We are excited to invite you to our annual season opener policy debate tournament- The Niles Township Invitational 2025.

The competition will be held at Niles North high school in Skokie IL Saturday, September 13 through Monday, September 15, 2025. The tournament has once again been designated as a semifinals Tournament of Champions bid in policy debate. We will host one division of Open policy debate in addition to our free Novice Workshop on Saturday only.

Schools may enter the tournament on a first come, first serve basis. The tournament will close registration when it reaches its capacity of ninety-six teams due to building capacity. Elimination rounds will begin on Sunday afternoon and we will clear to double-octafinals or octafinals depending on the size of the division - a decision will be made by the tab room after final registration.

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided each day for all participants, judges and coaches. Concessions and snacks available for sale each day with proceeds going to the Niles North debate camp scholarship fund.

Finally, please find information regarding registration, judging, schedule of events and tournament guidelines on tabroom.com. This information should help to answer any questions you may have. Please remember to register early on tabroom.com. If you have any additional concerns, please do not hesitate to call or email.

We look forward to seeing you in September and kicking off another great season of debate!

Sincerely,

Lauren Velazquez, Niles North Head Coach

Nick Jennings, Niles West Head Coach

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SCHEDULE

Saturday

8:00 am Pairings released

8:30 am Round 1

11:00 am Round 2

1:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Round 3

4:45 pm Round 4

Sunday

8:00 am Pairings released

8:30 am Round 5

11:15 am Round 6

1:15 pm Lunch and Awards

2:15 pm first elim

5:00 pm second elim

Monday

8:30 am third elim

11:30 am fourth elim

2:30 pm fifth elim if necessary

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Novice Workshop on Saturday, September 13

9:00-11:45 AM – Flowing and Disads

1:00-3:00 PM–Demo Debate