WODC Quarter-final Draw

After some very close and high-quality debates in round 2, we are down to the best eight teams in the World Online Debating Championships. 

Thanks to Colm Flynn, Patrick Rooney, Branka Marusic, Josh Martin, Rose Helens-Hart, Loke Wing Fatt, Fred Cowell, Rinat Gershfeld, Monika Bukelskyte, Tommy Tonner, Andy Hume, Anne Valkering, Manos Moschopoulos and Beth Harvey-Smith for separating the teams. 

The QF draw is:

Macedonia  v. Greece

New Zealand v. Botswana

Canada v. India

Czech Republic v. Mongolia

The first debate begins on Monday 30th August. You can follow it all on http://debatewise.org/wodc-debates-2010

OIC Intervarsity Debating Championship

Hi Everyone,

I am pleased to update you all on the OIC Intervarsity Debating Championship.

1) Dates: 14th 19th December 2010.

2) Eligibility: All OIC Member Counties. Maximum three universities with one team each.

3) Country Registration Deadline: 1st September 2010.

4) Team Registration Deadline: 1st November 2010.

5) Registration Fees: There is no registration fee for the tournament. Participants will bear their own expenses for their trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The IIUM (International Islamic University Malaysia) will provide accommodation for the participants free of charge.

6) How do we select which are the three universities from a country?: Ministry of Foreign Affairs will choose the institutions. Any interested university is requested to liaise with their Foreign Ministry to secure a spot. A selection tournament is advisable for countries where more than three institutions are interested to participate. This will have to be done at the country level. The IIUM is more than willing to advise on how this may be done. The IIUM will not provide any financial support for this.

7) Current progress: Official invitation letters have been sent to the Foreign Ministries of all countries. The IIUM is now in the process of receiving the Country Registration Form. Country Registration Form is to be filled in by a nominated government agency which may be an official from Foreign Ministry/ Education Ministry or any Debate related person assigned by the government.

8) Website: More details and forms are available at the http://www.iium.edu.my/oicdebate/

9) Our Contact: latif@iium.edu.my, oicdebate@iium.edu.my, oicdebate@gmail.com

10) Our Communication Officer: Khadijah Syamsul (khadijahshamsul1203@gmail.com).

Thank you.

Latif
(On Behalf of Communication Officer)
1st OIC Intervarsity Debating Championship 2010
International Islamic University Malaysia

UNNC Cup 2010

Dear Debating Community,

Greetings from UNNC Cup Group! We're glad to announce the arrangement of UNNC Cup this September.

Our competition is to be held in the Nottingham University Ningbo, China from Sept 17th to Sept 19th.

Format: British Parliamentary
Team Cap: 32
Institution Cap: 4

Date
Sept 16th Thursday
Registration

Sept 17th Friday
Registration
Round1 to Round 3

Sept 18th Saturday
Round 4 to Round6

Sept 19h Sunday
Round 7, Semi-Finals and Final

UNNC Cup is intended to provide an opportunity for nationwide universities and high schools to debate and enhance our communication. This time, we would highly recommend universities and individuals in Southern China to consider our invitation. As the Southern Part did not have that much chances of debating tournament, we suppose this is a great choice for you to prepare for NEAO 2010.

Adjudication Core
Loke Wing Fatt, Chief Trainer/CA
Fiona He (BJUT), DCA
Zheng Bo, DCA
Samual Chiang, DCA
Alcal Wang
Ivan Ouyang
Logan Fu
Crystal Zhao
James Xu

Registration Period: Present to September 14th 2010 22pm GMT+8

Registration Fee: 100RMB for debaters
50RMB for accompanying adjudicators
500RMB for observers
* All registration fees do not include meals and accommodation.

Registration E-mail Address: unnc.cup@gmail.com

You need to send the Registration Form to the email box above. All registration fees should be submitted the day you arrived at UNNC (the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China).

For detailed information, please look at the attached Invitation Letter. Teams that have already got our announcement and signed for team caps, please refer to the Invitation Letter for the updated information of hotel.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at unnc.cup@gmail.com.

See you in Ningbo!

Best Regards,

Ni Chong (Alison)
Convenor of UNNC Cup2010
nichong.nc@gmail.com
(+86)150 5889 6283