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17 September 2009

ASDC 2009 Results

Results from the Asian Schools Debate Championships (ASDC) 2009 hosted by the De La Salle Debate Society

Champion: PAREF Southridge School 1 (Philippines)
Runner-up: Xavier School 1 (Philippines)

EFL Champion: Triam Udom Suksa School 1 (Thailand)
EFL Runner-up: Triam Udom Suksa School 2 (Thailand)

The tab is also available at http://www.asdc2009.com/

New Website for Pan African University Debating Championships

A new permanent website for the Pan African University Debating Championships (PAUDC) has been set up. 

You can find it at http://paudc.africandebating.org/

16 September 2009

First Announcement of NEAO China 2009 / 东北亚辩论赛邀请公告

Dear Debaters & Adjudicators,


We would like to cordinally invite you to join the Northeast Asian Open Championship 2009(NEAO 2009), which will be held by Beijing Foreign Studies University in China this November. As a major debating event in Northeast Asian Area, NEAO has made great contribution to promote interaction for Asian debate society and exchange among debaters from this area as well as other parts of Asia and the world.

NEAO 2009 is the first Asian Regional tournament hosted in China. As the organizer of this year's event, the Debating Society of Beijing Foreign Studies University(BFSU) would like to sincerely invite you to join us for this new chapter of regional debating communication.

Please refer to the attachment for tournament announcement and invitation letter. We will adopt British Parliamentary format with team cap 60. Official website and registration will be open soon. Please keep tuned for updates.

Thank you and hope to see you in Beijing this November! 



Sincerely,

Organzing Commitee of NEAO China 2009
Beijing Foreign Studies University English Debating Society

2009/09/16








各位辩手,评委:

大家好!

一年一度的东北亚辩论赛(NEAO)
将于今年11月在中国北京举行。作为地区性的主要赛事,东北亚辩论赛自2003年举办以来吸引了来自亚洲国家及世界其他国家的很多辩手,为加强地区及国际辩手届的交流做出了重要贡献。

作为中国首次主办的此类国际赛事的学校,北京外国语大学期待来自各校辩论精英的支持,并诚邀各位参与。详情请见大赛公告与邀请函(附件内)。

比赛将采用BP英国议会制辩论形式,预计参赛队伍60支。我们将于近日开通官方网站,公布报名信息,比赛详情,敬请关注。




此致
       敬礼!


2009东北亚辩论赛组委会
北京外国语大学英文辩论协会

2009/09/16


15 September 2009

Debate Academy scholarships‏

From EUDC mailing list:

The Dallas-based law firm of Bickel and Brewer announced a $5000 grant to the International Debate Academy Slovenia, sponsored by ZIP Slovenia and the World Debate Institute USA, for scholarship funds to bring the best and neediest of students to the 2009 program, a week-long intensive debate training program that will take place in November.

Sarah Marshala, director of the Bickel and Brewer Foundation, called in this news to Bojana Skrt, IDAS director, who reacted, "I am happy and very grateful for this award, and I am excited about now offering more scholarships than ever. I hope that the example set by this visionary law firm is something that lawyers in Europe will learn from," said Skrt.

Get information about the International Debate Academy Slovenia at http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html

You will find the link to scholarship forms there. Please realize:
There will be substantial competition for scholarship funds.
There will be no 100% awards.
Please follow instructions in the scholarship essay.
September 30 2009 is the deadline.

The International Debate Academy Slovenia is now in its seventh year and has become one of the world's premier debate training programs, focusing on training in the WUDC format. Students from over twenty countries have attended the program, and faculty members come from the top ranks of debate trainers from around the world. http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html

The dates for 2009 are 21-29 November 2009.

One of the other events Bickel and Brewer supports is the International Public Policy Forum that it operates in partnership with New York University. It is a debate contest that allows high school students from all over the world to compete against each other to earn an all-expense paid trip to New York City for the top eight teams and a chance to win $10,000. Formerly known as the Bickel & Brewer/ NYU National Public Policy Forum, the IPPF is a unique debate competition involving public and private schools from across the globe. Visit www.nppf.net for more information! See their Facebook page at

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/International-Public-Policy-Forum/211483875322?ref=ts