CAL ASYNC

Welcome to the California Async Speech Scrimmage 9! We hope to help middle and high school students from any state get feedback and grow as speakers near the end of this competition season as they prepare for Nationals.

EVENTS:

We offer Declamation, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Impromptu, Informative, International Extemp, Oratory, Original Prose + Poetry, Poetry, Program Oral Interpretation, Prose, Pro-Con Challenge, Storytelling, and US Extemp.
Nationals rules apply to all events.
Students may enter as many events as they wish.
Each event will have 3 preliminary rounds and 1 final round.

JUDGING:
Judges who do not submit ballots by due dates will be assessed a $10 missing round fee per round.

GENERAL ASYNC VIDEOTAPING GUIDELINES
docs.google.com/document/d/1k2pf1gHwF2rI5O9JuAhdZ8RF-NMYCCKp4wlKlz2QDu4/edit?usp=sharing

LIMITED PREP PROMPTS & INSTRUCTIONS
You can access it in the google docs below once you are ready to record your video
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Entry Price

One event and parent is judging $40
Two events and parent is judging $45
Three events and parent is judging $50

One event and parent is opting out of judging $100
Two events and parent is opting out of judging $110
Three events and parent is opting out of judging $120

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

SCHEDULE (Pacific Time):
Mon, 05/05 (9:00 am): Preliminary round ballots release.
Tues, 05/06 (9:00 pm): Preliminary round ballots due.
Wed, 05/07 (9:00 am): Semifinal round as needed.
Thurs, 05/08 (9:00 am): Final round ballots released.
Fri, 05/09 (9:00 pm): Final round ballots due.
Sat, 05/10: Results posted and award slideshow emailed to coaches.

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

EVENT SELECTION

Make sure to list the unlisted Youtube links here or send to Nadia by 2 May 2025 and please label the title to include the event that you are doing.
!!! Please make sure you are submitting a video that is unique to this tournament. Do not use videos that have been used for other tournaments !!!
Lastly, keep in mind that you can only enter in an event once. For example, you can only choose DI once. You can select other events along such as HI, but you cannot choose DI twice.

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 and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the mandatory 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? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

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

CAL ASYNC SPEECH SCRIMMAGE 9

2 May 2025 for speech link submission deadline
5-9 May 2025 for asynchronous speech judging

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

CAL ASYNC SPEECH SCRIMMAGE 9​

2 May 2025 for speech link submission deadline5-9 May 2025 for asynchronous speech judging

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

CAL ASYNC SPEECH SCRIMMAGE 9

2 May 2025 for speech link submission deadline
5-9 May 2025 for asynchronous speech judging

Entry Price

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