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14 August 2010

WODC Round 2 Draw

We are down to the last sixteen teams in the World Online Debating Championships. The full draw is:

D1: USA 2 vs Macedonia
D2: Greece vs Pakistan
D3: Mexico vs New Zealand
D4: Australia vs Botswana
D5: Latvia vs Canada
D6: Colombia vs India
D7: Mongolia vs Ghana
D8: USA 1 vs Czech Republic

Debates D1-D2 start on Monday 16th August, D3-D4 on Tuesday 17th, D5-D6 on Wednesday 18th and D7-D8 on Thursday 19th August. You can see the debates so far and follow the progress of Round 2 here

11 August 2010

WUPID 2010: Registration Opens!‏

On behalf of the WUPID secretariat, it is my pleasure to formally invite you to WUPID 2010, taking place from December 18 – 23, 2010 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Debating
All debates will be in standard British Parliamentary format. All resolutions will be tightly linked to the theme - peace, with our very capable CA ensuring a  wide variety of topics are debated. There will be a cap of 60 teams. There will be five preliminary rounds. 16 registered teams, will then break to  quarter-finals. Awards will be given to the champions, finalists and top 10 speakers.

Adjudication
The Chief Adjudicator of this year’s tournament is Iqbal Hafiedz. In addition to being the founder of the Malaysian Institute for Debate and Public Speaking (MIDP), Hafiedz’s accomplishments include: All-Asians best speaker and Worlds ESL quarter-finalist. Our Deputy Chief Adjudicator will be Faisal Moideen, Mediha Mahmood, Dr. Kamalan Jeevaratnam, Ray D' Cruz and two more internationally renown adjudicators that will be announced very soon. (Please visit here for updates.)

In addition to Hafiedz and his deputies, Malaysia has access to an incredibly deep judging pool. Between the UPM (host university) debating club, UPM alumni and other debaters in Malaysia, we have multiple Regional and National debating champions, as well as numerous members who have broken as judges or adjudicators at worlds. We're confident of the quality of judging in every room.

The judging requirement will be n-1, rounded down. If a team is unable to fulfill their judging requirement then this can be waived at the discretion of  the organizers. We strongly encourage those teams who feel like they need a waiver to contact us, rather than sending an adjudicator who may be uncomfortable judging.

More Information
For a complete detail on the event, please visit wupidmania.wordpress.com. Hope to see lots of you there! And any questions, please send to wupid@hngsc.com .

9 August 2010

WODC Round 1 early results

Congratulations to USA 2 and Macedonia, the first two winners of our Round 1 ties, who will go on to meet in Round 2.

The USA team beat China, on a split decision, on the topic The Indian Government Should Incentivise The Rearing Of Girls; Macedonia beat Zimbabwe unanimously on NATO Should End Its Nuclear Sharing Programmes.

These debates - and others involving Pakistan v Nepal, New Zealand v Indonesia, Estonia v Australia, Botswana v Venezuela, Palestine v Latvia, Malaysia v India, Romania v Colombia, England v Mongolia, Uganda v Ghana - are all available now on the website.

8 August 2010

Botswana Worlds - Two days left to Apply for adjudicator subsidies

Greetings

Just a quick reminder. The deadline to apply for adjudication subsidies is on the 10th of August. Guidelines and more details available at http://www.botswanaworlds.com/node/33

All of you who have applied should have received an email from me acknowledging your application. If you haven't, please email me.

Cheers
Logan

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Chief Adjudicator WUDC 2011
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