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18 April 2007

Amsterdam Open

Do what 60 teams before you have done before and register before April 23rd for the AMSTERDAM OPEN.

Teams from United Kingdom, Germany, France, Turkey, Slovenia, Croatia, Israel, Pakistan, The Netherlands are already coming!

We have great socials: on friday night we offer several tours through the city, on saturday nightwe will organize a great party. On sunday and monday the biggest party in the Netherlands will beheld: Queensday.

We have 7-minute speeches, BP style, and Anat Gelber is our CA, Will Jones and Daniel Schut DCA.

Fees are 35 euro per debater and 20 euro per adjudicator.

Check our website for registration and information: www.ao2007.nl. Or email us atamsterdamopen@asdvbonaparte.nl .

Hope to see you in the city of sin,
Gijs Schumacher and Anne Valkering

15 April 2007

New Zealand Universities' Impromptu Champs

Results of the 2007 New Zealand Universities' Impromptu Debating Champs ("Easters")

Host: University of Canterbury
Winners: Victoria University of Wellington 1 (Yogesh Patel & Stephen Whittington)
Runners-Up: Victoria University of Wellington 2 (Polly Higbee & Clodagh O'Connor-McKenna)
Best Speaker: Polly Higbee
NZU Impromptu Debating Team: Polly Higbee & Will Chisholm (University of Otago)
Most Promising Speaker: Nick Gavey (University of Otago)