Georgiana Hays Debate Invitational @ Prospect High School
May 18th

The Hays Invitational will be held all day on Saturday, May 18, 2019. Students will have the opportunity to compete in Public Forum debate, in either the Open or Novice divisions.


This tournament will be open to all students to compete in Public Forum. Please DO NOT sign up if you have not done public forum before.

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Public Forum

 Public Forum will follow NFL rules. The April resolution will be used in all rounds. The use of laptops is allowed, but wifi must be turned off during rounds.

​Public Forum debaters must be in their respective rooms within 5 minutes of the round start time or else it will be a forfeit.

Rounds 1 and 2 will be randomly paired. The next three rounds will be power-matched. The 5th round will be hidden semis.

Novice PF

A team can compete in novice only if they have been competing for a year or less in the event that they are registered for.

Registration deadline May 11th

Registration will be closed on this date. No student will be added after May 11th

​​Cost and Entry Fee

With judge $125
With out judge $225

Schedule (Please read carefully)

7:00 am: Check In at Student Services Table  (Students and judges MUST be checked in by 7:15am to avoid delaying the tournament. If you are not there by then, we will be dropping students from the tournament)
7:30 am: Announcements
8:00 am: Round 1
9:40 am: Round 2
11:20 am: Round 3
12:00 pm: Lunch
2:40 pm: Round 4
4:20 pm: Round 5 (hidden semis)
6:00 pm: Awards All students MUST attend the award ceremony. Anyone found leaving the ceremony will not be invited to participate in our program next year. There will be no exceptions to this except for extenuating circumstance (family parties, other classes, don't count)
6:40 pm: Finals 

​Contact Info

Nathan Leal
nleal@tgsastaff.com
510-890-6665

Location

Prospect High School
18900 Prospect Rd, Saratoga, CA 95070