WINTER CUP

16-17 December 2022

DEADLINE

9 December 2022
NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE

ELIGIBILITY

Open to 5th-12th graders
PF debate only

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

Divisions: Middle School PF and High School PF available

Entry Eligibility:

High School Public Forum: All entries must be in 9th grade to 12th grade during the 2022-23 school year.
Middle School Public Forum: All entries must be in 4th grade to 8th grade during the 2022-23 school year.

Platform: Entirely online. All rounds will take place in the appropriate NSDA Campus rooms. More information will be sent to competitors and their coaches before the tournament begins.

Rules & Conduct:
Speech times: 4-4-3-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2 (3 minutes of prep time)
Topic: The United States’ strategy of Great Power Competition (GPC) produces more benefits than harms.
Tech time: Teams will be allotted 10 minutes of tech time. As soon as a technical issue that impedes the round begins, tech time will begin. If more than 10 minutes pass, it is a tech time failure resulting in forfeiture. In that case, please email us at wintercupdebate@gmail.com to report it.
Evidence: Evidence challenges will match standard NSDA rules. In the case of a round terminating evidence challenge, please email us at wintercupdebate@gmail.com and report it to us.
Forfeiture: Teams more than 10 minutes late to round will automatically forfeit under all circumstances. Please email us at wintercupdebate@gmail.com and report all forfeits to us.
Walkover Policy: In the case that two teams from the same school hit each other, the higher seeded team will advance.
Awards: Awards will be distributed to the champions/finalists (trophies), and the top 3 speakers (medals) from each division. Information about the ordering and shipment of trophies will be communicated after the tournament.
Code of conduct: All teams must abide by code of conduct. Failure to do so may disqualify that entry and all other entries from the same school.

Elim Rounds:
All 3-1s will clear. Depending on the entry numbers, we may adjust accordingly, by either adding/eliminating elimination rounds or giving teams “byes.” A final decision will be made before the start of the tournament.

All elim rounds will be a panel of 3 judges.

Judges do not need to disclose their decisions from prelim rounds, but it is strongly encouraged. On the other hand, the last-submitting judge must disclose the winner of an elimination round after the round occurs.

Judging Obligations:
Judges must show up to their rounds 10 minutes before the round start time. If the judge does not show up after 15 minutes from the round start time, the judge will be fined $150.
Judges are obligated 1 round past the round that the last student from GSA drops.

Information for Judges:

Judges should evaluate teams for the quality of arguments made in round, not their personal preferences or beliefs.
Judges should take basic notes throughout the debate, assessing the basics of a team’s argument and the basic attacks/refutations made against it.
We encourage, but do not require, judges to write a paradigm on Tabroom. This helps debaters immensely and makes the round as accessible to you as possible.

Entry Price

One debate event and parent is judging $75
One debate event and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $155

Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF 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

Please note that all times are in EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST). The green times have been converted into PST.

The tournament will take place on 12/16-12/17. All rounds will be single flighted.

December 16:
7:00 PM EST — Prelim Round 1 --- 4:00 PM PST
8:30 PM EST – Prelim Round 2 --- 5:30 PM PST

December 17:
11:00 AM EST – Prelim Round 3 --- 8:00 AM PST
1:00 PM EST – Prelim Round 4 --- 10:00 AM PST
3:00 PM EST – Quarterfinals (top 8) --- 12:00 PM PST
5:00 PM EST – Semifinals (top 4) --- 2:00 PM PST
7:00 PM EST – Finals (top 2) --- 4:00 PM PST
8:30 PM EST - Awards Ceremony & Speaker Awards --- 5:30 PM PST

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 (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

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
Divisions may get combined if entries are too small.

PF Partner Name *

First

Last

Choose your division, but keep in mind that if enrollments are low some divisions may be collapsed into one *

MS Public Forum (Nov/Dec) Novice Public Forum (Nov/Dec) Open Public Forum (Nov/Dec) Novice Lincoln Douglas (Nov/Dec) Varsity Lincoln Douglas (Nov/Dec)

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: 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

WINTER CUP​

16-17 December 2022

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

WINTER CUP

Entry Price

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