BERKELEY

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 POLICY
Double entry will not be allowed between debate events or between debate and speech.
Double entry will be allowed between speech events except for Extemp.

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

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 - PST

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 Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

Are you supplying a judge? *

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 No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

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. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

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

CAL INVITATIONAL UC BERKELEY

13-15 February 2021

Information

Entry Price

Schedule - PST

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

CAL INVITATIONAL UC BERKELEY​

13-15 February 2021

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule - PST

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

CAL INVITATIONAL UC BERKELEY

Entry Price

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