SAN FRAN ALSION BIF

SAN FRAN BAY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

26 March 2022 for Speech
19 March 2022 for Congress
19-20 March 2022 for Debate

DEADLINE

9 Mar 2022

ELIGIBILITY

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN PERSON
Please be advised that the NSDA expects to hold the 2022 championships in person – Louisvile, Kentucky – June 12 to 17.
Only those students who intend to compete in Louisville should be entered in our district qualifiers.

DISTRICT TOURNAMENT DATES – ALL ONLINE

Student Congress: Saturday, March 19
Debate: Saturday & Sunday, March 19-20
(Prelims on Saturday; Elims on Sunday)
Speech: Saturday, March 26

DEBATE FORMAT
We have decided to run four prelim rounds in all debate events, to be followed by elimination rounds. Only debaters/teams with prelim records of 3-1 or better will advance to the Sunday elimination rounds.

JUDGES FOR DEBATE EVENTS
Based on the results of our district survey, we will be using three-judge panels in ALL debate events (Policy, LD, Public Forum) in prelims and elims.

DEBATE ELIMINATION ROUNDS
Although about half of our survey respondents expressed a preference for a double elimination bracket, that would require as many as five elimination rounds, which would push our debate tournament to a third day. Therefore, we will be using a single elimination format in elimination rounds, similar to our traditional two-down system whereby teams with two losses are dropped from the tournament up until a certain point where the tournament transitioned to a single elimination bracket.
Under the single elimination bracket approach, we expect to complete the tournament with a maximum of three elimination rounds on Sunday.

STUDENT CONGRESS – LEGISLATION
With apologies for announcing the legislative docket so late, but with tremendous appreciate to Quest Sandel for jumping in on short notice to author this year’s legislation, you can find the full set of legislation here.

STUDENT CONGRESS
Our Student Congress tournament will begin and end on Saturday, March 19.
In order to qualify for the maximum number of slots to the national tournament, we need to have 8 schools represented in Senate and at least 59 competitors in House, so please consider entering students in Student Congress to participate in the Saturday morning session and give one speech in order for us to reach those entry goals.

SPEECH FORMAT – SATURDAY, MARCH 26
We will hold three prelim rounds in all speech events and then break the top half of the field to elim rounds. In some events, that will mean breaking directly to finals while in other events we will break to semis, depending upon the total number of entries.
ALL SPEECH EVENTS will be conducted synchronously, including Duo Interp.

EXTEMP TOPIC CATEGORIES FOR 2022
International Extemp:

IX: Africa
IX: Americas & Caribbean
IX: Asia
IX: Energy and Environment
IX: Europe
IX: International Organizations
IX: Southwest Asia & North Africa

US Extemp:

US: Business & Industry
US: Covid & Healthcare
US: Education
US: Infrastructure
US: Politics & Elections
US: Social Issues
US: Supreme Court & Legal Issues

Entry Price

One speech/congress and parent is judging $50
One speech/congress and parent is NOT judging $140

One debate and parent is judging $50
One debate and parent is NOT judging $170

Two events and parent is judging $70
Two events and parent is NOT judging $190

Three events and parent is judging $90
Three events and parent is NOT judging $210

Four events and parent is judging $110
Four events and parent is NOT judging $230

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

SPEECH SCHEDULE

8:00am -- Coach check-in (online)
8:30am -- Judge instructions
9:00am -- Prelim round 1
10:30am -- Prelim round 2
12:00pm -- Prelim round 3
FOR EVENTS WITH AT LEAST 12 ENTRIES, TOP 12 IN EACH EVENT WILL BREAK TO SEMI-FINALS
FOR EVENTS WITH FEWER THAN 12 ENTRIES, TOP 6 WILL BREAK DIRECTLY TO FINALS
2:30pm -- Elimination Round 1
5:00pm -- Elimination Round 2 (if needed)

DEBATE SCHEDULE

TBA

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

* 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 BIF'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

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 (if any) *

First

Last

JUDGE PROVISION

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

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

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

SAN FRAN BAY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT ​

26 March 2022 for Speech19 March 2022 for Congress19-20 March 2022 for Debate

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

SAN FRAN BAY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

26 March 2022 for Speech
19 March 2022 for Congress
19-20 March 2022 for Debate

Entry Price

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!