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Date:
May 4 – 5, 2024
Time:
07:30-19:30
Venue:
TBD
About TMDC
Thailand Middle School Debating Championship is part of a series of middle-school competitions that include Vietnam (VMDC) and Asia (AMDC). It is Thailand’s first and only debating competition for middle school students. The goal of TMDC is to provide a platform for young debaters to test their debating skills.
Eligibility
Grade 6 (11 y.o.) - Grade 9 (14 y.o.)
Teams
3 - 5 members per team. Non-institutional/mixed teams are welcome.
Fees
Registration fee: US$430 (15,000 THB) per team
Spectator tickets: US$30 (1,000 THB) per person
Tournament Format
Adjusted World Schools (6 minute speeches)
Categories
- Open Category: Grade 6 – Grade 9
- Junior Category*: Grade 6 – Grade 7
*All team members must be junior participants for the team to be eligible for Junior Category
Preliminary Rounds
All teams will debate 5 rounds as they collect wins. Both Junior and Senior teams will compete in the same pool. Teams are power-matched and their side is assigned randomly. The top teams will make it to the knockout rounds.
Knockout Rounds
In this stage, The top ranking teams compete in their own category. The top 8 Open teams will compete in the Open Quarter Finals while the top 4 Junior teams will compete in the Junior Semi Finals. Then the teams will debate until the top 2 teams are left in the Finals of each category.
Registration Process
Confirmation
Our team members will contact you to confirm the team and help you process the registration fee.
Personal Information
We will send you a form to collect the personal information of each participant.
ตารางประจำวัน
Day 1
07:30 – 08:15
08:15 – 09:15
09:15 – 11:15
11:15 – 11:30
12:30 – 14:30
14:30 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:00
17:00 – 19:00
Check-In and Registration
Day 1 Briefing
Round 1
อาหารเที่ยง
Round 2
Round 3
Tea
Round 4
Day 2
07:30 – 08:00
08:00 – 08:30
08:30 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 18:30
18:30 – 19:30
Check-In and Registration
Day 2 Briefing
Round 5
Break Announcement
อาหารเที่ยง
Open QF/Junior Semi
Open Semi/Junior Final
Tea Break
Open Grand Final
Closing & Award Ceremony
Gallery
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