WUDC Judges

Top Judges at the World Debating Championships.  Chief Adjudicators, Deputy Chief Adjudicators and judges of the various finals.

Chief Adjudicator
2016
2015 Shafiq Bazari (Mal) & Johathan Leader Maynard (UK)
2014 Harish Natarajan (Ind) & Michael Baer (US)
2013 Sharmila Parmanand (Ph) &  Douglas Cochran (UK)
2012 Lucinda David (Ph) & Sam Block (UK)
2011 Logandran Balavijendran (Mal)
2010 Can Okar (Tur)
2009 Derek Lande (Ire)
2008 Rajesh Krishnan (Sin)
2007 Kevin Massie (Can)
2006 Paul Brady (Ire)
2005 Logandran Balavijendran (Mal)
2004 Ravi Visnawathan (Sin)
2003 Marika Muller (SA)
2002 Rob Silver (Can)
2001 Andy Hume (Sco)
2000 Rebecca Graham (Aus)
1999 Peejay Garcia (Ph)
1998 Julie Pipilos (Greece)
1997 Veronica Vurgarellis (SA)
1996 John Long (Ire)
1995 Mark Paulding (US)
1994 Michael Gronow (Aus)

Deputy Chief Adjudicators (DCA)
2016
2015 Danique Van Koppenhagen, Sebastian Templeton, Engin Arikan, Brett Frazer, Madeline Schultz
2014 Ely Zosa (Ph) Fiona Prowse (Aus), Steve Whittington (NZ), Michael Shapira (Isr)
2013 Victor Finkel (Aus), Isabelle Fischer (De), James Kilcup (US)
2012 Cormac Early (US) Tim Mooney (Aus) Joe Roussos (SA) Masako Suzuki (JP) Art Ward (Ire)
2011 James Dray (UK), Anat Gelber (Isr) Richard Lizius (Can), Tim Jeffris (Aus)
2010 Will Jones (UK), Julia Bowes (Aus), Sutern Tate Thomas (Mal), Josh Bone (Can)
2009 Erin O'Brien (UK), Ivan Ah Sam (Aus) and Rory Gillis (Can)
2008 Ciaran Lawlor (Ire), Kylie Lane (Aus) Beth O'Connor (US), Joanna Nairn (Can)
2007 Derek Lande (Ire) Tim Sonnreich (Aus), Alex Deane (Eng)
2006 Fiona Dewar (Eng), Erik Eastaugh (Can), Michael Smith (Aus)
2005 Jermery Brier (Eng) Kevin Massie (Can)
2004 Amanda Wolthuizen (Aus) Neill Harvey-Smith (Eng) Ranjan Agarwal (Can)
2003 Colm Flynn (Ire) Catherine Orr (Aus)
2002 Caoilfhionn Gallagher (Ire), Alex Macoun (Aus)
2001 Rob Silver (Can) & Meg O'Sullivan (Aus)
2000 Andy Hume (Sco) & Ben Foss (US)
1999 Ray d’Cruz (Aus), Ben Richards (Aus), and Omar Sallahuddin (Mal), John Long (Ire)
1998 Simone Murry (Aus)
1997 Ray D'Cruz (Aus) & John Long (Ire)

Assistant DCA
2016 None
2015 None
2014 None
2013 Jens Fischer (De)
2012 Julian Bautista (Ph) Kurt See (Ph)
2011 Pearl Mathumo (Bot)
2010 Ozan Mert Ondes & Handan Orel
2009 Daniel P. McCarthy (Ire)
2008 Ravi ?
2007 Joanna Nairn (Can)
2006 None
2005 Praba Ganesan (Mal)
2004 Ankit Bahri (Sin)
2003 Gill McNaught (SA)
2002 Dena Vera (Can)
2001 JP Toner (Sco)
2000 Jeremy Helmans (Aus)
1999 None
1998 None
1997 None
1996 None
1995 Charles Douglas Kern (US)


World Debating Championships Final Judges:
2016
2015
2014 Michael Baer (chair), Ely Zosa, Steve Whittington, Leela Koenig, Tim Blair, Jonathan L. Maynard, Ben Kornfeld
2013 Sharmilla Parmanand, James Kilcup, Isa Fischer, Jack Watson, Omer Nevo, [x] Metnar, Shengwu Li, Monique Hard[x], Kirstie McDonald Russel
2012 Lucinda David, Sam Block, Adam Goldstein, Joe Roussos, Art Ward, Tate Thomas, Kirsten Price, Mary Nugent, Zayn Siddique.
2011 Logandran Balavijendran, James Dray, Anat Gelber, Richard Lizius, Tim Jeffris, Michael Baer, Kimera Yoko Chetty
2010 Suthen Tate Thomas (MMU chair) Christopher Bishop (Victoria Wellington) Sharmila Parmanand - (Ateneo de Manila) Doug Cochran (Cambridge) Kirsty Russell (Independent) Jo Nairn (Hart House) Michael Baer (Stanford) Ross Reid McGuire (UCD Law) Logan Balavijendran (MMU)
2009 Derek Lande, Erin O'Brien, Ivan Ah Sam, Rory Gillis,  Can Okar, Saequa Islam
2008 Deirdre O’Donohoe (Ire) Diarmuid Early (Ire) Suthen 'Tate' Thomas (Mal) Neil Harvey-Smith (UK) Ian Lising (US) Ciaran Lawlor (Ire) Beth O’Connor (US) Joanna Nairn (Can), Rajesh Krishnan(Sin)
2007 Kevin Massie (Can Chair) Tim Sonnreich (Aus) Derek Lande (Ire) Alex Deane (Eng) Neill Harvey-Smith (Eng) Ian Lising (US) Jeremy Brier (Eng) Jo Nairn (Can) Hayley Nix (Yale)
2006 Ciaran Lawlor (Ire), Paul Brady (Ire), Fiona Dewar (Eng), Erik Eastaugh (Can), Michael Smith (Aus), Alex Deane (Eng) Jermery Brier (Eng) Caleb Ward (Eng) Alex Lally (Ire)
2005 Logandran Balavijendran (Mal), Praba Ganesan (Mal), Jermery Brier (Eng) Kevin Massie (Can) ???
2004 Neill Harvey-Smith (Eng), Ravi Visnawathan (non-voting Chair of the Grand Finale), Amanda (Aus),Ranjan (Can), Barry Tanner (Can), Praba Ganesh (Mal), Michael Smith (Aus), Ian Lising (USA.), Caleb Ward (End), Kate Stegeman (SA)
2003 Marika Muller (SA), Colm Flynn (Ire), Andy Hume (Sco) Ian Lising (US) Jennifer Twite (UK), Eamonn O'Flaherthy (Ire), Joan De Venecia (Ph)
2002 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)
2001 Andy Hume (Sco) Ben Foss (US) Rob Silver (Can) Meg O'Sullivan (Aus) Amanda Kiemas (Sg), Richard Wilkins (Sco) John Long (Ire) Nick Dunham (UK) JP Toner (Sco), Chris Fladgate (Aus)
2000 Rebrecca Graham (Aus) Omar Salahuddin (Mal) Diarmuid Conway (Ire) Ben Foss (US) Bombit Lagosa (Ph) Tommy Tonner (Sco) John Long (Ire) Andrew Mitchell (Aus) Praba Ganesan (Mal)
1999 Peejay Garcia (PH), Ray d’Cruz (Aus), Ben Richards (Aus), and Omar Sallahuddin (Mal), John Long (Ire), Rest not Known
1998 Julie Pipilos (Gre) Andy Hume (Sco) Michael Lubeski (Jap) Benjamin Kalin (US) Paul McDermott (Ire) Alex Kalisasis (Gre) Simone Murray (Aus)
1997 Veronica Vurgarellis (SA), Ray D'Cruz (AUS), John Long (Ire), Omar Salahuddin (Mal), Tommy Toner (Sco) Rest not known
1996 John Long (Ire), Chris Fladgate (Aus), Jermery Green (U.K.), Moluli Ramani (Can), Neil Higgins (US), Damian Crawford (Ire), Andrea Coomber (Aus)
1995 Mark Paulding (US) Robert J. McNeill (US), HE Siddihartha Shankar Ray (Ind), DR Dan Russell (Aus), Justice Randall Shepard (US), Kenneth Starr (US), Paul Volcker (US)
1994 Michael Gronow (Aus), Sir Edward Woodward (Aus) Rest not Known
1993 Lord Justice Bingham (UK), Kenneth Harris CBE (UK), DR Laxmi Mall Singhvi (Ind), Baroness Warnock DBE (UK), Shane Murphy BL (Ire)
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981 Gerard T. Somers LLB Prof. Nigel Grant Alistair Burrow LLB Charles P. Kennedy Prof. R.G. Tanner Sheriff John Bayne

ESL Final Judges:
2016
2015
2014 Michael Shapira (chair), Fiona Prowse, Sam Block, Sella Nevo, Tasneem Elias, Fred Cowell, Paul Smith
2013 Douglas Cochran (chair), Bronwyn Cowell, Michael Baer, Ben Woolgar, Ewan MacDonald-Russell, Tasneem Elias, Fred Cowell, Kate Falkenstein, Jonathan Leader-MaynardKiran Iyer
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008 Elizabeth Sheargold (Aus) Nicholas James Long (UK) Gavin Illsley (UK) Alex Hill (UK) Tom Chapman (Aus) Jess Lopez (Ph) Ivan Ah Sam (Aus)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003 Marika Muller (SA), Catherine Orr (AUS), Cathy Rossouw (AUS), Peter Neilson (CAN), Andrew Wilkinson (AUS), Kevin Moar (NZ), Iva Kutle (CRO).
2002 Peter Neilson (Can), Colm Flynn (Ire), Catherine Orr (Aus), Sean Krispinsky (US), Michael Meeuwis (Can), Daniel Bach (Can), James Bitanga (Ph)
2001
2000 Muireann O'Cinneide (Ire), Jeremy Helmans (Aus), Rest not known
1999
1998 Chris Elliott (Sco), Tim O'Connor (Ire) Rest Unknown


EFL Final Judges:
2016
2015
2014 Harish Natarajan (chair), Rosie Unwin, Solange Handley, Shengwu Li, Prarthana Manohar, Madeline Schultz, Manos Moschopoulos
2013 Victor Finkel (chair), Zheng Bo, Michael Shapira, Rosie Unwin, Alex Worsnip, Josh Baxter, Anne Valkering, Danique van Koppenhagen, Kiran Iyer
2012
2011
2010
2009 Colm Flynn (Ire), Rest not known
2008 Sam Greenland (Aus) Anna Garsia (Aus) Deirdre Millner (Ire) Stephanie Co (Ph) Steve Johnson (US)
2007 Tim Sonnreich (Chair), Loke Wing Fatt, Rose Helens Hart, Haley Nix, Tom Shinner

Masters Final Judges
2016
2015
2014 Maja Cimerman (Slovenia) and Bryan Gunawan (Indonesia), ??
2013 Bronwyn Cowell, Philipp Stiel, ??
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008 J Scott Rodriguez (US) Adam Bott (UK) Can Okar (Tur) Tom Chapman (Aus) Ian Lising (US)
2007
2006
2005
2004 Rory McKewon (Canada), Jeremy Brier (England), ???
2003 Gill McNaught(SA), Iva Kutle (CRO), Jo Read Williams (UK), Manilos Polycronides (Gre) , Paul Young (SA)
2002 Dana Vera (Can) Jacob Glick (Can), Caoilfhionn Gallagher (Ire) Alex Macoun (Aus), Colm Flynn (Ire), Stephen Pitel (Can), Catherine Orr (Aus), Marika Muller (SA)
2001
2000 Miles Drury (Aus), Meg O'Sullivan (Aus) Rest not known

Public Speaking Final Judges
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008 Loke Wing Fatt (Sin) A. Piyanart Faktorngpan (Thi) Evan Green-Lowe (US) Nick Long (UK) Allen Ewalt (US)
2007
2006 Erik Eastaugh (Can), Matthew Kirk (UK), Yvonne Simpson, Rachel Chan (HK), Sumitra (Mal).
2005
2004
2003 Colm Flynn (Ire), Paul Young (SA), Gill McNaught (SA) Rest not known
2002 Dena Vera (Can), Alex Macoun (Aus) Ret not known
2001
2000 Jasmine Crittenden (Aus) Rest not known
1999
1998 Michael Lubeski (Jap), Nick Kearsey (Ire) Rest not known

Stand Up Comedy Final Judges:
2016
2015
2014 Not Held
2013 Not Held
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008 Giles Robertson (UK) David Janzen (Aus) Rut Charaslertrangsi (Thi) Ruchir Jain (Sin)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002 Jacob Glick (Can), Caoilfhionn Gallagher (Ire) Alex Macoun (Aus), Colm Flynn (Ire), Stephen Pitel (Can), Catherine Orr (Aus), Marika Muller (SA), Daniel Bach (Can)
2001
2000 Peter Phillips (Aus) Rest not known