HWS / IDEA Round Robin Results

Champions: Stanford University (Michael Baer & Shengwu Li)

2nd Place: Oxford Union (Will Jones & Ben Woolgar)

Finalist: Sydney Union (Dom Bowes & Paul Karp)

Finalist: Yale University (Nick Cugini & Ben Kornfeld)

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TOP SPEAKERS

1) Ben Woolgar (Oxford)

2) Michael Baer (Stanford)

3) Shengwu Li (Stanford)

4) Will Jones (Oxford)

5) Nick Cugini (Yale)

6) Ben Kornfeld (Yale)

7) Paul Karp (Sydney)

8) Kate Falkenstien (Yale)

9) Romeo Maione (Carleton)

10) Christine Simpson (UCD L&H)

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FULL TAB at: http://people.hws.edu/barnes/rr/2012-RR-tab.pdf

At-Large Invited Teams for the HWS / IDEA Round Robin

Seven teams have been invited to attend the 2012 RR based on their applications. Below is a list of those teams and a couple of their achievements.

Hart House (Sam Greene & Steve Penner)

-- 2010 Canadian BP Champions, 2011 CUSID Champions, etc.

Loyola Marymount (James Kilcup & Dearbhail O'Crowley)

-- 2011 Cambridge Finalists, 2011 Yale IV Finalist, etc.

Tel Aviv (Omer Nevo & Sella Nevo)

-- 2012 World ESL Champions, 2011 Euros ESL Champions, etc.

UCD L&H (Michael O'Dwyer & Christine Simpson)

-- 2012 Worlds Semi-Finalists, 2011 Edinburgh Cup Finalists, etc.

Univ. of London (Fred Cowell & Rosie Unwin)

-- Semis & top of the tab at 2010 Euros, Broke at Worlds 2008 & 2006, etc.

Yale (Max Dovala & Kate Falkenstien)

-- Broke 6th at 2012 Worlds, 2011 US UDC Finalists, etc.

Yale (Nick Cugini & Ben Kornfeld)

-- 2011 Worlds Semi-finalists, Oxford IV Semi-finalists in 2010 & 2011, etc.

We will be deciding on judges in the near future.

2012 HWS / IDEA Round Robin Automatic Bid Teams

The following 9 teams have confirmed that they will be attending the 2012 RR based on their accomplishments in 2011.

Cambridge (Maria English & Tom Powell)

International Mace Champion

Cornell (Alex Bores & Ryan Yeh)

Hart House IV Champions

Hart House (Veenu Goswami & Josh Stark)

Canadian BP Champions

Oxford (Ben Woolgar & Will Jones)

Euros Champion

Pretoria (Katherine Harding & Debby Nixon)

Pan-African Champions

RVCE (Prasun Bhaiya & Karthik Sivaram)

Asian BP Champions

Stanford (Michael Baer & Shengwu Li)

Worlds Finalist & Yale IV Champion *

Sydney (Dominic Bowes & Paul Karp)

Australian BP Champion

Sydney (Joanna Connolly & Daniel Swain)

Oxford IV Champion & Worlds Finalist *

* Denotes a double-qualifying team

The teams filling the remaining 7 at-large spots will be announced shortly.

HWS / IDEA Round Robin

2012 HWS / IDEA Round Robin

Watch the promo video shown at DLSU Worlds

Contact barnes@hws.edu for more details.