1st Canton IV (Asian Style) on May.4th-7th with 15 World/Australs/Asian breaking judges

Dear Asian debate community,

      I'm Howie Ding from China. Together with my colleagues from GDS, SYSU EDT and JNU EDT, we proudly present you the 1st Canton IV on May.4th-7th in Guangzhou锟斤拷historically known as Canton), China. The format of the event is Asian Parliamentary format.

     This is the first ever International debate tournament host in Southern China and we dedicate this event to debate lovers all around the world, especially those who intend to participate UADC and Australs. You would receive below benefits from our tournament:
      -7 Preliminary Rounds and Pre-Quarter, Quarter, Semi and Final
      -A world-class Adj-core with Robin Teo being our CA, Ely Zosa, Omar Salahuddin, Sebastian Templaton, Toshiaki Ikehara and Emily Zhang being our DCAs.
      -We also guarantee you not only the quality of the A-core, also a qualified big adj-pool of 8 more world/Asian/austral breaking or former International tournament CAs. The confirmed includes: Zheng Bo, Imran Rahim, Cecile Gotamco and Nicole Ng.
     -Tasty Cantonese cuisine, especially Dim-sum Morning Tea and a Fancy Break Night Party.

      We are treating you two big meals. One will be a grand Cantonese dinner, another will be a Cantonese 'Dim-sum' Morning Tea (breakfast is the fanciest meal of us! You can try hundreds of dim-sums!) in the oldest restaurants of Guangzhou (130 years) and a fancy break-night party.

     -Optional tours!
     You can optionally take our first trip to Baomo Garden, to see the traditional architecture of Chinese gardens in the first day. For our last day, we also arrange you to take a half-day downtown trip and try local street foods!


More details:
       Tournament Cap:
       40 Teams (N1) It's mandatory to have 1 adjudicator for 1 team
       Registration Fees: 850 CNY/ 135 USD per debater/adjudicator*
                                     1000 CNY/ 158 USD per observer*
       * These fee doesn't include accommodation, but includes daily foods, 2 big meals and 1 break night party.


We will release our recommendation for accommodation very soon. The lowest price for 3 nights would tentatively be 300 CNY/ 50 USD.


Registration:
       Our pre-registration starts on 19th March and ends on 31st March.

       For more information, please visit our website: www.cantoniv2012.com. (Our facebook and twitter would be on pretty soon! Please click our FB and Twitter button later on.)

      For inquiry, you can write to: cantoniv2...@hotmail.com锟斤拷 or howie1...@163.com (convener's e-mail address).


Looking forward to seeing everyone in Canton City!

Howie Ding
Canton IV 2012 Organizing Committee

Manchester to Bid for Euros 2013

Manchester have announced their intention to bid to host the European Debating Championships in 2012.  

From http://www.facebook.com/#!/ManchesterEuros

Welcome to the Manchester bid for EUDC 2013!

The Manchester Debating Union is proud to extend this bid, and we are excited to offer you the finest accommodation, location and socials Europe has to offer.

Our Union is equipped to produce a great tournament. Every year we bring you the Manchester IV- one of the biggest and best competitions on the United Kingdom circuit- and now we’re excited to ...bring Euros not only back to the UK but to Manchester.

Hosting 2013 Euros would give us the opportunity to show off the best of British. We intend to prove young people can be engaged in a positive and productive way- as you will see in our soon-to-be-announced key note speaker!

On the 19th-23rd August 2013, we aim to produce a fantastic European competition, 5 full days of excellent debating, fantastic judging and socials ranging in location from Old Trafford football stadium to our famous curry mile.

Euros 2013 in Manchester will be an exceptional tournament.

Debating Love,
Sarah
Prospective Convenor, Manchester Euros 2013