GSA INVITE

Dear parents/students/coaches

Welcome to The Golden State Academy’s Fall Invitational on May 27 and 28. This open invitation is to all schools, academies and independent entries who would like to participate in a tournament this weekend. We are keeping a two day schedule but one day will be dedicated to speech, the other to debate. We are offering 3 rounds of speech and a finals (depending on entry we may eliminate or add an elimination round) and 5 rounds of debate (with recognition/awards for those with winning records after 5 rounds.

Given how early it is in a lot of novices’ development, we will have two divisions. One for the Jan/Feb topic and one for March/Apr for LD and one division for PF for this tournament on the April topic.

Due to small entry size we will forgo a finals and recognize the top 2 in events with 3 entries and recognize top 3 in events with 7 entries or more.

If there are any questions not answered in this packet, please email us. This document will be updated with more information as it becomes available. Please pay attention to revision date at the top and in the title of the document. Thanks everyone and see you this weekend.

Victor Rivas Umana
Mark Hernandez

Entry Price

One event and parent is judging $20
One event and parent is opting out of judging $110

Two events and parent is judging $40
Two events and parent is opting out of judging $130

Three events and parent is judging $60
Three events and parent is opting out of judging $150

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

The schedule for the tournament is below. Keep in mind this is tentative and can change based on entry size. NOTE: We are on a Pacific Standard Time Zone schedule

Saturday 5/27
Speech Rd 1 8:30 AM
Speech Rd 2 9:45 AM
Lunch 11:00 AM
Speech Rd 3 12:00 PM
Speech Finals 1:30 PM*
Awards ASAP after Finals
*if necessary

Sunday 5/28
LD/PF Rd 1 8:00 AM
LD PF Rd 2 9:15 AM
LD/PF Rd 3 10:30 AM
Lunch 11:45-12:30 PM
LD Rd 4 12:30 PM
LD Rd 5 1:45 PM
Awards ASAP after round 5

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 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 No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

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 No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee 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.

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

THE GOLDEN STATE ACADEMY SPRING INVITATIONAL

27-28 May 2023

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

THE GOLDEN STATE ACADEMY SPRING INVITATIONAL

27-28 May 2023

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!