OVERVIEW The Golden Gate Speech Association is a regional league along with 10 other regional leagues that comprises the statewide California High School Speech Association (CHSSA).
THE COACH OF RECORD The registration process for GGSA and CHSSA is combined (see our membership page). When completing the CHSSA signature form, a school lists its Coach of Record. This person has two responsibilities: 1) Communication with CHSSA. Please do not have your assistant coaches, parent volunteers, or student officers email CHSSA. 2) Chaperoning the students at the State Tournament.
The overall Tournament Adult Contact listed on the Tabroom registration must match the Coach of Record listed on the CHSSA signature form.
If your Coach of Record changes mid-season, you should use the CHSSA Google form tore-upload the CHSSA signature form signed by the principal, now listing the new Coach of Record (see our membership page). The same applies if the Coach of Record is unable to attend the State Tournament and your school gets a different chaperone - but in that scenario, you can upload a blank CFL membership form when you get to that step on the Google form.
STATE TOURNAMENT The GGSA gets approximately 7-12 slots in each Speech and Debate event offered at the State Tournament. These slots are awarded to the winners of the GGSA state qualifier tournaments.
After a team qualifies to the State Tournament, its Coach of Record must register it on chssa.tabroom.com. The Coach of Record is responsible for reviewing the tournament invitation on Tabroom for the list of key deadlines and registration requirements.
Registration The 2024 registration deadline is March 22, 5PM. The 2024 judge entry, payment, form upload, and speech piece info deadline is March 29, 5PM.
Drops If one of your entries is dropping from the State Tournament, the Coach of Record must notify the CHSSA director ([email protected]), the area chair ([email protected]), and GGSA president ([email protected]). The slot will go to the alternates - the entry next in line based on the results of the state qualifier tournament. The sooner you notify us of the drop, the sooner the alternates can accept their slot and begin planning their travel logistics.