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19 August 2011
Updates from WSDC Day 1
Summary of Day 1 at the World Schools Debating Championships 2011.
Motions:
Rd1: This house would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
Rd2: This house would allow free distribution of music on the internet.
Rankings after 2 rounds
TEAM WINS JUDGES
Australia 2 6
Canada 2 6
England 2 6
Ireland 2 6
Korea 2 6
Netherlands 2 6
New Zealand 2 6
Singapore 2 6
Wales 2 6
Greece 2 5
Israel 2 5
South Africa 2 5
Romania 1 4
Argentina 1 3
Bangladesh 1 3
Chile 1 3
China 1 3
Estonia 1 3
Germany 1 3
Hong Kong 1 3
India 1 3
Mexico 1 3
Pakistan 1 3
Philippines 1 3
Qatar 1 3
Scotland 1 3
Serbia 1 3
Slovenia 1 3
Sweden 1 3
Thailand 1 3
Turkey 1 3
UAE 1 3
USA 1 3
Namibia 1 2
Slovakia 1 2
Sri Lanka 1 2
Croatia 0 1
Czech Republic 0 1
Indonesia 0 1
Lithuania 0 1
Peru 0 1
Barbados 0 0
Bermuda 0 0
Japan 0 0
Kuwait 0 0
Nepal 0 0
Nigeria 0 0
Poland 0 0
Motions:
Rd1: This house would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
Rd2: This house would allow free distribution of music on the internet.
Rankings after 2 rounds
TEAM WINS JUDGES
Australia 2 6
Canada 2 6
England 2 6
Ireland 2 6
Korea 2 6
Netherlands 2 6
New Zealand 2 6
Singapore 2 6
Wales 2 6
Greece 2 5
Israel 2 5
South Africa 2 5
Romania 1 4
Argentina 1 3
Bangladesh 1 3
Chile 1 3
China 1 3
Estonia 1 3
Germany 1 3
Hong Kong 1 3
India 1 3
Mexico 1 3
Pakistan 1 3
Philippines 1 3
Qatar 1 3
Scotland 1 3
Serbia 1 3
Slovenia 1 3
Sweden 1 3
Thailand 1 3
Turkey 1 3
UAE 1 3
USA 1 3
Namibia 1 2
Slovakia 1 2
Sri Lanka 1 2
Croatia 0 1
Czech Republic 0 1
Indonesia 0 1
Lithuania 0 1
Peru 0 1
Barbados 0 0
Bermuda 0 0
Japan 0 0
Kuwait 0 0
Nepal 0 0
Nigeria 0 0
Poland 0 0
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From WSDC mailing list:
Hi everyone – good luck to all of you in Dundee for whom
the tournament has now begun in earnest, and hello to the rest of you who are
keen for updates over the next 10 days. I thought it’d be a good time to let
everyone know where they can get information from the various parts of the WSDC
organisation.
WSDC 2011 in
Dundee
Official website: http://wsdctournament.wordpress.com/
Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/WSDCDundee
WSDC Ltd
Official website: http://www.schoolsdebate.com – NOTE – to be revamped soon, but
you can find a lot of stuff there
Blog: http://blog.schoolsdebate.com –NOTE the new URL
Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/SchoolsDebate
Between all of these, we will be publishing results and
other updates from Dundee – first round results to
come out in the next few minutes. If you’re overwhelmed by choice,
then keep checking http://blog.schoolsdebate.com or follow @SchoolsDebate and
@WSDCDundee on Twitter as everything will pass through one of those!
Best
Trevor
WSDC Ltd Development Committee
2nd Hong Kong Debate Open 2011
The 1st HKDO 2010
at the Hong Kong Polytechnic
University in Hong Kong last October 2011
was a roaring success and we have received many queries on when we would be
holding the second edition of this well-received event.
We are now happy to announce that the 2nd Hong Kong Debate Open 2011 (HKDO) will be held from 28th to 30th Oct 2011 at the Campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
We hope that this 2nd edition of the HKDO at a new university location in Hong Kong will bring more debating and social fun for all who will be coming to join us.
Below are pertinent details for your information:
1. Tournament Website: http://debateclub.cn/hkdo2011
2. Organising Committee
Convenors: Kenneth Tse & Samuel Chan
Advisor: Helen Ng
Tournament Director: Vinca Yau
Facilities Director: Samuel Chan
Finance Director: Helen Ng
Director of Volunteers: Kenneth Tse
Sponsorship Directors: Jasmine Tam, TJ
Registration Directors: George Chen & Elliot Shi:
3. Adjudication Core
Chief Adjudicator: Sharmila Pramanand
Co-CA: Loke Wing Fatt
Deputy Chief Adjudicators: "TJ" Thepparith Senamngern, Zheng Bo, Nicole Ng
Tabulation Directors: Zheng Bo, George, Elliot Shi
4. Schedule
Day 1, 27th Oct
Check-in at Hotel
Day 2, 28th Oct
We are now happy to announce that the 2nd Hong Kong Debate Open 2011 (HKDO) will be held from 28th to 30th Oct 2011 at the Campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
We hope that this 2nd edition of the HKDO at a new university location in Hong Kong will bring more debating and social fun for all who will be coming to join us.
Below are pertinent details for your information:
1. Tournament Website: http://debateclub.cn/hkdo2011
2. Organising Committee
Convenors: Kenneth Tse & Samuel Chan
Advisor: Helen Ng
Tournament Director: Vinca Yau
Facilities Director: Samuel Chan
Finance Director: Helen Ng
Director of Volunteers: Kenneth Tse
Sponsorship Directors: Jasmine Tam, TJ
Registration Directors: George Chen & Elliot Shi:
3. Adjudication Core
Chief Adjudicator: Sharmila Pramanand
Co-CA: Loke Wing Fatt
Deputy Chief Adjudicators: "TJ" Thepparith Senamngern, Zheng Bo, Nicole Ng
Tabulation Directors: Zheng Bo, George, Elliot Shi
4. Schedule
Day 1, 27th Oct
Check-in at Hotel
Day 2, 28th Oct
2:3pam to 3.30pm -- Welcome, Briefing for Debaters/Adjudicators at
Lecture Hall
4pm- 6pm -- Round 1
6pm to 7pm -- Dinner
7pm- 9pm -- Round 2
9pm to .... -- Informal Party
6pm to 7pm -- Dinner
7pm- 9pm -- Round 2
9pm to .... -- Informal Party
Day 3, 29th Oct
8.30am to 7pm -- Round 3, 4
Lunch
5 & 6
8pm to 11pm -- Break Night Dinner
& Party
Day 4, 30th Oct
8.30am to 7pm -- Pre-Quarters, Quarters,
Lunch
Semi-Finals and Grand Final
7pm to 10pm -- Championship Dinner & Party
Day 4, 30th Oct
8.30am to 7pm -- Pre-Quarters, Quarters,
Lunch
Semi-Finals and Grand Final
7pm to 10pm -- Championship Dinner & Party
Day 5, 31st Oct
Departure
5. Registration Fees
a) For Debaters/Judges: USD$80 (excluding hotel, some meals and local transportation)
b) For Observer: USD$180 (excluding hotel, some meals and local transportation)
6. Registration Process
Registration is open now.
Please complete the Registration Form on the following web link:
http://debateclub.cn/hkdo2011-reg-form#overlay-context=hkdo2011-tournament
Registration is confirmed ONLY ON PAYMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FEE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT.
A Designated Bank Account will be sent to all who fill in the Registration Form so that the necessary electronic bank transfer process could be smoothly completed.
Please note that you will have to pay for all bank charges. Teams which have not made full payment of their Registration Fees will be asked to pay in cash, upon their arrival, before they are eligible to debate at the 2nd HKDO 2011.
We will accept Registration of Teams till 19th Oct, 10 Days before the start of the event on 28th Oct,
7. Tournament Rules & Essential Information
1. This is an Open Tournament. Any two persons who wish to debate could for a team to register and compete, upon full payment of their Registration Fees.
2. There is No Institutional Cap on anyone from any high schools or universities wishing to send teams to this event.
3. Institutions which send more than 1 team will have to comply with the N-1 Rule, where 1 Accompanying Judge must be sent for 2 Institutional Teams being sent. If 3 Institutional teams are sent, 2 Accompanying Judges need to attend the event to contribute to the judging pool.
4. This event has a total team capacity of 60 Teams.
5. There will be 6 Preliminary Rounds of debate, followed by Pre-Quarter Finals, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and the Grand Final.
6. The Tournament will recognise the HKDO Champion Team, the Runners-Up Teams, the Best Speaker of the Grand Final, and the Ten Best Speakers of the Tournament. We will also recognise give out Awards for the Most Enthusiastic Debater, the Most Stylish Debater, the Most Valuable Teammate, the Most Popular Debater and the Exemplar of the Debating Spirit.
7. We are seeking sponsorships so that we may subsidy experienced judges to deepen the quality of the adjudication pool. More news will be announced at a later date.
8. Recommended Hotel
The recommended Hotel is the Regal Riverside. It is located in Shatin in the New Territory, Hong Kong. The website of the hotel is below:
http://www.regalhotel.com/regal-riverside-hotel/main/hotel-home.aspx
We are now negotiating to reduce the room rate for you. We will also make further recommendations on decent hotel accommodation in the following weeks.
Please visit our website: http://debateclub.cn/hkdo2011 for more information, our you could write to me at lokewingfatt@gmail.com if you have any questions for us.
cheers,
Loke Wing Fatt
Co-Chief Adjudicator
2nd HKDO 2011
President
Singapore
Website: saidsg.wordpress.com
18 August 2011
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