Newcastle and Durham

[mattina]

Newcastle IV will be held on Friday the 2nd November this year and Durham will be held on Saturday the 3rd.

We're sending two teams to Newcastle and six to Durham and there are still places available to speak and judge at both tournaments. I can only send so many speakers but I'm willing to send as many judges as want to go to both of these IVs.

To get to Newcastle it's the 6:51 am train from Leuchars arriving at 9:40. Please DO NOT take the next train as it's arriving to close to the close of registration to get from the train station to reg without being late.

There will be a couple of people continuing from Newcastle to Durham as well as people taking the train on Saturday down to Durham. To get to Durham on the Saturday take the 6:28 train from Leuchars (again, DO NOT take the later train, you will miss registration and therefore the tournament as a whole).

Returning on the Sunday I'll be on the 9:50 (first train of the day) which arrives into Leuchars at 14:33.

Anyone who wants to go, please contact me at lem55 to come along!

-Laura

PS-a word to the freshers, when you buy your train tickets buy a young person's railcard for 20 pounds as you get 1/3 off your rail tickets for the year and I suggest you buy your card and tickets at the travel service.

[mattina]

Teams for Newcastle

Doug and Laura
Beth and Zulekha

Judges welcome and encouraged!

as ever, lem55

-Laura

[mattina]

Last minute details for the weekend...

1. if you're going to Newcastle meet at the bus stop at 6:10 on Friday

if you're going to Durham meet at the bus stop at 5:50 on Saturday

2. bring your rail tickets, young person's railcard, and a sleeping bag (get one from argos if you don't have one-you'll need it!)

3. any questions? email (or call me tomorrow since I'll be on a train and unable to check my email after tonight)

Laura

[Dickie]

I will be driving down on Saturday. Does anyone who has not bought their rail ticket want a lift to Durham and back!!

Meet at 7am sharp. you know who you are and where
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[Frank George]

Congratulations to Beth & Jess, Connie & Doug, and Rachael & Chris who made it the the semi-final at Durham and especially to Rachael & Chris who won the final!

All of our teams did well and we had strong showings from our judges.

I'm sure somebody will post more complete results, but I just wanted to get that out...

[mattina]

SUCCESS!!

Durham: Congratulations to of course Chris and Rachael for winning but also to Jess and Beth and Connie and Doug for breaking. Three teams breaking is fantastic!

I'd also like to congratulate James and Kenny for finishing on 7 team points as well as Dickie and Laura for chairing rooms.

Newcastle: Congratulations to Doug and Laura for breaking top of tab.

In short, a fantastic weekend all around for St Andrews debating! Thanks to everyone who participated by speaking, judging and cheering on our teams after the break!

Laura

[kdc4]

Newcastle's tab is MIA at the minute.

Durham:

Team Tab:

1. Cambridge A 11, 639 (Block, Galtrey)
2. St Andrews A 11, 637 (Connie, Doug)
3. Cambridge B 10, 636 (Bott, A. Chapman)
4. Oxford BJ 10, 627 (Jasper, Bauer)
5. Manchester A 9, 626 (Bradley, Dixon)
6. Cambridge C 9, 621 (Warents, Thomas)
7. St Andrews D 9, 620 (Beth, Jess)
8. St Andrews B 9, 606 (Rach, Chris)

THE BREAK******************

20. St Andrews E 7, 585 (Kenny, James)
20. St Andrews C 7, 585 (Zoe, Frank)


52. Strathclyde 1, 495 (Whyte, Campbell)


Speaker Tab:

1. Adam Bott 328

3. Doug 320
4. Connie 317
14. Jess 310
14. Beth 310
20. Rach 305
28. Chris 301
31. Kenny 297
36. Zoe 295
56. Frank 290
58. James 288

104. Phil 242


Motions:

THW: Ban the Production of Halal and Kosher Meat.
THW: Not recognise remembrance days.
TH: Deplores the Existence of the Page 3 Girl.
THB: Developing nations should institute one-child policies.

Semi: THW: Try attempting crimes as though they had actually been committed.

Final: THW: Ban the Church of Scientology

1st Prop: Cambridge C
1st Opp: Cambridge A
2nd Prop: St Andrews B
2nd Opp: Cambridge B

Winners: St Andrews B!

In short:

*Our first tournament win of the year, at the biggest tournament north of Cambridge.
*Three breaking teams, a first for St Andrews intervarsity debating (I think...).
*First-time chair assignments for Laura and Dickie.
*All teams, including our novices (Kenny and James), finished well above the tab median.
*No speaker scored less than 70 in fifty rounds worth of competition.

Well Done to All!!

Cheers,
-Doug

P.S. Thanks also to Zoe and Dickie for help with transport.

[Jessica]

I'm so impressed! Set's a good tone for the year guys... next goal: take up top 3 spots in the break!

HUGE congrats to Rach and Chris, well deserved, and what a fun competition to break at!

And can't forget how well all the Freshers did. I think in my first year I was about 2/3 of the way down the tab at my first IV. This is a spectacular turnout guys. I hope everyone had fun.

YAY!

And well done Beth - I love our equal speaks. It's gorgeous.

YAY!

PS Bring on Oxford! (even though I'm judging...) And the Mace!

[kdc4]

Is finally up...

Teams:

1. St Andrews A 11 639
27. St Andrews B 4 594
36. Norfolk and Chance 0 511

Individuals

1. Adam Bott 327

6. Doug 321
7. Laura 318
12. Beth 305
40. Zulekha 289

72. Rob Harris 253

Congratualations to all. High speaker mark award goes to Laura, who took an 85 from Will Jones in round two!

Cheers,
-Doug

[David Bean]

I wish I'd seen that Durham final - THW Ban Scientology? Brilliant!

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