team who could trace their origins to Guadeloupe, Algeria, Guinea, Mali, French Guiana, Dr Congo, Martinique, Morocco, and Senegal. Many successful European athletes descend from former colonies.

TH prefers remote employment over traditional work environments. 

Novice Impromptu Hints
Law 
Education

Varsity Prepared
TH supports introducing the Euro currency to Bulgaria. 

TH believes that leaders of police forces should be elected by the local communities they serve. 

TH believes that the geopolitical rise of the People's Republic of China is, on balance, beneficial for the Balkan region.* The Balkan region is defined as the former Yugoslav republics, Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania.

Varsity Impromptu Hints
Social Media
Feminism + Entertainment