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

Letters about Glasgow WUDC 1981

Here are some letters from the about the first World Debating Championships held in Glasgow in 1981