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    CAL INVITATIONAL UC BERKELEY​

    13-15 February 2021

    DEADLINE
    3 February 2021
    NO REFUNDS AFTER 28 JAN
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle and high school students
    PLATFORM
    Online possibly through NSDA Campus and Zoom

    Information

    Greetings,

    This is the formal invitation to the 2021 Cal High School Speech and Debate Tournament, the 48th year we have hosted this event.

    All events will be held online. We look forward to hosting you back on the UC, Berkeley campus in future years and we are grateful that you are willing to join us virtually for this years tournament. We have partnered with the best minds in online tabbing to make sure your tournament experience is the best possible.

    JUDGES
    All judges are committed through the double-octafinals or one round beyond the elimination of your teams, whichever is later. Even if your school doesn’t have any teams in elimination rounds, your judges are still committed through the double-octafinals. Elim judging commitments also apply in all divisions of an event.

    Decision times will be strictly enforced.  Policy rounds must be decided two hours after the announced start time, and LD/PF rounds must be decided fifty five minutes after the announced start time.

    DOUBLE ENTRY
    Double entry will not be allowed

    ​Entry Price

    JV LD and parent is judging $185
    JV LD and NOT providing a judge $295

    Varsity LD and parent is judging $195
    Varsity LD and NOT providing a judge $305

    JV PF/Policy and parent is judging $130
    JV PF/Policy and NOT providing a judge $240

    Varsity PF/Policy and parent is judging $135
    Varsity PF/Policy and NOT providing a judge $245

    Congress and parent is judging $125
    Congress and NOT providing a judge $235

    One Speech Event and parent is judging $125
    One Speech Event and NOT providing a judge $235

    Two Speech Events and parent is judging $200

    Two Speech Events and NOT providing a judge $310

    Three Speech Events and parent is judging $275
    Three Speech Events and NOT providing a judge $385

    Each person in a PF/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/Duo 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

    SATURDAY, 13th FEBRUARY

    8:00 AM POLICY ROUND 1
    11:00 AM POLICY ROUND 2
    2:00 PM POLICY ROUND 3
    5:00 PM POLICY ROUND 4

    10:00 AM LD ROUND 1
    12:00 PM LD ROUND 2
    3:00 PM LD ROUND 3
    5:30 PM LD ROUND 4

    10:00 AM PF ROUND 1
    12:00 PM PF ROUND 2
    3:00 PM PF ROUND 3
    5:30 PM PF ROUND 4

    10:00 AM CONGRESS ROUND 1
    2:00 PM CONGRESS ROUND 2
    5:30 PM CONGRESS ROUND 3

    10:00 AM IE ROUND 1 (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)
    12:00 PM IE ROUND 2 (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)
    3:00 PM IE ROUND 3 (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)
    5:30 PM IE ROUND 4 (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)


    SUNDAY, 14th FEBRUARY

    8:00 AM POLICY ROUND 5
    11:00 AM POLICY ROUND 6
    2:00 PM POLICY ELIM 1
    5:00 PM POLICY ELIM 2

    10:00 AM LD ROUND 5
    12:00 PM LD ROUND 6
    3:00 PM LD ELIM 1
    5:30 PM LD ELIM 2

    10:00 AM PF ROUND 5
    12:00 PM PF ROUND 6
    3:00 PM PF ELIM 1
    5:30 PM PF ELIM 2

    10:00 AM CONGRESS ROUND 4
    2:00 PM CONGRESS ROUND 5
    5:30 PM CONGRESS SEMIFINALS

    10:00 AM IE ELIM 1 (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)
    12:00 PM IE ELIM 2 (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)
    3:00 PM IE ELIM 3 (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)
    5:30 PM IE ELIM 4 [FINALS] (EXTEMP PREP 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ROUND START)


    MONDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY

    8:00 AM
    DEBATE ELIMS CONTINUE
    CONGRESS FINALS
    ELIMS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
    ​

    4:30 PM
    AWARDS CEREMONY ​

    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:  vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com

    Nadia Budiman 
    Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com

    Or info@tgsastaff.com

    Registration Form


    STUDENT INFORMATION

    PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
    Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

    EVENT SELECTION
    No double entry in any events.
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    Debate judges are required to be available the whole 3 days from Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Speech judges are required to be available the whole weekend, Saturday and Sunday. What event you'll be judging depends on what your child is signed up for.
    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 takes two minutes.

    First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

    ​Judges are welcome to add 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).

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

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


School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm 
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531
​510-890-6665

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Radiant Kidz(Cupertino): 991 Saratoga Ave #140, San Jose, CA 95129 

Morning Light Education: 6690 Amador Plaza Rd, Suite 230, Dublin, CA

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135 

Loving Tree Academy: 36601 Newark Blvd, #83, Newark, CA 94560
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