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GGSA Speech 2 Tournament will be held at Las Lomas HS in Walnut Creek on Saturday, December 6.

Address: 1460 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

GGSA SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY LIST

Tournament Information

EXTEMP PREP in room 305

Schedule

8:15 a.m.Coach check-in | Mandatory Meeting for Extemp Competitors

8:30 a.m.Judge Instructions | Extemp Prep Begins

9:00 a.m.Round 1 Begins

10:15 a.m.Extemp Prep Begins

10:45 a.m.Round 2 Begins | Judges without a ballot assignment report to Judge Lounge

12:00 p.m.Extemp Prep Begins

12:30 p.m.Round 3 Begins | Judges without a ballot assignment report to Judge Lounge

1:45 p.m.Lunch

2:30 p.m.Judges Report to Judge Lounge | Extemp Prep Begins

3:00 p.m.Final Round Begins (We will start the finals round earlier, if possible.)

5:00 p.m.Awards Ceremony (sooner if possible)

Awards will begin as soon as all of the final round ballots are in and tabulated.

MODIFIED SCHEDULE

We were able to accommodate all the students who wanted to attend with a few creative scheduling moves.

Novice International ExtempandNovice Duohave been collapsed into the Varsity division. We will award the best Novice during the awards ceremony.

Novice Original Advocacy, Novice Original Prose and Poetry, and Varsity POI will run on a special schedule.

9:00 Scheduled Round 1:OA-NandOPP-Nwill compete in their Round 1.POIwill have a break.

10:30 Scheduled Round 2:OA-Nwill have a break.OPP-Nwill compete in their Round 2.POIwill compete in their Round 1.

12:00 Scheduled Round 3:OA-Nwill compete in their Round 2.OPP-Nwill have a break.POI-Vwill compete in their Round 2.

2:30 Schedule Finals: All three events will compete in their Round 3.

UK TOC Bids

This tournament is an approved UK TOC bid tournament in the varsity divisions. Bids will be allocated based on TOC standards,available HERE.

Pairing and tiebreaking rules are posted on the GGSA website and can be found in the bylaws.