Irish Times Result

Trinity College Historical Society (Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin & Niall Sherry) have won the 2010 Irish Times Debating Final. Sean O'Quigley won the individual award.

It was the 50th anniversary of the championships


The motion was “This House Believes that Ireland Owes a Debt of Gratitude to Fianna Fáil 1926 – 2010”.

The final was held at the Helix in Dublin City University.

The winner in the individual category, and winner of the Christina Murphy Memorial Trophy, was Sean O’Quigley from Griffith College Dublin.

Nobel laureate and former first minister of Northern Ireland Lord David Trimble chaired the debate.

(picture from http://www.irishtimes.com/)

Canada win World Schools WSDC

Canada have won the 2010 world schools debating championships.
They defeated England 8-3 in the final.
More to come.
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Today at WSDC: Final Day

Today at the World Schools Debating Championships in Doha.

Thursday 18th February

Morning Events in Hotel
Grand Final "THAT GOVERNMENTS SHOULD NEVER BAIL OUT BIG COMPANIES"
Closing Ceremony Dinner

For more information visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/
For information on the format and rules visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/judges.php

World Schools semi-final results

Motion: THB the United States should withdraw from the Middle East
England defeated Wales by 9-0
Canada defeated Singapore by 9-0
Grand Final is tomorrow.

HWS / IDEA Round Robin

The field for the 2010 HWS / IDEA Round Robin has been set.

Athens	Greece
Cambridge	England
Carleton	Canada
Kings Inn	Ireland
Ljubljana	Slovenia
McGill	Canada
MMU	Malaysia
Oxford	England
Queen's	Canada
Rhodes	South Africa
Sydney	Australia
Tel Aviv	Israel
UBC	Canada
UIC	South Korea
Yale	United States

The competition will take place on April 2-3, at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. More information about the tournament can be found at http://www.idebate.org/hwsroundrobin/

Anyone interested in adjudicating at the Round Robin should contact Eric Barnes:
barnes (at) hws (dot) edu

World Schools WSDC Qtr Final Results

Results of the Qtr-Finals of the 2010 World Schools Debating Championships in Qatar.

Wales beat Australia 4-3
England beat Pakistan 6-1
Canada beat New Zealand 6-1
Singapore beat Slovenia 6-1

Source: Chris Bishop

Today at WSDC: Qtrs & Semis

Today at the World Schools Debating Championships in Doha.

Wednesday 17th February


Quarter Finals
Semi Finals

For more information visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/
For information on the format and rules visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/judges.php

World Schools WSDC Octo-Final Results

Results of the 2010 World Schools Debating Championships Octo-Finals

Motion: Thw place no restrictions on freedom of speech

Below is not prop and opp - just 1 v 16 etc. Was a coin toss for sides.

Australia v Hong Kong - Australia win 5-0
Canada v Ireland - Canada win 5-0
Singapore v Scotland - Singapore win 3-2
Greece v Pakistan - Pakistan win 5-0
England v India - England win 4-1
Slovenia v Sri Lanka - Slovenia win ?-?
New Zealand v Netherlands - New Zealand win 5-0
Wales v Israel - Wales win 5-0

Source: Chris Bishop

Today at WSDC: Octos

Today at the World Schools Debating Championships in Doha.

Tuesday 16th February

Octo Finals IMPROMPTU MOTION

For more information visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/
For information on the format and rules visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/judges.php

World Schools break

The Break

Team - wins - judges - points
1. Australia - 8 - 23 - 6277
2. Canada - 8 - 22 - 6171
3. Singapore - 8 - 22 - 6161
4. Greece - 8 - 22 - 6105
5. England - 8 - 20 - 6188.5
6. Slovenia - 7 - 19 - 6016.5
7. New Zealand - 6 - 19 - 6189.5
8. Wales - 6 - 19 - 6080.5
9. Israel - 6 - 18 - 6012
10. Netherlands - 6 - 18 - 5961
11. Sri Lanka - 6 - 17 - 6047.5
12. India - 6 - 16 - 5982.5
13. Pakistan - 5 - 18 - 6114.
14. Scotland - 5 - 17 - 6163
15. Ireland - 5 - 16 - 6093.5
16. Hong Kong - 5 - 16 - 6074.5

The Octo Final Draw
Aus v hong kong
Canada v ireland
Singapore v scotland
Greece v pakistan
England v india
Slovenia v sri lanka
Nz v netherlands
Wales v israel


Missing the break on judges/speaks
Ten Teams just missed out on the break with 5 wins but fewer judges/speaker points than the four teams who did break with 5 wins.

17. Republic of Korea

18. Bangladesh
19. South Africa
20. Mexico
21. Philippines
22. Indonesia
23. Romania
24. Germany
25. Sweden
26. Estonia

Preliminary round Motions:
Rd 8 That we should legalise performance enhancing drugs in sport.

Rd 7 That Terrorists should have the right to a trial in civilian courts.
Rd 6 That developing countries should have the right to prioritise economic development over the environment.
Rd 5 That doctors should report evidence of marital abuse to the police.
Rd 4 That we would support quotas for women in high government positions
Rd 3 That every country should have the right to possess nuclear weapons.
Rd 2 We would make physical education compulsory in schools
Rd 1 That we should support military intervention in Somalia.
Rd 0 That we should support voluntary euthanasia

WSDC Break

From Facebook:

Australia, Canada, Singapore, Greece, England, Slovenia, New Zealand, Wales, Israel, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Scotland, Ireland, Hong Kong.

RCM

Today at WSDC: Mon 15th

Today at the World Schools Debating Championships in Doha.

Monday 15th February

Debate Round 7 "THAT TERRORIST SUSPECTS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL IN CIVILIAN COURTS"

Debate Round 8 IMPROMPTU MOTION

For todays team draw visit http://www.schoolsdebate.com/blog/Draw2010.pdf
For more information visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/
For information on the format and rules visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/judges.php

WSDC half way tab

If you are looking to see how your natonal team is doing half way through the 2010 World Schools Debating Championships the adjudication team have released a tab half way through. 

You can find this tab here

After all 8 rounds the top 16 teams progress to the knock out rounds.

WSDC 2010 Round 0 Results

As there is an odd number of teams at World Schools each round has one team sitting out with a "bye".  The 8 bye teams need to make up an extra debate so that very team debates 8 times.  Therefore we have round 0.

Motion: That we should support voluntary euthanasia

Cyprus 3 = Nigeria 0
Bulgaria 3 = Croatia 0
Lebanon 2 - Palestine 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3 - Russia 0

Today at WSDC: Sun 14th

Today at the World Schools Debating Championships in Doha.
Sunday 14th February

Debate Round 5 "THAT DOCTORS SHOULD REPORT EVIDENCE OF MARITAL ABUSE TO THE POLICE"

Debate Round 6 IMPROMPTU MOTION

For todays team draw visit http://www.schoolsdebate.com/blog/Draw2010.pdf
For more information visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/
For information on the format and rules visit http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/judges.php