The Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, organizer of the most prestigious English language debating tournament in China, invites you participate as a guest adjudicator at the 14th FLTRP Cup National English Debating Championship. The FLTRP Cup will be held May 15-25, 2010 at the FLTRP’s Convention Center in Beijing.
The FLTRP Cup is the oldest, largest and most celebrated intercollegiate debating competition in China. Since it’s inception, the FLTRP Cup has been a major sponsor of intercollegiate debating in China and is on the forefront of promoting open discourse and intellectual exchange among the best and brightest of Chinese college students.
This year, the FLTRP Cup makes an important transition as it adopts for the first time the British Parliamentary format, the style of debating employed by the World Universities Debating Championships. This transition is critical to connect Chinese universities to the world of international debating and will require the cooperation of volunteers willing to contribute their experience as adjudicators to the effort.
Though the competition is open only to Chinese university students, there is a great need for skilled adjudicators to ensure that the standards of the BP style are upheld. To encourage you to participate in this effort, the FLTRP is sponsoring an incentive package for all qualified adjudicators with significant BP experience who agree to adjudicate at the 14th FLTRP Cup. All qualified adjudicators will receive:
• Transfers from Beijing airport to the FLTRP Convention Center (May 15)
• Hotel at the FLTRP Convention Center (May 15-22)
• All meals while at the Convention Center (May 15-22)
• Transfer to downtown Beijing (May 22)
• Hotel in downtown Beijing (May 23-25)
• Tours of major sites like the Great Wall & Forbidden City (May 23-24)
• Some meals while in downtown Beijing (May 23-24)
• Transfers to airport on May 25
Additionally, we will offer partial travel subsidies to select qualified adjudicators.
To apply to be an adjudicator, please visit: http://www.chinadebate.org/Adjudicator.asp
Questions may be directed to steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com
5 February 2010
3 February 2010
MIT win North American Championships
Adam Goldstein and Bill Magnuson have won the 2010 North American Debating Champiohships held at York.
Champions:
MIT GM (Adam Goldstein & Bill Magnuson)
Finalist
McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik)
Semi FinalistsUBC CS (Evan Choate & Joshua Sealy-Harrington)
Stanford CM (Alex Campbell & Anish Mitra)
Qtr Finalists
Boston CT (Garron Chiu & Alexander Taubes)
Queen's HW (Adam Hetherington & Christine Wadsworth)
McGill MM (Vinay Mysore & Sophie MacIntyre)
Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall)
Octo Finalists:
Hart House LT (Richard Lizius & George Trotter)
Hart House AF (John Ashbourne & Erin Fitzgerald)
Queen's LR (Adrienne Lipsey & Mark Rubenstein)
Yale KM (Steven Kryger & Grant May)
Chicago AB (Adam Anderson & Ben Field)
Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early) -> Replaced by another team; I forgot which?
Dartmouth HW (Joe Huston & Andrew Wansley)
Yale EF (Naz El-Khatib & Kate Falkenstein)
Top 10 Speakers:
1 Richard Lizius (Hart House LT)
2 Christine Wadsworth (Queen's HW)
3 Adam Hetherington (Queen's HW)
4 Adam Goldstein (MIT GM)
5 Sean Stefanik (McGill SS)
6 Saro Setrakian (McGill SS)
7 John Ashbourne (Hart House AF)
8 Sophie MacIntyre (McGill MM)
9 Alex Campbell (Stanford CM)
10 George Trotter (Hart House LT)
Top Novice Speaker: Tim Abdulla (McGill)
Top Novice Team: Hart House CG (Deirdre Casey, Sam Greene)
Team Tab
Speaker Tab
Source: CUSID, APDA and e-mail
Champions:
MIT GM (Adam Goldstein & Bill Magnuson)
Finalist
McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik)
Semi FinalistsUBC CS (Evan Choate & Joshua Sealy-Harrington)
Stanford CM (Alex Campbell & Anish Mitra)
Qtr Finalists
Boston CT (Garron Chiu & Alexander Taubes)
Queen's HW (Adam Hetherington & Christine Wadsworth)
McGill MM (Vinay Mysore & Sophie MacIntyre)
Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall)
Octo Finalists:
Hart House LT (Richard Lizius & George Trotter)
Hart House AF (John Ashbourne & Erin Fitzgerald)
Queen's LR (Adrienne Lipsey & Mark Rubenstein)
Yale KM (Steven Kryger & Grant May)
Chicago AB (Adam Anderson & Ben Field)
Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early) -> Replaced by another team; I forgot which?
Dartmouth HW (Joe Huston & Andrew Wansley)
Yale EF (Naz El-Khatib & Kate Falkenstein)
Top 10 Speakers:
1 Richard Lizius (Hart House LT)
2 Christine Wadsworth (Queen's HW)
3 Adam Hetherington (Queen's HW)
4 Adam Goldstein (MIT GM)
5 Sean Stefanik (McGill SS)
6 Saro Setrakian (McGill SS)
7 John Ashbourne (Hart House AF)
8 Sophie MacIntyre (McGill MM)
9 Alex Campbell (Stanford CM)
10 George Trotter (Hart House LT)
Top Novice Speaker: Tim Abdulla (McGill)
Top Novice Team: Hart House CG (Deirdre Casey, Sam Greene)
Team Tab
Speaker Tab
Source: CUSID, APDA and e-mail
Draw for World Schools Debating Championships 2010
To view the draw click here (pdf)
Videos of the draw being made can be found on the Qatar 2010 YouTube Channel here
For more details of the draw visit the schoolsdebate blog
Irish Times Semi Finals
Details of the Semi Finals of the 2010 Irish Times Debating Championships. One team and one Individual progress from each semi.
Semi-Final A
“This House Would Abolish the Parades Commission of Northern Ireland”
Chairman: Tommie Gorman
Northern Editor, RTE
DATE: Friday, 29th January, 2010
VENUE: IPLS Lecture Theatre, Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Belfast
UCD L&H (1) Julia Lawlor & (9) Rebecca McGrath
UCD L&H (2) Barry Singleton & (10) Niall Fahy
TCD Phil (3) Brian O’Beirne & (11) Jonathan Wyse
TCD Hist (4) Niamh Ni Mhaoileain & (12) Niall Sherry
(5) John Beechinor (UCC Law)
(6) Ian Boyle-Harper (UCD L&H)
(7) Fiona Shine (ICAI)
(8) Sean Butler (NUIG Lit & Deb)
Progressing TCD Hist (Niamh Ni Mhaoileain & Niall Sherry) and Sean Butler (NUIG Lit & Deb)
Semi-Final B
“This House Believes that the 1916 Rising Was Treason Against Ireland”
Chairman: The Hon. Mr. Justice Adrian Hardiman
Judge of the Supreme Court & Twice Winner, The Irish Times Debate
DATE: Monday, 1st February, 2010
VENUE: Bencher’s Room, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns
UL Debating Union (1) David Hartery & (9) Maurice Cotter
King’s Inns (2) Eoghan Casey & (10) Paddy Rooney
UCC Philosoph (3) Eoghan McSwiney & (11) Kieran Murphy
UCD L&H (4) Ian Hastings & (12) Conor McAndrew
(5) Ceile Varley (DCU Deb Soc)
(6) Robert Crowley (King’s Inns)
(7) John Smyth (IT Carlow)
(8) Aengus O Corrain (TCD Phil)
Progressing: UCD L&H (Ian Hastings and Conor McAndrew) and Aengus O'Corrain (TCD Phil)
Semi-Final C
“This House Would Not Welcome a School Established by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Ireland”
DATE: Thursday, 4th February, 2010
VENUE: Council Room, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place
UCD L&H (1) Aoife McDonagh & (9) Dearbhla O’Gorman
TCD Hist (2) Huw Duffy & (10) Barra Rowntree
King’s Inns (3) Niall O hUiginn & (11) Shane Cranley
UCD L&H (4) Kieran Daly & (12) Michael Conroy
(5) Emily Ravenscroft (NUIG Lit & Deb)
(6) Emma Regan (TCD Phil)
(7) Michael MacGrath (King’s Inns)
(8) Ciaran Parkin (TCD Hist)
Semi-Final D
“This House Believes that the Next Government of Ireland Should Be Led by the Labour Party”
Chairman: Senator Rónán Mullen
Member of Seanad Eireann & the only former winner of The Irish Times Debate to have won election to the Oireachtas
DATE: Friday, 5th February, 2010
VENUE: House of Lords, Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin 2; (hosted here by UCD Literary & Historical Society)
TCD Law (1) Ross O’Mahoney & (9) Mark Thullier
DCU (2) Kenneth Hynes & (10) David Brady
UCD L&H (3) Eoghan Sheehy & (11) Janine Ryan
King’s Inns (4) Deirdre O’Donohoe & (12) Aine Hartigan
(5) Robbie Henderson (RCSI)
(6) Sean O’Quigley (Griffith College Dublin)
(7) Charles O’Donnell (UCD L&H)
(8) Liam O’Connell (UCD L&H)
Semi-Final A
“This House Would Abolish the Parades Commission of Northern Ireland”
Chairman: Tommie Gorman
Northern Editor, RTE
DATE: Friday, 29th January, 2010
VENUE: IPLS Lecture Theatre, Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Belfast
UCD L&H (1) Julia Lawlor & (9) Rebecca McGrath
UCD L&H (2) Barry Singleton & (10) Niall Fahy
TCD Phil (3) Brian O’Beirne & (11) Jonathan Wyse
TCD Hist (4) Niamh Ni Mhaoileain & (12) Niall Sherry
(5) John Beechinor (UCC Law)
(6) Ian Boyle-Harper (UCD L&H)
(7) Fiona Shine (ICAI)
(8) Sean Butler (NUIG Lit & Deb)
Progressing TCD Hist (Niamh Ni Mhaoileain & Niall Sherry) and Sean Butler (NUIG Lit & Deb)
Semi-Final B
“This House Believes that the 1916 Rising Was Treason Against Ireland”
Chairman: The Hon. Mr. Justice Adrian Hardiman
Judge of the Supreme Court & Twice Winner, The Irish Times Debate
DATE: Monday, 1st February, 2010
VENUE: Bencher’s Room, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns
UL Debating Union (1) David Hartery & (9) Maurice Cotter
King’s Inns (2) Eoghan Casey & (10) Paddy Rooney
UCC Philosoph (3) Eoghan McSwiney & (11) Kieran Murphy
UCD L&H (4) Ian Hastings & (12) Conor McAndrew
(5) Ceile Varley (DCU Deb Soc)
(6) Robert Crowley (King’s Inns)
(7) John Smyth (IT Carlow)
(8) Aengus O Corrain (TCD Phil)
Progressing: UCD L&H (Ian Hastings and Conor McAndrew) and Aengus O'Corrain (TCD Phil)
Semi-Final C
“This House Would Not Welcome a School Established by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Ireland”
DATE: Thursday, 4th February, 2010
VENUE: Council Room, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place
UCD L&H (1) Aoife McDonagh & (9) Dearbhla O’Gorman
TCD Hist (2) Huw Duffy & (10) Barra Rowntree
King’s Inns (3) Niall O hUiginn & (11) Shane Cranley
UCD L&H (4) Kieran Daly & (12) Michael Conroy
(5) Emily Ravenscroft (NUIG Lit & Deb)
(6) Emma Regan (TCD Phil)
(7) Michael MacGrath (King’s Inns)
(8) Ciaran Parkin (TCD Hist)
Semi-Final D
“This House Believes that the Next Government of Ireland Should Be Led by the Labour Party”
Chairman: Senator Rónán Mullen
Member of Seanad Eireann & the only former winner of The Irish Times Debate to have won election to the Oireachtas
DATE: Friday, 5th February, 2010
VENUE: House of Lords, Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin 2; (hosted here by UCD Literary & Historical Society)
TCD Law (1) Ross O’Mahoney & (9) Mark Thullier
DCU (2) Kenneth Hynes & (10) David Brady
UCD L&H (3) Eoghan Sheehy & (11) Janine Ryan
King’s Inns (4) Deirdre O’Donohoe & (12) Aine Hartigan
(5) Robbie Henderson (RCSI)
(6) Sean O’Quigley (Griffith College Dublin)
(7) Charles O’Donnell (UCD L&H)
(8) Liam O’Connell (UCD L&H)
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