CDA History

High school debate in Connecticut goes back over 60 years, though much of the detailed history of league names, participating schools, tournaments and debaters has been lost.

The Connecticut Debate Association in its current form was reorganized from its predecessors in 2002. We have tried to recreate as much of our history as best we can. If you have materials from past years that you would like us to archive, please email us, CDA History

We have two separate pages of information for each CDA season. The Schedules/Results page provides the tournament dates, locations, invitation, packet and results. The Materials page has the resolutions debated, the research packet and additional material such as notes and commentary on the final round or topic. The Materials page also includes information from various tournaments in the Northeast relevant to the CDA style of debate that may be of interest to CDA members.


Schedules/Results Materials
Tournaments 2024-25 Material 2024-25
Tournaments 2023-24 Material 2023-24
Tournaments 2022-23 Material 2022-23
Tournaments 2021-22 Material 2021-22
Tournaments 2020-21 Material 2020-21
Tournaments 2019-20 Material 2019-20
Tournaments 2018-19 Material 2018-19
Tournaments 2017-18 Material 2017-18
Tournaments 2016-17 Material 2016-17
Tournaments 2015-16 Material 2015-16
Tournaments 2014-15 Material 2014-15
Tournaments 2013-14 Material 2013-14
Tournaments 2012-13 Material 2012-13
Tournaments 2011-12 Material 2011-12
Tournaments 2010-11 Material 2010-11
Tournaments 2009-10 Material 2009-10

Material 2008-09

Material 2007-08

Material 2006-07