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    GEORGIANA HAYS INVITATIONAL

    20-21 May 2023

    DEADLINE
    15 May 2023
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle and high school students
    PLATFORM
    In-person at Prospect High School
    18900 Prospect Rd, Saratoga, CA 95070

    Information

    The Prospect High School Speech and Debate Team cordially invites you to the eleventh 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 from 5/20 – 5/21, 2023. Students will have the opportunity to compete in Speech, or Lincoln-Douglas debate, in either the Open or Novice divisions. Additionally, middle school and homeschooled students are more than welcome to attend.

    General
    • BE ON TIME! Check-in will be at 8 A.M. for debate and 8:30 A.M for speech.
    • We will be using NSDA Campus as our online platform, but Lincoln-Douglas and speech events will be IN PERSON.
    • Rounds 3-5 will be powermatched.
    • The top two teams and speakers in each division receive awards.
    • 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.

    Lincoln-Douglas
    • LD will follow NSDA rules and use the NFL March/April resolution (TBA) 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 prospectdebate@gmail.com. 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.
    • Topic: NSDA LD Mar/Apr
      Resolved: The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ought to be term-limited.

    ​Public Forum
    • PF will follow NSDA rules and use the NSDa April resolution (biometrics) 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.
    • ​All competitors must be in their respective rooms within 5 minutes of the round start time or else there will be a forfeit.

    Speech
    • Speech Events Offered
      • Interpretive Events: Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Duo
      • Limited Prep: Impromptu, Extemp

    ​Judges
    • During online registration, schools will be required to register their judges by name.
    • 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.
    • Judges in NOVICE DIVISIONS ONLY may be high schoolers that are juniors or seniors and can demonstrate extensive debate experience.

    ​Entry Price

    LD and parent is judging $95
    LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $220

    PF and parent is judging $75
    PF and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $200

    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/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/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

    Please note that all times are in PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).
     
    Click here to view the complete schedule. Make sure you are looking at the correct events.
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q3GSYqRuN-959AxUIigLqWI4R4Y55ZIT-hsebxqhe8M/edit?usp=sharing

    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
    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.

    EVENT SELECTION
    No cross entry! You can select up to 2 speech events, but not speech and debate.
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

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

    ​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
Submit/take to payment

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Check our home page for the schedule!


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Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
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Email (preferred)

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

Locations

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

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