LAKELAND

28 February - 2 March 2025

DEADLINE

22 Feb 2025

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

The entire 2025 tournament will run online on NSDA Campus on the evening of March 1st (Friday) and all-day Saturday, March 2nd. There will be some remaining elimination rounds on Sunday based on the total # of entries.

The tournament is a finals bid in varsity PF.
No more than 16 LD entries will clear.
No more than 32 PF entries will clear.

Divisions offered:

MS Novice PF
MS Open PF
HS Novice PF
HS JV PF
HS Open PF
Varsity LD
Novice LD

NOTE: Novice is for debaters in their first year of debate. This does NOT mean the first year of high school debate.
JV is for students who have no more than one previous year of debate.

Topics
LD: NSDA Jan/Feb
PF: February

JUDGES REQUIREMENTS

We expect that all judges will pay attention in the debates they are judging and will work to provide a fair decision based on the criteria they outline in their judge philosophies.
We also expect judges to behave in a way that is appropriate in a middle school/high school environment. Any judges that exhibit behavior inconsistent with this expectation can and will be removed from the tournament by the tournament director at his discretion. The financial costs of missed rounds will be invoiced to the judge.
Unless there is a violation of the Conduct policy by the judge or the team(s) in the debate, the tab room views the judge’s decision regarding all arguments made in the debates as final. If the tabroom determines that a judge or the team(s) violates a Conduct policy expectation, the tabroom may alter the decision in a way that it feels is fairest for the debaters involved.

Entry Price

LD event and parent is judging $90
LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF JUDGING $230

PF and parent is judging $70
PF and parent is OPTING OUT OF JUDGING $190

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 note that all times are in EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST).
Green listed times have been converted into PST.

Public Forum

FRIDAY
6:30 PM -- Pairings released --- 3:30 PM PST
7 PM ET R1 --- 4:00 PM PST
8:30 ET R2 --- 5:30 PM PST

SATURDAY
10 AM ET -- Round 3 --- 7:00 AM PST
12:00 AM -- Round 4 --- 9:00 AM PST
2:00 PM -- Round 5 --- 11:00 AM PST
4:00 PM -- Round 6   --- 1:00 PM PST
6:00 PM -- Elim 1   --- 3:00 PM PST
7:30 PM-- Elim 2   --- 4:30 PM PST
9:00 PM -- Elim 3   --- 5:30 PM PST

SUNDAY
Elim 4/5 as needed   --- TBD
(Tentatively 10 and 11:30 Eastern -- IF two Sunday rounds are needed).

Please note that all times are in EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST).
Green listed times have been converted into PST.

Lincoln Douglas

FRIDAY
Pairings released -- 4:30 pm --- 1:30 PM PST
Round 1 -- 5:00 pm   --- 2:00 PM PST
Round 2 -- 7:00 pm   --- 4:00 PM PST

SATURDAY
9 AM ET -- Round 3 --- 6:00 AM PST
10:45 AM -- Round 4 --- 7:45 AM PST
1:00 PM -- Round 5 --- 10:00 AM PST
3:00 PM -- Quarters   --- 12:00 PM PST
5:00 PM -- Semis   --- 2:00 PM PST
7:00 PM-- Finals   --- 4:00 PM PST
Final Numbers will Determine Which Elim Round Each LD Division Will Break To

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

Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

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 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?
This is a great collection of short videos that one of the leagues have put together to learn each event: click here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.
Click here to find other training and official certification resources. Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

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

LAKELAND

28 February - 2 March 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!