Durham IVI'm pleased to announce that registration for the annual Durham Union
IV will open on Saturday 1st September.
The competition itself will be held on Saturday 3rd November 2007
aspart of the annual Doxbridge Worlds warm-up. To those already in the
North East at the Newcastle IV the day before, Durham is only a short
train journey.Like last year, we'll be running closed motions and 4 prelim rounds
breaking to semis. We have the ESU's 'Man from Melbourne', Andrew
Fitch as CA. Fitch was 6th best speaker at Worlds 2005 and a Grand
Finalist at Australs the same year.
The overall team cap is 60, but there's no limit on teams per
institution. The N-1 judging rule applies to all IONA institutions.
The cost of registration is £40 per team. Judges are free. Places will
be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Registration will
close at 12.30pm on the Saturday; teams who have not paid by this time
will not be able to compete.
After the Final in the Chamber, we will move down to 24 North Bailey
Club for the famed Durham free social (yakka, anyone?). Saturday night
crash will be in 24NBC bar and reading room; I'd recommend that you
contact any friends in Durham in advance to see if they have a spare
bed/ sofa/ hammock for the night.
To register, please email durhamdebate@gmail.com. Following reg,
cheques payable to The Durham Union Society should be sent to the
address below. We can also accept electronic transfers, details on
request.
Newcastle
Hello Ladies and Gentleman,
I'm very pleased to announce that registration for the Newcastle
International IV 2007 is open. The competition is on Friday 2nd
November, 2007. This is the day before the very highly regarded and
close by Durham IV.
As usual, Newcastle will provide a frendly welcome with some of the best
social on the circuit. The competition will be a fun and friendly 4
rounds break to final with closed motions. We have a highly competent
Chief Adjudicator in the form of Rob Marrs.
The team cap is 80, there is no institutional cap (assurances of numbers
would be appreciated from institutions sending 4 or more teams). N-1
judges is going to be strictly enforced, except for non-UK teams.
More detail to follow, but for the moment we can say the price will
include food, social and crash.
The provisionally the price will remain the same as last year:
£40 per team for the first 2 teams paid for
£30 for each subsequent team
(SSDC and northern English alliance members arrangements apply)
Judges come free.
We'll get back to you with travel and times later on. To reg email at
the address below.
Contact details are:
Email: debates.union@ncl.ac.uk
Mobile: +44 (0)7900 698 116
Leiden
Hello everybody,
The Leiden University Debating Society 'De Leidsche Beck' is proud to
announce the Leiden Open 2007.
This BP-debating competition will be held on Friday 26th and Saturday
27th October 2007 at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. The
competition will consist of 5 preliminary rounds (2 on Friday evening,
3 on Saturday), breaking to semi-finals. Our CA Alex Ward and DCA
Leela Koenig will reside over a very experienced judging pool. Teamcap
is set at 40 teams.
We plan to bring some of the best debaters from the continental and
the Irish/English circuit together in Leiden. The city is located near
Amsterdam Airport, a hub for lowcost carriers all over Europe. Crash
will be provided to all international participants. Crash accomodation
for Thursday and Sunday is available on a first come, first served
basis for those of you who want to stay a bit longer.
Registration is open now and the participation fee will be 50 euros
per team, and 15 euro per judge. Composite teams are allowed and even
encouraged, but it would be very much appreciated if societies will
send (good) judges along.
The Leiden Open 2007 will have great debating and good parties in one
of the prettiest cities of Holland, and it provides an excellent
opportunity for both established and new debaters to come to The
Netherlands and experience just how much fun international debating
tournaments can be.
For more information: visit http://www.leidenopen.nl or contact us at
info@leidenopen.nl
L&H Dublin
The University College Dublin, Literary & Historical Society's, Vice Presidents' Cup Inter Varsity 2007 proudly sponsored by Proctor & Gamble Careers
(or "UCD L&H P&G VPC IV 2007" for short)
is now registering on www.literaryandhistorical.com
I look forward to processing your applications and organising the open bar!
Cambridge
Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that registration for the Barclays Wealth Cambridge IV will open on Friday 17th August (tomorrow). There will initially be a team cap of 2 teams per institution but if you would like to send more teams do let us know when registering and we will try to accommodate such requests where possible. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. International institutions who have sent 3 teams to Oxford will also be allowed to send 3 teams to Cambridge. The n-1 judging rule will apply to all IONA institutions. The competition will be held on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th November 2007. The cost of registration is £65 per team. There will be no cost for judges. As in previous years all debates will have open motions and there will be 5 rounds, breaking to semis. We are delighted to announce Jo Read as our CA. Jo is a former Convenor of the IV and has judged a Worlds Quarter Final, Welsh Universities Mace Final twice, the International Schools Mace Final and the Final of the Cambridge IV four times. In addition to the debating, we will provide parties on both the Friday and Saturday nights with plenty of free alcohol. The dinner, final and after-party on the Saturday will be black tie as in previous years. In order to register please email cambridgeiv2007@googlemail.com [if that doesn't show up, it should be cambridgeiv2007 -AT- googlemail.com]. Following registration cheques should be made out to The Cambridge Union Society and sent to the following address: Jo Box Mischa Balen Cambridge IV 2007 The Cambridge Union Society 9a Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UB England We hope to provide a tournament to remember and look forward to seeing you all there. Jo Box Mischa Balen Convenors
Oxford
Oxford may be under threat of flood, but fear not, for it gives us
great pleasure to announce that we are ready to begin registration
for the Oxford IV 2007.
International Package registration will open at 00:01 hrs BST on
Wednesday, August 1, 2007. Registration for domestic teams will open
at 00:01 hrs BST on Saturday, September 1st.
International teams who wish to attend the Oxford IV can register
either with the International Package or with the IONA (domestic)
package. However, we do strongly recommend the International Package
for international teams. Although it is £30 more, among its benefits
are this it does guarantee you, in addition to everything provided
by the IONA package:
* Exemption from the n-1 rule.
* A guaranteed extra night of crash on Thursday.
* Free entrance to the historic Oxford Union Thursday night debate,
"This house looks forward to seeing a democrat in the White House".
This debate will feature Tom DeLay and Al Sharpton, amongst others,
and is set to be the Union's most high-profile debate in years.
* A cocktail party on Thursday night with free cocktails.
* A free walking tour of historic Oxford, which is celebrating the
1000th year of its foundation.
The team cap is 3 teams per institution. We would like to draw the
attention of all Irish institutions to our website, which explains
the position of the Convenors with regard to Irish institutions.
http://www.oxfordiv .org/registratio n.html
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact us at convenor@oxfordiv. org or at our personal e-mails
krishnaomkar@ gmail.com and lewis.turner@ new.ox.ac. uk.
We're also in the process of planning some fantastic social events
for you, and more information on these will be available soon. Of
course, there's always the Championship Dinner to look forward to.
IDAS
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ACADEMY
SLOVENIA
IDAS 2007
THREE EVENTS:
WORKSHOP FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
WORKSHOP FOR TRAINERS, COACHES AND TEACHERS
AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
For university students and trainers/teachers
17th – 25th November 2007, Ormož, Slovenia
Organized by:
ZIP – Za in proti (ZIP), Pro et Contra, Institute for the Culture of Dialogue, Slovenia
WDI – World Debate Institute, University of Vermont, USA
Webpage, registration form, scholarship form: http://debate.uvm.edu/idas2007.html
