MAIDENS

[Jessica]

What is Maidens?

A competition for people who are new to debating, who've never spoken at the table in Lower Parliament Hall.

What happens?

You can compete against other Maidens speakers in individuals fashion (3 on 3) this coming Saturday (Oct 27) all culminating in a debate in Lower Parliament Hall the week afterwards.

And if you win?
If you win, you are awarded £100. If you come second you get £50!

Post all questions on this thread and watch it for more info.

[ChrisH]

That is the final is held on the following Wednesday as the main debate.

Just in case anyone wondered.

[obsessiveBecca]

When? Saturday 27th and Final 31st October
Where? The Buchanan Building and LPH
Why? Cash prizes!!!!

Registration between 10.30 and 11am on Saturday morning in the Buchanan Building, three rounds, breaking to a semi if we have enough people.

We will announce the motion for Wednesday's debate at the end of the day, and draw positions for it half an hour before the start of the debate.

It will be over by 7pm, for all of you who want to go to the LibDem question evening!!

If you want more information drop me an email on rje7 or find me at training!

Cheers

Rebecca

[Imago]

Quoting Jessica from 13:59, 21st Oct 2007
What is Maidens?

A competition for people who've never spoken at the table in Lower Parliament Hall.

Presumably you mean this to read 'as students' - otherwise you exclude all those who have particpated in the Courier or in your schools tournament ... oops ... what schools tournament ...?

[David Bean]

It's also worth noting that to be a Maidens finalist is a significant achievement, and one that any debater who's new to the Society and wants to get on in it would be well advised to go for. I'm still proud to have been a Maidens finalist, and the same could probably be said of most members of any Board of Ten.

Good luck everyone, particularly the Board in organising it!

Edit: don't worry, Irene, I was eligible and I don't think the rules have changed much since!

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Psalm 91:7

[ChrisH]

The results are as follows:
Breaking:

Joe Potts 228
James Beadle 227
Patrick Orendorz 227
Sam Fowles 224
Emma Rettie 223
Joe Taylor 221

Non-Breaking

Kenny Nicol 219
Owen Wilton 218
Swing 217
Jan-Niklas Keltsch 213
Robert Geilfuss 210
Maddy Grieve 210


Well done to all who took part, there was a marked improvement in speeches over the course of the day and it bodes well for teams for coming year.

The motion has been announced but I shall let Becca post here as I can't remember the exact wording.

[obsessiveBecca]

The motion:

This House supports the use of Racial Profiling

If the Speakers can meet in LPH at 7.15pm on Wednesday, and we can draw positons at 7.30pm.

Don't forget the dinner at the Balaka afterwards, £13 for starter, popadoms, curry, rice and naan bread. Eveyone is welcome - please bring your friends!

[obsessiveBecca]

The motion:

This House supports the use of Racial Profiling

If the Speakers can meet in LPH at 7.15pm on Wednesday, and we can draw positons at 7.30pm.

Don't forget the dinner at the Balaka afterwards, £13 for starter, popadoms, curry, rice and naan bread. Eveyone is welcome - please bring your friends!

[kdc4]

well done to all...

the scores achieved are, i believe, the highest in four years by speakers at maidens.

[exnihilo]

Quoting David Bean from 23:00, 22nd Oct 2007
It's also worth noting that to be a Maidens finalist is a significant achievement.

That depends entirely on how many people enter.

There have been convenors who have presided over a final of 6 who had barely twice that many entrants, scarcely an achievement to survive the cull. There have also been years where ten times that many, and more, entered, much more impressive.

[Connie]

Yes, but when maidens is determined, not by your position in each round, but by how good your speech was irrespective of others in the room, looking at speaker points for the tournament as a whole is a good indicator that we have lots of good new speakers. Irrespecitve of how many came.

[exnihilo]

I agree, to an extent, but there can never be a truly objective standard and there will always be a certain amount of comparison to other speakers. But that's not what David said, nor would it really address the situation of 8 entrants and 6 finalists.

[kdc4]

Motion: This House supports the use of Racial Profiling

Emma Rettie 1st Prop
James Beadle 1st Opp
Patrick Orendorz 2nd Prop
Sam Fowles 2nd Opp
Joe Potts 3rd Prop
Joe Taylor 3rd Opp

Judges: Rebecca, Connie, Chris, Rachael, Miles.

Winner (£100 prize): James Beadle
Runner-Up (£50 prize): Joe Potts

Congratulations to all competitors for what was, without doubt, the best maidens final of the past four years, at least.

Cheers,
-Doug