QUARRY LANE

QUARRY LANE INVITATIONAL

5-6 February 2022

DEADLINE

1 Feb 2022

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

DIVISIONS
In prelims, all events will be single division (open). This will only change if numbers justify it.

BREAKOUT ELIMS
In elims, there will be both open, junior varsity, and novice elimination round brackets for debate, and open and novice elimination round brackets for speech.
Students will compete in no more than one bracket.
Physical Awards will be given to all brackets.

NOVICE ELIGIBILITY
1. General Rule. For purposes of this tournament, novice speech/debaters must be either (1) in their first year of any format of speech/debate (one school year), or, (2) if they have yet to reach an elimination round in their current format, their second year of any format of speech/debate (two school years).
2. Minimum Tournaments. Attending at least a single tournament during a single school year counts as using that entire year's eligibility. Students cannot proportion multiple tournaments across years into a single year.
3. Maximum Year. Third year competitors are ineligible for novice.
4. Middle School. A student's middle school year(s) would count toward eligibility. Middle School is 6th - 8th grade.
5. Partners. For partnered events, both students must satisfy the eligibility requirements.

EVENT RULES
Will be updated later. Until then, the basics:

PUBLIC FORUM / LINCOLN DOUGLAS
(1) Best Practices. We offer the following suggestions for students competing. These suggestions are not requirements, but are best practices that will explained to judges during training.
We suggest for Public Forum: (a) students do not paraphrase when first introducing evidence ("must read direct quotes"). (b) do not make brand new arguments in the summary or final focus (c) start "front-lining" in the 2nd rebuttal, (d) use email chains to provide speech docs prior to constructive and rebuttal, (e) verbalize minimal methodology for any proof given, and (f) remain polite during cross-fire.
(2) Parent Judges okay. Although we prefer experienced judges (see Judge Rules below), we're happy to train parent judges if needed.
(3) Judge Prefs. Category/Tier MPJ will be used.
(4) Physical Awards. These will be awarded to elim participants (plus applicable speaker awards) and mailed to the school.
(5) Feedback. Judges must provide ample verbal disclosure and written feedback.
(6) Coinflips - Tabroom.com coinflips wills be used for public forum rounds and lincoln douglas elims.

SPEECH
(1) Rules. Will follow NSDA rules generally.
(2) Live. All events except duo will be live (to be determined). Duo likely to be pre-recorded but judged synchronously in zoom rooms to allow student introductions and joint viewings.
(3) Sources. Full Bibliography required for Original Oratory and Informative Speaking and URL links required for Extemporaneous Speaking.
(4) Physical Awards. These will given to elim participants.
(5) Feedback. Judges must provide substantial written feedback.

JUDGE RULES

ALL JUDGES
(1) All judges must be 18+ in order to judge.
(2) We will accept a limited number of judges who are under 18 and are current competitors. They must be significantly experienced and in 11th or 12th grade. Alternatively, they must be TOC qualified in their respective event. These judges will only judge rounds where both teams are novice and/or JV teams.
(3) All judges must have working technology to assure reliable and fast internet to ensure quality judging. This include webcam, mic, video, and audio. This also includes a good and stable working environment (e.g. not while you are driving).

PUBLIC FORUM / LINCOLN DOUGLAS
(1) In addition to everything under 'All Judges',
(2) All PF judges must attend mandatory judge training (morning of), unless they have judged at least 20 rounds at TOC bid level tournaments in their assigned event on tabroom prior to the tournament.
(3) Ordinal MPJ will be used.

SPEECH
(1) In addition to everything under 'All Judges',
(2) All speech judges must attend mandatory judge training (morning of), unless they have judged at least 10 rounds at TOC bid level tournaments prior to the tournament.
(3) A nominal conflict/strike system will be used.

ONLINE POLICIES

Webcam Policy
Students: Since debate is a communication activity, webcams should be on during a debate. If that is not possible due to a strained internet connection, then at least the speaker’s webcam should be on while giving a speech. Only if turning on the webcam significantly compromises the audio of the speaker should it be left off. In general, there is an expectation that webcams are on while any debate competitor is speaking.
Judges: Judges must have webcams on while judging a round and a competitor is speaking except during minor/temporary internet disruptions. Note, this must be temporary, and cannot be for an entire debate.

Help During Tournament
The help desk email is TBD.
Subject line: [Division/Event - Room Number (e.g., VCX Room1, JVLD Room 2)]
In the email include the following:

(1) Division/Event (e.g., NCX, JVCX, VLD, WSD, etc.),
(2) Judge name,
(3) Specific Issue (for example, Missing team - Quarry Lane AY (clarify which team is missing), Missing Judge - J. Smith, No one can hear anyone in room, Video not working in room, etc.)

Judge Obligations
All judges are expected to be “on-call” until all the rounds are started. If you are obligated and not initially placed in a round, please monitor your cell phone for a call or text message from tab just in case you are subbed into a debate (even after the posted start time, as you may have to replace a missing judge). If you do not respond or are not available to sub in when needed, then you may be fined a missing judge penalty after an attempt is made to reach you.

No Rogue Online Rooms
Under no circumstances is a judge or competitor to move a debate to an unapproved online space. If there are technical difficulties, then the judge and/or students should email the help desk immediately.

Elimination Rounds: Online Flip Through Tabroom
We'll use online coin flip procedures through tabroom.

TOPICS

Lincoln Douglas
NSDA LD Jan/Feb
The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust.

Public Forum
NSDA PF Feb
On balance, Turkey’s membership is beneficial to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Entry Price

PF and parent is judging $75
PF and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $200

LD and parent is judging $100
LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $225

One Speech Event and parent is judging $75
Two Speech Events and parent is judging $100
One Speech Event and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $200
Two Speech Events and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $225

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

All times are Pacific Standard Time. Schedule is tentative.

PUBLIC FORUM / LINCOLN DOUGLAS

SATURDAY:
R1 starts at 9:00 AM
R2 starts at 11:30 AM
R3 starts at 2:00 PM
R4 starts at 4:30 PM
R5 starts at 7:00 PM

SUNDAY:
R6 starts at 9:00 AM
Elim 1 starts at 11:30 AM
Elim 2 starts at 2:00 PM
Elim 3 starts at 4:30 PM (if needed)
Elim 4 starts at 7:00 PM (if needed)

SPEECH

SATURDAY:
R1 starts at 9:30 AM
R2 starts at 12:30 PM
R3 starts at 3:30 PM

SUNDAY:
R4 starts at 9:30 AM
Elim 1 starts at 12:30 PM
Elim 2 starts at 3:30 PM (if needed)

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
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 (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 *

EVENT SELECTION

No double entry for debaters.
For speech, there is one pattern, the maximum speech events students can compete in is two.
No debate/speech crossovers.
For extempers, given the pre-round prep needs, the maximum number of speech events they can compete in is one.

JUDGE PROVISION
Make sure you have read the judge obligations above.

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 *

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: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

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

Polygon Academy (Cupertino): 1025 S. DeAnza Blvd, San Jose, CA-95129

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

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