WELCOME TO THE WINTER AT THE BEACH TOURNAMENT!!

 HELLO ALL!

The faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the California State University, Long Beach cordially invites you to attend the Winter at the Beach, hosted by the California State University Long Beach  “Beach Forensics” Program on Friday February 2– Sunday February 4, 2018 .  Parli and Policy will be registered on this site! We are pleased to announce that we are offering POLICY back again after years of a hiatus! 6 rounds of good ole policy smack down!! What better place to spend some of your winter break than at the BEACH! GOOOO BEACH!

The use of TABROOM.COM for all registration is a thing! Please have an account :)  

Click here for: CSU Long Beach Campus Map 

SCHEDULE OF POLICY EVENT: 

Friday, Feb 2, 2018

3:00 – 3:45 Registration

4:20 Release pairings Released

5:15 Round 1 (pre-set) 

8:00 Round 2 (pre-set)

 Saturday, Feb 3, 2018

8:30 Release pairings

9:30 Round 3

11:45 Round 4

1:45 Lunch (provided)

2:45 Round 5

5:00 Round 6

Sunday, Feb 4, 2018

7:45 First elim pairing released at school.

8:30 First elimination round

11:00 Second elimination round

Policy Awards 2:30

Immediately following Awards Third elimination round

Other rounds to follow as appropriate

FEES

 Entry fees will be $60 per person attending (includes all coaches, judges, helpers, etc.) and a $20 school fee. We accept cash, credit card, and institutional checks. ALL fees must be paid before competition proceeds. 

HOTEL

Housing near Long Beach is at a premium. We urge to reserve space immediately. Though there are an abundance of hotels in Long Beach, we have negotiated reduced rates this HOTEL:

 The tournament has a block for the Best Western Golden Sails  ( Stay 2/1/18-2/4/2018) 

Contact Vicki Arreguin Director of Sales to make the reservation (dos@goldensailshotel.com)

Best Western Golden Sails Hotel 6285 E. Pacific Coast Highway Long Beach, CA 90803 562-596-1631

Special Group Rate of $130.00 + 12% tax. Single (1 King Bed) or two Double Queen Beds) for your attendees.

Individual reservations to be called in prior to January 25, 2018 (cut-off date). Callers must request the "Winter at the Beach" to receive the special pricing. After the cut-off date any unused rooms will be returned to general availability. Reservations will be subject to availability at the prevailing rate after the cut-off date. 

Hotel amenities are as follows: • 7-acre casual and tranquil setting on marina waterfronts • 14,000 sq. ft. meeting/banquet facilities • Deluxe guest rooms facing the marina or courtyard • King bed or 2 queen beds • Private balcony or patio • Free Wi-Fi wireless Internet access • Work desk area • Private bath with separate vanity area • Coffee/tea maker with free coffee • Color TV with satellite channels • AM/FM alarm clock radio • Iron and ironing boards • Individual controlled A/C unit • Hair dryer • Refrigerator & Microwave available • Guest laundry • Heated pool and spa • On site full service restaurant with marina views • Cocktail lounge with happy hour specials and live entertainment • Walking distance to grocery store, shops, theaters and restaurant. 

FLIGHT INFO

Fly in to the Long Beach Airport (LGB) or (SNA) John Wayne Orange County Airport0. Major air-carriers at this airport are Southwest, Delta, JetBlue, and American at (LGB) and more at (SNA).

PARKING ON CAMPUS

NOT PROVIDED there are meters and pay stations. Parking is enforced even on the weekends. 

REQUIREMENT FORMS 

All people on campus here MUST fill out a liability form due at registration. This form is uploaded on the right under info.

JUDGING REQUIREMENTS

One team requires four rounds of judging commitment, and two teams require 6 rounds of judging commitment. Each school is expected to provide judges to accompany their teams or hire them. Every judge entered must have a judging philosophy posted on tabroom.com. All hired judging should occur through the tabroom.com judge hiring function. All judges are committed through the first elimination debate on Sunday, or one round beyond which their team is eliminated. Judges should be able to cover a school's commitment despite potential constraints. 

JUDGE PREFERENCE

We will use ordinal judge preferences for preliminary and elimination debate rounds.  Preferences will be available on Tabroom.com between January 30 and February 2, 2018.  Preferences will be due no later than 11:00 a.m. (PST) on Friday February 2, 2018.  

JUDGE DECISION REQUIREMENTS

 All judges at the tournament are expected to render a decision within 2 hours and 15 minutes of the scheduled start time for preliminary debates and within 2 hours and 30 minutes of the scheduled start time for an elimination debate.  Failure to abide by the time limit will result in the tab room flipping a coin to decide the winner the round.  All judges must render a decision where they indicate one, and only one, team that won the round. Judges' ballots not adhering to this rule will be corrected by the tab room, flipping a coin to determine the winner.

 PARLI EVENT:

SCHEDULE:

PARLI SCHEDULE:

SATURDAY, February 3^th, 2017

12:00               Topic Announced: Round 1

12:20-1:05       Round One NPDA Debate

1:25                 Ballots due on Tabroom

1:30                 Topic Announced: Round 2

1:50-2:35         Round Two NPDA Debate

2:55                 Ballots due on Tabroom

3:15                 Topic Announced: Round 3

3:35-4:20         Round Three NPDA Debate

4:40                 Ballots due on Tabroom

5:00                 Topic Announced: Round 4

5:20-6:05         Round Four NPDA Debate

6:25                 Ballots due on Tabroom

6:30-7:10         DINNER BREAK

7:10                 Topic Announced: Round 5

7:30-8:15         Round Five NPDA Debate

8:35                 Ballots due on Tabroom

SUNDAY, February 4^st, 2017

8:30                 Topic Announced: Round 6

8:50-9:35         Round Six NPDA Debate

9:55                 Ballots due on Tabroom

10:10               Topic Announced: Round 7

10:30-11:15     Round Seven NPDA Debate

11:35               Ballots due on Tabroom

11:50               Topic Announced: Elim 1

12:10-12:55     Elim 1 NPDA Debate

1:15                 Ballots due on Tabroom

1:15-2:30         LUNCH BREAK

2:45                 Topic Announced: Elim 2

3:15-3:55         Elim 2 NPDA Debate

4:15                 Ballots due on Tabroom

4:30                 Topic Announced: Elim 3

5:00-5:45         Elim 3 NPDA Debate

6:00                 Ballots due on Tabroom

6:45                AWARDS CEREMONY        

FEES:  Entry fees will be $60 per TEAM attending and a $20 school fee. We accept cash, credit card, and institutional checks. ALL fees must be paid before competition proceeds. If a fee reduction is needed contact Deven (Devenc325@gmail.com)

ENTRY PROCEDURE: We will use www.forensicstournament.net and www.tabroom.com  for I.E.s/ IPDA entries. And Policy and Parli respectively   Entries must be completed by 5:00 PM PST on January 30 at 5PM PST. Drops and name changes (but not adds) can be entered no later than 5PM PST on February 1st.  Any other accommodations can be made contact Deven.

NPDA debate regulations will be in effect for relevant events, unless otherwise specified in this invitation.  Hybrid debate teams will be accepted for NPDA.

DIVISIONS: If there are, at least 25 entries per division, “Winter at the Beach” will offer Novice, Junior, and Open Divisions. Division rules will follow NPDA guidelines, where eligibility is determined based on the partner with the most experience and a semester means the student has competed in at least three tournaments of any style of debate. In the event divisions are collapsed, awards will be given to the top junior and/or novice team and speaker. We will have 7 prelim rounds and 3 elim rounds or however many are needed based on size.

JUDGE INSTRUCTIONS: Judges are encouraged to disclose only after they have entered their ballot on Tabroom.com. Delays caused by coaches or judges may, at the tournament director’s discretion, result in penalties to that school’s teams including fines and/or removal from the tournament. We don’t want to do it, so don’t put us in a position where we would have to do it. Judges’ ballots must assign one winner and one loser in every debate. The judge must assign ordinal speaker ranks with corresponding speaker points between 1 and 30. Judges/schools who fail to comply will be removed from the tournament and fined for unpaid rounds of judging.

PRELIM ROUNDS:  The computer will randomly match Rounds 1 and 2. Round three will be power-matched high-high; all subsequent rounds will be power-matched high-low.

ELIM ROUNDS: We will make every effort to advance half the competitive field in Open Debate. If needed, a double octafinal round will be held. Advancement to and seeding in elimination rounds will be first based upon record, followed by adjusted speaker points, then total speaker points, next by opposition record, and finally by ZScore.  In elimination rounds, brackets will be broken.  We will attempt to clear all winning records in JV/Novice debate as practical.

NPDA DEBATE AWARDS: We will offer awards for every team advancing to elimination rounds and will give awards to the top ten speakers in each division. Speaker points will be determined using adjusted points, total points, double adjusted points, and judge variance (in that order).

HOTEL:

Housing near Long Beach is at a premium. We urge to reserve space immediately. Though there are an abundance of hotels in Long Beach, we have negotiated reduced rates this HOTEL:

 The tournament has a block for the Best Western Golden Sails  ( Stay 2/1/18-2/4/2018) 

Contact Vicki Arreguin Director of Sales to make the reservation (dos@goldensailshotel.com)

Best Western Golden Sails Hotel 6285 E. Pacific Coast Highway Long Beach, CA 90803 562-596-1631

Special Group Rate of $130.00 + 12% tax. Single (1 King Bed) or two Double Queen Beds) for your attendees.

Individual reservations to be called in prior to January 25, 2018 (cut-off date). Callers must request the "Winter at the Beach" to receive the special pricing. After the cut-off date any unused rooms will be returned to general availability. Reservations will be subject to availability at the prevailing rate after the cut-off date. 

Hotel amenities are as follows: • 7-acre casual and tranquil setting on marina waterfronts • 14,000 sq. ft. meeting/banquet facilities • Deluxe guest rooms facing the marina or courtyard • King bed or 2 queen beds • Private balcony or patio • Free Wi-Fi wireless Internet access • Work desk area • Private bath with separate vanity area • Coffee/tea maker with free coffee • Color TV with satellite channels • AM/FM alarm clock radio • Iron and ironing boards • Individual controlled A/C unit • Hair dryer • Refrigerator & Microwave available • Guest laundry • Heated pool and spa • On site full service restaurant with marina views • Cocktail lounge with happy hour specials and live entertainment • Walking distance to grocery store, shops, theaters and restaurant.