NANO NAGLE

NANO NAGLE TOURNAMENT

12-14 October 2024

DEADLINE

1 Oct 2024

DROPPING AFTER THIS DATE WILL CAUSE YOU THE ENTRY FEE PLUS A FINE

ELIGIBILITY

Open to high school students ONLY

LOCATION

Presentation High School in San Jose, CA
(2281 Plummer Ave, San Jose, CA 95125)
Campus Map

Information

We invite you to the Nano Nagle Tournament. We provide competition in Varsity Lincoln Douglas debate and Varsity Public Forum debate.
The tournament will use the NSDA September/October topic for all divisions.

In the spirit of Nano Nagle, her charism and our longstanding tradition of PHS Speech & debate of support speech and debate in our community and beyond we will be making a donation from proceeds. We are proud over the last decade to have donated more than $115,000 from the Voices Invitational/renamed Nano Nagle and look forward to doing that this year.

THE TOURNAMENT

The tournament will be able to accommodate approximately 55 VLD and 55 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 8 entries in LD and 8 in PF.
Both 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 mutual preference judging will be available to all schools whose judges have entered their paradigms on Tabroom. We will be policing this with increased vigor this year - and it's now fairly easy to turn off a given school's ability to pref, so please don't sleep on this rule. ALL of your judges must have a paradigm on Tabroom in order for you to receive prefs.

LOCATION

Presentation High School is located in south San Jose near the Willow Glen neighborhood.
We ask that you park on campus at all times. We also ask that students and guests enter the building from the front entrance (off Plummer) when arriving to campus to ensure/comply with our security protocols.
We appreciate the eagerness to get to campus and check in etc. On Saturday, Sunday, Monday campus will be open at 8am and we look forward to welcoming you then :)
We have moved around some spaces and are excited to share the speech & debate office new location. Room 302 on the side of the Center facing the pool is where you will come to pick up meal tickets & or express tab concerns. Please check out our updated campus map and or ask one of the Pres girls if you need help finding anything!

MEALS

All competitors should be prepared to cover the cost of their meals.
Judges and coaches will still receive free meals throughout the tournament. All meals are available for purchase for all competitors. Vegetarian options will always be available for all meals.
In addition to concessions of snacks, drinks and small items, the current meal options are as follows:
Saturday Lunch - Full Taco bar, sides, drinks
Saturday Dinner - Ikes sandwiches, chips, drinks
Sunday Lunch - Pizza, chips, drinks
We will again hand out tickets with your registration for meal purchases for competitors. Saturday lunch is the only time judges or coaches need a ticket which can be retrieved from either the library or speech & debate office (room 302).

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 $50 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.
If you do not have a judge who is competent as an adjudicator *and* with using the e-balloting, do not sign them up. We'd rather solve that issue beforehand. We will assess fines in real time. No entry from your school will be allowed to advance to elim rounds if fees are unresolved.
ALL JUDGES ARE STILL OBLIGATED THROUGH THE OCTOFINALS. Judges are then obligated for one round past the exit of GSA's final entry.

HONORING OUR FOUNDRESS NANO NAGLE
Nano Nagle
In the 1700's, Nano Nagle risked imprisonment and disgrace by fighting the oppression of Catholic children in Ireland.
The daughter of wealthy parents, Nagle secretly rented rooms in the city of Cork to educate Catholic children, which at the time was illegal. Soon, she ran seven schools--five for girls and two for boys.
At night, she traveled the narrow streets using a lantern to light her way. As a result, she became known as the "Lady of the Lantern."
Religious Order
In 1775, Nagle joined several other women in founding a new society, the Sisters of Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Dedicated to the service of the poor, the community was elevated to a religious order by Pope Pius VI in 1800 and renamed the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Bay Area Ministry
In 1854, five Sisters of the Presentation sailed into the bay of San Francisco on the aptly named steamer, Golden Gate.
That year, the sisters established a foundation in San Francisco and opened their first school on Green Street.
The sisters would go on to establish several high schools for young women in the Bay Area, including:

Presentation High School, San Francisco
Presentation High School, Berkeley
Presentation High School, San Jose

Entry Price

PF and parent is judging $115
PF and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $315

LD and parent is judging $175
LD and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $400

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 updated schedule has not been posted yet by the tournament. This is last year's schedule, so please just keep it as reference as it is subject to changes. Make sure to check back again regularly and keep your weekend open in case the tournament ends later than last year.

Friday
1:30 Onsight Registration begins
2:00 pm Pairings released for both pre-set rounds 1 and 2.
2:30 pm Round 1
4:30 pm Round 2
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Round 3

Saturday
7:15 am Pairings Released.
8:00 am Round 4
11:00 am Round 5
12:30 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Round 6
5:00 pm Double Octofinals ALL JUDGES ARE OBLIGATED THROUGH THE DOUBLES ROUND AS PER THE INVITATION AND THEN ONE ROUND PAST GSA'S LAST COMPETITOR!
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Octofinals

Sunday
7:15 am Pairings Released   YES IF YOUR KID LOST IN DOUBLES YOU STILL HAVE TO JUDGE THIS OCTAFINAL ROUND! ALL JUDGES ARE OBLIGATED FOR ONE ROUND PAST GSA'S FINAL ENTRANT.
8:00 am Quarterfinals- Single flighted if possible so please let's get this done to make up for the added round.
11:00 am Semifinals
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Finals

***The tournament tab staff reserves to right to adjust the schedule in case of tight finishes, delays etc. We will do our very best to honor this schedule as published but we are very aware of how things go and want you all to know that we will make adjustments as necessary to maintain a humane and timely schedule.

Although the tentative schedule lists the start and end times, please keep in mind that there are various factors that may arise during a tournament that can cause rounds to be delayed. Therefore, if you are signing up for this tournament, please make sure you do not double book yourselves on these dates. Keep your schedule open and DO NOT leave the tournament without notifying the GSA chaperones first.

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

ATTENTION!
You must submit a school letter (an 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).

nano_nagle_school_letter.docx
Please download this form and have your school administrator sign it. Then, please submit here or forward to Nadia and Victor ([email protected], [email protected]).

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 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 *

School letter *

Max file size: 20MB

EVENT SELECTION

Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

Choose your event *

LD PF

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 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.

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

NANO NAGLE TOURNAMENT

12-14 October 2024

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!