NANO NAGLE

2020 Nano Nagle Classic by Presentation HS
9-11 October 2020
8th - 12th graders only

Varsity competition in the following
DEBATE EVENTS: Policy, Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum and Congress
SPEECH EVENTS: DI, HI, Duo, POI, IX, USX, IMP, OO, OA, INF

Tournament of Champion Quarterfinals bids in both LD and PF
NIETOC Bids in DI, HI, POI, Duo, OO, INFORM IX & USX,

Live Tournament on October 9-11 and Recorded Speech Rounds October 5-9.

All rounds are hosted on the same classrooms.cloud platform that hosted NSDA Nats this summer!
Live Round in Policy, LD, PF, Congress, IX, USX and IMP

Recorded Rounds for all other speech events including DUO.

LIVE ELIMINATION ROUNDS IN ALL SPEECH & DEBATE EVENTS except Duo which is fully asynchronous.

We cordially invite you and your team to attend the first annual Nano Nagle Classic formerly known as the Voices Invitational. Brand new name, same great tournament. We have chosen to honor our school's foundress moving forward. This allows us to honor our roots and still maintain our commitment to supporting speech and debate non-profits with a significant portion of the money we raise each year. In that past we have always and only supported the Voices Foundation. As we evolve and add other events, we also decided to leave open the possibility of supporting other worthy speech and debate related non-profit organizations. This year we will once again support the Voices Foundation and we may add other organizations to the list of charitable organizations to which we offer our support. SO SIGN UP AND HELP US HELP OTHERS! We will announce all recipients of funds generated from this tournament as soon as we have identified that list of recipients.

Note about scheduling: The schedule is event specific. Debate rounds will run Friday through Sunday for tournament rounds with LD and PF. Recorded speech rounds will be judged Monday through Friday, 10/05 - 10.09 with LIVE ELIMINATION ROUNDS taking place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

VOICES FOUNDATION
Since 2005, the Voices Foundation has raised funds for members of the debate community with financial need, in order to increase access to debate opportunities. Last year we generated $16,000 for the Voices Foundation through the tournament. We hope that you can join us for this tremendous event.

THE TOURNAMENT
In accordance with TOC guidelines, the tournament will be able to accommodate 136 VLD and 136 VPF entries. Once we reach the cap in an event we will start a waitlist that will prioritize new school admission and then smaller school entries. There will be an initial cap of 5 entries in LD and 5 in PF per school.
All debate divisions will feature six preliminary rounds of debate and will clear all winning records to the elimination rounds up to a full double-octafinal.
In VLD and Policy mutual preference judging will be available to all schools whose judges have entered their paradigms on Tabroom. ALL of your judges must have a paradigm on Tabroom in order for you to receive prefs.

JUDGING
All schools are required to provide qualified, competent judges.  All judges are required to have a paradigm on tabroom.com. If you enter judges without a paradigm you are at risk of having your prefs turned off.

All judges must be familiar with using Tabroom.com for ballots and are required to do so. We will charge a $75 Administration Fee for each judge that needs to be trained or have their tabroom account fixed. In the past, this has caused significant delay to the tournament.

ALL judges are obligated for the double octafinals round, which we plan to hold on Saturday evening. FULL OUT ROUND- DOUBLES. Judges are then obligated for one round past the exit of their final entry.

2020 INDEPENDENT & MIDDLE SCHOOL ENTRY POLICY
There are no exceptions to these rules. Please do not ask, it will be a futile effort. We WILL NOT accept independent entries who do not achieve the following criteria:
2. If you are attending as a maverick on your own then you must possess approval, in the form of a signed official letter, to compete by your school's administration and acknowledging the name of your chaperone/coach as a school-approved chaperone/coach.

PUBLIC FORUM UPDATE
We will use the NSDA rules in Public Forum meaning we will use these time limits:
First Speaker - Team A 4 minutes
First Speaker - Team B 4 minutes
Crossfire 3 minutes
Second Speaker - Team A 4 minutes
Second Speaker - Team B 4 minutes
Crossfire 3 minutes
Summary - First Speaker - Team A 3 minutes
Summary - First Speaker - Team B 3 minutes
Grand Crossfire 3 minutes
Final Focus - Second Speaker - Team A 2 minutes
Final Focus - Second Speaker - Team B 2 minutes
Prep time 3 minutes.

Entry Price/ Online Payment

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

Registration fees:
LD only $130
LD + 1 Speech $155
LD + 2 Speech $180

PF only $90
PF + 1 Speech $115
PF + 2 Speech $140

One Speech Event $75
Two Speech Events $100

If you don't provide a judge, you will pay an additional $110.
Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF team would need to provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

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.

Deadlines

Registration will close October 3rd. No student will be added after that date.

Payment deadline: If you do not pay in the next page we will drop you from the entry list. Email may not be sent to confirm drop if payment is not confirmed.

The last day in to drop from the tournament with a full refund is October 3rd, 11:59 PM. After that date you are required to pay the full amount. All drop requests should be made to Nadia and Victor.

Drop Fee's

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops (Byram Hills charges an additional $25). Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Pick up, drop off, & Transportation

Given this is an online tournament, there is no pick up or drop off just make sure you are online and present during the times listed below.

Schedule

Please note that all times are PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).

LD/PF
Click here to see the schedule page

Speech
Click here to see the schedule page

Location

Online through classrooms.cloud

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Phone Number *

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

Does your child have a tabroom account? *

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

Are you supplying a judge? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.

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 October 3rd deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner. *

YES

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

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 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 periodically at the tournament AND out 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 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
510-890-6665

Email (preferred)

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

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Radiant Kidz(Cupertino): 991 Saratoga Ave #140, San Jose, CA 95129

Morning Light Education: 6690 Amador Plaza Rd, Suite 230, Dublin, CA

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135

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

2020 Nano Nagle Classic by Presentation HS9-11 October 20208th - 12th graders only

​Entry Price/ Online Payment