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21 March 2006

Canadian Nationals Results

Final
Hart House FT (Freeman & Toshniwal) defeats McGill PS (Prince & Shotwell)
Motion: Motion: THW extend copyright indefinitely.

Semi-Finals
McGill PS (Prince & Shotwell) defeats Queen's KD
Hart House FT (Freeman & Toshniwal) defeats Hart House NT (Nairn & Tharamangalam)

Quarter-Finals
(1) McGill PS (Prince & Shotwell) defeats UBC HK (Harrison & Keys)
(2) Hart House NT (Nairn & Tharamangalam) defeats (7) Queen's NO (Nicholson & Opolsky)
(3) Hart House FT (Freeman & Toshniwal) defeats UBC SN (Sinha & Nelson)
(4) Queen's KD defeats vs (5) McGill DR (Dash & Rogers)

Top Speaker
Laura Kusisto (Queen's KD)

Top Public Speaker
1 Jason Rogers (McGill University)
2 R. Jesse McWaters III (McGill University)
3 Dan Powell (Royal Military College)
4 Spencer Keys (University of British Columbia)
5 Gordon Shotwell (McGill University)

Novice Final
Hart House LL (Lizius & Levy) defeats Calgary MB (Masten & Broniewski)
Motion: THW peg the Canadian Dollar to the Euro.

Top Novice Speaker
Richard Lizius (Hart House)

All rounds in this post - save public speaking - took place in Canada's senate. The debaters were addressed between the Novice Final and Grand Final by the Usher of the Black Rod. Public Speaking took place at the banquet the night before, in the National Art Centre's Panorama Lounge
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20 March 2006

e-mail from Euros 2006: Final Announcements

Dear all,
Just a quick note for all those who plan to arrive in Berlin on Wednesday: there will be a little get-together at the Via Nova Restaurant, Universitätsstr. 12 in Berlin-Mitte (right across from Humboldt University) on Wednesday, 22nd at 8pm. Just let me know if you'll be there when you find the chance.

If you have any trouble finding the place just contact me on my cell phone: +49-176 2419 1238.

The weather should be partly cloudy with possible rain showers and temperaturs b/w 3 and 6 degrees Celsius (I think that's about 40 degrees Fahrenheit if I'm not mistaken). So make sure to bring a warm coat: it gets significantly colder during the night.

We hope you all have a safe trip to Berlin and we look forward to seeing you very soon.

Best,
Simon Koschut, Convenor
Jens Fischer, Chief Adjudicator
Florian Wichelmann, Chief Organiser.

e-mail from Euros 2006: Delegation names

Hi Everyone,

only four more days and the EUDC 2006 will start!

We kindly want to ask those teams who haven`t filled in all the names of their delegation to provide us with these information.


If you got more details about your arrival on Thursday (exact time and exact airport), please share them with us again, just to make sure, that we can pick you up where ever you arrive.

We wish you a good journey!
Simon, Jens, Florian
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e-mail from All Asians 2006

on behalf of the All-Asians 2006 Org Com:

The organisers of the upcoming 13th All-Asians (6-14 May 2006), Langkawi 2006, would like to share the love with the rest of the world, and invite everyone to sunny Langkawi to join Asia and celebrate debating!

The tournament is open to international teams (non-breaking, but entitled to 7 prelim rounds and 1,290 social events), adjudicators and observers (ie people who want a holiday in Langkawi with lots of debaters to get pissed with).

Tournament highlights
- rego is slightly less than 170 USD
- 9 days in a 4-Star hotel on a tropical island
- the entire island is duty free (beer is 6 USD, for a CRATE! about 27 cents a beer. Liquors, tobacco, perfumes, clothes, cars, all at duty free prices)
- all debates will happen IN the Tournament Hotel (zero travelling time)
- dream socials (BBQs on the beach, beach games, parties)
- holiday activities abound! (snorkelling, diving, boating, jet skis, para-glyding, volleyball, hiking, tours...)
- all welcoming Malaysian hospitality!

for travel help : travelasians2006@gmail.com
for registration issues : regoasians2006@gmail.com
for everything else : convenorasians2006@gmail.com
for more information : www.asians2006.org

see you here!
Sharmini
convenor,
Asians 2006 Org Com.

19 March 2006

Canadian Nationals Break

Team Break:
McGill (Prince & Shotwell)
Hart House (Nairn & Tharamangalam)
Hart House (Freeman & Toshniwal)
Queen's University (Dickie & Kusisto)
McGill (Rogers & Veel)
University of British Columbia (Nelson & Sinha)
Queen's University (Nicholson & Opolsky)
University of British Columbia (Harrison & Keys)

Public Speaking:
Dan Powell - Royal Military College
Gordon Shotwell - McGill University
Spencer Keys - University of British Columbia
Jason Rogers - McGill University
R. Jesse McWaters III - McGill University

Novice Final:
Calgary MB v. Hart House LL