BARGAIN BELT BIF

Hello Speech and Debate Coaches,
Please accept our cordial invitation to the 8th annual Bargain Belt Invitational hosted by Claremont High School. We pledge to you a full service, low-cost, well-managed weekend of excellent remote competition. As a competitive high school team, our mission is to provide the unique educational opportunities inherent in forensic competition at an affordable cost to the forensics community. This year’s tournament will be conducted on NSDA’s new Campus platform. Additionally, to meet the needs of remote competition, we will be expanding from a single day of competition to a two-day schedule. We look forward to hosting your team and providing a great weekend of competition.

We welcome all competitors from 6th -12th grade from both public and private institutions. We will also accommodate independent entries which meet our entry qualifications. Below you will find all of the specific details relating to the tournament. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide complimentary Lunch for all competitors, judges and coaches; which has been a unique staple of the Bargain Belt. We will instead be making increases in the number of awards distributed and we have added an additional preliminary debate round and a semi-final round in speech.

Events and Divisions:
In debate we offer Novice and Open divisions in Public Forum debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, Parliamentary debate and Student Congress. We will offer an Open division of World School debate. We will use the Sep./Oct. LD topic and the Sep./Oct. Public Forum topic. Note, if a novice or varsity division does not reach at least 16 entries, we may collapse into a single open division.
In Speech we offer Novice & Open divisions in all CHSSA Speech events, to include: Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Original Oratory (OO), Original Advocacy (OA), Impromptu, Program Oral Interpretation (POI), Oratorical Interpretation (OI), Original Prose/Poetry (OPP), Expository (Info) and Extemporaneous (combining domestic and international).
Speech will have three preliminary rounds, then break to semi-finals (>35 entry) or finals (<35 entry). Note, if a novice or varsity division in speech does not reach at least 10 entries, we may collapse into a single open division. We are pleased to announce NIETOC bids at Bargain Belt! Tournament bids are based on entry numbers, and will be offered in DI, HI, Duo, OO, POI, Extemporaneous, and Informative. For additional information on how NIETOC works, please visit their website at www.nietoc.com .

Double-Entry Policy:
Students may enter up to three events; consisting of one debate event and two speech events.
Exceptions: A student entering Extemp, may only single enter in the speech events; but may still enter one debate event.

Awards and Recognition
Awards will be given to all Speech finalists and semi-finalists. All Congress finalists will receive awards. All Octa-finalists and higher in the debate events will receive awards. Keep in mind, debate divisions may be collapsed if the entry in one of the divisions is fewer than 16 entries. (Please note: All awards will be mailed/delivered to one location per school.)

Entries are NOT complete unless all student competitors and judges have completed their Participant/Judge Tournament Eligibility Survey.

Extemp & Parli Topic Selection and Congress Legislation
We invite the community to submit potential topics or topic areas for consideration and integration to the tournament. All topic selection decisions will be made by the Tournament Director. If you or your students would like to create congress resolutions, suggest extemp topic areas, or submit Parli resolutions, please email all ideas to ( chamberlainofchs@gmail.com ). Congress legislation must be received by September 24th so that the congress bills can be posted online three weeks prior to the tournament. The deadline for suggested Parli Topics and Extemp Topic areas will be October 1 .

Judging Commitments and Judge Hires:
All judges are committed to judge one round beyond when the last student from that school/institution is eliminated from competition. This means that all judges are committed for the first Elimination round. Please make sure your judges are available for their full commitment. Missed rounds will incur fees as we have to replace those judges with hired judges or school judges beyond their commitment. All judges must have a tabroom account and they must be comfortable and able to judge remotely. All judges must complete the Judge Tournament Eligibility Survey to be eligible and qualified to judge at our tournament. Judges must be responsive to tournament email communication or they will not be eligible to judge. NO Judge training will be provided. However, judge training videos will be linked on our Tabroom registration page.

Competition Procedure:
Debate rounds one and two will be preset, debate rounds 3-5 will be power-matched. A school will not hit itself in prelims. However, we will not break brackets in elimination rounds. School vs. school in elimination rounds will require a coach’s walk-over decision. The tournament will advance the higher seeded debater if the coach does not indicate a walk-over decision. Speech preliminary rounds will be preset. A team’s speech entries advancing to semi-finals will be spread equally between panels.
There will be a 10 minute forfeiture rule in place for all rounds of competition. Competitors and judges experiencing technology difficulties which prevent them from starting on time, must text the tournament helpline or visit the virtual HelpDesk or risk forfeiting the round.

Disputes and Equity:
It is our goal to host a fair, transparent and equitable tournament. The Bargain Belt Invitational will charge an Independent Dispute and Equity Committee to adjudicate all competition and equity issues that are brought to the attention of the Tournament Director.

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

BARGAIN BELT INVITATIONAL
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17-18 October 2020

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BARGAIN BELT INVITATIONAL​​for BIF students only