👋 Welcome to Legér Cup 2025 (Central Canadian Debate Championships)

On behalf of the University of Western Ontario Debate Society, we are very pleased to welcome you to the 2025 edition of the Central Canadian Debate Championships, commonly known as Leger Cup.

We will be running six rounds of Canadian Parliamentary style debate, followed by a break to open semifinals and novice finals.

DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/deTBh6rv

Saturday, February 15th, 2025

9:15 AM – 9:45 AM: Registration (Hard drop at 9:45 AM sharp)

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM: Briefings

10:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Round 1 (Open Adjudication)

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM: Lunch 

12:45 PM – 2:15 PM: Round 2 (Open Adjudication)

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM: Round 3 (Open Adjudication)

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM: Round 4 (Closed Adjudication)

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM: Dinner

9:00 PM: Social

Sunday, February 16th, 2025

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Registration (Hard drop at 9:30 AM sharp)

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Round 5 (Closed Adjudication)

11:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Round 6 (Open Adjudication)

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM: Break Announcement

1:15 PM – 2:45 PM: Open Semifinals / Novice Finals

2:45 - 4:15 PM: Open Finals

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM: Awards Ceremony


Tournament Staff
Tabulation: Tessa Smith, Sherry Shu
Equity: Arnav Gandhi, Kyla Coutts, Camille Lesco, Nirvan Bose, Paul Zhao
Organisation: Byron Feng, Aarian Bhakoo, Leon Mu
Adjudication: Paul Zhao, Jacky Li, Sherry Shu, Jasmeet Randhawa, Nirvan Bose, Kevin Chen