INVITATION
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
38th ANNUAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT
October 6, 7 & 8, 2007 (Saturday, Sunday, & Monday)
NEW TOURNAMENT HOTEL - "RADISSON PLAZA HOTEL"
Located Downtown
Special Rate: $95 per night, up to four people
859-231-9000; Ask for reservations, then mention UK Debate
After 5:00 P.M. Call 800-333-3333
FREE PARKING! Including cars, vans and buses.
FREE WIRELESS INTERNET!
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT HOTEL
- Once our block of rooms is filled, the hotel will take a waiting list. As cancellations come in, the hotel will go to the waiting list on a first come first served basis honoring the tournament rate up to Wednesday, October 3rd.
- The hotel will assess one night's lodging per room for cancellations after Wednesday, October 3rd.
- Fortunately, the Radisson is equipped with sixteen meeting rooms.
- When calling for reservations, please ask for the University of Kentucky Debate Tournament rates.
ABOUT TOURNAMENT PROCEDURES
- E-mail entries only to jwpatt00@uky.edu, with a copy to Linda Barker at linda.barker@uky.edu; REMEMBER TO PLACE AN ASTERISK BY ANY TEAM COMPETING FOR THE PRESEASON NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
- . A fee of $100/Team will be assessed for any drops after Wednesday, October 3rd at 5 PM.
Dear Director of Debate:
This is your invitation to the 38th Annual University of Kentucky Henry Clay Debates on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, October 6, 7, & 8, 2007. The Tournament will have one division: THE HENRY CLAY DEBATES (Varsity) plus "THE PRE-SEASON NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP."
DATES: Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, October 6, 7, 8, 2007
FORMAT FOR THE HENRY CLAY DEBATES (VARSITY): The format will consist of eight preliminary rounds of switch-side, two-person teams debating the 2007-2008 topic.
RESERVATIONS FOR ANNA BELL'S
The restaurant is located in downtown Lexington across from the courthouse on Upper Street, and features both European and American cuisine.
If you want to dine at "Anna Bell's" during the Kentucky Tournament, you should call immediately. The phone number is (859)-381-0900. THE RESTAURANT ALWAYS FILLS ON WEEKENDS SO PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY.
RESERVATIONS FOR HOLLY HILL INN
Ouita Papka, her husband Chris, and Roger Solt have a restaurant in Midway, Kentucky called Holly Hill Inn. They are open Wednesday through Saturday evening and Sunday for brunch. The food is superb. Ouita changes the menu frequently with creative dishes. Call 859-846-4732 for reservations. Let them know you're with the debate tournament. Please inquire at the registration desk for directions to the Holly Hill Inn.
FULL DOUBLE-OCTAS
Should we have ninety or more teams, we will have double octas en-route to the Sweet Sixteen.
FORMAT FOR THE PRE-SEASON NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
This event will be an elimination bracket probably beginning at the quarter-final level, but could begin earlier or later depending on the number of entries. Even if we have a partial octofinal, we will work out a scheme in which novices who participate in Varsity octofinals but subsequently lose will be able to enter the elimination bracket at the quarterfinal level. "Novice" will be defined as students who are debating for the first time in college this year. To be eligible for this division, debaters must have first participated in the preliminary rounds of the Henry Clay Varsity Debates.
TOURNAMENT PRACTICES
Rounds Per Day.
Rounds Per Day. There will be four rounds held on Saturday and Sunday, with elimination rounds on Monday.Procedure for Assigning Judges.
Judges will be assigned on a selective procedure based on the input of the coaches. Random assignments will not be followed.Breaking Brackets.
We will continue the practice of not breaking brackets in the elimination rounds. Thus, teams from the same school will meet if their numbers fall accordingly.
JUDGE
Each school is expected to provide one judge per team. Accordingly, a coach with one team will be expected to judge four rounds; plus at least one elimination round. A coach with two teams is expected to judge all eight rounds; plus at least one elimination round.
NOTE: In addition to his or her preliminary judging assignments, each judge is expected to stay one round past that in which their team is eliminated. Hence, each judge is expected to be available at least through quarter-finals. HIRED JUDGES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. WE WILL, HOWEVER, REFER PEOPLE WHO WISH TO JUDGE AT THE HENRY CLAY TO THOSE COACHES WHO ARE HOPING TO HIRE JUDGES.
REGISTRATION FEE
The registration for the Henry Clay Debates is one-hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per team. A twenty dollar ($20) surcharge will be assessed to each novice team who wishes to be considered for the special elimination bracket in the competition for the title "PRE-SEASON NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS". The surcharge is to defray the cost of additional trophies. Fees include coaches parties each night plus one luncheon and continental breakfast. If you pay by check, please make the check payable to "UK Student Forum".
TRANSPORTATION
Unfortunately, UK can no longer provide transportation to and from the airport or campus.
FRIDAY REGISTRATION
All registration will take place Friday evening, October 5, 2007, in the Lafayette Suite of the Radisson Hotel between 6:30 and 11 p.m. No registration will occur on Saturday.
HOUSING
The Radisson Plaza is the Tournament Hotel: (859) 231-9000. Cost: $95 per night for one to four people. Arrangements should be made immediately. Most motel managers say they will be completely filled by mid-September. We are competing with Thoroughbred racing at Keeneland Race Course as well as UK football. PLEASE make your reservations immediately. SINCE ALL SOCIAL EVENTS AND ELIMINATION ROUNDS WILL BE HELD AT THE RADISSON HOTEL, WE URGE YOU TO STAY THERE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
SUGGESTED OVER-FLOW HOTELS
HYATT REGENCY LEXINGTON (overflow hotel)
401 West High Street
Lexington, Kentucky
Phone: 859-253-1234
SPRING HILL SUITES
863 South Broadway
Lexington, Kentucky 40504
Phone: 859-225-1500
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LEXINGTON-DOWNTOWN/UNIVERSITY
1000 EXPORT STREET
LEXINGTON, KY 40504
859-389-6800
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TOTAL TAX ON LEXINGTON LODGING IS 11.3 PERCENT.
QUESTIONS OR LAST MINUTE CHANGES
If any questions arise, or of any last minute changes occur, please do not hesitate to contact me. My telephone numbers are:
University Office: (859) 257-1665
Debate Office: (859) 257-6523
Home: (859) 272-4268
Fax: (859) 323-1995
Cell: (859) 552-7297
E-Mail: jwpatt00@uky.edu
If you need to reach me after 4:00 pm, October 2nd, until the end of the tournament, you can contact me at the Radisson Hotel at (859) 231-9000. Ask for the Lafayette Suite.
I am looking forward to seeing you and your teams at the University of Kentucky's 2007 Henry Clay Debates.
Sincerely,
J.W. Patterson
Director of Debate
University of Kentucky