SPRING FLING

LA REINA SPRING FLING MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT

1-2 May 2021

DEADLINE

25 April 2021

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

The La Reina Speech and Debate team invite you and your squad to participate in our Annual Invitational Spring Fling Speech and Debate Tournament to be held on Saturday-Sunday, May 1-2. At most, students can enter in one debate event and two speech events.

We will have Open and Novice divisions in High School and Middle School categories. The March/April NSDA LD topic and the April NSDA topic for Public Forum.

All Individual Events (speech) will be combined into one pattern to make the schedule more efficient and will be synchronous online. Double entries in Speech Events are allowed. Middle School students are welcome to compete in the high school divisions if they choose to.

Changes or drops after 25 April 2021 will be charged a $10 nuisance fee on top of the entry fee. All space in debate and speech events will be allocated on a first come, first served basis; register early.

Judges
Varsity debaters in their senior year are allowed to judge Novice division students. Varsity high school debaters may judge novice rounds. Parent judges welcome.

Debate Topics:
L/D Debate Topic: March/April Topic
Public Forum Topic: April Topic

Divisions:
Novice and Open Division in Debate and Speech Events in High School and Middle School categories. Novice is normally defined as the first year of competition.

Debate Pattern: Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas Debate are in one pattern.
Speech Events Pattern: Extemporaneous/Dramatic Interpretation /Expository/ Oratorical Interpretation/ Impromptu /Persuasive /Humorous Interpretation.

General Rules:
School registration in part or whole may be rejected due to space considerations - please register early! The tournament will consist of five preliminary debate rounds and the three preliminary rounds of speech events. Novice are those students in their first year of competition. All divisions will receive medals. We reserve the right to combine divisions if the entry warrants.

Speech Events Rules:
Generally we use CHSSA rules but not in all cases. Exceptions include: Persuasive will include both advocacy and other "persuasive" speeches. Extemp is combined national and international. OO, Persuasive and OA are combined as "Oratory". Semifinals will be held in individual speech events with 50 or more entries or the discretion of the tournament director. Under subscribed speech events may waive finals.

Debate Rules:
PF debate team must be two person. Brackets will be broken to avoid teams from the same school hitting each other. Debate will advance to octofinals if entry warrants. Check the schedule below to determine divisions going to octofinals.

Entry Price

One speech and parent is judging $60
Two speech and parent is judging $70

LD and parent is judging $90
LD & 1 speech event and parent is judging $100
LD & 2 speech events and parent is judging $110

PF and parent is judging $70
PF & 1 speech event and parent is judging $80
PF & 2 speech events and parent is judging $90

If you are opting out of judging, you will pay an additional $110.

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

SCHEDULE La Reina Spring Fling 2021 Online Tournament – All times Pacific Daylight Time

Saturday, May 1, 2021
8:00 a.m. Slack check-in
8:30 a.m. Extemp Prep Round I
8:30-9:30 a.m. Round I All Speech Events
11:30-12:30 a.m. Late check in for Debate Only
10:00-10:30 a.m. Extemp Prep Round I
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Speech Events Round II
12:00-12:30 a.m. Extemp Prep Round III
12:30-1:30 p.m. Round III Speech Events
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Debate Round I
4:00 p.m. Speech Events Breaks Posted Online
3:30 p.m.-5:30p.m. Debate Round II
5:30 p.m.-7:30p.m. Debate Round III

Sunday, May 2, 2021
8:00 a.m. Semifinals/Finals Extemp Prep
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Semifinals All Speech Events
9:30 -11:30p.m. Debate Round IV
12:00 -2:00p.m. Debate Round V / Speech Events Finals
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Debate Elim 1
4:30-6:30 p.m. Debate Elim 2
6:30-8:30 p.m. Debate Elim 3
8:30-10:30 p.m. Debate Elim 4

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 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

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
Students are able to enter in up to 2 speech events or one debate and one speech event.
Got any questions? Please email nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com, vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com

Division for all events? (if your speech/debate division differ, please email nbudiman@tgsastaff.com) *

High School Novice High School Open Middle School Novice Middle School Open

NOTE:
HS signifies High School events
MS signifies Middle School events
Novice are those students in their first year of competition.
Make sure you sign up for the correct division for your grade. Middle school students can compete in HS, but not the other way around.

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

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 takes less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

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".

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

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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

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