2025 Huber Debates at the University of Vermont

Name: 2025 Huber Debates at the University of Vermont
Start: 2025-11-15T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-16T20:00:00-05:00
Location: University of Vermont

Schedule

Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am to Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

University of Vermont | Burlington, VT

Please join us for the 2025 Huber Debates at the University of Vermont. The tournament will feature 5 rounds of preliminary debates and an appropriate number of elimination rounds for the number of teams in the British Parliamentary format. View the full invitation here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ztp1-lBizK8VAjsPaYYwC6VyrZ4WnqoFGZcszrvJ810/edit?usp=sharing
REGISTRATION
Fill out the registration form for teams here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec_sbe3d2gDxaRl_PcRarMttfMs5aILgjT9h1JzwWRRuqSfg/viewform?usp=header
Final registration is due by November 8, 2025. If you have any changes to your institution’s registration after this period, please contact Isabel Birney at [email protected].
REGISTRATION FEES & PAYMENT
Fees $75 per person attending (including participants, judges, and observers). Payment method to be announced.
TOURNAMENT HOTEL
There will be a hotel block at the Best Western Windjammer in South Burlington, VT. Rooms are available to participating teams for $119/night. Reservation can be made by calling the hotel directly at 1-800-371-1125 or clicking the following link:
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.46013.html?groupId=J58NC5W0
DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS: All rooms will be held until October 30, 2025.
The hotel has few accessible rooms. We ask that anyone needing accommodations reach out to the sales manager directly to make the arrangements, and the hotel will honor the discounted rates. Please contact Sarah Hammitt at 802-651-0638. Sarah’s email is [email protected].
SCHEDULE

SATURDAY November 15
8:30-9 AM Check in and breakfast served
9:00 AM Disqualification of absent teams
9:00 AM Briefings
10:30 AM Release draw and motion for Round 1
12:30 PM Release draw and motion for Round 2
2:00 PM Lunch served
3:15 PM Release draw and motion for Round 3
5:30 PM Release draw and motion for Round 4

SUNDAY November 16
8:30-9 AM Check in and breakfast served
9:00 AM Disqualification of absent teams
9:15 AM Release motion for Round 5
11:15 AM Announcement of team and judge breaks
11:30 AM Open Quarter-final and ESL Final Round Motions Released
1:30 PM Lunch served & Awards Ceremony
3:30 PM Open Semi-final, Novice Final, and Rookie Final Rounds Motions Released
5:45 PM Open Final Round Motion Released (Open)

PRE-RELEASED MOTION
Please note that there will be one pre-released motion for this tournament. The CA’s have not released which round this motion will be set in, and it will only be the topic for one round. All other rounds will be extemporaneous.