WUDC Fordham 1986
Winners: UC Cork (Hassett & Lankford)
Finalists : Sydney (Meagher & ??)
Best Speaker: Bruce Meagher Sydney A
In 1986, Fordham University in New York hosted the Worlds. Over 100 teams attended, including competitors from Sweden, and Jesuit University in the Philippines.
University College Cork (Brian Hassett & Siobhain Lankford), won the competition for Ireland making it 2 in a row for the Irish. The format of the competition saw 14 preliminary round debates between teams of 2 and two teams per debate. The final motion was on censorship of the press.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
31 December 1986
19 December 1986
Article on 1986 WUDC
Here is an article written by the winner of the 1986 WUDC and published in the handbook of the 1996 Worlds.
20 December 1985
McGill WUDC 1985
In 1985, the Worlds returned to Canada. Hosted by McGill University in Montreal, it was run by Scott Keating, Melanie Garret and Elizabeth Jarvis. A total of 120 teams took part, in the grand McGill tradition of tournament on a grand scale.
The final round was held in Redpath Hall. Judges included Francis Fox, former Solicitor General. Marcel Mongeon and Trish Dodge hosted a reception for the overseas debaters, at which guests met former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau was in a bit of a rush, however, and had to leave early to take his kids to karate class. That year, Sean Murphy and Damian Crawford took home a richly deserved first place for King’s Inn, Dublin.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
The final round was held in Redpath Hall. Judges included Francis Fox, former Solicitor General. Marcel Mongeon and Trish Dodge hosted a reception for the overseas debaters, at which guests met former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau was in a bit of a rush, however, and had to leave early to take his kids to karate class. That year, Sean Murphy and Damian Crawford took home a richly deserved first place for King’s Inn, Dublin.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
20 December 1984
Edinburgh WUDC 1984
The 1984 Worlds was hosted by the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Sixty-four teams competed, and the University of Sydney beat Oxford to bring the first place honors to Australia. A number of people went to Glasgow afterwards to film “Mr. Speaker, Sir!” for the BBC. Willie Hamilton was on one side; Nicholas Tolstoi on the other, on a resolution abolishing the monarchy.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
20 December 1983
Princeton WUDC 1983
Princeton 1983
Princeton took up the torch when the University of Auckland failed to organize a tournament. There had been a great deal of talk of subsidized airfare to New Zealand, but this all suddenly went quiet. Frank McKirgan and John Nicolson of Glasgow Dialectic met and defeated the defending champions Auckland (Stuart Bugg and David Kidd). It had been reported in the past that the beaten finalist was a University of Toronto team of Jeff Nankivell and Francis Daniels. However Frank McKirgan contacted me directly to correct this. The best speaker at the tournament was Michael McFarlane from the Glasgow University Union (a different society from the winning Dialectic team). As with the beaten finalists John Geisnell, from an unknown university, was previously recorded as the best speaker but again Frank McKirgan has corrected this and confirmed it with John Nicolson.
For better or worse, the World Debates council was formed at this tournament. The general idea was to get a bit more organized, and possibly prevent world tournaments from evaporating completely. Prior to that, issues such as the next tournament location and haggling over who should get to go had been decided by a general meeting of all teams present. Given the track record on bidding and hosting the tournament, a World Council probably couldn’t hurt.
Here is a little colour piece written by Frank McKirgan
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
Princeton took up the torch when the University of Auckland failed to organize a tournament. There had been a great deal of talk of subsidized airfare to New Zealand, but this all suddenly went quiet. Frank McKirgan and John Nicolson of Glasgow Dialectic met and defeated the defending champions Auckland (Stuart Bugg and David Kidd). It had been reported in the past that the beaten finalist was a University of Toronto team of Jeff Nankivell and Francis Daniels. However Frank McKirgan contacted me directly to correct this. The best speaker at the tournament was Michael McFarlane from the Glasgow University Union (a different society from the winning Dialectic team). As with the beaten finalists John Geisnell, from an unknown university, was previously recorded as the best speaker but again Frank McKirgan has corrected this and confirmed it with John Nicolson.
For better or worse, the World Debates council was formed at this tournament. The general idea was to get a bit more organized, and possibly prevent world tournaments from evaporating completely. Prior to that, issues such as the next tournament location and haggling over who should get to go had been decided by a general meeting of all teams present. Given the track record on bidding and hosting the tournament, a World Council probably couldn’t hurt.
Here is a little colour piece written by Frank McKirgan
The competition took place in March and the rest day coincided with
St Patrick's Day. A number of the competitors went up to New York City the night
before and spent a very long night and day experiencing the 'St Patrick's Day
spirit' in the city. The final was between defending champions from Auckland
(Stuart Bugg and David Kidd) and Glasgow University Dialectic Society (John
Nicolson and Frank McKirgan). The final was held in Nassau Hall (the first home
of the US Congress) and the motion was 'This House would apologise for the
American Revolution' with Glasgow proposing.
All the previous rounds had been judged by a three judge panel. For
the final, there were three judges and the organisers decided to award 2 votes
to the result of the audience vote. After the debate the organisers announced
that the judges voted 2-1 in favour of Glasgow and the 500-odd audience vote was
exactly tied. The 2 audience votes were split evenly giving Glasgow the trophy
3-2. Just one person in the audience could have changed the result.
Michael McFarlane from Glasgow University Union won the prize for
best speaker.
After the event the both the Glasgow teams plus the team from
Edinburgh went on a tour which visited Harvard, Yale, McGill, Toronto, Ottowa
and Hamilton.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
20 December 1982
Hart House Toronto WUDC 1982
The University of British Columbia won the bid for the 1982 tournament. A letter sent out by Joe Pollender in the fall of 1981, however, cites a 42-day Canadian postal strike as the cause for a change in the program. The second Worlds was moved to the University of Toronto and organized by the undefending champions, Steve Coughlan and Andrew Taylor, when the UBC effort fell apart.
About 40 teams competed, with first place going to Stuart Bugg and David Kidd of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Stuart Bugg was the best speaker. The dinner hosted by the Royal Commonwealth Society at Casa Loma was a high point of the tournament. In return for such wonderful hospitality, a debate featuring one competitor from each of the six countries represented was presented as after dinner entertainment. Debaters included Andrew Taylor, representing Canada; J.J. Gertler for the United States; Anthony Fisher of Australia; David Kidd from New Zealand and Clark McGinn, the Scot. The best line was from Anthony Fisher: “the Queen is the only person in the world without an accent.” The Royal Commonwealth Society was pleased.
That year, an idea arose that one year’s winners should become the following year’s hosts, as this system had worked so well for the second Worlds. Auckland was duly selected as the site for the 1983 Worlds.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
About 40 teams competed, with first place going to Stuart Bugg and David Kidd of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Stuart Bugg was the best speaker. The dinner hosted by the Royal Commonwealth Society at Casa Loma was a high point of the tournament. In return for such wonderful hospitality, a debate featuring one competitor from each of the six countries represented was presented as after dinner entertainment. Debaters included Andrew Taylor, representing Canada; J.J. Gertler for the United States; Anthony Fisher of Australia; David Kidd from New Zealand and Clark McGinn, the Scot. The best line was from Anthony Fisher: “the Queen is the only person in the world without an accent.” The Royal Commonwealth Society was pleased.
That year, an idea arose that one year’s winners should become the following year’s hosts, as this system had worked so well for the second Worlds. Auckland was duly selected as the site for the 1983 Worlds.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
29 December 1981
Glasgow WUDC 1981
The first Worlds was hosted in Scotland in January, 1981 by the Glasgow Union and organized by Clark McGinn. 43 teams competed from 7 nations. Registration was £10 but teams from outside the British Isles paid no registration as they were at a financial disadvantage for travelling so far. In exchange for this fee there was a promise of "a bed for every competitor". There were four days of debating with a day off in the middle to visit Edinburgh, and then the finals. Steve Coughlan and Andrew Taylor took home the first place honors for the University of Toronto, defeating John Rankin and Marcel Mongeon of McGill. Andrew Taylor also took home the best speaker award. It was a strong year for Canada; three of the top four teams were Canadian. Not many English schools attended; they thought Glasgow was too far from home.
It was Scotland. It was winter. It was raining. The Canadians couldn’t believe how warm it was. The Americans couldn’t believe how cold it was. While reports from the championship are rare the history of APDA reports "the creation and infrastructure of that tournament took on soap-operatic dimensions". One indirect result of the championships was the foundation of APDA itself. As 4 US debaters (Princeton's David Martland & Richard Sommer and Amherst's David Bailin & J. J. Gertler) toured Scotland after the championships plans for APDA were drawn up in the back of a Ford Cortina.
Info from Kenny Harris (Finalist)
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
It was Scotland. It was winter. It was raining. The Canadians couldn’t believe how warm it was. The Americans couldn’t believe how cold it was. While reports from the championship are rare the history of APDA reports "the creation and infrastructure of that tournament took on soap-operatic dimensions". One indirect result of the championships was the foundation of APDA itself. As 4 US debaters (Princeton's David Martland & Richard Sommer and Amherst's David Bailin & J. J. Gertler) toured Scotland after the championships plans for APDA were drawn up in the back of a Ford Cortina.
Info from Kenny Harris (Finalist)
The Queen Margaret Union "B" team who reached the finals in in the very first
championships consisted of Kenny Harris (me) and Kenny Dyer. We came joint
third, and I won third placed speaker of the tournament. The launch of the
tournament was pretty much the idea of the then Convenor of Debates at Glasgow
University Union, Clark McGinn - but as host Union they did not take part.
This History of the World Debating Championships comes in 3 parts. From 1976 to 1990 it is taken almost word for word from the 1991 Toronto WUDC Tournament booklet. Who wrote it isn't known but it was provided by Randal Horobik. At the start of the section on Worlds in 1981 is an extract from an e-mail by Clark McGinn, Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981 and Convenor of the First World Debating Competition, 1981. The history since 1991 has been compiled initially by Colm Flynn and edited by many contributors to Wikipedia. Unfortunately Wikipedia deleted the history due to copyright concerns so we are back here. Hopefully anyone who contributed to the Wiki article before it was deleted will be happy to see their work preserved here.
23 December 1981
E-mail from the founder of Worlds
Here is an e-mail from the original convenor and in effect the founder of the World Universities Debating Championships
Background
On TAUSA and Honeywell - these were ad hoc competitions - from memory, TAUSA had no Australian/NZ (or Irish??) teams involved while Honeywell had no Irish, NZ or Canadian. Both were invitation competitions whereas the First Worlds set out to be (a) more open and (b) cover all of the world (or at least, initially, both North Americans, both ANZ and all four British Isles and the Caribbean).There are more details in the Minute Books of the GUU debates committee.
Ironically, my first idea for Worlds had been a TAUSA-like competition with the top 3 teams from each region who would have arisen out of local competitions and then 'Mace-like' be flown-to the Union to have the final rounds - but in 1981 in a UK recession, there was no sponsorship at all - so I made the competition into an open tournament. Thankfully!
With regards.
Clark McGinn
Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981,
Convenor, First World Debating Competition, 1981,
Observer Mace, 1982,
E-SU Tour, 1981.
Background
On TAUSA and Honeywell - these were ad hoc competitions - from memory, TAUSA had no Australian/NZ (or Irish??) teams involved while Honeywell had no Irish, NZ or Canadian. Both were invitation competitions whereas the First Worlds set out to be (a) more open and (b) cover all of the world (or at least, initially, both North Americans, both ANZ and all four British Isles and the Caribbean).There are more details in the Minute Books of the GUU debates committee.
Ironically, my first idea for Worlds had been a TAUSA-like competition with the top 3 teams from each region who would have arisen out of local competitions and then 'Mace-like' be flown-to the Union to have the final rounds - but in 1981 in a UK recession, there was no sponsorship at all - so I made the competition into an open tournament. Thankfully!
With regards.
Clark McGinn
Convenor of Debates, GU Union 1980 -81 and 1981,
Convenor, First World Debating Competition, 1981,
Observer Mace, 1982,
E-SU Tour, 1981.
19 December 1981
Advance info on Glasgow WUDC 1981
Here is a copy of a letter giving details of the first World Debating Championships held in Glasgow in 1981.
Glasgow WUDC 1981 Tab
Here is the tab from the original World Debating Championships held in Glasgow in 1981. It was provided by the convenor Clark McGinn
World Debating Competition
Tournament Rankings and Rosters
Champions:
Toronto (Steve Coughlin Andrew Taylor)
Finalists:
McGill Law School (Marcel Mangeon John Rankin)
Ottawa
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'B'
"Semi-Finalists":
Edinburgh
Amherst
UCL
Princeton
Dalhousie
York (Canada)
Trinity College Dublin (Phil)
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'A'
Convener Clark McGinn
Clerk to the Tournament Douglas Carson
Final Judges
Gerard T. Somers LLB
Prof. Nigel Grant
Alistair Burrow LLB
Charles P. Kennedy
Individual Competition Final Judges Prof. R.G. Tanner Sheriff John Bayne
Team Preliminary I to IV Semi Final I and II Final Team Members marks marks places
Toronto 76 60 1 Steve Coughlin Andrew Taylor
McGill Law School 71 71 2 Marcel Mangeon John Rankin
Ottawa 72 68 3=
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'B' 69 72 3=
Edinburgh 66 65
Amherst 69 62
UCL 68 61
Princeton 67 61
Dalhousie 67 61
York (Canada) 67 60
Trinity College Dublin (Phil) 71 59
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'A' 67 57
Dartmouth 67
Oxford Union B 67
Western Ontario 65
Air New Zealand/Victoria (NZ) 65
Royal Institution (Canada) 65
Auckland 65
Swarthmore 65
Alberta 64
Concordia (Canada) 63
Vassar 62
Sydney 62
McGill 62
Queen's (Canada) 61
Colgate 61
St Mary's 61
Chicago 60
Dundee 60
Trinity College Dublin (Hist) 58
St. Andrews 58
Fordham 58
Iona 58
Royal Military College (Canada) 56
Cornell B 56
Trinity Ontario 56
California 55
St Lawrence /Oberlin 55
Brown 55
Oxford A 54
Rhode Island 54
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 51
Cornell A 46
Individual Competition
Andrew Taylor (Toronto) 1st
Gerard Winter (Air NZ/Victoria) 2nd
World Debating Competition
Tournament Rankings and Rosters
Champions:
Toronto (Steve Coughlin Andrew Taylor)
Finalists:
McGill Law School (Marcel Mangeon John Rankin)
Ottawa
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'B'
"Semi-Finalists":
Edinburgh
Amherst
UCL
Princeton
Dalhousie
York (Canada)
Trinity College Dublin (Phil)
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'A'
Convener Clark McGinn
Clerk to the Tournament Douglas Carson
Final Judges
Gerard T. Somers LLB
Prof. Nigel Grant
Alistair Burrow LLB
Charles P. Kennedy
Individual Competition Final Judges Prof. R.G. Tanner Sheriff John Bayne
Team Preliminary I to IV Semi Final I and II Final Team Members marks marks places
Toronto 76 60 1 Steve Coughlin Andrew Taylor
McGill Law School 71 71 2 Marcel Mangeon John Rankin
Ottawa 72 68 3=
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'B' 69 72 3=
Edinburgh 66 65
Amherst 69 62
UCL 68 61
Princeton 67 61
Dalhousie 67 61
York (Canada) 67 60
Trinity College Dublin (Phil) 71 59
Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 'A' 67 57
Dartmouth 67
Oxford Union B 67
Western Ontario 65
Air New Zealand/Victoria (NZ) 65
Royal Institution (Canada) 65
Auckland 65
Swarthmore 65
Alberta 64
Concordia (Canada) 63
Vassar 62
Sydney 62
McGill 62
Queen's (Canada) 61
Colgate 61
St Mary's 61
Chicago 60
Dundee 60
Trinity College Dublin (Hist) 58
St. Andrews 58
Fordham 58
Iona 58
Royal Military College (Canada) 56
Cornell B 56
Trinity Ontario 56
California 55
St Lawrence /Oberlin 55
Brown 55
Oxford A 54
Rhode Island 54
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 51
Cornell A 46
Individual Competition
Andrew Taylor (Toronto) 1st
Gerard Winter (Air NZ/Victoria) 2nd
Letters about Glasgow WUDC 1981
Here are some letters from the about the first World Debating Championships held in Glasgow in 1981
2 May 1981
Glasgow WUDC 1981 Format
(extract from letter sent by Clark McGinn to participating teams)
1. Everyone will speak in the preliminary rounds numbers 1-4 on the days mentioned above. Debates will be in the form of two teams proposing the motion and two teams opposing with each speaker having seven minutes to speak in (with points of information allowed). The motions for the preliminary rounds will have 1 philosophical/abstract, 1 humerous, 1 exempore and 1 political/pragmatic. This is to try and give representation of the four major styles of debating used throughout the world. Notice of the philsophical and pragmatic rounds (PI) and the political motion (PIV) will be given in this letter but details of PII and PIII will be given on arrival as well as details of the semi-final motions. The motion for the final is also enclosed in this letter.
With each team speaking in four preliminary rounds this means that each team will speak in each of opening and closing proposition and opening and closing opposition. The teams will also be divided into pools of 16 so that every team will speak before every judge judging that pool. By these methods it is hoped that any advantage obtained in the draw with respect to position or judges will be removed. From the preliminary rounds a toatl of 12 teams will go through to the semi-finals and thereafter 4 to the final on the thurdsay night. which will be televised and shown on British network.
Clark McGinn
Convenor of Debates
1. Everyone will speak in the preliminary rounds numbers 1-4 on the days mentioned above. Debates will be in the form of two teams proposing the motion and two teams opposing with each speaker having seven minutes to speak in (with points of information allowed). The motions for the preliminary rounds will have 1 philosophical/abstract, 1 humerous, 1 exempore and 1 political/pragmatic. This is to try and give representation of the four major styles of debating used throughout the world. Notice of the philsophical and pragmatic rounds (PI) and the political motion (PIV) will be given in this letter but details of PII and PIII will be given on arrival as well as details of the semi-final motions. The motion for the final is also enclosed in this letter.
With each team speaking in four preliminary rounds this means that each team will speak in each of opening and closing proposition and opening and closing opposition. The teams will also be divided into pools of 16 so that every team will speak before every judge judging that pool. By these methods it is hoped that any advantage obtained in the draw with respect to position or judges will be removed. From the preliminary rounds a toatl of 12 teams will go through to the semi-finals and thereafter 4 to the final on the thurdsay night. which will be televised and shown on British network.
Clark McGinn
Convenor of Debates
2 January 1981
Galsgow WUDC 1981 Timetable
Timetable:
Monday 19th January
12pm Lunch in the Union. Teams may register between 10am and 4 pm
1pm Informal Beer Bar debate
4pm-6pm First preliminary round followed by tea.
7:30pm- Onwards. Various entertainments and functions designed to titilate and amuse
Tuesday 20th January
Up till 9am - Breakfast
10am - 12pm Second preliminary round
12pm - 1pm Lunch
1pm-3pm Third preliminary round
3pm - 4pm Afternoon Tea
4pm - 6 pm Fourth Preliminary Round
6pm-7pm Dinner
7:30pm onwards Traditional Scottish Ceilidh Night.
Wednesday 21st
Up till 9am - Breakfast
Free morning
1pm-3pm First Semi Final
3pm-4pm Afternoon Tea
4pm-6pm Second Semi-final
7:30 onwards Union Burn's supper with all the traditional trimmings (including a lot of Scotch Whisky)
Thursday 22nd
Free Morning
12pm-1pm Lunch
1pm-3pm Individual speakers Competition
3pm-4pm Afternoon tea
6:30pm-7:30 Dinner
7:30pm onwards Grand Final followed by Buffet and post debates party
Friday 23rd
Morning: Closing Seminar
Monday 19th January
12pm Lunch in the Union. Teams may register between 10am and 4 pm
1pm Informal Beer Bar debate
4pm-6pm First preliminary round followed by tea.
7:30pm- Onwards. Various entertainments and functions designed to titilate and amuse
Tuesday 20th January
Up till 9am - Breakfast
10am - 12pm Second preliminary round
12pm - 1pm Lunch
1pm-3pm Third preliminary round
3pm - 4pm Afternoon Tea
4pm - 6 pm Fourth Preliminary Round
6pm-7pm Dinner
7:30pm onwards Traditional Scottish Ceilidh Night.
Wednesday 21st
Up till 9am - Breakfast
Free morning
1pm-3pm First Semi Final
3pm-4pm Afternoon Tea
4pm-6pm Second Semi-final
7:30 onwards Union Burn's supper with all the traditional trimmings (including a lot of Scotch Whisky)
Thursday 22nd
Free Morning
12pm-1pm Lunch
1pm-3pm Individual speakers Competition
3pm-4pm Afternoon tea
6:30pm-7:30 Dinner
7:30pm onwards Grand Final followed by Buffet and post debates party
Friday 23rd
Morning: Closing Seminar
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