Parent Judging for the
2025-2026 Season
Parent Judge Training
Saturday October 25th 9-11:30am
Please volunteer to judge! The more judges we provide, the faster the events move along. Judging is a great way to learn more about what your student does in Speech and Debate. When you judge, you make a huge contribution to the team!!
We ask that each family participate in judging at 2 tournaments, in addition to judging at the Patriot Games , which we host for the community in early January.
Speech and debate depend on volunteer judges who make the meets possible. With such a large team, GW is obligated to provide a number of judges for each meet. If every family judged for 3 meets during the season, we would easily meet our team’s obligations to provide judges commensurate with our participation. In addition, because judges’ pay can be donated to the team, our judges help to strengthen our financial position. On the other hand, when we don’t provide enough judges, our team is charged judging fees to offset the cost of hiring judges from the community.
Please note That the Judging times listed on the signup sheets are approximate. Some tournaments run more smoothly than others, and we can only estimate the time shifts. We encourage you to bring reading/knitting/work/etc to fill some of the downtime you might experience between rounds.
Please include your NAME, EMAIL, and JUDGING PREFERENCES under the NOTES column.
Thank you in advance for providing this support to our team.
We ask that each family participate in judging at 2 tournaments, in addition to judging at the Patriot Games , which we host for the community in early January.
Speech and debate depend on volunteer judges who make the meets possible. With such a large team, GW is obligated to provide a number of judges for each meet. If every family judged for 3 meets during the season, we would easily meet our team’s obligations to provide judges commensurate with our participation. In addition, because judges’ pay can be donated to the team, our judges help to strengthen our financial position. On the other hand, when we don’t provide enough judges, our team is charged judging fees to offset the cost of hiring judges from the community.
Please note That the Judging times listed on the signup sheets are approximate. Some tournaments run more smoothly than others, and we can only estimate the time shifts. We encourage you to bring reading/knitting/work/etc to fill some of the downtime you might experience between rounds.
Please include your NAME, EMAIL, and JUDGING PREFERENCES under the NOTES column.
Thank you in advance for providing this support to our team.
Judge Training Materials
We have complied a bunch of judge training resources together for you to look through in your own time. We truly do want to make this accessible to everyone- please do hesitate to reach out with questions and clarification!
Questions?
Please contact any of the following:
Amber Sieja, Varsity Parent, [email protected]
Jason Batchelor Varsity Parent, [email protected]
Devin Sarno, Coach [email protected]
Amber Sieja, Varsity Parent, [email protected]
Jason Batchelor Varsity Parent, [email protected]
Devin Sarno, Coach [email protected]
