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    THE MEADOWS INVITATIONAL
    for BIF students only

    31 October - 2 November 2020

    DEADLINE
    28 Oct 2020
    ​no refund allowed after 15th
    PLATFORM
    Online through
    ​NSDA Campus

    Information

    ​You are cordially invited to The Meadows School’s Invitational Tournament, Saturday October 31st -Monday November 2nd. We will provide competition in Varsity Policy and Lincoln Douglas debate on the 2020 Criminal Justice Reform topic and the Sept/Oct 2020 Compulsory Voting LD topic.
     
    Things are different this year:
     
    Our tournament will be On-Line this year. Entry will be through the Tabroom.com site. We will be using the NSDA Campus Platform to host the tournament.
      
    We will be holding three divisions – Open, JV, and Novice – in both LD and Policy. In an effort to host with an acceptable schedule that crosses all of the time zones, and to limit the number of 4-2 entries not clearing, we will be limiting Each Division to 60 Entries. Please utilize all divisions - if you have more than Three entries in a division, the rest will be placed on a Waiting List.
     
    Both varsity divisions will consist of six preliminary debates. Power matching in Policy will be based on Wins, High Low Points + Opponents Wins, Total Points and Judge Variance. Rounds Three through Six will be matched High Low within brackets. (These are subject to change due to technology consultation). Up to 16 teams/debaters in varsity with winning records will advance to elimination rounds.
     
    Novice and JV divisions in LD will have six preliminary debates, and then will be awarded Final Places and Speaker Awards based on preliminary seeding. Novice and JV in Policy is TBD – it will be concluded on Sunday.
     
    Virtual School Bus Registration – Every school is responsible for meeting in a virtual “School Bus” at 8:00 AM to make sure that all of your participants are present. You may do this in a Zoom meeting, in a Squad Room through Campus, or a Discord or Slack. By 8:30 AM, the coach or chaperone must contact the tab room to verify that everyone is present. This is NOT the same thing as the Online Confirmation the night before. The purpose of this is to make sure all of the students are awake.
     
     
    JUDGES:
    You will not have to judge at this tournament. The tournament attempts to provide national circuit level competition with all judges having national experience and being qualified in their event, so we will judge on your behalf for the entirety of the tournament.

    ​Entry Price

    Policy $188

    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 you. It is recommended you do so on your own.

    Schedule

    Tentative Schedule – All Times Pacific Standard
     
    Friday, October 30th 
    Evening – Online confirmation
     
    Saturday, October 31st 
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM School Bus Registration – report to Tab any students missing.
    8:30 AM Round 1 Pairings Available
    9:00 AM – 11:00 Round 1
    12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Round 2
    3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Round 3
     
    Sunday, November 1st  
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM School Bus Registration – report to Tab any students missing.
    8:30 AM Round 4 Pairings Available
    9:00 AM – 11:00 Round 4
    12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Round 5 
    3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Round 6
     
    Monday, November 2nd – Varsity Divisions, Both Events
    7:30 AM Octofinal Pairings available
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Octofinals
    11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Quarterfinals
    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Semifinals
    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Finals

    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

    PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
    Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

    EVENT SELECTION
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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: info@tgsastaff.com

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 

Loving Tree Academy: 36601 Newark Blvd, #83, Newark, CA 94560
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