Posting details of WUDC Teams

As you may have noticed I have posted the Monash teams for Worlds which I received on e-mail

As there are 150 different institutions listed as registered for Worlds, I can't do a special announcement for every squad that I may receive.

But if people want to let others know they will be at Worlds and see who else is coming send me your team details and I'll post them up here once a week or so depending on how many, if any, I receive. email me at colm_flynn@hotmail.com

Also this only applies to Worlds. However if you can send me any results from other competitions please do.

Colm

Monash Teams for Worlds

Monash Association of Debaters WUDC squad for 2006.

Monash A: Jake Clifton & Simin Kocdag
Monash B: Tim Jeffrie and Victor Finkel
Monash C: Dev Kevat and Fiona Prowse

Judges: Andrew Fitch, Roland Dillon and Paula Glynn, Kylie Lane, Amanda Wolthuizen. MAD member Michael Smith Is already one of the DCA's

Melbourne Win Australian Womens

Melbourne's Liz Sheargold & Liz Ames won the 2005 Australian Womens Championships defeating ANU in the final.

WUDC Team Cap reached

The Team cap for Worlds 2006 has been reached.
Please see http://www.pgcareerswudc.com/ for details

Who's coming to Worlds

The Dublin 2006 org comm have posted an important update on various mailing lists (which is too long to post here).

It is a list of institutions who have registered for Worlds and their current registration status.

If you think you are going to Worlds you should check http://www.pgcareerswudc.com/ then Tournament - Who's Coming and make sure they also think you are going to Worlds.

UBC ratification

Ian Lising, Chair of the Worlds Executive Committee announced that the committee has officially ratified the University of British Columbia's bid to host the 27thWorld Universities Debating Championship in 2007.

All that is left is the formalconfirmation during the World Council meeting at the UCD Worlds 2006 in Dublin.

Congratulations to Teddy Harrison, Kevin Massie and the entire UBC team

All-Asians 2006 Website

University Putra Malaysia, hosts of the 13th All-Asians Intervarsity Debating Championships have set up their championship website.

Visit www.asians2006.org for more details

SSE Riga IV

The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga International Inter-varsity Debate Championships 2005 will be held on the 2nd to 4th of December

Five preliminary rounds of British Parliamentary debating with a break to the quarters.
CA is Nick Devlin, the Director of Debating at the Cambridge Union. Pre-tournament workshops.
Registration fee of 25 Euros per debater, and free for judges, includes accomodation, meals & parties.

For further information please see the website (http://iv2005.sseriga.edu.lv) or email the Convener, Yuri Romanenkov, at jromanenkov@sseriga.edu.lv

(Note from Colm: "Stockholm School of Economics in Riga International Inter-varsity Debate Championships 2005" has got to be a record for the longest IV title. Can anyone beat that?)

Debating for the Deaf

The following e-mail from the British Debate mailing list caught my attention. If anyone can help please log on to http://lists.topica.com/lists/britishdebate/ for more details (don't send it to me I don't have contact details for Robert).

I'm chair of the society for the first time, and responsible for the training programme, too. Our recruitment effort is still in full swing, but one thing really caught me completely by surprise. One of the students who signed up to debating is a girl who is either completely deaf, or very hearing impaired. I was told that she needs to lip-read. I absolutely want to make her debating experience as pleasant as possible, and support her in every way I can - but I am rather baffled as to how to best approach the training. Has there been any precedent. Have there been deaf debaters before? How should I adjust the training programme to meet her needs? I know there are some fantastic debaters with disabilities around, but I must admit that I have never encountered a debater with a hearing impairment before. I want to make sure that we give her the best training and opportunities we can offer, so any advice would be very much appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance for any advice

Kind regards

Robert Holbach(University of Glamorgan Debating Society)

Tilbury House Intervarsity

Tilbury House Intervarsity, Cologne, March 3-5 2006

Registration will start in November.

English language debating tournament.
CA: Jan Rosing (European Champion 2004, CA Istanbul 2005) - DCAs: Paul Novelle, Andrew Perfect - All costs covered: accommodation, food, alcohol, transportation, citytour - Two great parties - Hotel-like hostel - Return flights from the UK for £50 and less - Perfect EUDC preparation (March 23-26)