HYDE

HYDE INVITATIONAL

9-10 March 2024

DEADLINE

3 Mar 2024
NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE

ELIGIBILITY

Open to elementary and middle school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

Dear Colleagues:

Saratoga Speech and Debate cordially invites you and your team to attend The Hyde Invitational, held on the weekend of March 9th and 10th, 2024.This tournament will be held on the NSDA Campus platform.

Events and Divisions

Middle School
Debate
For middle school debate students, we offer the following divisions: Open MS Policy Debate, Novice MS Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Public Forum Debate.
Speech
For middle school students, we offer divisions of Dramatic Interpretation, Informative/Expository, Extemporaneous, Humorous Interpretation, Declamation/Oratorical Interpretation, Original Oratory, Prose and Poetry (to combine both Original Prose & Poetry and Poetry Interp), Program of Oral Interpretation. Middle School Spontaneous Argument (SPAR) and Middle School Impromptu are also offered on a separate schedule. All events will be asynchronous, except Extemp and Impromptu. Videos for asynchronous events are due Wednesday, 6 March 2024.

Elementary School
For your youngest competitors, we have a division of Elementary Impromptu Speaking and a division of Elementary Spontaneous Argument (SPAR).
Elementary school students are also welcome to enter any of the middle school divisions.

Logistics

Location/Platform
This competition will take place online on the NSDA Campus platform.
All competitors must be linked to a Tabroom.com account associated with their school to access their competition rooms.
All rounds will be single-flighted to reduce screen time for both competitors and judges.

Time Zone
Due to our school’s location in California, all times for the tournament will be on Pacific time.

Double Entry Limitations

Students can enter in one Debate event OR up to 2 Speech events with the following exceptions:
Students who enter Extemp can only do Extemp during the Speech pattern.
Middle school students who enter in SPAR or Impromptu cannot double enter unless they are entering in SPAR and Impromptu. These two events are on a separate schedule from the remainder of the speech competition.
Elementary school students can double enter in Elementary SPAR and Elementary Impromptu, or single enter in either of these events.

Judge Qualifications and Expectations

All judges are required to have a linked Tabroom account. This is to ensure they have access to both their ballots and the competition rooms on the NSDA Campus platform.
Judges for Middle School events may be current high school juniors or seniors with significant forensics experience.
Judges should have significant experience with digital forensics competitions. Schools are responsible for preparing their judges for the use of Tabroom.com and for what to expect in a digital forensics competition. As a result, there will be no day-of-tournament judge training. Rather we encourage the use of the following resources ahead of the tournament to become prepared:
We encourage all judges to review the NSDA Cultural Competency resources (www.speechanddebate.org/judge-training/) and take the course. If you have newer judges, we strongly recommend the Adjudicating Speech and Debate course available via the NSDA (www.speechanddebate.org/judge-training/).
Finally, we expect all judges to act in a manner that is inclusive, and equitable and offers constructive criticism to the competitors, regardless of their background or experience.

Elimination Round Obligations
All Debate judges are committed to judging one round beyond when the last student from that school/institution is eliminated from competition in that division.
This means that if you have 3 PF judges and one of your PF entries advances to the Quarterfinal round, ALL 3 judges are committed to judging the Semifinal round.

All judges are obligated through the first complete elimination round.
For example, if the tournament runs a partial octofinal debate all judges are obligated through the quarterfinal elimination round.

All Speech judges are committed to the Final round.
The tournament intends that judges be available for a minimum of a full day.

Missed rounds will incur fees as we have to replace those judges with hired judges or school judges beyond their commitment. Missed round fees will be $30 per ballot.

Event Specific Information

Public Forum:
Topic
We offer the February NSDA topic in Public Forum debate.
Coinflip Process
Teams will flip for sides and speaking order in all rounds. Coinflips will be conducted online via Tabroom.com. Flips will become live one minute after pairing release, and the winning team will have five minutes to choose a side or speaking order. If the time elapses, either team may choose.
Evidence Expectations
In Public Forum, the evidence must be made available for viewing upon request from either an opponent or a judge.

Lincoln-Douglas:
Topic
We offer the January/February NSDA topic for Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region.
Coinflip Process
Teams will flip for sides in elimination rounds. Coinflips will be conducted online via Tabroom.com. Flips will become live one minute after pairing release, and the winning entry will have five minutes to choose a side. If the time elapses, either entry may be chosen.
Evidence Expectations
In Lincoln-Douglas, evidence must be made available to view upon request from either an opponent or judge.
Argument Restrictions
The tournament does not take a position on what types of arguments can be advanced by debaters on either side.

Extemp:
Extemp prep will start 30 minutes before the extemp round begins.

Impromptu:
Topic Distribution
Impromptu topics will be emailed to judges 15 minutes before a round is scheduled to begin.

Equity and Disputes
If, at any time during the tournament, there is a concern regarding equity or a dispute regarding a tournament procedure, we are requiring the individuals to fill out a Google form so they can be contacted by the Ombudsperson and Equity Officer. The equity form will be located on our tournament tabroom page. The decisions of the Equity Officer / Ombudsperson are final.

Entry Price

The following fees assume that you (parent) will be judging at this tournament.

One Speech Event $80
Two Speech Events $110
LD only $100
PF only $90

If you enter in SPEECH ONLY and parent is OPTING OUT OF JUDGING, you will pay an additional $80
If you enter in DEBATE ONLY and parent is OPTING OUT OF JUDGING, you will pay an additional $100

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

Please click the link below to view the tentative schedule. Times are in PST.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FUoZq9KfwEsXDQB1aBDnk5mZpXlCIiV4fJ3s3OFEBUA/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 ($10 nuisance fee). 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
Suggested attire for the tournament can be found here.
More tournament resources can be found here.

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account and do not list the 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

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

Students can enter in one Debate event OR up to 2 Speech events with the following exceptions:
Students who enter Extemp can only do Extemp during the Speech pattern.

JUDGE PROVISION

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 mandatory 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