Hart House IV Registration

On behalf of the Hart House Debates Committee, it is my pleasure to formally invite youto the Hart House IV, taking place on October 14th – 16th.

Debating

All debates will be in standard British Parliamentary format, using Worlds speaking times (7 minutes per speech). All resolutions will be tight-link, with our very capable CAs ensuring a wide variety of topics are debated. There will be a hard cap of 80 teams.

There will be five preliminary rounds, with rounds 1-3 being open adjudication. If there are 80 registered teams, then we will break to quarter-finals. Otherwise, the top 8 teams will break to semis.

Awards will be given to the top 8 teams, top 10 speakers, top novice team, and top novice speaker.

Adjudication

The Chief Adjudicators of this year’s tournament are Steven Penner and Sam Greene. In the past year alone, Steven was the CUSID National Champion and British Parliamentary Champion. Steve has twice won the Seagram Cup, and has been a Chancellors semi finalist and Winter Carnival quarter finalist. Sam’s accomplishments include CUSID British Parliamentary Champion, Central Canadian (Leger Cup) Champion, Nationals Semifinalist, National, North American and Central Novice champion, Guindon and Chancellors semifinalist.

In addition to our highly qualified Chief Adjudicators, Hart House has access to an incredibly deep judging pool. Between the Hart House debating club, Hart House alumni and other debaters in Toronto, we have multiple National and North American debating champions, as well as numerous members who have broken as judges or adjudicators at previous worlds. We're confident that we can provide quality judging in every room.

The judging requirement will be n/3, rounded down. If a team is unable to fulfill their judging requirement then this can be waived at the discretion of the Chief Adjudicators. We strongly encourage those teams who feel like they need a waiver to contact us, rather than sending an adjudicator who may be uncomfortable judging.

Equity and Accessibility

The equity officer for this year's tournament is Gemma Stanton-Hagan. An equity policy will be posted by October 1st.

Food and Socials

Debaters and judges will be provided with a bag dinner on Friday evening, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. Our traditional formal banquet will be happening on Saturday evening. If you require special dietary requirements (veggie, vegan, halal, kosher, allergies) then we can make arrangements for you if we're notified by October 9th.

There willbe socials on both Friday and Saturday night, as well as an informal social for those arriving on Thursday. Every effort will be made to make the socials novice friendly.

Accommodation

We will benegotiating a hotel deal in the next few weeks. Details to follow.

For those who wish to billet, billeting is allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Registration

Registrationis $150 per team, and $70 per adjudicator, all prices in Canadian dollars. Registration begins September 1st, and ends October 5th. All schools must have paid in full by October 7th.

Registration and payment will be done online. 

 

Beginning September 1st, each school can register up to six teams by emailing harthousedebate@gmail.com with the following information:

- school name

- number of teams

- number of judges

- billeting requirements (number and sex of those requiring billeting)

- payment type (cheque or credit card)

Credit card is our preferred form of payment, and due to policy constraints is the only type of payment we can accept from American and international participants.

More detailed information and payment will be collected through an online form at a later date as the second step of registration. Details to follow.

 

Teams who must travel a significant distance (ie. those outside of North America, or those with abnormally high travel costs) can request that their registration be waived. We will consider these requests on a case-by-case basis. Please make this request during registration.

There is an initial school cap of 6 teams, which will be lifted on October 1st.

Hope to see lots of you there! If you have any questions, please contact the Tournament Directors, Deirdre Casey and Allie Allison, at harthousedebate@gmail.com.

Joynt Scroll (NZ Universities' Prepared Champs) Results

Here are the results from the 109th Joynt Scroll tournament in New Zealand (the NZ Universities' Prepared Debating Champs), hosted by the University of Canterbury from 26-29 August.



Winners: Victoria University of Wellington 2 (Nick Cross, Holly Jenkins, Duncan McLachlan)



Runners-Up: Victoria University of Wellington 1 (Asher Emanuel, Richard D'Ath, Paul Smith)



Semi-finalists: University of Canterbury 1 and University of Otago 1



President's Cup for Best Speaker: Paul Smith (Victoria)



Members of the NZ Universities Team: Paul Smith (Victoria), Richard D'Ath (Victoria), William Cheyne (Otago)



Reserves to the NZ Universities Team: Asher Emanuel (Victoria), Louis Chambers (Otago)



Highly Commended: Josh Baxter (Auckland), Stephanie Thompson (Auckland), Aria Newfield (Auckland), Duncan McLachlan (Victoria)



Russell McVeagh Cup for Most Promising Speaker: Kieran Bunn (Otago)



Centennial Cup for Best Adjudicator: Seb Templeton (Victoria)

Cambridge IV 2011 details

The Cambridge Union Society is proud to present one of the highlights of the debating calendar, one of the most celebrated debating tournaments in the world; and the largest Cambridge IV.

It will take place this year on the 18th and 19th of November 2011.



Registration Details:



- Registration will open on our website and on our Facebook group on the 1st September at Midday (GMT).

- £85 Registration Fee; to include a Black Tie social, with further details to be announced.

- Supplementary Package available to all for £25 per team. For £25 we offer entry into the Thursday night Union debate, Debating Workshops run by top Cambridge Debaters, guaranteed crash Thursday night, and tours on Friday morning before the IV begins.

- A 120 team cap, with an initial 4 teams per institution cap. N-1 judges for UK teams.



Highlights of the tournament include:

- 5 Preliminary Rounds of Closed Motions, 7 minute speeches. Open break to Quarter-Finals, ESL break to Semi-Finals.

- A prestigious CA Team, featuring:

CA Fiona Prowse (2011 World Champion, 2010 Cambridge IV Winner, 2009 Australs Champion)

CA Harish Natarajan (2010 Worlds Semi-Finalist, 2010 and 2011 Euros Finalist)

DCA Nathalie Smith (2011 Worlds Octo-finalist, 2010 Euros Quarter-finalist and DCA of the Nottingham Open)

- Expert tabbing from Bob Nimmo

- One of the best judging pool available; to include Art Ward, Andrew Tuffin, Sam Block, Jack Gamble, Joe Roussos, Richard Lau, Tom Hosking, Daniel Warents, Simone Van Elk and many others.

- A Hog Roast Dinner

- A Black Tie Champagne Social

For more information, contact the OrgCom, at iv@cus.org



Maria English (Convenor)

James Hardy (Convenor)

Rebecca Meredith (Deputy Convenor)

Craig Docherty (Deputy Convenor)

See www.cambridgeiv.com for more details

Singapore WSDC Champions 2011

Singapore (Teoh Ren Jie (C), Adil Hakeem, Ashish Kumar, Benjamin Mak Jia Ming. Coach: Geetha Creffield) have won the 2011 World Schools Debating Championships. They defeated Australia by 7 judges to 2 in the final.

Teoh Ren Jie  (Singapore) was the top ranked speaker on the tab.

Turkey won the right to host WSDC in 2013.

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World Schools Semi Results

Singapore defeated Ireland by 5-2

Australia defeated Scotland by 5-2



Topic was "This House believes that any region should have the right to secede if the majority of the population wish."



The Grand Final between Australia (proposing) and Singapore (opposing) is on the topic "This House believes autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook."

World Schools Quarterfinal Results

Motion: This House supports free immigration



Scotland (9) defeats England (1) by 4-1

Singapore (15) defeats Canada (7) by 5-0

Ireland (11) defeats Hong Kong (14) by 4-1

Australia (4) defeats South Africa (12) by 5-0



Semi-finals draw



Scotland (9) v Australia (4)

Singapore (15) v Ireland (11)

Oxford IV 2011 Registration OPENS THURSDAY!‏

Dear all,

 

First of all, apologies for the delay in opening international registration for this year's Oxford IV. We have been having serious technical issues with our website, which is still not up and running. However, we are now ready to open registration for this year's IV. At 9am BST on Thursday 25th August, registration will open. At that time, we will post a link to registration on the IV Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=141641042591477), which also contains all the information you need about the tournament. IONA Registration will open as intended on September 1st.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions. We are very excited about seeing you all in Oxford in November.

 

Best
--
Mel Pope, Convenor
Morgan Stanley Oxford IV 2011

World Schools Octos Results

Results of the octos below.



England (1) defeats Mexico (16) by 4-1

Singapore (15) defeats New Zealand (2) by 3-2

Hong Kong (14) defeats Netherlands (3) by 3-2

Australia (4) defeats Greece (13)

South Africa (12) defeats United Arab Emirates (5)

Ireland (11) defeats Korea (6) by 3-2

Canada (7) defeats Pakistan (10) by 4-1

Scotland (9) defeats Wales (8) by 4-1



Quarters draw:



England (1) v Scotland (9)

Singapore (15) v Canada (7)

Hong Kong (14) v Ireland (11)

Australia (4) v South Africa (12)

Sydney win UNSW IV

The University of Sydney Union (USU) team of Ed Miller and Annie Gribble have won the University of New South Wales IV 2011. In the final they defeated UNSW (Angela Kintominas and Sean Lawson), Sydney (Joseph Ware and Sara Smylie) and  Monash (Duncan Wallace and Nicole Franklin).

The top speaker was Ed Miller from Sydney

The tab is available at https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BwaFA0se2LlfYmNiYzNmM2YtNjI0Zi00Y2E0LWI0NjMtODI4ZGM2M2FiYWU0&hl=en_US

Motions
R1 This house regrets the extrajudicial killing of Voldemort
R2 This house believes the world would be better without any states
R3 This house believes that politics is broken
R4 This house would not allow sentient exterrestrial aliens to be citizens of any state on the Earth
R5 This house believes that it should never be illegal to publish an intention to commit a crime
Semi-Finals This house believes that the world will lose the fight against climate change
Final This house would spend baby spend

World Schools 2011 Break

The break has just been announced in Dundee and is on the WSDC website



Reproduced here for convenience:



1. England (8 wins, 23 judges, 6180.5 points)

2. New Zealand (8 wins, 23 judges, 6107 points)

3. Netherlands (8 wins, 22 judges, 6055 points)

4. Australia (7 wins, 21 judges, 6178.5 points)

5. United Arab Emirates (7 wins, 21 judges, 6096 points)

6. Korea (7 wins, 21 judges, 6093 points)

7. Canada (7 wins, 19 judges, 6136.5 points)

8. Wales (6 wins, 20 judges, 6120.5 points)

9. Scotland (6 wins, 18 judges, 6043.5 points)

10. Pakistan (6 wins, 17 judges, 6052 points)

11. Ireland (6 wins, 16 judges, 6049 points)

12. South Africa (6 wins, 16 judges, 6045 points)

13. Greece (6 wins, 16 judges, 6038 points)

14. Hong Kong (6 wins, 15 judges, 6056.5 points)

15. Singapore (5 wins, 17 judges, 6239.5 points)

16. Mexico (5 wins, 15 judges, 5960.5 points)



Octo-finals draw:

England (1) v Mexico (16)

New Zealand (2) v Singapore (15)

Netherlands (3) v Hong Kong (14)

Australia (4) v Greece (13)

United Arab Emirates (5) v South Africa (12)

Korea (6) v Ireland (11)

Canada (7) v Pakistan (10)

Wales (8) v Scotland (9)

Looking for details on Oxford IV.

Can someone from the org comm of the Oxford IV contact me at colm_flynn@hotmail.com or if anyone has details on how to register for the IV can you let me know.

Thanks

World Schools Leaderboard after six rounds

This is the WSDC 2011 Leaderboard after six rounds. Speaker scores are unknown at this point.



1. New Zealand (6 wins, 18 judges)

2 = Australia (6 wins, 17 judges)

2 = England (6 wins, 17 judges)

2 = Netherlands (6 wins, 17 judges)

5. Canada (6 wins, 16 judges)

6. Wales (5 wins, 16 judges)

7 = UAE (5 wins, 15 judges)

7 = Korea (5 wins, 15 judges)

9. Scotland (5 wins, 14 judges)

10. Greece (5 wins, 13 judges)

11. Singapore (4 wins, 13 judges)

12 = Bangladesh (4 wins, 12 judges)

12 = Ireland (4 wins, 12 judges)

12 = Mexico (4 wins, 12 judges)

12 = Pakistan (4 wins, 12 judges)

16 = Hong Kong (4 wins, 11 judges)

16 = Israel (4 wins, 11 judges)

16 = South Africa (4 wins, 11 judges)

19. India (4 wins, 9 judges)

20 = Chile (3 wins, 9 judges)

20 = Czech Republic (3 wins, 9 judges)

20 = Estonia (3 wins, 9 judges)

20 = Philippines (3 wins, 9 judges)

20 = USA (3 wins, 9 judges)

25 = Germany (3 wins, 8 judges)

25 = Thailand (3 wins, 8 judges)

25 = Turkey (3 wins, 8 judges)

28 = Qatar (2 wins, 7 judges)

28 = Slovenia (2 wins, 7 judges)

30 = Argentina (2 wins, 6 judges)

30 = Croatia (2 wins, 6 judges)

30 = Indonesia (2 wins, 6 judges)

30 = Kuwait (2 wins, 6 judges)

30 = Peru (2 wins, 6 judges)

30 = Slovakia (2 wins, 6 judges)

30 = Sri Lanka (2 wins, 6 judges)

30 = Sweden (2 wins, 6 judges)

38. Namibia (2 wins, 4 judges)

39. Romania (1 win, 7 judges)

40 = China (1 win, 6 judges)

40 = Lithuania (1 win, 6 judges)

42 = Bermuda (1 win, 4 judges)

42 = Barbados (1 win, 4 judges)

44 = Nigeria (1 win, 3 judges)

44 = Serbia (1 win, 3 judges)

46 = Japan (0 wins, 1 judge)

46 = Nepal (0 wins, 1 judge)

48. Poland (0 wins, 0 judges)

Exciting News.

New Developments.
New Partnerships.
New Capabilities.
New Resources.

Coming soon

New Debate podcast

Tuna over at Global debate has started a podcast.  He plans to publish it several times a week and each one will be 2-3 minutes covering debate news from his blog. 

If you are interested you can subscribe to the podcast at http://globaldebateboo.posterous.com/

Updates from WSDC Day 1

Summary of Day 1 at the World Schools Debating Championships 2011.

Motions:
Rd1: This house would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
Rd2: This house would allow free distribution of music on the internet.


Rankings after 2 rounds

TEAM WINS JUDGES
Australia 2 6
Canada 2 6
England 2 6
Ireland 2 6
Korea 2 6
Netherlands 2 6
New Zealand 2 6
Singapore 2 6
Wales 2 6

Greece 2 5
Israel 2 5
South Africa 2 5

Romania 1 4

Argentina 1 3
Bangladesh 1 3
Chile 1 3
China 1 3
Estonia 1 3
Germany 1 3
Hong Kong 1 3
India 1 3
Mexico 1 3
Pakistan 1 3
Philippines 1 3
Qatar 1 3
Scotland 1 3
Serbia 1 3
Slovenia 1 3
Sweden 1 3
Thailand 1 3
Turkey 1 3
UAE 1 3
USA 1 3

Namibia 1 2
Slovakia 1 2
Sri Lanka 1 2

Croatia 0 1
Czech Republic 0 1
Indonesia 0 1
Lithuania 0 1
Peru 0 1

Barbados 0 0
Bermuda 0 0
Japan 0 0
Kuwait 0 0
Nepal 0 0
Nigeria 0 0
Poland 0 0

Follow World Schools on line

From WSDC mailing list:

Hi everyone – good luck to all of you in Dundee for whom the tournament has now begun in earnest, and hello to the rest of you who are keen for updates over the next 10 days.  I thought it’d be a good time to let everyone know where they can get information from the various parts of the WSDC organisation.

WSDC 2011 in Dundee

Official website: http://wsdctournament.wordpress.com/

Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/WSDCDundee

WSDC Ltd

Official website: http://www.schoolsdebate.com – NOTE – to be revamped soon, but you can find a lot of stuff there

Blog: http://blog.schoolsdebate.com –NOTE the new URL

Twitter feed:  http://www.twitter.com/SchoolsDebate

Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Schools-Debating-Championships/340591412990

Between all of these, we will be publishing results and other updates from Dundee – first round results to come out in the next few minutes.  If you’re overwhelmed by choice, then keep checking http://blog.schoolsdebate.com or follow @SchoolsDebate and @WSDCDundee on Twitter as everything will pass through one of those!

Best

Trevor

WSDC Ltd Development Committee

2nd Hong Kong Debate Open 2011‏

The 1st HKDO 2010 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong last October 2011 was a roaring success and we have received many queries on when we would be holding the second edition of this well-received event.

We are now happy to announce that the 2nd Hong Kong Debate Open 2011 (HKDO) will be held from 28th to 30th Oct 2011 at the Campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

We hope that this 2nd edition of the HKDO at a new university location in Hong Kong will bring more debating and social fun for all who will be coming to join us.

Below are pertinent details for your information:

1.  Tournament Website:  http://debateclub.cn/hkdo2011

2.  Organising Committee

Convenors: Kenneth Tse & Samuel Chan
Advisor:  Helen Ng
Tournament Director: Vinca Yau
Facilities Director: Samuel Chan
Finance Director: Helen Ng
Director of Volunteers: Kenneth Tse
Sponsorship Directors: Jasmine Tam, TJ
Registration Directors: George Chen & Elliot Shi:

3.  Adjudication Core

Chief Adjudicator: Sharmila Pramanand
Co-CA: Loke Wing Fatt
Deputy Chief Adjudicators: "TJ"  Thepparith Senamngern, Zheng Bo, Nicole Ng
Tabulation Directors: Zheng Bo, George, Elliot Shi

4.  Schedule

Day 1,  27th Oct

Check-in at Hotel

Day 2,  28th Oct

2:3pam to 3.30pm  --   Welcome, Briefing for Debaters/Adjudicators at Lecture Hall 

4pm- 6pm               --   Round 1
6pm to 7pm            --   Dinner
7pm-  9pm              --   Round  2
 9pm to ....              --   Informal Party

Day 3,  29th Oct 

8.30am to 7pm       --  Round 3, 4
                                   Lunch
                                   5 & 6

8pm to 11pm         --   Break Night Dinner & Party

Day 4,  30th Oct 

8.30am to 7pm      -- Pre-Quarters, Quarters,
                                 Lunch
                                 Semi-Finals and Grand Final
7pm to 10pm         -- Championship Dinner & Party

Day 5, 31st Oct  

Departure


5.  Registration Fees

a)  For Debaters/Judges: USD$80 (excluding hotel, some meals and local transportation)
b)  For Observer: USD$180 (excluding hotel, some meals and local transportation)

6.  Registration Process

Registration is open now.

Please complete the Registration Form on the following web link:

http://debateclub.cn/hkdo2011-reg-form#overlay-context=hkdo2011-tournament
Registration is confirmed ONLY ON PAYMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FEE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT.

A Designated Bank Account will be sent to all who fill in the Registration Form  so that the necessary electronic bank transfer process could be smoothly completed.

Please note that you will have to pay for all bank charges. Teams which have not made full payment of their Registration Fees will be asked to pay in cash, upon their arrival, before they are eligible to debate at the 2nd HKDO 2011.

We will accept Registration of Teams till 19th Oct, 10 Days before the start of the event on 28th Oct,

7.  Tournament Rules & Essential Information

1.  This is an Open Tournament.  Any two persons who wish to debate could for a team to register and compete, upon full payment of their Registration Fees.

2.  There is No Institutional Cap on anyone from any high schools or universities wishing to send teams to this event.

3.  Institutions which send more than 1 team will have to comply with the N-1 Rule, where 1 Accompanying Judge must be sent for 2 Institutional Teams being sent. If 3 Institutional teams are sent, 2 Accompanying Judges need to attend the event to contribute to the judging pool.

4.  This event has a total team capacity of 60 Teams.

5.  There will be 6 Preliminary Rounds of debate, followed by Pre-Quarter Finals, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and the Grand Final.

6.  The Tournament will recognise the HKDO Champion Team, the Runners-Up Teams, the Best Speaker of the Grand Final, and the Ten Best Speakers of the Tournament.  We will also recognise give out Awards for the Most Enthusiastic Debater, the Most Stylish Debater, the Most Valuable Teammate, the Most Popular Debater and the Exemplar of the Debating Spirit.

7.  We are seeking sponsorships so that we may subsidy experienced judges to deepen the quality of the adjudication pool.  More news will be announced at a later date.

8.  Recommended Hotel

The recommended Hotel is the Regal Riverside. It is located in Shatin in the New Territory, Hong Kong.  The website of the hotel is below: 

http://www.regalhotel.com/regal-riverside-hotel/main/hotel-home.aspx

We are now negotiating to reduce the room rate for you.  We will also make further recommendations on decent hotel accommodation in the following weeks.

Please visit our website: http://debateclub.cn/hkdo2011 for more information, our you could write to me at lokewingfatt@gmail.com if you have any questions for us.

cheers,

Loke Wing Fatt
Co-Chief Adjudicator
2nd HKDO 2011
President

Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)

Singapore

Website: saidsg.wordpress.com

Change is coming

And its going to be GOOD!

Coming soon !

Oxford win European Debating Championships

Oxford A (Ben Woolgar and Hugh Burns) have won the 2011 European Debating Championships

They won by defeating TCD Hist, Durham and Cambridge in the final on the motion that this house believes that the state should pay reparations to women.

The result was on a 6-3 split decision after 4 hours of deliberation by the Adjudicators.

Top Speaker at the championships was Catherine Murphy from Trinity College Dublin Historical Society.

Tel Aviv A (Omer Nevor and Sella Nevo) won the English as a Second Language Competition with Sella Nevo also the top ranked ESL speaker on the Speaker tab. The Motion for the ESL final held earlier today was This house believes God Exists.

As expected Belgrade was ratified as the hosts of the 2012 Championships.  Stephen Nolan was elected as the Chair of European Council for the next year.

Thanks to the various tweeters on twitter for updates during the tournament but special word of thanks to the team at Achte Minute for the best live coverage.

Galway Euros Day 6 Schedule: Finals

Today's Schedule at the European Debating Championships in Galway


Friday 12th August

08.30 - 12.00 - European Council Meeting

09.30 - 10.30 - Breakfast

11.15 - 11.45 - Buses leave for Finals

12.00 - 13.00 - Pre-Final Reception

13.00 - 15.00 - ESL Competition Final

15.30 - 17.30 - European Debating Championships Grand Final 2011

18.00 - 20.00 - Gala Championship Dinner

20.00 - 03.00 - Championship Ball

See http://www.galwayeudc2011.ie for more details

Bidders for Euros 2012

At tomorrow's European Council meeting two cities were due to compete for the right to host the 2012 European Debating Championships.

To read more about these two bids visit the below websites:

Leeds: http://www.eudc2012.eu/

Belgrade:  http://www.eudc2012.org/

However in the last couple of days Leeds have pulled out of the race leaving Belgrade as the only bidding city.  All going to plan European Council should ratify the Belgrade bid tomorrow.  I'm sure they will make excellent hosts.  Hopefully Leeds will return to bid for 2013 or later.

Euros 2011 finalists

The finalists in the 2011 European Debating Championships are:
Oxford A
TCD Hist B
Durham A
Cambridge A

The finalists in the ESL competition are:
Tel Aviv A
Babes Bolyai A
Erasmus A
Tel Aviv C

Euro 2011 ESL semi motion

The motion for the semi final of the English as a second language competition at the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

TH would require persons working in the media to wait four years before running for public office or working for the government.

European Championships Semi Finals

The Semi-Finalists in the 2011 European Debating Championships are:
 
TCD Hist B
UCC Philosoph B
Oxford A
UCC Law B
Cambridge A
Oxford C
Durham B
ULU B
 
That means the semi final pairings are:
 
European Championships Semi Final 1 (Positions in brackets)
TCD Hist B (CG)
UCC Philosoph B (OG)
Oxford A (OO)
UCC Law B (CO)
 
European Championships Semi Final 2 (Positions not known)
Cambridge A
Oxford C
Durham B
ULU B
 
The motion for the semi final is THBT the West should promise preferential economic and political cooperation to Arab democracies that adopt secular constitutions
 
Making the semi finals in the English as a second language competition are (these semis will be held after the main semi finals):
 
ESL Semi 1
Tel Aviv A
Belgrade
Utrecht
Babes Bolyai

ESL Semi 2
Tel Aviv C
Munich
Leiden
Erasmus

 
Congrats  and best of luck to all.
 
Source: Various on twitter.
 

Euro 2011 ESL Qtr Motion

The motion for the Qtr Finals of the English as a Second Language competition at the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

THW ban all EU arms companies from selling arms outside the EU.

Euros 2011 Qtr Final Motion

The motion for the Qtr Finals of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

THW Never Fight for King and Country

European Championships Break

Thanks to @achteminute on twitter and http://achteminute.vdch.de for the break from the European Championships in Galway.  If you are not following them on twitter then get on and add them as they are providing the best updates from the tournament.
 
So the Break at the 2011 European Debating Championships is:
 
1 TCD Hist B
2 Cambridge A
3 UCC Philosoph A
4 Oxford A
5 KCL A
6 Tel Aviv A
7 UCD L&H C
8 King's Inn A
9 UCD L&H A
10 Oxford C
11 Durham B
12 UCC Law B
13 Warwick B
14 ULU B
15 Cambridge C
16 UCC Philosoph B
 
That makes the European Championships Qtr Final lineup as follows:
 
European Championships Qtr final 1
TCD Hist B
King's Inn A
UCD L&H A
UCC Philosoph B

European Championships Qtr final 2:
Oxford A
KCL A
UCC Law B
Warwick B
 
European Championships Qtr final 3:
Cambridge A
UCD L&H C
Oxford C
Cambridge C
 
European Championships Qtr final 4:
UCC Philosoph A
Tel Aviv A
Durham B
ULU B

 
The Qtr Finals of the English as a Second Language competition at Euros will also be held tomorrow.  The draw for this competition is:
ESL Competition Qtr 1:
Tel Aviv A
Koc A
Belgrade A
IDC Herzliya A
 
ESL Competition Qtr 2:
Babes Bolyai A
Utrecht A
Berlin Debating Union B
Hebrew University B
 
ESL Competition Qtr 3:
Ben Gurion B
Groningen A
Tel Aviv C
München A
 
ESL Competition Qtr 4:
Erasmus Debating Society A
Leiden A
Tel Aviv B
Tilbury House A
 
 
 

Galway Euros Day 5 Schedule

Today's Schedule at the European Debating Championships in Galway

Thursday 11th August

07.30 - 09.00 - Breakfast

09.00 - 11.00 - European Debating Championships Quarter Finals

11.00 - 13.00 - ESL Competition Qtr Finals

13.00 - 14.00 - Lunch

14.30 - 16.30 - European Debating Championships Semi Finals

16.30 - 18.30 - ESL Competition Semis

18.30 - 21.00 - Dinner

21.00 - 02.00 - Tribes

See http://www.galwayeudc2011.ie for more details 

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 9

The motion for round 9 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

THW Legally Require Priests to Report All Serious Crimes that They Hear in Confession.

Following EUDC on Twitter.

I am not at Galway Euros as I am away for a family wedding. However I am following events on Twitter. The best source of info this year is @achteminute. Follow them for live updates.

Sent from my Nokia device

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 8

The motion for round 8 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

THBT America and the EU should cease all financial political and military support to both Israel and the Palestinian authority until they reach a peace agreement.

Galway Euros Day 4 Schedule

Today's Schedule at the European Debating Championships in Galway

Wednesday 10th August

07.30 - 09.00 - Breakfast

09.00 - 12.00 - Round 7

12.00 - 14.00 - Round 8

14.00 - 15.30 - Lunch 

15.30 - 18.00 - Round 9

19.30 - 03.00 - Irish Break Night

See http://www.galwayeudc2011.ie for more details

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 6

The motion for round 6 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

THBT hacking is an acceptable form of protest against large corporations

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 5

The motion for round 5 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

THW allow the creation of donor siblings

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 4

The motion for round 4 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

THBT Barack Obama should have vetoed any debt deal that did not increase taxation.

Galway Euros Day 3 Schedule

Today's Schedule at the European Debating Championships in Galway

Tuesday 9th August

07.30 - 09.00 - Breakfast

09.30 - 12.00 - Round 4

12.00 - 14.00 - Lunch

14.00 - 16.30 - Round 5

16.30 - 19.00 - Round 6

19.30 - 24.00 - Sunset Over Galway Bay

See http://www.galwayeudc2011.ie for more details

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 3

The motion for round 3 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

TH believes that Germany should ban the publication of Mein kamph indefinately

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 2

The motion for round 2 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

TH would prohibit the media from using software to alter an individuals appearance.

Euros 2011 Motion for Rd 1

The motion for round 1 of the 2011 European Debating Championships in Galway is

TH would bring back the death penalty.

Galway Euros Day 2 Schedule

Today's Schedule at the European Debating Championships in Galway

Monday 8th August
07.30 - 09.00 - Breakfast

09.00 - 10.00 - Tournament Briefings

10.00 - 12.30 - Round 1
12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch
14.00 - 16.30 - Round 2
16.30 - 19.00 - Round 3
19.00 - 20.30 - Dinner
20.00 - 24.00 - Spraoi Social
21.00 - 23.00 - Pre-Council


For more information visit http://www.galwayeudc2011.ie

Galway Euros Day 1 Schedule

Today's Schedule at the European Debating Championships in Galway

Sunday 7th August
10.00 - 19.00 - Arrivals and registration

13.00 - 19.00 - Language Committee Interviews
16.00 - 19.00 - Check in to accommodation

19.00 - 24.00 - Late arrivals, registration and check in
19.00 - 20.00 - Introduction to BP format debating

19.00 - 24.00 - Opening Ceremony, BBQ and Welcome Party

See http://www.galwayeudc2011.ie for more details

EUDC Council - Text of the Invitation

Here's the full text of the invitation - I kept on getting notes that it did not go through the facebook group even after the second attempt. Please pass it on...

Best,
Jens


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EUDC Council
Invitation for pre-Council and Council in Galway

Dear EUDC Council delegates,

this is the invitation for both pre-Council and Council in Galway.

Best, and see you really soon,

Jens



Below, you find information on the basic points:

1. Meeting times
2. Issues (Agenda)
3. Postponed issues.

Before that, a few remarks:

a. If you are not a country delegate or VP anymore, please do two things: (1) Let me know at jhbfischer@gmail.com, and (2) please forward this information to your new country delegate or VP.

b. As far as my information goes, the following countries are present in Galway (in alphabetical order):

Austria, Croatia, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

Should we be missing anyone, please also let us know.

c. If you have anything to add to the points below, please let me know at jhbfischer@gmail.com - and I will happily add this to the agenda.

d. Please note that any motions for Council need to be in WRITTEN form, and enough copies present on site for all delegates. Also, we will pre-announce discussions times for all agenda items. Obviously, Council has the power to prolong these discussions, but we take the prerogative of speeding things up a bit.

e. Documents (reports etc.) will be available for download by tomorrow.


So here we go:

1. Meeting times

The schedule for EUDC has been posted here:
http://www.galwayeudc2011.ie/tournament/schedule

Currently, pre-Council to sort out eligibility and other vital questions for the competition is planned for

Sunday, August 7th (Arrivals day) at 7 p.m. and will not last more than an hour.

Bid presentations and Q&A are planned for Monday, August 8th, 9 p.m.

Council is planned to begin on Friday, August 12th, at 8.30 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE: These times may be subject to change, please look out for notices at registration.

2. Issues

Currently, these questions are scheduled for discussion:

- Who should host EUDC 2012?
- Who should be the Committee members for next year? The way it stands, currently the positions of President, Registrar and Secretary are up for election.
- Should we move to a two years in advance bid cycle?
- Should Council advise or mandate that Committee members receive sponsorship for attending Euros?
- Do we need changes in the ESL rules?
- What are our agenda items for Worlds?
- Reports

3. Postponed issues

Unless this is moved by anyone, we will not be deciding or officially discussing the previously announced Constitutional overhaul. The reason is simple: The WUDC constitution also faces grave changes, and since it is our standing policy that Euros follows Worlds, we would be doubling the work if we decided anything this year. Also, it will save us a whole lot of work.

Invitation for pre-Council and Council in Galway

Dear all,
I sent out the invitation for pre-Council and Council in Galway through the dedicated Facebook group. Your country delegates should have received it. Still, it would be nice if you could ask them if they did; if not, they should join the Facebook group "EUDC Council", and let us know whom they are representing.

According to the registration desk, the following 23 countries will be represented in Galway: Austria, Croatia, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

To recap what that long message says:

Pre-Council is scheduled for August 8th, 9 p.m. Here, eligibility issues and the bid presentations will be heard and discussed. Council is scheduled for August 12th, 8.30 a.m.

Please note that these times may be subject to change. In particular, pre-Council might be moved to arrivals day, August 7th. This will be announced at registration, please keep you eyes peeled. Thank you!

Sorry if you receive this message multiple times, we don't want anyone to miss out on the endless joys of Council...

Best, and see you really soon!

Jens

DLSU Worlds Adjudication Workshop‏

Good day,

We would like to invite you to the DLSU Worlds Adjudication Workshop, a two-day event on August 26 & 27 2011 at De La Salle University.

The said workshop aims to enhance and strengthen the pool of Philippine Adjudicators in preparation for De La Salle Worlds and other local and international tournaments. The workshop will be headed by Ms. Lucinda David, the Co-Chief Adjudicator for this year's World Universities Debating Championships.

This is open to registered adjudicators in DLSU Worlds, AND to individuals who want to learn more about the art of judging a debate. Registration fee for the workshop is 300 pesos per individual.

Interested individuals and institutions may contact us by sending me an e-mail at gabriel.pavico@dlsuworlds.com or by calling us at 524.4611 local 376.

Thank you very much, and I hope to see you soon!

Regards,

Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico
Project Coordinator
De La Salle Worlds 2012
+63.917.592.5592
+63.2.524.4611 local 376
http://www.dlsuworlds.com/ 

Results & Report of the 1st China National High School English Debating Championships

The 1st China National High School English Debating Championships 2011 was held from 23rd to 29th July at the prestigious, century-old Jinling High School in the ancient city of Nanjing, China. A total of 32 high school teams from 6 Chinese cities, Nanjing, Chengdu, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Macau and Hong Kong competed in 8 World Schools Style Preliminary Rounds from 25th to 27th July. 12 teams advanced to the Pre-Quarter Finals on 28th July.




In the Grand Final, Team Pointless from Hangzhou Foreign Languages School from Hangzhou City, comprising Kevin Wang, Li Shu and Eunice Yu, defeated Team Ying Wa College from Hong Kong on a 5 to 2 majority vote. The Best Speaker of the Grand Final was Kevin Wang of Hangzhou Foreign Languages School. The debate motion for the Grand Final was "This House believes Western Governments should assassinate dictatorial leaders who use violence against their own people to stay in power."



The Best Speaker of the Tournament was Ms Fernanda Lai of Diocesan Girls' School from Hong Kong.



I would like to thank the following key people for making this inaugural event a smoothly organised one full of excellent debates and great fun for the 100-odd Chinese high school students:



Conveners: Ms Winnie Wang, Mr Benjamin Chen and Ms Tang Meng

Deputy Chief Adjudicators: "TJ" Thepparith Senamngern, Nicole Ng, Zheng Bo, Christy Bradley

Registration Directors: George Chen and Elliot Shi

Invited Independent Judges: Ms Faith Raagas, Ms Smile Deng, Ms Sufey Chen, Ms Kan Ma, Mr Raymond Lio, Ms Athena Liu, Ms June Fang, Ms Wang Ying Chong Grace, Ms Maria Qu, Ms Kata He, Ms Wang Yihan, Ms Kathy Zhang, Mr Tom Tung, Mr Diego Fang, Mr Low Kim Heng, Mr Nicholas Huang, Mr Tan Qi, Mr Neo Shao, Ms Nicki Liu, Mr Ted Cheng, Ms Rowena Wu, Mr Noah Wise



The full Results of the event and the Debate Motions are below:



12 Breaking Teams:

1. Avada Kedavra (Semi-Finalist)

2. Straight Man! (Semi-Finalist)

3. Pointless (Champion)

4. YingWa (Finalist)

5. Ciborium (Quarter-Finalist)

6. Muhammed Ali Hussein (Quarter-Finalist)

7. Nirvana (Quarter-Finalist)

8. CR Winner (Quarter-Finalist)

9. Accelarator (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)

10. Wingardium Laviosa (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)

11. The Catalyst (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)

12. Decepticon (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)



Best Speakers of the Tournament:

1. Fernanda Lai(DGS), HK, Avada Kedavra

2. Carrie Li (HFLS) Avada Kedavra

2. Sally Feng (HFLS) Straight Man!

4. Kevin Wang (HFLS) Pointless

5. Amy Wu (HFLS) Straight Man!

6. John Ye (HFLS) Straight Man!

6. Eunice Yu (HFLS) Pointless

8. Li Shu (HFLS) Pointless

9. Phyliss Qian (HFLS) Avada Kedavra

10. Alex Leung (Ying Wa College), HK, YingWa



5 Special Awards:

1. Most Enthusiastic Debater Award: Hammer An, (Nankai High School), Debatepedia

2. Most Stylish Debater Award: Alex Leung, (Ying Wa College, HK), YingWa

3. Most Humourous Debater Award: Joe Johnson, (JLHS), Three Stupid Idiots

4. The Spirit of Debate Award: Gollum Yang, (CFLS) Bald Lovers

5. Best Teammate Award: Caesar Gao, (NFLS) CR Winner



Debate Motions:



Round 1

This house would ban advertisements that use gender stereotypes.

Round 2

This House believes that university students should pay the full costs of their education.

Round 3

This House believes that environmental protection should come second to economic growth in developing countries.

Round 4

This House believes that animals should not be used as objects of sport and entertainment.

Round 5

This House would allow citizens to sell their organs.

Round 6

This House would require that students in all high schools (secular, religious, public, private, etc.) learn the beliefs of people of all major faiths, including those of no faith at all (atheists/agnostics).

Round 7 (Silent)

This House would require users of online social networks to disclose their real identity.


Round 8 (Silent)

This house believes that prisoners should have the right to vote in general elections held to form a national parliament.

Pre-Quarter Finals

This House believes that all countries should give up the use of nuclear energy.

Quarter-Finals

This House believes that the Arab World should stop selling oil to France until it removes its ban on the wearing of the Islamic Female Head Dress (Burqa) in Public.

Semi-Finals

THW allow school boards to fire teachers whose class consistently underperforms in standardized tests.

Grand Final

This House believes Western Governments should assassinate dictatorial leaders who use violence against their own people to stay in power.



The Full Tab of the Championship is found at:



http://debateclub.cn/minisites/CNHSDC2011-FullTab/index.html



cheers,





Loke Wing Fatt

Chief Adjudicator & Overall-in-charge

1st China National High School English Debating Championships 2011

President



Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)

Singapore

Website: saidsg.wordpress.com

Hart House IV Invitation

On behalf of the Hart House Debates Committee, it is my pleasure to formally invite you to the Hart House IV, taking place on October 14th – 16th.

Debating
All debates will be in standard British Parliamentary format, using Worlds speaking times (7 minutes per speech). All resolutions will be tight-link, with our very capable CAs ensuring a wide variety of topics are debated. There will be a hard cap of 80 teams.

There will be five preliminary rounds, with rounds 1-3 being open adjudication. If there are 80 registered teams, then we will break to quarter-finals. Otherwise, the top 8 teams will break to semis.

Awards will be given to the top 8 teams, top 10 speakers, top novice team, and top novice speaker.


Adjudication
The Chief Adjudicators of this year’s tournament are Steven Penner and Sam Greene. In the past year alone, Steven was the CUSID National Champion and British Parliamentary Champion. Steve has twice won the Seagram Cup, and has been a Chancellors semifinalist and Winter Carnival quarterfinalist. Sam’s accomplishments include CUSID British Parliamentary Champion, Central Canadian (Leger Cup) Champion, Nationals Semifinalist, National, North American and Central Novice champion, Guindon and Chancellors semifinalist.


In addition to our highly qualified Chief Adjudicators, Hart House has access to an incredibly deep judging pool. Between the Hart House debating club, Hart House alumni and other debaters in Toronto, we have multiple National and North American debating champions, as well as numerous members who have broken as judges or adjudicators at previous worlds. We're confident that we can provide quality judging in every room.


The judging requirement will be n/3, rounded down. If a team is unable to fulfill their judging requirement then this can be waived at the discretion of the Chief Adjudicators. We strongly encourage those teams who feel like they need a waiver to contact us, rather than sending an adjudicator who may be uncomfortable judging.


Equity and Accessibility
The equity officer for this year's tournament is Gemma Stanton-Hagan. An equity policy will be posted by October 1st.


Food and Socials
Debaters and judges will be provided with a bag dinner on Friday evening, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. Our traditional formal banquet will be happening on Saturday evening. If you require special dietary requirements (veggie, vegan, halal, kosher, allergies) then we can make arrangements for you if we're notified by October 9th.

There will be socials on both Friday and Saturday night, as well as an informal social for those arriving on Thursday. Every effort will be made to make the socials novice friendly.


Accommodation
We will be negotiating a hotel deal in the next few weeks. Details to follow.

For those who wish to billet, billeting is allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis.


Registration
Registration is $150 per team, and $70 per adjudicator, all prices in Canadian dollars. Registration begins September 1st, and ends October 5th. All schools must have paid in full by October 7th.

Registration and payment will be done online. Details to follow in late August.

Teams who must travel a significant distance (ie. those outside of North America, or those with abnormally high travel costs) can request that their registration be waived. We will consider these requests on a case-by-case basis. Please make this request during registration.

There is an initial school cap of 6 teams, which will be lifted on October 1st.

Hope to see lots of you there! If you have any questions, please contact the Tournament Directors, Deirdre Casey and Allie Allison, at harthousedebate@gmail.com.

Leeds pull out of bid to host 2012 Euros.

*A message from the team at Leeds EUDC*
After much consideration we decided last week that we were unable to bid to host the European Universities Debating Championship in 2012 and we will not be requesting council to consider our bid at Galway.

This was not an easy decision to make and many arrangements and plans were at an advanced stage but there were several crucial components of the bid that were underdeveloped and at this point in time we are unable to move ahead with bidding for 2012. Many people in Leeds and on the prospective A-team did a lot of hard work to organise and promote the bid and we are hoping that that Leeds can bid again in 2012 for 2013.

As anyone who was at the Leeds IV this year will tell you Leeds put on strong, well run tournaments but at this moment it time we are unable to put our bid to EUDC Council.

We are sorry for announcing this now but it was our intention to present at council and we therefore worked hard to get the bid ready for this year but in the end were unsuccessful. On a personal note I could not have had a better prospective adjudication team and if any of you are running a tournament anytime soon I hope that you consider Catherine Murphy, Rob Honig, Maria Kesa and Harish Natarajan for your adjudication team.

Thank you also to the many other people outside Leeds, including Harry, Anna and others, who agreed to be part of the project this year. Hopefully we will be back and stronger than ever for next year.

Many thanks
Fred Cowell
Prospective CA Leeds EUDC 2012

DLSU Worlds 2012: Confirmation of Application

Dear World Debating Community,

 

Thanks very much to those who have applied to the WUDC Independent Adjudicator application process. This message is to let you know that we have now responded to all those who have applied to acknowledge receipt of their applicaiton. That means: if you have not heard back from us, we have not received your applicaiton. We do not anticipate that this should be the case for anyone who has applied following the instructions at www.dlsuworlds.com, but wish to take every precaution possible in an important process. Should you think you have applied but not have heard from us, please get in touch withsam.block@dlsuworlds.com.

 

Many thanks,

 

The Adjudication Team

DLSU WUDC 2012