Scotland win 2012 World Schools Debate

Scotland (Alfie Hinchliffe, Charlie Thomas, Ruth Cameron) have won the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships defeating Wales (Amy Jones, David Wigley, Piers Digby)  8-1 in the final in Capetown.

The final motion was "This House regrets South Africa's decision to use the Truth and Reconciliation Commission rather the prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes committed under Apartheid

Wales and Scotland contest 2012 WSDC final

Wales and Scotland will contest the final of the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships in Cape Town.

In the semi finals Scotland defeated Philippines 6-1 while Wales defeated England also by 6-1.

World Schools Debating Championships Qtr Final Results

Philippines defeats Singapore (5-0)

England defeats New Zealand (3-2)

Scotland defeats Australia (5-0)

Wales defeats Ireland (3-2)

 

The Draw for the Semi Finals is

England vs. Wales

Judges: Seham Areff (Chair), Chris Bishop, Taimur Bandey, Tracey Lee, Chris Hibbard, Iqbal Hafiedz, Eirianna Kouri

Philippines vs. Singapore 

Judges: Steph Dick (Chair), Kristen Price, Josh Park, Chris Sanchez, Mehvesh Ahmed, Rocio Abril, Dan de Kadt!

Motion for the Semis  THS a 100% tax on inherited wealth

World Schools Octo-Final Results

OF1: Singapore (1) vs. South Korea (16) 2-1 Singapore
OF2: Philippines (8) vs. Canada (9) 2-1 Philippines
OF3: Australia (4) vs. Malaysia (13) 3-0 Australia
OF4: Scotland (5) vs. Greece (12) 3-0 Scotland
OF5: Lithuania (11) vs. England (6) 3-0 England
OF6: Hong Kong (14) vs. New Zealand (3) 2-1 New Zealand
OF7: India (10) vs. Wales (7) 3-0 Wales
OF8: Ireland (15) vs. South Africa (2) 2-1 Ireland

Quarterfinal Match-up
QF1: Singapore (1) vs. Philippines (8) (Judges:Christopher Bishop (chair), Taiumur Bandey, Seham Areff, Iqbal Gafiedz, Eirianna Kouri)

QF2: Australia (4) vs. Scotland (5) (Judges: Tracey Lee (Chair), Beth James, TJ Senamngern, Desley Horton, Tom McLennan)
QF3: England (6) vs. New Zealand (3) (Judges: Daniel de Kadt (Chair), Stephanie Dick, Chris Sanchez, Chris Hibbard, Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed)

QF4: Wales (7) vs. Ireland (15) (Judges: Joshua Park (Chair), Kip Oebanda, Irene McGrath, Thng Yi Ren, Kristen Price)

World Schools 2012 Final Tab

The draw for the Knock outs of the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships is

1 Singapore vs 16. Korea
8 Philippines vs 9 Canada

4 Australia vs 13 Malaysia
5 Scotland vs 12 Greece

6 England vs 11 Lithuania
3 New Zealand vs 14 Hong Kong

7 Wales vs 10 India
2 South Africa vs 15 Ireland.
You can find this in a neater graphical view showing the path to the final on http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/Knockout.pdf
Also the overall final team tab is

TEAM TAB AFTER EIGHT ROUNDS
Position Team Debates Wins Adjudicators Total points
1 SINGAPORE 8 8 23 6233.5
2 SOUTH AFRICA 8 8 21 6179.5
3 NEW ZEALAND 8 8 21 6112.5
4 AUSTRALIA 8 7 20 6151.0
5 SCOTLAND 8 7 19 6122.5
6 ENGLAND 8 6 20 6241.0
7 WALES 8 6 18 6088.5
8 PHILIPPINES 8 6 18 6005.5
9 CANADA 8 6 17 6087.5
10 INDIA 8 6 17 6029.0
11 LITHUANIA 8 6 17 5953.5
12 GREECE 8 6 16 6066.0
13 MALAYSIA 8 6 15 5991.5
14 HONG KONG 8 5 16 6127.0
15 IRELAND 8 5 16 6033.5
16 KOREA 8 5 15 6104.5
17 PAKISTAN 8 5 15 6082.0
18 ISRAEL 8 5 15 5942.0
19 SRI LANKA 8 5 14 6015.0
20 THAILAND 8 5 14 5930.0
21 ESTONIA 8 5 14 5915.5
22 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 8 5 12 5962.5
23 SLOVENIA 8 4 14 5979.0
24 NETHERLANDS 8 4 13 5983.0
25 INDONESIA 8 4 13 5923.5
26 SLOVAKIA 8 4 13 5919.5
27 MEXICO 8 4 12 6008.0
28 SWAZILAND 8 4 12 5910.5
29 ARGENTINA 8 4 12 5860.5
30 TURKEY 8 4 11 5897.0
31 CZECH REPUBLIC 8 3 10 5898.5
32 CHINA 8 3 10 5849.5
33 ROMANIA 8 3 10 5841.0
34 ZIMBABWE 8 3 10 5783.0
35 PERU 8 3 8 5847.5
36 GERMANY 8 3 7 5870.0
37 BANGLADESH 8 2 12 5932.0
38 UNITED STATES 8 2 8 5831.5
39 BOTSWANA 8 2 6 5623.5
40 QATAR 8 2 4 5640.0
41 DENMARK 8 1 5 5768.0
42 SWEDEN 8 1 5 5756.0
43 BERMUDA 8 1 3 5637.0
44 KUWAIT 8 0 2 5763.0
45 MOLDOVA 8 0 2 5640.5
46 JAPAN 8 0 1 5606.5
47 NIGERIA 8 0 0 5647.5
48 MONGOLIA 8 0 0 5436.0

World Schools Results after Round 6 #WSDC

From http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/

TEAM WINS JUDGES
Argentina 3 10
Australia 5 15
Bangladesh 2 10
Bermuda 0 1
Botswana 2 6
Canada 5 14
China 1 5
Czech Republic 3 8
Denmark 0 3
England 5 16
Estonia 3 9
Germany 1 3
Greece 5 13
Hong Kong 4 12
India 4 11
Indonesia 3 10
Ireland 3 9
Israel 3 10
Japan 0 1
Korea 5 15
Kuwait 0 2
Lithuania 4 11
Malaysia 4 10
Mexico 2 6
Moldova 0 1
Mongolia 0 0
Netherlands 3 9
New Zealand 6 16
Nigeria 0 0
Pakistan 3 10
Peru 3 7
Philippines 4 13
Qatar 2 4
Romania 3 9
Scotland 5 14
Singapore 6 17
Slovakia 3 10
Slovenia 4 12
South Africa 6 16
Sri Lanka 4 10
Swaziland 3 8
Sweden 1 4
Thailand 4 11
Turkey 3 8
UAE 4 10
USA 2 7
Wales 5 15
Zimbabwe 2 7

Note: The Chief Adjudicators do not yet guarantee the accuracy of these results.

Note that one judge retired through illness during Round 4, but the debate was allowed to continue.
This result is still to be confirmed in due course.
Note that the India v. Mexico debate for Round 5 has been postponed until this evening.

World Schools Round 1 & 2 Results & Ranking

See http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/ for more info


Ranking
TEAM WINS JUDGES
Argentina 1 3
Australia 1 3
Bangladesh 0 2
Bermuda 0 0
Botswana 1 3
Canada 2 5
China 1 3
Czech Republic 1 3
Denmark 0 1
England 2 6
Estonia 1 3
Germany 0 0
Greece 2 5
Hong Kong 1 4
India 1 2
Indonesia 1 3
Ireland 1 3
Israel 1 4
Japan 0 1
Korea 2 6
Kuwait 0 0
Lithuania 1 4
Malaysia 2 4
Mexico 1 4
Moldova 0 0
Mongolia 0 0
Netherlands 2 4
New Zealand 2 5
Nigeria 0 0
Pakistan 1 3
Peru 1 2
Philippines 1 4
Qatar 1 2
Romania 1 4
Scotland 1 3
Singapore 2 6
Slovakia 1 4
Slovenia 1 4
South Africa 2 5
Sri Lanka 1 2
Swaziland 1 3
Sweden 0 0
Thailand 1 3
Turkey 1 3
UAE 2 5
USA 1 4
Wales 2 5
Zimbabwe 0 1


Round 2
Motion: This House believes that newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties to participate in elections

Argentina Opp (3) defeated Mongolia Prop (0)
Australia Opp (2) defeated Mexico Prop (1)
Botswana Opp (3) defeated Nigeria Prop (0)
Canada Opp (3) defeated Peru Prop (0)
China Prop (3) defeated Moldova Opp (0)
England Opp (3) defeated Estonia Prop (0)
Greece Prop (2) defeated Bangladesh Opp (1)
Indonesia Opp (3) defeated Zimbabwe Prop (0)
Korea Prop (3) defeated Scotland Opp (0)
Lithuania Prop (3) defeated Germany Opp (0)
Malaysia Prop (2) defeated Denmark Opp (1)
Netherlands Opp (2) defeated Philippines Prop (1)
New Zealand Prop (2) defeated Israel Opp (1)
Pakistan Opp (3) defeated India Prop (0)
Qatar Opp (2) defeated Swaziland Prop (1)
Romania Prop (3) defeated Kuwait Opp (0)
Singapore Prop (3) defeated Sri Lanka Opp (0)
Slovakia Opp (3) defeated Czech Republic Prop (0)
South Africa Opp (2) defeated Hong Kong Prop (1)
Thailand Opp (3) defeated Sweden Prop (0)
Turkey Opp (3) defeated Bermuda Prop (0)
UAE Opp (3) defeated Ireland Prop (0)
USA Prop (3) defeated Japan Opp (0)
Wales Prop (2) defeated Slovenia Opp (1)

Round 1
Motion: This House would ban alcohol

Canada Prop (2) defeated USA Opp (1)
Czech Republic Opp (3) defeated Pakistan Prop (0)
England Prop (3) defeated China Opp (0)
Estonia Opp (3) defeated Moldova Prop (0)
Greece Opp (3) defeated Qatar Prop (0)
Hong Kong Opp (3) defeated Turkey Prop (0)
India Opp (2) defeated Slovakia Prop (1)
Ireland Opp (3) defeated Germany Prop (0)
Israel Prop (3) defeated Nigeria Opp (0)
Korea Opp (3) defeated Argentina Prop (0)
Malaysia Opp (2) defeated Australia Prop (1)
Mexico Opp (3) defeated Denmark Prop (0)
Netherlands Prop (2) defeated Romania Opp (1)
New Zealand Opp (3) defeated Botswana Prop (0)
Peru Opp (2) defeated Japan Prop (1)
Philippines Opp (3) defeated Kuwait Prop (0)
Scotland Prop (3) defeated Mongolia Opp (0)
Singapore Opp (3) defeated Indonesia Prop (0)
Slovenia Prop (3) defeated Sweden Opp (0)
South Africa Prop (3) defeated Bermuda Opp (0)
Sri Lanka Prop (2) defeated Zimbabwe Opp (1)
Swaziland Opp (2) defeated Bangladesh Prop (1)
UAE Prop (2) defeated Lithuania Opp (1)
Wales Opp (3) defeated Thailand Prop (0)

Updates from World Schools Debating Championships 2012 #WSDC

Hello all – good luck to the competitors in WSDC 2012 which is now underway.  Just a reminder you can follow the results of the debates in a number of places, including:

·         Official WSDC Twitter feed:  http://www.twitter.com/SchoolsDebate

·         WSDC 2012 feed: https://twitter.com/#!/WSDC2012

·         WSDC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Schools-Debating-Championships/340591412990

·         WSDC website: http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/

·         WSDC 2012 website: http://www.sa-debating.co.za/wsdc/

·         And the WSDC blog: http://blog.schoolsdebate.com/

Overwhelmed by choice?  Follow @SchoolsDebate and @WSDC2012 on Twitter, or keep visiting the WSDC blog.  We’ll post the results as soon as the adjudication team are done with them.

All the best

Trevor

(WSDC Development Committee)

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.

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

Chair of World Schools Council appointed District Judge

The following e-mail has been sent out to the mailing lists by Claire Ryan to announce her resignation as chair of council of the World Schools Debating Championships and that she will not be attending the upcoming championships in Dundee.  However the good news is that she is stepping down to take up a position as a District Court Judge in New Zealand. 

Congratulations to Claire.  She has contributed a huge amount to schools debating around the world and she will be missed.  I'm sure she will have a long and successful judicial career ahead of her.


Greetings everyone from an unusually sunny day in wintry Auckland - great for astronomy tonight!



I was planning on letting you know some other news today but with the exciting announcements emerging this morning about WSDC 2011 ( the draw!) and WSDC 2012 ( the newsletter!) which hopefully will take the limelight, I am grateful that my less interesting news can slip quietly in behind.


My news is that I have been appointed as a District Court Judge and will be sworn in on 5 August 2011. I am very fortunate to be able to carry out my judicial duties in Auckland and not have to work and live somewhere else although I may go on circuit to other places in New Zealand from time to time. I will be presiding over jury trials and working in the Youth Court which will be wonderful and I look forward to it.


I will need to leave WSDC and I have tendered my resignation to the Executive to be effective from 5 August 2011. In accordance with the rules, Beth James, as Vice Chairperson will step into the breach until the elections in Dundee when you will choose a new Chairperson. I ask you to give Beth every support in this time. As you know, she is doing a fabulous job as co-CA and her organisational and leadership skills are phenomenal. I am sorry that I am imposing such an extra burden on her prior to Dundee.


I also want to thank the other members of the Executive for their service to you and the debating community; Hayah Eichler, Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed, Sherria Ayuandini, Effie Giannakouri, Irene McGrath, Mert Onen and Joshua Park.


Sadly, I will not be able to attend Dundee. As a number of you know, I intended to stand down as chairperson at Dundee anyway but my appointment has moved matters forward more quickly. It means I can't say goodbye and thank you in person and I'm sorry about that. But as my little (6 ft 6) brother says, "it is what it is."


What I can say by email is that it has been an honour and a privilege to work with you for almost 10 years and to watch our school debaters grow into fine young men and women who contribute in positive ways to the community. I have made some wonderful friends from the WSDC community (you know who you are!) and know that those friendships will continue.


I end with two phrases in reo (Maori language).


First a whakatauki (or proverb) for our young people and their call to leadership;
Ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi.
The old net is cast aside, while the new net goes fishing.


Second, from within me;
Ko kaiwhakawā tōku mahi; ko nga hoa tōku mauri
Judging is my job (but) friends are my life-force.


Kind regards and thank you for all you do and all you are.


Claire

World Schools Debating Championships Motions 2011

The 2011 WSDC Motions Committee have announced the following prepared motions for the Championships.

Rd 1 This House would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
Rd 3 This House believes that Universal Primary Education is a misallocation of resources for the developing world
Rd 5 This House would legalise the sale of human organs
Rd 7 This House believes that women can only achieve equality under a secular system of government

Grand Final: This House believes that autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook

All other motions will be announced one hour before the start of each debate.

1st China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2011

Dear Friends of Debate, I am happy to announce that we will be holding the 1st China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2011 this summer in the city of Nanjing, China.

We would like to invite your high schools and/or your former high schools to send debate teams to compete in this inaugural, ground-breaking event in China.




Please help us to spread the word on this event by forwarding it to teachers, debate trainers and students you know who may be interested to consider coming to join our debate party.

Below is a summary of the event at a glance:
1. Dates: 23th to 29th July (Arrival on 23rd and Departure on 29th July)

2. Location: Jinling High School, Nanjing, China

3. Debate Format : 3-on-3 World Schools' Style
(World Schools' Debating Championship or WSDC Debate Format)

4. Tournament Capacity: 50 Teams

5. Schedule: Please see Schedule document attached.

6. Tournament Structure
a) Main Competition -- For Mainland Chinese High School Teams
b) International Finals Series -- For High School Teams from Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, International Schools in China, and the rest of the world
c) 8 Preliminary Rounds of Debates, Quarter to Grand Final
d) High Schools do not need bring along judges as we will be inviting top local/overseas judges to provide quality adjudication

7. Registration Fee -- 800Chinese Yuan/RMB per debater/teacher/judge (excludes hotel accommodation)

8. Registration Deadline: 21st May 2011

9. Registration Method : Submission of Registration Form A (attached) by 21st May 2011 to both these email addresses:
1. chinahighschooldebate2011@hotmail.com
2. George Chen at: georgecc1991@hotmail.com

10. Social Events
a) Opening Ceremony/Welcome Dinner
b) Break Night Dinner & Party
c) Grand Final/Closing Ceremony/Awards Presentation/Championship Dinner

11. Tournament Website
A Tournament Website will be ready by 23rd April. It will contain the same information I have given in the attached documents, and will be updated regularly.

Thanking you and hoping to hear from you, on behalf of the Organising Committee.

For more information or clarification, please write to me.

cheers,

loke wing fatt
Overall-in-charge/Chief Adjudicator
1st China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2011
Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)
Singapore
Website: saidsg.wordpress.com

ASDC III: First Phase of Registration‏

Ewha Debating Initiative Society (EDiS) and the Daewon Debate Team (DDT) invite your institution to Asian Schools Debate Championship 2011: Seoul. The tournament was found by De La Salle Debate Society (LSDS) to galvanize the Asian high school debate community by bringing them together for an agora of intellectual and cultural discourse.

Though the tournament is on its third year, this is the first time that it will be hosted outside of the Philippines. In 2011, the prominent tournament will be hosted in South Korea’s metropolis capital, Seoul from July 22nd to 28th. Already, more than a hundred participants from 23 institutions from 10 different countries have registered.

The debates will be in the Asians format with 7 preliminary rounds in a league format and the top 16 teams will compete for the championship in a tournament format. Furthermore, the tournament will include a culture banquet, break night and championship dinner, and a tour of Seoul.

Should there be any questions about the tournament, please contact us at asdc2011seoul@gmail.com. Also, please check our facebook page: ASDC 2011: Seoul. The official website for the tournament is on its way, but the organizing committee wanted to receive registration as soon as possible in order to deliver the best logistics possible by receiving the necessary information early.

Please join us in our efforts to support the empowerment of future Asian leaders and their development. We look forward to seeing your institution in Seoul this July for our competition.

Thank you,

Jeewon Yoo
 Convener
 Daewon Foreign Language High School ‘11

ESU Debate Academy 2011

Dear all,
The ESU is pleased to invite you to the 2011 Debate Academy. Registration is now open, and places are going fast! Go to www.esu.org/debateacademy/ for more information and to register online. Please do not hesitate to email kallina.basli@esu.org with any enquiries.
I hope to see you at Debate Academy this summer!
Kallina

ESU DEBATE ACADEMY
Debate Academy brings over 100 students - aged 14 to 18 - from across the world together for a residential summer course. The programme offers coaching in debate to all ability levels delivered by some of the best coaches and debaters in the world. Whether you have little or no experience or are gearing up for the trials for your national debating team, Debate Academy has something to offer you.

ESU World Schools Academy 2011
Dates: 20th – 25th July 2011
Venue: Oakham School, Rutland, UK
Registration Fee: £350 per student (includes 5 nights full-board accommodation)

What to expect:

• six days of intense training in the World Schools format;
• beginner, intermediate and advanced streams;
• training delivered by our expert faculty, including former WSDC winners and coaches of national teams. See the website for more information!

Ten reasons why you should come to the ESU Debate Academy 2011:

1. A range of workshops tailored to your level.
2. Coaching by exceptional faculty – check the website to see who will be teaching you!
3. A range of debate resources developed by the ESU that you can take away with you.
4. Learn about successful competitive debating strategies.
5. Attend cutting edge lectures on key topics that every debater should know about. Talk to, debate with and question students from some of the best universities in the UK.
6. Take part in at least 5 debates and receive in depth feedback from the judges.
7. Practice communication and personal skills, including critical thinking skills and developing the confidence to speak in public - useful no matter where you find yourself later in life.
8. Accommodation in the beautiful and safe environment of the Oakham School, all meals and snacks, and all teaching resources are included in your registration fee.
9. A range of social activities where students can meet, hang out, and have fun with other debaters from across the world.
10. It’s a lot of fun! Don’t take our word for it, read through the testimonials on the website and make up your own mind!

Go to www.esu.org/debateacademy/ now!

Eurasian Schools Debating Championship: The Break

This is the full break from the ESDC held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Singapore (7)
South Africa (7)
Greece C (6)
Prague British School (6)
Croatia 1 (6)
Romania 1 (6)
Malaysia (6)
UAE A (5)
Slovenia A (5)
UAE B (5)
Greece A (5)
USA B (5)
Slovakia (5)
Greece B (5)
Germany Black (5)
Sweden 2 (5)

Octo-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals are taking place on Sunday at Robert College, while the final's scheduled for Monday night, after the inaugural Eurasian Schools Council meeting.