Dublin Tab update

Update from Dublin

Hi everyone,

I'd like to thank you all for your kind words on the various mailing lists. It was an absolute pleasure to have you all here, and we had a great time working on Dublin Worlds.

I just wanted to let everyone know that the tabs are now available on www.pgcareerswudc.com, and separate ESL tabs will be made available in the coming days.

Regards,

John Harvey,
Deputy Convenor,
P&G Careers WUDC,
Hosted by the Literary & Historical Society,
University College Dublin.

News segment on Worlds

Want to get a flavour of the final. Check out http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0103/9news.html
It is the second last item on the list.

WUDC Thanks

Just a quick thank you to Ciaran and all involved in running Worlds in UCD for a fantastic tournament. Well done guys. UBC have a hard act to follow next year but knowing Teddy and Kevin they will be more than able to keep up the high standard.

Also thanks to Derek Lande and Rachel Chan for sending me updates when I was not in Dublin. Without them I would not have been able to post up to date information. Also thanks to my brother Declan for posting the key final results as they were announced. The winners were on the website within a minute of being officially announced thanks to him.

Scanned UCD Team Tab

UPDATE: I have now updated these files as per the tab released by Dublin rather than my scanned copy.


I have scanned and uploaded the team tab to http://www.debating.net/flynn/ucd06team.htm

The file is 1.91 mb so it may take some time to download. I have also uploaded the tab as an smaller excel file http://www.debating.net/flynn/ucdtab.xls which may be faster to download but you will need excel.

Note: IF you find an error then e-mail me or post a comment here. DO NOT announce to the world that the tab is wrong. Most likely my scanner is wrong. The info was scanned from the sheets handed out at UCD last night. I have checked the totals etc and corrected any obvious errors but it is possible I have missed something. Contact me and I will check the hard copy.

I tried to scan the speaker tab but it came out with far more errors than the scanned team tab. I expect UCD will post the official one shortly anyway.

Hart House World Champions

Hart House A (Michael Kotrly & Joanna Nairn) are the World Champions for 2006.

In the Final they Defeated
Chicago A
Inner Temple A
Yale E

Motion: That this house would abolish all laws prohibiting cruelty to animals

Erasmus A Win ESL

Erasmus A won the World ESL championships.

If anyone had more details please post them in a comment

Yale A joint best speakers

1. Beth O'Connor (Yale A)
1. Rory Gillis (Yale A)

3. Derek Lande (UCC A)
3. Tara Mounce (Oxford A)
5. Daragh Grant (Chicago A)
6. Ivan Ah Sam (Sydney A)
7. Patrick Emerson (Chicago A)
8. Dominic Thurbon (Sydney A)
9. Jessica Prince (McGill B)
10. James Renihan (Hart House B)
10. Joanna Nairn (Hart House A)

Anat Gelber wins ESL Best Speaker

Anat Genber from Haifa A has won the ESL best speaker award

"Canada" win World Masters

Team "Canada" (Neil Harvey-Smith & Jess Harvey-Smith) won the Team Masters. Sean O'Quigley (Ireland) won the individual Masters.

Competition was held under Irish Times format with both teams and individuals in the final. Please seem my tutorial for more info.

I have no details beyond this. Can someone post a comment with the finalists, motions etc. Thanks.

UWI win Public Speaking

O'Neill Simpson from UWI Cave Hill has won the public Speaking

Stand Up Comedy Winner

Stand Up Comedy:
Jess ?? (Australia).

If anyone can confirm the name please pass it on. I have seen some comments on who it might be but am waiting for confirmation.

final

yale e inner temple a hart house a chicago a

Finalists announced at 4pm

final wont be announced until 4pm

ESL Final

ESL Final

1p: Bonaparte A
1o: IU Bremen A
2p: Boylai A
2o: Erasmus A

Motion: This House Believes that European Governments should payparents to have children.

Thanks to Rachel Chan for the update.

Public Speaking Final

Public Speaking Finalists

Ufi Poom
Steve Doran
Ren
O'Neill Simpson
Jason Rogers
James Redman
Michael Kotrly

Judges:
Erik Eastaugh (Chair), Matthew Kirk, Yvonne Simpson, Rachel Chan, Sumitra (MMU).

Final day timetable

So people know what to expect here is the timetable for key events tomorrow (all in Irish time)

11am-1pm Semi Finals
Expect an announcement on the finalists sometime between 1 and 2pm Irish time. I will be on my way to Dublin so I will post a brief update from my phone.

5pm- 7pm Final
Again I will post the results from my phone once announced. ALL results (Main, ESL, Masters, Public Speaking, Speaker etc) will be announced at the same time.

8pm Championship dinner.
I am not certain but it is possible (and strongly rumoured) that the results won't be announced until sometime during the dinner. The time is tight between the final and the dinner and people have to get from UCD to the Burlington so it is entirely possible they don't plan to announce things until then.

Finally in case I forget thanks to Derek Lande and Rachel Chan. My two "moles" inside the championships. Without them I wouldn't have had any info to post. Thanks guys.

Semi Finalists

The Teams progressing to the Semi Finals are

Chicago A
Hart House A
Inner Temple A
Oregon A
Oxford B
Sydney A
Yale A
Yale E

Draw and motion announced tomorrow.

Qtr Final Draw

Quarter Finals Draw:

1p: Yale A
1o: Cambridge A
2p: Melbourne A
2o: Inner Temple A

1p: Hart House B
1o: Chicago A
2p: UCC Phil B
2o: Oregon A

1p: Sydney A
1o: Sydney C
2p: Hart House A
2o: Hart House B

1p: Oxford B
1o: UCC Phil A
2p: McGill A
2o: Yale E

Motion: This House Would permit legislating by citizen initiated referenda

Thanks to Rachel Chan for the update.
Apologies for the delay in updating. Had to go out for a few hours. Semi Details should be available soon.

ESL Semi Final

ESL Semi

1G: Bonaparte A
1O: Berlin C
2G: Tokyo A
2O: Erasmus A

1G: IDC B
1O: Babes Bolyai A
2G: IU Bremen A
2O: Zagreb A.

ESL Semi Motion: This House would abandon the civilian use of nuclear power.

Octo Final Results

The following teams have qualified for the Qtr Finals

Cambridge A
Chicago A
Cork Phil A
Cork Phil B
Hart House A
Hart House B
Hart House D
Inner Temple A
McGill A
Melbourne A
Oregon A
Oxford B
Sydney A
Sydney C
Yale A
Yale E.

Octo Finals

Octos motion: This House believes that international law should recognise the right of each state to unilaterally undertake armedhumanitarian intervention

Octos draw:
1p: Cape Town A
1o: Inner Temple A
2p: Oxford D
2o: Melbourne A

1p: Hart House D
1o: McGill B
2p: UCC Phil B
2o: Cambridge

1p: Hart House B
1o: Yale C
2p: Hart House A
2o: Bristol A

1p: Middle Temple B
1o: Yale E
2p: Hart House C
2o: Oxford B

1p: UCC Phil A
1o: McGill A
2p: UNS A
2o: Carlton A

1p: Sydney C
1o: Sydney A
2p: Monash C
2o: Leeds A

1p: Chicago A
1o: Ateneo B
2p: Oregon A
2o: Glasgow A

1p: Sydney E
1o: Ateneo A
2p: Cambridge A
2o: Yale A.

Thanks to Rachel Chan for the update.

ESL Qtr Finals

ESL quarters motion:
This House would provide heroin to addicts through public health system

ESL quarter draw:
1p: Tel Aviv A
1o: Berlin C
2p: Tokyo A
2o: Bonn A

1p: Bolyai (sp?) A
1o: IDC B
2p: IIU Malaysia A
2o: Bremen B

1p: IMGIO A
1o: Haifa A
2p: Zagreb
2o: Bremen A

1p: Erasmus A
1o: Bonaparte A
2p: IIU Malaysia C
2o: Indonesia B

Thanks to Rachel Chan for the info.

EFL Championships in 2007

Worlds Council has voted to add an English as a Foreign Language Competition in Worlds 2007. This will be in addition to the existing Main and ESL competitions. The Council Committee have 3 months to come up with criteria to assist UBC in running the championships.

The Break

FULL Worlds 2006 Break

1 Yale A
2 Chicago A
3 Sydney A
4 Cork Philosoph A
5 Oxford B
6 Hart House A
7 McGill B
8 Melbourne A
9 Cape Town A
10 Hart House D
11 Yale C
12 Yale E
13 McGill A
14 Sydney C
15 Glasgow A
16 Sydney E
17 Cambridge A
18 Ateneo B
19 Leeds A
20 UNSW A
21 Middle Temple B
22 Hart House B
23 Cambridge B
24 Oxford D
25 Inner Temple A
26 Cork Philosoph B
27 Bristol A
28 Hart House C
29 Carleton A
30 Monash C
31 Oregon A
32 Ateneo A.

I don't have much else in terms of names, judges etc. However I understand UCD will post details on their website shortly.

ESL Break Update 2

ESL Break:

Bonaparte A
Haifa A
IDC B
Tokyo A
Bonn A
IUB Bemen
Berlin DU
Erasmus A

Missing the other teams.

Judge Break

Tom Agnew
Jack Anderson
Jon Barbur
Eric Barnes
Sarah Batley
Julia Bowes
Paul Brady
Jeremy Brier
Alex Campbell
Eoghan Casey
Stephanie Co
Benjamin Cohn-Urbach
David Cramsie
Alex Deane
Fiona Dewar
Roland Dillon
Shuvam Dutta
Erik Eastaugh
Ben Eidelson
Andrew Fitch
Ally Foat
Daniel Green
Rosemary Grey
David Ham
Jess Harvey-Smith
Neill Harvey-Smith
Brendan Howe
Gavin Illsey
Maryam Jahanshahi
Jason Jarvis
Matthew Kirk
Lauren Knight
Sinead Laffan
Kylie Lane
Joanna Langille
Simon Larragy
Ciaran Lawlor
Rob Leeds
Ian Lising
Logan
Nick Long
Ailsa Lynch
Kevin Massie
Noel McGrath
Eusebius McKaiser
George Molyneaux
Catherine Muhlebach
Peter Neilson
Louisa Ni Eideain
Jo Read
Sam Roberton
Kirsty Russell
Priyam Saraf
Nick Sloboda
Michael Smith
Ewan Smith
Kate Stegeman
Masako Suzuki
Jenny Twite
Paul-Erik Veel
Caleb Ward
Alex Ward
Miranda Weigler
Nurit Mor.

Assumption Thailand to Host 2008

Assumption University in Thailand have won the right to host worlds 2008 unopposed. The bid was very professional and well presented. The campus is outstanding. The adjudication team is in place and so is much of the fund raising requirements.

MMU 2005 minutes, report and accounts were passed

UCD 2006 report and accounts were passed

UBC 2007 bid defence was ratified

Council has introduced electronic e-mail voting to allow decisions to be made in between meetings.

Council has introduced a new order of distinction award for service to the World Debating community. This award will be given at the council’s discretion to reward outstanding service to the championships. The first award was given to Colm Flynn.

Ian Lising was re-elected Chair of Council

David Ham was re-elected registrar

Neill Harvey Smith was elected secretary

Katie Price was elected Women’s officer

Masako-san was re-elected equity officer.

Leeds & Bristol break

The missing teams were 19 leeds a & 27 bristol a

First Japanese ESL Break at Worlds

Tim Sonnreich has posted a comment to say that Tokyo A have broken in the ESL Competition. This is the first time a Japanese team have made the break in any competition at Worlds.

2 Missing teams

I'm still waiting for confirmation of the two remaining teams in the break. I have one team name but it was not certain and don't want to post in case it is wrong. All I know for sure about the remaining 2 spots is that neither is an Irish team as Cork A & B are the only two Irish teams to break.

It is unlikely that I will have final confirmation until the morning.

Yale Top Tab, Hart House Break 4 teams

Yale A have topped the tab at Worlds 2006.

Hart House Toronto broke four Teams, Followed by Yale and Sydney with 3 each.

I don't have any word on Masters, Public Speaking ESl or Judge break.

So far by Country:
England 9 Teams
Canada 7 Teams
Australia 6 Teams
United States 5 Teams
Ireland 2 teams
Philippines 2 Teams
Scotland 1 Team
South Aftica 1 Team

18 Points was the cut off. Don't yet have confirmation on the points of each team.

Thanks to Derek Lande for phoning me with the details.