Welcome to the California Async Speech Scrimmage 3! We hope to help middle and high school students from any state, including California, get feedback and grow as speakers throughout 2023-24 competition season.

EVENTS:

We offer Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Impromptu, Informative, Oratory, Poetry, Program Oral Interpretation, Prose, and Storytelling. Nationals rules apply to all events. Students may enter as many events as they wish.

Each event will have 3 preliminary rounds and 1 final round.

COST:

$5/entry to cover the cost of NSDA Campus entries for this tournament and other scrimmages we've hosted for free. Please send checks to:

SLVHS Speech and Debate c/o Annina Hausmann

7105 Hwy 9

Felton, CA 95018

JUDGING:

Schools must provide a judge for every 5 entries (or fraction thereof). Judges can be hired for $25 for the whole tournament. Entries without adequate judging will be assessed a $25 charge per missing judge or dropped. Judges who do not submit ballots by due dates will be assessed a $10 missing round fee per round.

SCHEDULE (Pacific Time):

02/09 (8:00 pm): Async speech recordings are due in Tabroom. Add/drop deadline.

02/11 (8:00 am): Preliminary round ballots release.

02/13 (8:00 pm): Preliminary round ballots due.

02/15 (8:00 am): Final round ballots released.

02/16 (8:00 pm): Final round ballots due.

02/17: Results posted and emailed to coaches.

CONTACT:

Please reach out with any questions to Erin Ritchie (eritchie@slvusd.org). We look forward to hearing from you!

TOC BIDS:

If any events meet the following competitor requirements, we will submit the bids to the TOC.

• Champion (1 Bid) - Minimum 8 Entries / 3 Schools / 3 Prelims and 1 Final
• Top 3 (Up to 3 Bids) - Minimum 16 Entries / 4 Schools / 3 Prelims and 1 Final
• Finals (Up to 6 Bids) - Minimum 30 Entries / 5 Schools / 3 Prelims, Semis, Finals
• Semifinals (Up to 12 Bids) - Minimum 60 Entries / 10 Schools / 4 Prelims, Quarters, Finals
• Quarterfinals (Up to 24 Bids) - Minimum of 120 Entries / 10 Schools / 4 Prelims, Octos, Finals