Welcome to the home page for the 2015 PSCFA Warm Up tournament hosted by El Camino College on Sep 25-26, 2015 for College students.
Status: Tournament Completed
<p><span style=\"line-height:1.6em\">August 19, 2015</span></p>
<p>Dear PSCFA Friends,</p>
<p>The time has come for our first tournament of the season, the PSCFA Warm-Up at El Camino College September 25th-26th. On Friday, we will offer four (4) rounds of Open, Junior, and Novice (Divisions might be collapsed due to lack of entries) NPDA debate. Saturday will offer the usual two (2) rounds of all PSCFA individual events, including cultural artifact, for Open, Junior, and Novice competitors. </p>
<p>There are many reasons why you, your squad, and your school should participate at this year’s Warm-Up. First, it is an excellent opportunity to introduce all of your new students to competitive collegiate forensics in a relaxed atmosphere. Second, it is a great way to reunite with all of your forensics colleagues and meet coaches new to our region. Third, it allows the chance to test the waters on new topics and approaches to our activity. Finally, the Warm-Up is a unique way to take advantage of free speech, because there are no entry frees at this tournament! <strong>Each school must cover their judging commitment (you may only enter uncovered slots if prior tournament approval is granted). </strong>Schools will still be responsible for ANY drop, no-show, nuisance fees, and uncovered judging fees.</p>
<p><strong>All entries are due by 6:00PM on Tuesday, September 22nd</strong><strong>. Please enter the tournament using www.forensicstournament.net</strong>.</p>
<p>Rally the troops and please contact any judges available for hire. In order for this to remain a fees-free tournament, we must have plenty of prepared judges on hand. <strong>If you are bringing first-time judges remind them that they must read and sign the PSCFA judge’s handbook, F.R.E.D. (this may be done online at </strong><a href=\"http://www.pscfa.org/\"><strong>www.pscfa.org</strong></a><strong>) and remind them of the rules of etiquette in rounds. </strong>Please teach them how to do time signals for limited prep as this tends to be a common problem at the Warm-Up. Don’t forget, judges may also be returning students not competing at the Warm-Up. If you know of any judges available for hire, please send me their contact information.</p>
<p>You can find directions to El Camino College at their website (<a href=\"http://www.elcamino.edu/\">www.elcamino.edu</a>). Campus maps can be found at: <a href=\"http://www.elcamino.edu/about/maps/ecc-campus-map.pdf\">http://www.elcamino.edu/about/maps/ECC-Campus-Map.pdf</a> Attendees of the tournament can park in any of the students lots; however, you must purchase a parking ticket. There are several ticket machines throughout the student parking lots. The tournament headquarters and registration will be in the Music Building, which faces Redondo Beach Blvd.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: Bryan Malinis (Tournament Director)</p>
<p>Email: bmalinis@Cerritos.edu</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you!</p>