Asian Universities Debating

Here are the results of the 1st Asian Universities Debating Championship, hosted by NTU

Champion: Ateneo A (Jess Lopez, Charisse Borromeo, Sharmila Parmanand)
Finalist: NTU B (Ankit, Ajay, Sushil)

Semifinal 1: Ateneo A def. Ateneo B (Leloy Claudio, Glenn Tuazon,Kellda Centeno)
Semifinal 2: NTU B def. UPD B (Patricia Evangelista, Joan Caccam,Jonathan Yabut)

Best Speaker (tab) - Jess Lopez (Ateneo A)
Grand Final Best Speaker - Sushil (NTU B)
Best Adjudicator - Amit Bhatia (SIM)
EforL Champion - KHU AEforL Finalist - BNU A
For more details click here
The next hosts will be Ateneo de Manila University.

Istanbul info

The 3rd Istanbul International Debate Tournament will be held between August 8th and 12th in Koc University. Chief Adjudicators will be Jan Rosing, Derek Lande and Can Okar.

For more details check their website at http://istanbul2005.ku.edu.tr/

12th All-Asians

The 12th All-Asian Debating Championships were held in University Malaya.

Champions : MMU 1 (Tate, Balloons, Loganimal)

Grand Finalists : MMU 2 (Sumi, NG, Cripple)

Best Speaker Overall : Loganimal

Best Speaker GrandFinals : TateEFL Champions : Chula 1

EFL Best Speaker : Ace (Chula 1)

Best Rookie Team : RVCE, India

Best Rookie Speaker : Meera (Monash1)

Next Host : University Putra Malaysia, Langkawi

A new website has been set up to be the portal for Asian Debating. http://www.asiandebating.org/

London Summer Comps.

1. London Invitational on Friday 29th July, registration closing at 4pm. This tournament is by invitation only.
2. London Summer Open (BP) will be on Saturday 30th July, registration will close around 11am on the day.
3. London Australs will be on the Sunday 31st July, registration will close around 11am on the day.

Chief Adjudicators will be Fiona Dewar and Amanda Wolthuizen.

The Invitational is an individuals tournament, rounds will have 6 debaters (basically Balaka style, missing the 3rd speaker from BP), speeches will be 5 minutes long and involves lots and lots of drink, akin to the DDT in Canada.

Debating will start from 4pm and end at 10pm.All three tournaments will take place at the BPP Law School in Holborn, the cost is yet to be finalised, although it is anticipated that teams from Ireland and Scotland will receive a discount. Further, individuals participating in both tournaments can expect a discounted rate.

Check the mailing list on British debate for more details. http://lists.topica.com/lists/britishdebate