GEORGIANA HAYS

GEORGIANA HAYS INVITATIONAL

18 May 2025

DEADLINE

11 May 2025

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

In-person at Prospect High School
18900 Prospect Rd, Saratoga, CA 95070

Information

Welcome to the 13th Annual Georgiana Hays Invitational!

The Prospect High School Speech and Debate Team cordially invites you to the 13th annual Georgiana Hays Debate Invitational at Prospect High School, Saratoga. Georgiana Hays was an English teacher and debate coach who led Prospect’s debate program to nationals twice during her tenure. At a tournament hosting some of the finest debaters in the nation, it is only fitting that her name should grace the trophy.

The Hays Invitational will be held on Sunday, 5/18, 2025. Students will have the opportunity to compete in Parliamentary, Lincoln Douglas, and Public Forum. Speech events will include Impromptu, Declamation, Humorous Interpretation, and Original Oratory. Additionally, middle school and homeschooled students are more than welcome to attend.

General

BE ON TIME! Check-in will be at 7:30 A.M. for all events. The tournament will be hosted at Prospect High School, which is located at 18900 Prospect Rd, Saratoga, CA 95070.
If there are any issues with the round on the day of the tournament (e.g., tech issues, a missing judge, a missing opponent, etc.) please email [email protected] or head to the in-person tabroom (hosted at the library) where you checked in. Prospect debaters and volunteers will be wearing either maroon or navy merch with the team name embossed, and these people can help you find your rooms.
The first two rounds are pre-set. Rounds 3-5 will be power-matched.
The top two teams and speakers in each division will receive awards.
The only competitors eligible for the novice division are those that are either in their first calendar year of any kind of debate/speech OR who are in 7th grade or under.

Lincoln-Douglas

LD will follow NSDA rules and use the NSDA March/April resolution in all divisions.
Email chains can be started at the agreement of both competitors and judges but are not required.
The speaking times are 6A1-7N1/NR1-3CX1-4AR1-6NR2-3AR3.
Total prep time provided to all debaters is 4 minutes.
Protests and evidence challenges may be brought up to the tournament directors via email at [email protected]. Please only contact the directors if the problem remains unresolved despite discussions between competitors and the judge.
All competitors must be in their respective rooms within 5 minutes of the round start time or else there will be a forfeit.

Public Forum

PF will follow NSDA rules and use the NSDA April resolution (UN Security Council) in all divisions.
Email chains can be started at the agreement of both competitors and judges but are not required.
PF will use the NSDA speech times.
Protests and evidence challenges may be brought up to the tournament directors via email at [email protected]. Please only contact the directors if the problem remains unresolved despite discussions between competitors and the judge.
All competitors must be in their respective rooms within 5 minutes of the round start time or else there will be a forfeit.

Speech

Georgiana Hays will offer HI, DI, Declamation, and Impromptu.
A student can compete in up to two events, so either two speech events OR one speech + one debate event.

Judges

Judges must attend roll-call prior to the start of the tournament. Failure to do so may result in a $50 fine PER ROUND.
Judges must have/create personal Tabroom accounts before the tournament and have personal devices that can connect to the internet. We will be doing e-ballots.
Judges may use the contact option on NSDA Campus regarding missing competitors.
Judges must judge one round beyond the elimination of your last competitor/team in that event.

Entry Price

LD and parent is judging $95
LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $220
LD + 1 Speech event and parent is judging $115
LD + 1 Speech event and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $250

PF and parent is judging $75
PF and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $200
PF + 1 Speech event and parent is judging $95
PF + 1 Speech event and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $230

One speech and parent is judging $70
One speech and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $160
Two speech and parent is judging $90
Two speech and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $180

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

7:45-8:00am Registration and Checkin
8:30am PF/LD Round 1
9:30am Speech R1
10:45am PF/LD R2
11:45am Speech R2
11:45am - 1:15pm Lunch served
1:00pm PF/LD R3
2:00pm Speech R3
3:15pm PF/LD R4
4:15pm Speech Finals
5:30pm PF/LD R5
7:00pm Awards

Although the tentative schedule lists the start and end times, please keep in mind that there are various factors that may arise during a tournament that can cause rounds to be delayed. Therefore, if you are signing up for this tournament, please make sure you do not double book yourselves on these dates. Keep your schedule open and DO NOT leave the tournament without notifying the GSA chaperones first.

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

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

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

If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

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
A student can compete in up to two events, so either two speech events OR one speech + one debate event. However, you are responsible for getting to your own rounds on time.
The only competitors eligible for the novice division are those that are either in their first calendar year of any kind of debate/speech OR who are in 7th grade or under.

Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

JUDGE PROVISION

Judges must review this slide before proceeding.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oKM_nFtwlbqIRUUkq6htJGgENDCgeIYWSfyeXkMZu1Y/edit?usp=sharing

Please also review these coaching slides to your judges: LD Slides, PF Slides, Speech Slides. If you have first-time judges, it is extremely important for them to briefly read through these to know how to properly adjudicate rounds.

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 highly recommended 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.

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: [email protected]

Locations

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

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

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

Dublin: Loving Tree Academy, 6693 Owens Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588

GEORGIANA HAYS INVITATIONAL

18 May 2025

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!