BYRAM HILLS

2021 Byram Hills Online Open Invitation
NIETOC Qualifier

Byram Hills Speech & Debate is excited to announce that the 2021 Byram Hills Open will take place Digitally on Friday and Saturday and October 8th and 9th. The tournament will use NSDA Campus and ALL events will be live (not pre-recorded). Debate Events will be Open Lincoln-Douglas and Open Public Forum. Speech events will include Declamation, Original Oratory, Dramatic Interpretation (including Humorous) and Extemporaneous. We are also excited to announce that we will be a Bid Tournament for NIETOC this year.

Registration & Entry Information:
The tournament is open to 9th - 12th graders officially representing the schools they attend. We are allowing double entry in speech events with the exception of Extemporaneous.

Judges:
‣ Speech judges will be expected to cover all speech events
‣ All judges in all Debate events must have paradigms on tabroom.com AND must be a high school graduate
‣ We will be using online balloting at this tournament. Judges in all divisions must have linked tabroom.com accounts.
‣ There will be an additional $25 nuisance fee if judges miss a preliminary round; elimination rounds will be $50 fee each missed round

Awards - We will have limited awards for all events. We hope to mail medals and certificates after the tournament. We will supply more specific details as we get closer to tournament day.

Entry Price

LD and parent is judging $70
LD and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $180

PF and parent is judging $70
PF and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $180

One speech events and parent is judging $70
One speech events and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $180

Two speech events and parent is judging $90
Two speech events and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $200

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

Please note that all times are in EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST).

(subject to change)

LD/PF

Friday
Round 1 - 4pm
Round 2 - 6pm

Saturday
Round 3 - 9am
Round 4 - 11am
Round 5 - 1:30pm
Quart - 3:30pm
Semis- 5:15pm
Finals - 7:00pm

SPEECH

Saturday
Round 1 - 9AM
Round 2 - 11AM
Round 3 - 1PM
Finals - 3PM

Awards - 5PM

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 less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! 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".

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

BYRAM HILLS INVITATIONAL

8-9 October 2021

Information

Entry Price

Schedule

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

BYRAM HILLS INVITATIONAL

8-9 October 2021

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule

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!