Information

NOTE: A coach or authorized adult needs to be available to students from your school for the entirety of the tournament (for as long as students are participating). Students/unauthorized parents cannot be the primary contact with tournament officials.

Please stay up to date on emails and messages. It is coaches' responsibility to pass along necessary material to their students and judges.

Entry Limitations: 

This tournament is open only to schools in the San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League. This tournament will offer a Varsity division and a Novice division in all events.

Each competitor may enter up to four events, with a maximum of two in any pattern (those entering either Extemp may not enter another Pattern B event).  

The Novice division is limited to students who have not competed in a high school speech or debate tournament in a previous school year.

Judges: 

Each school is required to provide 1 judge per 5 entries, based on the pattern in which they have the larger number of entries. Schools not meeting their judging commitment will be required to drop entries to match their available judges.

USE THIS GUIDE TO ENTER YOUR JUDGES. Even if you believe you know how to enter judges, please review this guide and make sure to follow the instructions to help make the tournament run more smoothly.

When you enter your judges, you are able to mark shifts that your judges are not available. Be sure that you let your judges know that they need to check in to the judges' room at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the round. Also, let them know that time blocks are estimates and actual end times will be determined by the progression of the tournament.

Do not wait until the last minute to confirm your judges. It is time consuming for tournament officials to have to manually add your judges during the tournament if you didn't straighten it all out in advance.

Entry Deadline: 

Entries must be posted on tabroom.com by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 1. No new teams or students may add after the entry deadline. The only changes allowed after the entry deadline is dropping entries (see below).

Drops: 

Dropped entries will be accepted without charge until Wednesday, November 3, at 5:00 p.m. After that time, the website will be closed and entry fees will be final. Please email (bsiscon@guhsd.net) or call in (619-578-3555) your drops after the drop deadline, even as late as on your way to the tournament, to obviate excessive changes at the beginning of the tournament. When calling in or emailing drops, be sure to give the speaker’s name, event, and your school clearly. 

 Rounds: 

Two preliminary rounds will be held in each event. In any event in which there are 28 or more competitors, there will be a break to semi-finals and the top 14 students will advance (there may be more semi-finalists, depending on number of entries). In any event in which there are fewer than 28 competitors, a third preliminary round will be held. The top seven speakers in each event, in each division, will break to a final round. 

Awards: 

Suitable recognition will be given to all finalists. Team sweepstakes points will be accumulated for League #2A, B, and C, and awarded at League #2C. Trophies will be given to the top 3 teams earning the most sweepstakes points in the varsity division only, then class trophies will be awarded as warranted. Trophies will also be given to the top 3 teams earning the most sweepstakes points in the novice division only, then class trophies will be awarded as warranted. (The number of class trophies is dependent upon the number of teams competing in the tournaments. Classes are determined by number of entries - teams are divided into classes based on their number of entries as compared to other teams entered in the tournament. This will vary from tournament to tournament.)