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21 September 2005

Harvard Debating Championships

The 2005 Harvard Debating Championships will be held on October 7-8 at Harvard University. The tournament will feature 5 preliminary rounds of American Parliamentary debate breaking to octofinals. Motions will be provided for each round. The tournament has traditionally been APDA's largest, and the staff is looking forward to another excellent weekend.

The tournament director is Zach Cafritz, and the judging director is Samuel Myat San.

More information is available at http://www.hspds.org/tournament.php

19 September 2005

Change to a Blog

As you have probably noticed I have updated this page to be built around a blog. The reasons for this are:

- It will simplify updating the site.
- I can post info faster once I recieve it.
- I can post updates from any PC without web editing.
- I can post updates from email and my mobile phone meaning I can post live updates from tournaments including Dublin Worlds.
- The Blog site will automatically archive news articles & results.
- I can add users to allow others post to the site.

It's a change that I am experimenting with. I am not happy with some aspects of the Blog (in particular formatting options). I will review how it is working and can always change back if I decide that the Blog is not what I want.

CUSID BP Championships at UBC


The CUSID BP Championships will be held at the University of British Columbia from October 14-16th. The tournament will feature 5 rounds of British Parliamentary Debate, breaking to semi-finals. All rounds and resolutions will be according to the rules of the WUDC.

The adjudication team consists of CA, Kevin Massie, and his 3 DCAs, Ian Lising, Amanda Wolthuizen, and Jeremy Brier.

For More info see
http://forum.apdaweb.org/viewthread.php?tid=1264

18 September 2005

Hart House BP Invitational


Hart House BP Invitational will be held on October 21-23 at the University of Toronto.

The tournament will consist of five preliminary rounds of British Parliamentary style debate breaking to semifinals. There will be three rounds of public speaking, breaking the top five speakers.

The Chief Adjudicator for the tournament will be Joanna Nairn

For more details please see http://forum.apdaweb.org/viewthread.php?tid=1267

Moscow Open


MGIMO (Moscow State University of International Relations) Debate Club will be hosting it's British Parli Debate Championship on November 5th - 7th

All information can be found at http://mo2005.atspace.com

E-mail from Worlds 2006


From: John Harvey communications@worlds2006.com

Dear Debaters,

First, we have decided to again extend Phase 1 of the registration process by one week.

Second, here is the explanation of the Registration process:

Phase 1 (extended until Friday, September 23rd)
During Phase 1 of the Registration process people have had the chance to build their delegations and pay either the deposit or the full amount for their delegation. People who pay the full amount will be guaranteed their allocation at worlds. Those who pay the deposit secure their allocation and will have until the end of Phase 2 to pay the balance.

Phase 2 (Monday, September 26th - Friday, November 4th)
During Phase 2 of the Registration process people who have paid deposits will have until the end of Phase 2 to pay the balance that is due on their accounts their slots are secure until that point. Those who have already paid in full need not worry about anything. Those who have merely set up a delegation will only be able to pay the full amount for their delegation but places will be allocated on a first-pay, first-served basis. We expect all the team slots to be allocated during Phase 2 so speed will be of the essence if you want to absolutely guarantee participation.

In the unlikely event that team slots become available we will reallocate them when Phase 2 is over on a first-come, first-served basis. However, there is no need to contact us about this ? if the team cap has already been filled when you attempt to pay, the system will log the date and time of your attempt and will add you to the waiting list

During Phase 2 we're also happy to receive further requests for additional teams, rising from 4 teams per institution to 6 teams. However we will only consider requests e-mailed to the Registration Director (registration@worlds2006.com) with a subject in the following form: RE: request for [1/2] extra team(s) [Institution name] [Date of e-mail]

Obviously, you should change the details within the square brackets to those relevant to your own situation. If you need to give us additional information regarding your request, you should do so in the body of the e-mail but we will only consider requests with subjects in the form set out above. It's worth noting that we will not consider your request if you lie
about the date.

Third, we asked you to hold back from contacting us in relation to additional requirements that you or members of your delegation will have during worlds. We want to thank you for your co-operation with this. We have decided that we now want you to include this kind of requests in the box marked "Other Details" in the registration system. This includes any
requests relating to extra nights in the hotels, upgrading to single rooms, any mobility difficulties, etc.

Fourth, we would like to encourage you to pay your registration by credit card where possible, as it is much easier for us to keep track of this. However, if this is not possible, we would ask that you make your payment by means of a draft or transfer in Euro. It is essential that your payment is denominated in the Euro currency, as we will not take responsibility for any
shortfalls caused by bank charges or currency fluctuations.

4th NLS Debate

This year's NLS Debate-Bangalore-India will follow the Asians '3-on-3' style (with minor modifications)and will also have in place an individualised adjudicator feedback system. There will be at least 5 preliminary rounds followed by a break to quarters then semis and finals.

For registration details just send an e-mail to debate@nls.ac.in