Round 5 motion

The motion for round 5 is

This house Supports Independence for Quebec

source 1stpropinthefinal & email

Round 4 Standings: Yale move to the top.

Here are some of the standings after Round 4. It only contains 72 of the 300+ teams. Once again this comes from a combination of sources mainly Ciaran Lawlor's excellent blog and CUSID.CA

Yale A 12
Yale B 12
Oxford E 11
Queensland B 11
Sydney B 11
UCC Philosoph A 11
ANU A 10
Cambridge A 10
Cambridge B 10
Cambridge C 10
Galway A 10
UCD L&H A 10
UCD L&H B 10
Oxford B 10
Oxford D 10
St. Andrew's A 10
St. Andrew's C 10
Sydney E 10
Cambridge D 9
George Washington 9
Glasgow B 9
KCL 9
McGill A 9
Melbourne A 9
Oxford A 9
Queen's A 9
Queensland A 9
Sydney D 9
Sydney F 9
Sydney H 9
TCD Hist A 9
TCD Hist B 9
Yale E 9
Alberta D 8
Ottawa A 8
Bremen B 8
Glasgow A 8
Hart House A 8
Hart House C 8
UCD L&H C 8
LSE A 8
Oxford F 8
St. Andrew's B 8
Sydney A 8
TCD Phil B 8
UCC Law B 8
UCD Law B 8
Yale D 8
Cambridge E 7
Alberta B 7
Hart House E 7
McGill B 7
Ottawa B 7
Carleton A 7
Carleton B 7
Calgary A 7
Calgary C 7
Sydney C 7
Sydney G 7
UCD Law A 7
UCD Law C 7
Yale C 7
Hart House B 6
UCC Law A 6
TCD Phil A 5
Durham A 4
Galway B 4.

Round 4 Motion

The motion for round 4 is

This house would criminalise the payment of Ransom

source email

Worlds Day 4: 2nd Debate Day

Saturday, December 30th, 2006 Debate Day 2
7:00-8:00 Loading Busses
8:00 Last Busses Leave Sheraton
8:30-9:15 Breakfast SUB Caf
9:15-9:30 Check-In SRC
9:30-11:30 Round IV UBC
11:30-13:00 Lunch SUB Caf Developing Nations Forum SUB Ballroom
13:00-15:00 Round V UBC
15:00-16:00 Public Speech II UBC
16:00-18:00 Round VI UBC
20:00-23:00 Sports Night War Mem Gym
23:00 Busses Leave UBC

Round 3 standings

Here are some of the standings after Round 3 that have been posted on blogs and websites. It only lists 71 of the 300+ teams taking part. As I get more details I'll add them. Also after round 3 there would be 5-6 teams on 9 points 14-16 on 8 and around 30 on 7 points (exact numbers depend on the number of teams).


Galway A 9pts
Oxford A 9pts
Oxford E 9pts
Sydney F 9pts
Yale A 9pts
Yale B 9pts
Ateneo A 8pts
UCD L&H B 8pts
Oxford D 8pts
St. Andrew's B 8pts
Stanford A 8pts
Sydney A 8pts
Sydney B 8pts
Sydney D 8pts
Sydney H 8pts
UCC Philosoph A 8pts
UCD Law B 8pts
Hart House E 7pts
McGill A 7pts
Hart House E 7pts
Cambridge A 7pts
Cambridge B 7pts
Cambridge C 7pts
UCD L&H A 7pts
LaVerne A 7pts
Oxford B 7pts
St. Andrew's 7pts
St. Andrew's C 7pts
Sydney C 7pts
Sydney E 7pts
Sydney G 7pts
TCD Hist A 7pts
UCC Law B 7pts
UCD Law C 7pts
Yale D 7pts
Cambridge D 6pts
Glasgow B 6pts
UCD L&H C 6pts
Oxford C 6pts
TCD Hist B 6pts
UCD Law A 6pts
Yale C 6pts
Yale E 6pts
Alberta A 6pts
Western B 6pts
Hart House C 6pts
York 6pts
Queen's A 6pts
Carleton A 5pts
Western A 5pts
Hart House A 5pts
Hart House B 5pts
Carleton A 5pts
Alberta B 5pts
Alberta C 5pts
Alberta D 5pts
Berlin 5pts
Cambridge E 5pts
Glasgow A 5pts
Oxford F 5pts
TCD Phil A 5pts
TCD Phil B 5pts
UCC Law A 5pts
Yale F 5pts
University of Saskatchewan A 5pts
Laurier B 4pts
Carleton B 4pts
Carleton C 4pts
McMaster 3pts
Ottawa A 3pts
University of Saskatchewan B 3pts.
Galway B 3pts

source: CUSID & 1stpropinthefinal

Round 3 Motion

The motion for Round 3 is

That this house Supports Accelerated Land Redistribution in South Africa

source 1stpropinthefinal

Some results of Rd2

Here are partial results after round 2 I have gathered from some blogs and websites. It only covers 71 of the 300+ teams taking part.

Team & Points
Cambridge B 6pts
Galway A 6pts
L&H C 6pts
Monash B 6pts
Oxford A 6pts
Oxford C 6pts
Oxford E 6pts
Queensland A 6pts
St Andrew's C 6pts
Sydney A 6pts
Sydney D 6pts
Sydney E 6pts
Sydney H 6pts
Yale A 6pts
Yale B 6pts
Cambridge C 5pts
Carlton A 5pts
Chicago B 5pts
Hart House B 5pts
Hart House D 5pts
Harvard E 5pts
KCL 5pts
L&H A 5pts
L&H B 5pts
Oxford D 5pts
Queen's A 5pts
St. Andrew's B 5pts
Stanford A 5pts
Sydney G 5pts
TCD Hist A 5pts
TCD Phil B 5pts
UCC Philosoph A 5pts
UCD Law B 5pts
Yale D 5pts
Berlin 4pts
Cambridge A 4pts
Cambridge E 4pts
Durham A 4pts
Fordham A 4pts
Hart House E 4pts
Harvard C 4pts
LSE A 4pts
LSE C 4pts
McGill A 4pts
McGill B 4pts
Ottawa B 4pts
Oxford B 4pts
Portland B 4pts
Queen's B 4pts
TCD Phil A 4pts
UCC Law A 4pts
UCC Law B 4pts
UCD Law C 4pts
Yale F 4pts
ANU A 3pts
Bonn A 3pts
Carleton B 3pts
Galway B 3pts
Hart House C 3pts
McGill C 3pts
McMaster 3pts
Ottawa A 3pts
Oxford F 3pts
Queen's C 3pts
TCD Hist B 3pts
UCD Law A 3pts
Washington A 3pts
Western B 3pts
Yale C 3pts
Hart House A 2pts
Bonn B 1pts

source : Cusid & 1stpropinthefinal

Public access to the debates

I've had a number of queries from people wanting to attend the championships and watch debates. The best info I have is from an article in "The Province" newspaper

Several of the debates are open to the public: preliminary rounds on Dec. 29 at UBC's student centre starting at 9:30 a.m.; elimination rounds on Jan. 2 at the Wall Centre starting at 8:30 a.m.; and Jan. 3 at the Wall Centre at 9:30 a.m. and then at UBC's Chan Centre at 2 p.m.

I hope to be in communication with UBC later and will attempt to confirm the details with them.

Partial results from Round 1

Here are partial results I have gathered from some blogs and websites. It only covers 75 of the 300+ teams taking part.

Team & Points
Cambridge B 3
Cambridge E 3
Carleton B 3
Durham A 3
Durham B 3
Galway A 3
George Washington A 3
Hart House D 3
Hart House E 3
Harvard E 3
LSE C 3
Newcastle 3
Ottawa B 3
Oxford A 3
Oxford B 3
Oxford C 3
Oxford D 3
Oxford E 3
Oxford F 3
Portland E 3
Queen's A 3
Queensland A 3
Queens's C 3
Saskatchewan A 3
SMU ? 3
St Andrew's C 3
St Andrew's B 3
Stellenbosch A 3
Sydney A 3
TCD Hist A 3
UCC Law B 3
UCC Philosoph B 3
UCD L&H A 3
UCD L&H C 3
UCD Law A 3
UCD Law B 3
UCD Law C 3
Yale A 3
Yale B 3
Yale D 3
Yale E 3
Alberta D 2
Alberta A 2
ANU 2
Calgary B 2
Cambridge D 2
Carleton A 2
Galway B 2
Glasgow A 2
Hart House A 2
Hart House B 2
Harvard B 2
Lincoln's A 2
McMaster 2
Queensland B 2
Saskatchewan B 2
Stanford A 2
TCD Phil A 2
TCD Phil B 2
UCC Law A 2
UCC Philosoph A 2
UCD L&H B 2
Yale C 2
Yale F 2
York 2
Cambridge C 1
Hart House C 1
McGill A 1
McGill B 1
Ottawa A 1
Queen's B 1
St Andrew's A 1
Sydney C 1
Western A 1
TCD Hist B 0.

Round 2 Motion

The motion for Round 2 is

This house believes that the UK should abolish it's Nuclear Arsenal.

Source: 1stpropinthefinal

Round 1 Motion

The first round motion at Worlds is
This house would Ban Government Funding of Religious Schools.

Source: 1stpropinthefinal

Canadian time zone Blogs & Websites

As I'm not in UBC and much of the action will happen in the middle of the night Irish time I'll post a summary of relevant info from various sources as I get info but if I find any other blogs etc I'll post the links.

Ciaran Lawlor (the convener of last years worlds at UCD) has just started a blog of events at UBC. It can be found at 1stpropinthefinal.blogspot.com.

http://www.apdaweb.org/forum and http://www.cusid.ca/community/ are the main North American Debating discussion boards.

For an Australian view Peter Black Black is posting some updates but it is not clear if he is in Vancouver or like me is at home but in contact with people in UBC. http://www.freedomtodiffer.com It's not dedicated to Worlds but some postings may update on results from Australian teams.

Matthew Sinclair (one of the finalists in the Masters) has a blog which can be found at http://sinclairsmusings.blogspot.com/. Like Peter it's not dedicated to Worlds but some postings will be.

Cork and Botswana bid for 2009

Following last night's preliminary council meeting I can now reveal that there are two bids to host the World Debating Championships in 2009. As was made public last week Cork (Ireland) are one with Botswana the second bidder.

The decision will be made by council on New Years day.

World Masters update

The Masters rounds were held on Thursday. They are now down from 24 teams to the final 4.

The finalists will be:
1 England A (Jessica Harvey Smith & Neil Harvey Smith)
2 Australia A (Nicole Lynch & Victor Finkel)
3 Quebec A (Matt Sinclair & Ali Dewji)
4 England D (Jessica Van Der Meer & Andrew Marshall)

The final will be held on Tuesday 2nd January

The motions were:
This house would designate one city to permanently host the Olympics
This house believes that governments should provide heroin addicts with safe injection facilities.

Worlds Day 3: 1st Debate Day

Friday, December 29th, 2006 Debate Day 1
7:00-8:00 Loading Busses
8:00 Last Busses Leave Sheraton
8:30-9:15 Breakfast SUB Caf Women's Breakfast SUB Ballroom
9:15-9:30 Check-In SRC
9:30-11:30 Round I UBC
11:30-13:00 Lunch SUB Caf Women's Forum SUB Ballroom
13:00-15:00 Round II UBC
15:00-16:00 Public Speech I UBC
16:00-18:00 Round III UBC ____
18:30-19:30 Dinner SUB Caf
19:30-24:00 Women's Night SUB
24:00 Busses leave UBC

Article about Worlds

In case anyone is interested there is an article on Worlds in "The Province" newspaper today.

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=cd6063e7-8caa-4c59-a88b-f6233e433411

You will have to sign up for the 7 day free trial.

Worlds Day 2: Opening Day

Thursday, December 28th, 2006 Opening Day
9:30-12:30 Masters Rounds I, II Sheraton
12:30-14:00 Pre-Council Meeting (lunch) Junior Ballroom
13:30-14:30 Novice Briefing Grand Ballroom
14:30-17:00 Common Briefing Grand Ballroom
17:00-19:00 Adjudicator Test Grand Ballroom
20:00-late Opening Cocktail Party Grand Ballroom.

Worlds Day 1: Arrival day

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006 Arrival Day
10:00-20:00 Arrival, Check-In, Registration Grand Ballroom
21:00-late Social Caprice/Cellar.

Pre-Worlds Results

Tom Chapman and Jake Clifton won the Alberta Pre-Worlds (the final warm up competition for Worlds). Tom Chapman also took the top speaker award.

Full details can be found at http://www.albertapreworlds2006.com.

UBC to be largest ever Worlds.

UBC have released the list of all registered institutions attending this year's championships. The list contains 339 teams. This would make it the largest ever worlds beating the previous record of 312 set by UCD last year.

You can see the full list at
http://lists.topica.com/lists/britishdebate/read/message.html?sort=d&mid=913553968&start=8805