CPS LD

COLLEGE PREP LD INVITATIONAL

17-19 December 2021

DEADLINE

9 Dec 2021
NO REFUNDS AFTER 9 DEC 2021

ELIGIBILITY

LD only

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

The College Preparatory School Debate Team is pleased to invite you to its twentieth 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 for all elimination round participants.
*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 2020/21 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 2021/22 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.

Judging Obligations

All judges are required to be present through the first FULL elimination round or one round beyond the elimination of GSA team competitors, whichever comes later.
We care about our judging pool. Because of this, we request information on all of the judges you provide. Please have each judge complete a judging philosophy in their tabroom.com account if the do not already have one. This information is important to teams as they complete their judge preferences in the TOC division. It is especially important to less resources programs, as they often have less access to information about judges outside of their geographic area.
Entries in the TOC division will not have access to judge preferences if their judges do not have philosophies posted.
To cover entries in the TOC and Open division, if you cannot provide experienced judges, please plan to pay judging fees instead. We’ll be happy to hire great judges to cover your entry, and you’ll be happy with the quality of the judging pool.

Entry Price

Novice/Open LD and parent is judging $80
Novice/Open LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $200

TOC LD and parent is judging $100
TOC LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $220

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

ALL TIMES IN LISTED PACIFIC TIME

Friday Dec. 17
4:00pm TOC Rd. 1
5:00pm Open and Novice Rd. 1
6:00pm TOC Rd. 2

Saturday Dec. 18
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. 19
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
Suggested attire for the tournament can be found here.

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

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

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

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

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

Choose your event *

Novice LD (Nov/Dec topic) Open LD (Jan/Feb topic) TOC LD (Jan/Feb topic)

JUDGE PROVISION
Keep in mind that if you are judging and you miss a ballot, the tournament will fine you $75.

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

Has your judge added their judging paradigm on their Tabroom account? *

Yes 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.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

This tournament REQUIRES 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".

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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

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

Email (preferred)

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

Locations

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

Polygon Academy (Cupertino): 1025 S. DeAnza Blvd, San Jose, CA-95129

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

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

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