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6 January 2015

World Debating Champions and Finalists

Here are the past World Debating Champions at the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC)

World Champions:
2015 To be Announced January 20162015 Sydney A (Edward Miller & Nick Chung)
2014 Harvard A (Josh Zoffer & Ben Sprung-Keyser)
2013 Monash B (Nita Rao & James Beavis)
2012 Monash B (Kiran Iyer and Amit Golder)
2011 Monash A (Victor Finkel & Fiona Prowse)
2010 Sydney A (Christopher Croke & Steve Hind)
2009 Oxford A (James Dray & Will Jones)
2008 Oxford A (Samir Deger-Sen & Lewis Iwu)
2007 Sydney G (Julia Bowes & Anna Garsia)
2006 Hart House A (Joanna Nairn & Michael Kotrly)
2005 Ottawa A (Erik Eastaugh & Jamie Furniss)
2004 Middle Temple (Deane & Brier)
2003 Cambridge B (Ward & Anderson)
2002 NYU Law (Weekes & Merson)
2001 Sydney (O'Mahoney & Hunyor)
2000 Monash (Little & Roussow)
1999 Monash (O'Sullivan & Phillips)
1998 Grays Inns (George & Sheldon)
1997 Glasgow Union (Hume & Sloan)
1996 Macquarie (Burgland & Way)
1995 New South Wales (Hooke & Phillips)
1994 Glasgow Union (Blessing & Hamilton)
1993 Harvard (Friedman & Kennedy)
1992 Glasgow Union (Marshall & Peterson)
1991 McGill (Wayland & Gupta)
1990 Yale (Wolf & Wertheim)
1989 Sydney (Bell & Lee)
1988 Oxford (Morley & Hall)
1987 Glasgow Union (Sneader & Lally)
1986 UC Cork (Hassett & Lankford)
1985 Kings Inns (Crawford & Murphy)
1984 Sydney (Celermeyer & Kelly)
1983 Glasgow Dialectic (Nicolson & McKirgan)
1982 Aukland  (Bugg & Kidd)
1981 Hart House (Coughlin & Taylor)


Finalists

2014:
Cambridge B (Kitty Parker Brooks & Benjamin John Frank Adams)
Glasgow A (John McKee & Duncan Crowe)
Sydney B (Eleanor Jones & Chris Bisset)
Judges: Michael Baer (chair), Ely Zosa, Steve Whittington, Leela Koenig, Tim Blair, Jonathan L. Maynard, Ben Kornfeld

2013
Otago A (Alec Dawson & Kieran Bunn)
Sydney B (Paul Karp & Dominic Bowes)
Auckland A (Ben Milsom & Stephanie Thompson)
Judges: Sharmilla Parmanand, James Kilcup, Isa Fischer, Jack Watson, Omer Nevo, [x] Metnar, Shengwu Li, Monique Hard[x], Kirstie McDonald Russel

2012
Stanford A (Michael Baer & Faris Mohiuddin)
Oxford B (Steph Bell & Jen Coyne)
Sydney B (Daniel Swaine & Eleanor Jones)
Judges:  Lucinda David, Sam Block, Adam Goldstein, Joe Roussos, Art Ward, Tate Thomas, Kirsten Price, Mary Nugent, Zayn Siddique.
 
2011
Oxford A (Ben Woolgar & Hugh Burns)
Sydney A (Tim Mooney & Bronwyn Cowell)
LSE A (Anser Aftab & John Ashbourne)
Judges Lucinda David, Sam Block, Adam Goldstein, Joe Roussos, Art Ward, Tate Thomas, Kirsten Price, Mary Nugent, Zayn Siddique.

2010
Harvard (Adam Chilton & Cormac Early)
London School of Economics (Rushabh Ranavat & Art Ward)
Oxford (Jonathan Leader Maynard & Shengwu Li)
Judges: Logandran Balavijendran, James Dray, Anat Gelber, Richard Lizius, Tim Jeffris, Michael Baer, Kimera Yoko Chetty

2009
Harvard (Lewis Bollard & Cormac Early),
Monash (Ravi Dutta & Victor Finkel),
Oxford C (Jonathan Leader Maynard & Alex Worsnip)
Judges: Suthen Tate Thomas (MMU chair) Christopher Bishop (Victoria Wellington) Sharmila Parmanand - (Ateneo de Manila) Doug Cochran (Cambridge) Kirsty Russell (Independent) Jo Nairn (Hart House) Michael Baer (Stanford) Ross Reid McGuire (UCD Law) Logan Balavijendran (MMU)

2008
Cambridge (Mhairi Murdoch & Daniel Warents),
Monash (Tim Jeffrie & Fiona Prowse),
Sydney (Christopher Croke & Dominic Thurbon)
Judges: Deirdre O’Donohoe (Ire) Diarmuid Early (Ire) Suthen 'Tate' Thomas (Mal) Neil Harvey-Smith (UK) Ian Lising (US) Ciaran Lawlor (Ire) Beth O’Connor (US) Joanna Nairn (Can), Rajesh Krishnan(Sin)

2007
Queensland A (Erin O'Brien & Evan Goldman)
Cambridge C (Ranald Clouston & Bob Nimmo);
Oxford D (Will Jones & James Dray)
Judges: Kevin Massie (Can Chair) Tim Sonnreich (Aus) Derek Lande (Ire) Alex Deane (Eng) Neill Harvey-Smith (Eng) Ian Lising (US) Jeremy Brier (Eng) Jo Nairn (Can) Hayley Nix (Yale)

2006
Chicago A (Grant & Emerson),
Inner Temple A (O'Ceallaigh & Sparling),
Yale E (Bone & Denton)
Judges: Ciaran Lawlor (Ire), Paul Brady (Ire), Fiona Dewar (Eng), Erik Eastaugh (Can), Michael Smith (Aus), Alex Deane (Eng) Jermery Brier (Eng) Caleb Ward (Eng) Alex Lally (Ire)

2005
Cambridge A (Grant & Devanney),
Oxford D (Just & Bailey),
Hart House B (Kotrly & Nairn)
Judges: Logandran Balavijendran (Mal), Praba Ganesan (Mal), Jermery Brier (Eng) Kevin Massie (Can) ???

2004
Sydney A (Croft & Satchithananda),
Singapore Institute of Management A (Krishnan & Bhatia),
Inner Temple (Osborne & Hearnden)
Judges: Neill Harvey-Smith (Eng), Ravi Visnawathan (non-voting Chair of the Grand Finale), Amanda (Aus),Ranjan (Can), Barry Tanner (Can), Praba Ganesh (Mal), Michael Smith (Aus), Ian Lising (USA.), Caleb Ward (End), Kate Stegeman (SA)

2003
Monash B (Oliver & Sonnerich),
Cambridge A (Tan & Issacc),
Melbourne A (Kennedy & Herzfeld)
Judges: Marika Muller (SA), Colm Flynn (Ire), Andy Hume (Sco) Ian Lising (US) Jennifer Twite (UK), Eamonn O'Flaherthy (Ire), Joan De Venecia (Ph)

2002
UCD (Brady & Walsh),
Monash A (Wolthuizen & Smith),
Durham B (Simons & Hamilton)
Judges: Rob Silver (Can), Alex Macoun (Aus), Ian Lising (US), James Bitanga (Ph), Stephen Pitel (Can), Caoilfhionn Gallagher (Ire), Neill Harvey-Smith (UK), Marika Muller (SA), Jason Brent (Can)

2001
ULU (Harvey-Smith & Gleeson),
Kings Inns (Gallagher & Walsh),
Sydney B (deMelo & Macoun)
Judges: Andy Hume (Sco) Ben Foss (US) Rob Silver (Can) Meg O'Sullivan (Aus) Amanda Kiemas (Sg), Richard Wilkins (Sco) John Long (Ire) Nick Dunham (UK) JP Toner (Sco), Chris Fladgate (Aus)

2000
UC Dublin (Mills & Brady),
Glasgow Union A (Toner & Winton),
LaVerne (Rodruigez & Krispinsky)
Judges: Rebrecca Graham (Aus) Omar Salahuddin (Mal) Diarmuid Conway (Ire) Ben Foss (US) Bombit Lagosa (Ph) Tommy Tonner (Sco) John Long (Ire) Andrew Mitchell (Aus) Praba Ganesan (Mal)

1999
Sydney E (Juratowich & O'Mahoney),
Oxford (Kidd & Milnes),
Sydney B (Purtell & Brown)
Judges: Peejay Garcia (PH), Ray d’Cruz (Aus), Ben Richards (Aus), and Omar Sallahuddin (Mal), John Long (Ire), Rest not Known

1998
Oxford (Philips & Hughes),
Edinburgh (C O'Cinneide & Foss),
Western Ontario (Patterson & Orr)
Judges: Julie Pipilos (Gre) Andy Hume (Sco) Michael Lubeski (Jap) Benjamin Kalin (US) Paul McDermott (Ire) Alex Kalisasis (Gre) Simone Murray (Aus)

1997
London (Neidle & Murray),
Grays Inn (Green & George),
Edinburgh (McCall & Dalrymple)
Judges: Veronica Vurgarellis (SA), Ray D'Cruz (AUS), John Long (Ire), Omar Salahuddin (Mal), Tommy Toner (Sco) Rest not known

1996
Middle Temple (Duncan & Beveridge),
Sydney (Greiner & Spencer),
Edinburgh (Dalrymple & Magee)
Judges: John Long (Ire), Chris Fladgate (Aus), Jermery Green (U.K.), Moluli Ramani (Can), Neil Higgins (US), Damian Crawford (Ire), Andrea Coomber (Aus)

1995
Oxford A (Black & Clayton)
Judges: Mark Paulding (US) Robert J. McNeill (US), HE Siddihartha Shankar Ray (Ind), DR Dan Russell (Aus), Justice Randall Shepard (US), Kenneth Starr (US), Paul Volcker (US)

1994
Oxford (Black & Blair),
Vassar (Fanuelle & Yusif),
Aukland (Shand & Judd)
Judges: Michael Gronow (Aus), Sir Edward Woodward (Aus) Rest not Known

1993
Hart House (Brent & Meehan)
ANU A,
ANU B
Judges: Lord Justice Bingham (UK), Kenneth Harris CBE (UK), DR Laxmi Mall Singhvi (Ind), Baroness Warnock DBE (UK), Shane Murphy BL (Ire)

1992
ANU (Douglas & O'Donovan),
Sydney A (Spencer & Long),
Sydney B (Stone & Howarth)

1991
Dalhousie (Pitel & Haffner)

1990
Ormond College (Black & Hunt),
Sydney A (Bell & Spencer),
ANU (Young & Mulino)

1989
Hart House (MacGregor & Conklin)

1988
Victoria-Wellington

1987
Hart House Toronto (Oli & MacGregor),
Swarthmore (Davis & Neureiter),
Sydney (Fletcher & Lee).

1986
Sydney

1985
Brown

1984
Oxford (Pittock & Wilson)

1983
Aukland  (Bugg & Kidd) (yes the defending champions)

1982
Ottawa (LaPlante & McCulloch)

1981
McGill Law School (Mangeon & Rankin),
Ottawa,
Queen Margaret Union Glasgow 'B' (Kenny Harris & Kenny Dyer)
Info from Kenny Harris (Finalist)


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