Victoria University of Wellington win WUPID 2011

Sebastian Templeton and Richard D'Ath of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, became the World Universities Peace Invitational Debate 2011 champions in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, a few days ago. They won the championship with a 5-4 split decision.

The runners up were Ateneo De Manila University, Bank Rakyat Oxford Union and Cambridge Union.

The motion of the Grand Final was: This House Believes That Unfettered Capitalism Is The Greatest Obstacle To World Peace. Opening Government was Bank Rakyat Oxford Union, Opening Opposition was Ateneo De Manila University, Closing Government was Cambridge Union and Closing Opposition was Victoria University of Wellington.

Top 16 teams in break order:

Bank Rakyat Oxford Union
Victoria University of Wellington
University of New South Wales
Yale University
Ateneo De Manila University B
Ateneo De Manila University A
Monash University A
Cambridge Union
Monash University B
University of Queensland
Cornell University
University of Melbourne B
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
University of Melbourne A
Universiti Teknologi MARA

Top 10 speakers:

1. Ben Woolgar - Bank Rakyat Oxford A - 411
2= Sebastian Templeton - Victoria University of Wellington - 410
2= Hugh Burns - Bank Rakyat Oxford A - 410
4. Collete Mintz - Monash A - 407
5. Richard D'Ath - Victoria University of Wellington - 406
6. Meredith Prior - Monash A - 404
7= David Trinh - Yale A - 400
7= Ely Zosa - ADMU B - 400
9. Ben Kornfeld - Yale A - 399
10. Ashish Kumar - Cambridge A - 397


Full Team Tab

Position	Name	Total rank	Total speaker
1	BANK RAKYAT OXFORD A	14	821
2	VICTORIA A	12	816
3	UNSW A	12	786
4	YALE A	11	799
5	ADMU B	11	794
6	ADMU A	11	787
7	MONASH A	10	811
8	CAMBRIDGE A	10	790
9	MONASH B	10	773
10	UQ A	10	773
11	CORNELL A	9	790
12	MELBOURNE B	9	788
13	NTU B	9	785
14	NUS A	9	780
15	MELBOURNE A	9	771
16	MARA B	9	768
17	LSE A	9	768
18	BIPEDS A	9	766
19	IIUM A	9	757
20	ANU A	8	769
21	NUS B	8	758
22	UCTI A	8	752
23	UNSW B	7	763
24	IIUM B	7	762
25	NTU A	7	760
26	MARA A	7	756
27	UI A	7	752
28	UM B	7	750
29	ANU B	7	749
30	KDU A	7	748
31	CHULA A	7	746
32	UM A	7	738
33	HKU B	6	746
34	UCTI B	6	746
35	MACAU A	6	738
36	HKU A	6	737
37	CHULA B	6	733
38	MMU A	6	731
39	WWU A	5	730
40	PUTRA A	5	729
41	CUHK A	5	722
42	MACAU B	4	723
43	KDU B	4	721
44	WWU B	4	720
45	REC B	4	712
46	CUHK B	3	701
47	IUB A	2	707
48	REC A	2	684
49	SWING A	0	0
49	SMU A	0	0
49	UPD A	0	0
49	UPD B	0	0
49	XAVIER A	0	0

Full Speaker tab

Pos	Name	Team	Total points
1	BEN WOOLGAR	BANK RAKYAT OXFORD A	411
2	HUGH BURNS	BANK RAKYAT OXFORD A	410
2	SEBASTIAN TEMPLETON	VICTORIA A	410
4	COLETTE MINTZ	MONASH A	407
5	RICHARD D ATH	VICTORIA A	406
6	MEREDITH PRIOR	MONASH A	404
7	DAVID TRINH	YALE A	400
7	ELY ZOSA	ADMU B	400
9	BEN KORNFELD	YALE A	399
10	ASHISH KUMAR	CAMBRIDGE A	397
11	MONIQUE HARDINGE	MELBOURNE B	396
12	ALLAN ARTHUR CABRERA	ADMU A	395
12	JESSE KLINGER	CORNELL A	395
12	JOHN DILLON	CORNELL A	395
15	DAVID ONG	UNSW A	394
15	WALTER WONG	ADMU B	394
15	ROHIT GADRE	NTU B	394
18	LUCAS LI	CAMBRIDGE A	393
19	STEPHEN GAROFANO	UNSW A	392
19	PETERSON UY	ADMU A	392
19	TIM BLAIR	MELBOURNE B	392
19	FOO JUN SHENG	NUS A	392
23	SWETHA BALACHANDRAN	NTU B	391
24	MARVIN LOH	NUS A	388
25	SHYAAM RAIVADERA	UQ A	387
25	ASHLEIGH FEURTADO	MONASH B	387
25	JACQUELINE YATES	ANU A	387
25	NATHAN ADDLER	UNSW B	387
29	HELENA OBERMAIR	UQ A	386
29	KATIE HEADING	MONASH B	386
29	NICHOLAS LIAU	MELBOURNE A	386
32	MICHAEL CIESIELSKI	MELBOURNE A	385
32	SHAFIQ BAZARI	MARA B	385
32	JOSIAH LIANG	LSE A	385
35	AIN AISSA	MARA B	383
35	ABEL LAM	LSE A	383
35	ASTRIO FELIGENT	BIPEDS A	383
35	CHRISTIAN LEONARDO	BIPEDS A	383
35	AHMAD HAZIM	IIUM B	383
40	TOM CHEN	ANU A	382
41	SYED SADDIQ	IIUM A	381
41	KENNETH KANG	NUS B	381
41	ROHAN JAIN	NTU A	381
44	ABDULLAH FAKHRY	IIUM B	379
44	UDIT BATRA	NTU A	379
44	MAIZURAH MOKHSEIN	MARA A	379
44	AHDIAT PERMANA	UI A	379
44	SAIFUL ISLAM AHMADON	UM B	379
49	BRYAN CHAN	NUS B	377
49	MARK DARREN SAVURIAR	UCTI A	377
49	AERIE RASHMOND RAHMAN	MARA A	377
52	SHEIKH MUHAMMAD FAIZAL	IIUM A	376
52	EMILY HANLON	UNSW B	376
52	HANNAH ALBARCE	ANU B	376
52	RANJANI DHANABALAKRISHNAN	KDU A	376
56	LESEGO BARONA OTLHABANYE	UCTI A	375
56	BENJAMIN SO	HKU B	375
56	MOUSTAFA ELBADWIHI	UCTI B	375
59	DIMAS HOKKA	UI A	373
59	PARTHIVI GULATI	ANU B	373
59	TIDARAT YINGCHAROEN	CHULA A	373
59	NUANPAN KETUMARN	CHULA A	373
63	ADRIAN CHEONG	KDU A	372
64	AVINASH SAGRAN	UM B	371
64	LAVANIA JEEVABALA	UM A	371
64	KEVIN LAU	HKU B	371
64	BEHRAD TADOULI	UCTI B	371
68	MARIA REBECA AQUINO PANGAN	MACAU A	370
68	MENDTUVSHIN ENKHTAIVAN	HKU A	370
70	HELEN LAO IAN IEONG	MACAU A	368
71	JIRADEVI VEERASIMAN	UM A	367
71	JEFFREY WONG	HKU A	367
71	NATTAYA KUSUWAN	CHULA B	367
74	MOTOKI LUXMIWATTANA	CHULA B	366
74	NUR CAPLIN	MMU A	366
74	RACHELLE HARRIS	WWU A	366
74	SIM KWAN YU	PUTRA A	366
78	RWEHAMBE BANUGIRE	MMU A	365
79	MISA HARING	WWU A	364
80	PAULA ESTAFANIA	PUTRA A	363
80	VICTOR KWOK HOI KIT	CUHK A	363
80	ALEX LAM CHI UN	MACAU B	363
80	JACOB ZERBY	WWU B	363
84	JOHN CHAI	KDU B	362
85	XU MENG LIN	MACAU B	360
86	MICHAEL NG LAM KWAN	CUHK A	359
86	QAMILLA AIDA	KDU B	359
88	WYATT JARVIS	WWU B	357
89	JANANI HARIHARAN	REC B	356
89	SACHIN SOLOMON	REC B	356
91	NAFIUR RAHMAN	IUB A	355
92	NG ZOE WAI YING	CUHK B	353
93	SARFARAZ KHAN	IUB A	352
94	STEPHANIE CHUNG YU POON	CUHK B	348
95	VIGNESH VISWANATHAN	REC A	347
96	ARANYA SETHU	REC A	337
97	RAZZAQ FAZAIL	SWING A	0
97	AARON LUKE	SWING A	0
97	URMILA MANDAPAKA	SMU A	0
97	PRATEEK RAI	SMU A	0
97	PEARL SIMBULAN	UPD A	0
97	CANDICE CHUNG	UPD A	0
97	ALISTAIR ZOSA	UPD B	0
97	CARLO BORROMEO	UPD B	0
97	RENE GANDEZA	XAVIER A	0
97	GIAN LIBOT	XAVIER A	0