Dear Friends: 

You are invited to the MBA Practice Opener, a pre-season practice fundraiser tournament on Saturday August 29 to benefit MBA coach Robbie Quinn and his family. The Quinn- Schuyler family recently was dealt a blow when Robbie's wife Tallu was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Tallu is the director and founder of the Nashville Food Project, a Nashville anti-hunger non-profit.

All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Quinn-Schuyler family and the Glioblastoma Foundation. Classrooms.Cloud has generously agreed to donate the virtual tournament space. MBA is donating the staff resources. A number of very highly qualified judges have already agreed to donate rounds of judging. 

The tournament will conclude Saturday evening with an exhibition debate featuring four of the best debaters in the country. Margaret Hecht (New Trier) and Sam Meacham (MBA) will affirm the resolution against Hollard Ball (Westminster) and Lexy Yeager (Meadows).  We will be encouraging contributions throughout the demonstration debate.

We will also be hosting a Zoom for debate friends of Robbie's during the demonstration debate and he's excited to see everyone there.

The tabroom link is: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=16800

Entry Fees will be $50 per team. You may contribute to the GoFundMe on this page for entry OR Checks should be made payable to:


Montgomery Bell Academy

Attn: Kevin Hamrick

4001 Harding Road

Nashville, TN 37205

Please consider a donation even if you can't participate.