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    COLLEGE PREP LD INVITATIONAL

    18-20 December 2020

    DEADLINE
    8 Dec 2020
    ELIGIBILITY
    LD only
    PLATFORM
    Online through TBD

    Information

    TOC & OPEN – All debaters in TOC and Open will debate the NSDA January/February topic, Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons.
    We chose this topic to give a head start to debaters who will be attending the Stanford and Cal tournaments. We expect that this early start will be especially valuable to debaters from leagues that do not offer competition on the NFL January/February topic.
    ​
    NOVICE – All debaters in Novice will debate the NSDA November/December topic. Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee.
    We chose this topic for novices in order to ease their preparation for the tournament.

    The College Preparatory School Debate Team is pleased to invite you to its nineteenth annual Lincoln Douglas debate invitational. We will offer five and six preliminary rounds of competition in two divisions, Novice and Varsity respectively.

    Tournament highlights include: 
    *Early competition on the NFL January/February topic (in the Open division), which will be used at the Barkley Forum, Stanford, and Cal tournaments.
    *Outstanding judging pool.
    *Awards OR charitable donations for all elimination round participants, based on their preference.
    *Tournament swag for all participants (to be mailed to schools after the tournament).
    Our purpose in hosting this tournament is to provide a competitive opportunity on the West Coast for Lincoln Douglas debaters.
    We like hosting an all Lincoln Douglas tournament, a tournament at which Lincoln Douglas debate is treated with respect, rather than as an afterthought. We are a TOC bid tournament at the quarter-final level. 

    ​DIVISIONS
    The Novice division is limited to debaters in their first year of competition. First year competitors may participate in the Novice division regardless of how many previous tournaments they have competed in.
    Debaters who debated during the 2019/20 school year must compete in the Varsity division unless they have competed in no more than 5 debate competitions over the length of their debate career (this includes ALL forms of debate, including Policy, LD, Parliamentary, and Public Forum).  This 5 tournament limit for Novice eligibility includes tournaments held in the 2020/21 school year. In other words, if the debater competed in 4 tournaments last year and will have competed in 2 this year before our tournament, s/he must compete in the Open division.
    The TOC division is open to all interested debaters. It is a Varsity level division and Quarter Final level TOC qualifier.
    The Open division is intended to be an overflow Varsity level division for experienced debaters for whom we do not have space in the TOC division. We will not run this division unless it is needed. If it is too small to run it will be folded in to the TOC division.


    ​Entry Price

    Novice/Open LD and providing a judge $110
    Novice/Open LD and not providing a judge $220

    TOC LD and providing a judge $125
    TOC LD and not providing a judge $235

    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
    ALL TIMES IN LISTED PACIFIC TIME

    Friday Dec. 18
    8:00am to 1:00pm          Online Registration
    4:00pm                          TOC Rd. 1
    5:00pm                          Open and Novice Rd. 1
    6:00pm                          TOC Rd. 2

    Saturday Dec. 19
    8:30am                          TOC Rd. 3, Open and Novice Rd. 2
    11:30am                        TOC Rd. 4, Open and Novice Rd. 3
    2:30pm                          TOC Rd. 5, Open and Novice Rd. 4
    5:30pm                          TOC Rd. 6, Open and Novice Rd. 5

    Sunday Dec. 20
    8:30am                          Elim. 1
    11:30am*                      Elim. 2
    2:30pm*                        Elim. 3
    5:30pm*                        Elim. 4
    7:00pm*                        Elim. 5
    Elim. 6 (TOC finals) TBD

    *Elimination rounds will be moved earlier if single flighting allows it.

    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
    Make sure you have checked the double-entry policies if there are any. We are not responsible for schedule conflicts.

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    The tournament organizers do NOT allow anymore judge adds. So make sure you click on the "Not supplying a judge" option and pay the judge fee.​
    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.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

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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
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Email (preferred)

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

Locations

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