Toronto 2002 Results

Winner:
NYU Law (Rob Weekes & Alan Merson)


Runners Up:
UCD L&H A (Paul Brady & Colin Walsh)
Monash A (Amanda Wolthuizen & Michael Smith)
Durham B (Jon Simons & Tom Hamilton).


Best Speaker
Ewan Smith (Oxford A)


World Debating Masters Competition
Winner: Canada B (Rob Silver & Janick),
Runners up: Canada A (Michael Meeuwis & Daniel Bach)


English as a second Lanugage
Winner: Hebrew A (Yehousha Gutler & Roy Weisner)
Runners up:
India Law
Nanyang TU
Tel Aviv


World Public Speaking Champion
Roy Weisner (Hebrew)


Comedy
Alan Merson (NYU Law)







World Championships
Grand Final
THW ban prisoners publishing accounts of their crimes

Durham B NYU Law Monash A UCD L&H A
Judges: Rob Silver (Can), Alex Macoun (Aus), Ian Lising (US), James Bitanga (Ph), Stephen Pitel (Can), Caoilfhionn Gallagher (Ire), Neill Harvey-Smith (UK), Marika Muller (SA), Jason Brent (Can)

Semi Finals
THBT civil liberties must be restricted in the interests of security
Semi 1 Monash A Queens B Oxford E NYU Law
Judges: Alex Macoun, Neill Harvey Smith, Ian Lising, Dena Varah, James Bitanga, Sean Krispinsky, Rob Rinder

Semi 2 UCD L&H A Oxford E Cambridge C Durham B
Judges: Rob Silver, Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Marika Muller, Catherine Orr, Stephen Pitel, Jason Brent

Qtr Finals
TH supports surrogacy for profit

Qtr 1 Oxford C Monash A Oxford A Auckland
Judges: Neill Harvey-Smith, Sean Krispinsky, Anna French, Katie Telford, Rob Rinder

Qtr 2 NYU Law Durham A Alberta A Queens B
Judges: Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Stephen Pitel, Catherine Orr, Alexis Hearndon, Mike D'Abramo

Qtr 3 Inner Temple Oxford E UCD L&H A Sydney B
Judges: Rob Silver, Marika Muller, Dena Varah, James Bitanga, Joe Ross

Qtr 4 Cambridge B Cambridge C Durham B Ottawa Law
Judges: Alex Macoun, Colm Flynn, Ian Lising, Jason Brent, Emily Garin

Octo Finals
THW extradite accused criminals to face the death penalty
Octo 1 Oxford A Queensland A Glasgow A Oxford C
Judges: Rob Silver, Emily Garin, Gareth Tilley, Praba Ganesan, Daniel Bach.

Octo 2 Monash A Cambridge A Cambridge E Aukland
Judges: Alex Macoun, Colm Flynn, Jason Brent, Jacob Glick, Valrie Grant

Octo 3 Durham A Queens A Queens C Queens B
Judges: Stephen Pitel, Dena Varah, Alexis Hearndon, Mark Russell, Catriona McCarthy

Octo 4 NYU Law Alberta A Oxford B Oxford D
Judges: Ian Lising, Amanda Kiemas, Mike Jancik, Andrew Wilkinson, Joe Brown

Octo 5 MIT A Inner Temple Oxford E Limerick B
Judges: Caoilfhionn Gallagher, JAmes Bitanga, Aaron Craigie, Michael Meeuwis, Andrew McAllister

Octo 6 Sydney B UCD L&H A Columbia Yale B
Judges: Marika Muller, Sean Krispinsky, Katie Telford, Jessica Harvey-Smith, Louis Mooney

Octo 7 Ateneo Edinburgh Cambridge C Durham B
Judges: Catherine Orr, Mike D'Abramo, Lauren Cusick, Peter Neilson

Octo 8 Glasgow B Kings Inns Ottowa Law Cambridge B
Judges: Neill Harvey-Smith, Anna French, Rob Rinder, Joe Ross, Omer Beckerman


ESL Competition

ESL Final
THB that the Nobel Prize proves that the UN has a strong role to play.


Winners: Hebrew A
India Law NTU Hebrew A Tel Aviv
Colm Flynn (Ire) Peter Neilson (Can), Catherine Orr (Aus), Sean Krispinsky (US), Michael Meeuwis (Can), Daniel Bach (Can), James Bitanga (Ph)

Semi Finals
THBT prisoners have no right to vote.

Semi 1 Ateneo Manila D Tel Aviv NTU DLSU
Semi 2 Hebrew A NUS India Law Hebrew B


Masters

Winners: Canada B Rob Silver and Mike Jancik


Final
Canada A (Daniel Bach and Michael Meeuwis) Canada B (Rob Silver and Mike Jancik)
Judges: Colm Flynn (Ire) Jacob Glick (Can), Caoilfhionn Gallagher (Ire) Alex Macoun (Aus), Stephen Pitel (Can), Catherine Orr (Aus), Marika Muller (SA),
Semi Finals
Government Opposition Judges
Canada A Singapore
Judges: Dena Varah, Catherine Orr, Katie Telford

England Canada B
Judges: Colm Flynn Stephen Pitel, Marika Muller


Motions
Day 1:

1. THW bail out failing industries
2. THBT making Yasser Arafat a partner in peace was a mistake
3. THBT the West should treat state- sponsored sexism as apartheid
4. THBT the WTO is the friend of the developing world
5. THW force-feed anorexics
6. THBT political assassinations are a legitimate tool of foreign policy
7. TH supports domestic content quotas in broadcasting
8. THBT the sexual history of rape victims should be admissible in court
9. THBT U.S. foreign policy is responsible for September 11th
Octo-finals: THW extradite accused criminals to face the death penalty
Quarters: TH supports surrogacy for profit
Semis: THBT civil liberties must be restricted in the interests of security
Final: THW ban prisoners publishing accounts of their crimes
ESL Semi: THBT prisoners have no right to vote
ESL Final: THB that the Nobel Prize proves that the UN has a strong role to play.