AMERICA CUP

TOPIC

NSDA PF April

DIVISIONS
We will offer three divisions:

Experienced junior high: any debaters in grades 5-8 who have a year or more of experience, or those with less experience who wish to debate in a more challenging pool. (That is, there is no restriction against newer teams in the “experienced” section.)
Novice junior high: any debaters in grades 5-8 who are in their first year of organized debate competition.
Saturday-Only: an open division for any debaters grades 5-8; this division will start and finish on Saturday, March 28, 2026.

JUDGING
Judges can be any adult. They should at a minimum be familiar with the basic rules and time structure of Public Forum debate. New judges should be encouraged to:

Evaluate only the arguments as made in the round, avoiding inserting themselves into the debate
Pitch their feedback on the ballot to younger debaters who we hope will remain in the activity. Constructive feedback is absolutely essential for these students, but it should be articulated in terms of how students can improve moving forward, and avoid any cutting, sarcastic, or belittling comments.

AWARDS
We will provide (by mail) handsome awards for all teams that advance to elimination rounds. Teams must provide a mailing address at which they would like to receive their awards as part of their registration. The instructions page for submitting this information is linked on our main Tabroom page.

Entry Price

2-Day PF and parent is judging $110
2-Day PF and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $260

1-Day PF and parent is judging $90
1-Day PF and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $190

Missed round fine for judges: $200/round

Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule - EST

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: [email protected]
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: [email protected]
Or [email protected]

Registration Form

Will you (parent) be judging at this tournament? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration Not judging

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule, judging every round, and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.
You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It literally takes less than a minute.

First time judging?
This is a great collection of short videos that one of the leagues have put together to learn each event: click here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.
Click here to find other training and official certification resources. Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

More tournament resources can be found here.

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

JUNIOR HIGH MID AMERICA CUP

28-29 March 2026

Information

Entry Price

Schedule - EST

Drop Fee

Contact Info

Registration Form

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

Telephone

Email (preferred)

Locations

JUNIOR HIGH MID AMERICA CUP

28-29 March 2026

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule - EST

Drop Fee

Contact Info

Registration Form

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

Telephone

Email (preferred)

Locations

Entry Price

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!