Hi All, First off, thanks so very much for volunteering to go to Edinburgh and Dundee this weekend; I really don't know what we would have done without volunteers from St Andrews. Also, I wanted to apologise for the logistical problems today. We did a very poor job of communicating and organising; I...
Dear All, I would like to invite you all to judge at the Cambridge Schools Debating Competition. This year, the tournament is bigger and better than ever with over 600 teams from around the British Isles currently registered to compete. This is a great opportunity for Scottish schools debating, but ...
St Andrews has completed its trials for the upcoming World Championships in Cork, Ireland. Results are as follows: St Andrews A: Chris Hawkins and Rachael Whitbread St Andrews B: Miles Wood and James Beadle St Andrews C: Laura Mattina and Maddy Grieve Alternate: Daniel Berman Motions: THW: Hold Drug...
Quoting ChrisH from 23:21, 27th Jun 2008 Jess and I (St Andrews B) came joint 17th on tab, along with a Cambridge team, 6 points off the break. So while sad we didn't make it, we're thrilled to have done so well. Indeed, a great show from Chris and Jess- hard luck that only a few speaks kept them f...
ESL Break 1. Leiden A 2. Bonaparte A 3. Tilbury A 4. Bonaparte C 5. ? 6. Haifa B 7. Tel Aviv A 8. Koc A 9. Berlin B 10. Warwick A 11. Hertie A 12. Bonaparte B 13. Metu A 14. Tilbury C 15. Tilbury B 16. IDC A Main Break 1. Oxford A 2. Oxford B 3. Manchester A 4. Leiden A 5. UCC Phil A 6. UCD Law A 7....
From a blogger at Euros: "I’m sure there were memorable quotes from many of the rooms today but my favourite two both came from St Andrews in my first round. From Tom Cahn, “Look Daddy, there’s that unemployed person, he touched me!” and from his teammate James Beadle, “We’ll train them so hard thei...
The best source of up-to-the-minute information on the tournament appears to be: http://www.yourgermancorrespondent.blogspot.com/ Which many of you may remember from blogging the Koc adventures last year. Naturally, however, it doesn't give an update on our champions. Motions Thusfar (general gist, ...
Quoting Kizzy from 11:20, 7th May 2008 Jason, I can promise you, that if you run anything like that, and I'm judging you, Bad Things will happen. I don't know what they'll be yet, but I'll take between now and Durham to plan them, and update threats as necessary! In fairness the 'whaling permits' m...
There's a schools tournament in Dundee this weekend for the national schools teams of Wales, Scotland, England, and Ireland. It's quite a big deal, involving lots of dinners and things with the Lord Provost, and such. Irene McGrath from High School of Dundee has asked if we could supply two judges; ...
As for the results of the Balaka: Diarmuid won and Neill Harvey-Smith took second. If someone has a full tab with speaks broken down by round I'd be very curious (particularly to see what the judges made of the 'opt-out anarchy' v. 'government-sponsored anarchy' debate of round two). More importantl...
Quoting mattina from 16:29, 17th Mar 2008 Balaka trials will take place on Thursday the 27th of April from 5:30 SHARP in the Salad bowl until whenever they are finished that night. The format of the judging will be explained to competitors prior to the start of trials. I ask that EVERYONE wishing t...
Cheers to Becca for running a good tourney. Thanks everyone for coming out, especially Becca, Chris, Jess, Royce, Owen and Sally, who judged. I had a great time and saw some hilarious debates (Fearghas, Steven, and Tom are worthy of special mention). Finalists were: St Regulus A (Rafael, Brian) Cric...
Teams in the final: St Andrews (Grieve and Cochran) St Andrews (Whitbread and Hawkins) St Andrews (Conner and Siegel) Glasgow (Brown and Tait) Held in Edinburgh March 25, Playfair Library. It's open to the public, all welcome. ********************************************** Last night's semi: Motion:...
THW: Set a minimum retail price for alocohol THW: Legalise incest between siblings. TH: Loves the smell of napalm in the morning THW: Force drug companies to reveal the results of clinical trials. THW: Stop all state funding for IVF. Semi: THW: Not recognise Kosovo's independence Final: THW: Restric...