WIDPSC 2013 – Grand Final [VIDEOS]

Other WIDPSC 2013 videos can be found in my earlier post. These are only from the Grand Finals hosted at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.

Debating Grand Final
Motion: THW sacrifice economic gain for the good of the environment
Proposition: Nick Marine (South Africa) and Emma Pottinger (South Africa)
Opposition: Joseph Kahn (South Africa) and William Richardson (Canada)
Result: Joseph Kahn – Champion; Emma Pottinger – 1st runner-up; Nick Marine – 2nd runner-up; William Richardson – 3rd runner-up

After-Dinner Speech Champion
Emily Leijer (Australia)

WIDPSC 2013 Speaker Tab [RESULTS]

The overall speakers tab for the 2013 World Individuals Debating and Public Speaking Championships hosted in Durban, South Africa are included below. These results are taken from the WIDPSC Facebook Page.

1. Connor Campbell (Canada)
2. Joseph Kahn (South Africa)
3. Nicholas Marine (South Africa)
4. Madhav Menon (Hong Kong)
5. William Richardson (Canada)
6. Raja Noureddine (Australia)
7. Nicolo Mazaro (USA)
7. Ryan Sherbo (Canada)
9. Lucien Wang (Hong Kong)
10. Ella Thomson (Canada)
11. Greta Hoaken (Canada)
12. Emma Pottinger (South Africa)
13. Jaclyn Flom (Canada)
14. Philip Balson (USA)
15. Clare Moffat (Canada)
16. Zachariah Lee (Hong Kong)
17. Shaun Gohel (USA)
18. John French (USA)
19. Katie McAllister (Australia)
20. Pierce Dickson (Canada)

WIDPSC 2013 [RESULTS]

The 2013 World Individuals Debating and Public Speaking Championships recently concluded, having been hosted by Clifton School in Durban, South Africa. In particular, the organisers were quite efficient with the results and accompanying videos of the event, much of which are included below. Almost all of this information can originally be found on the WIDPSC Facebook Page.

Champions and Grand Final

In reverse order of the occurence of the Grand Finals.

Overall
1. Connor Campbell (Canada)
2. Joseph Kahn (South Africa)
3. Nicholas Marine (South Africa)
4. Madhav Menon (Hong Kong)
5. William Richardson (Canada)
6. Raja Noureddine (Australia)
7. Nicolo Mazaro (USA)
7. Ryan Sherbo (Canada)
9. Lucien Wang (Hong Kong)
10. Ella Thomson (Canada)

After-Dinner Speech
1. Emily Leijer (Australia) [2]
2. Raja Noureddine (Australia) [3]
3. Povilas Rutkauskas (Lithuania) [5]

Persuasive Speaking
1. Eleonora Lekaviciute (Lithuania) [5]
2. Lucien Wang (Hong Kong) [11]
3. Madhav Menon (Hong Kong) [4]

Impromptu Speaking
1. Nicolo Mazaro (USA) [10]
2. Lucien Wang (Hong Kong) [7]
3. Clare Moffat (Canada) [2]

Debating
1. Joseph Kahn (South Africa) [4]
2. Emma Pottinger (South Africa) [8]
3. Nicholas Marine (South Africa) [9]
4. William Richardson (Canada) [3]

Interperative Reading
1. Ryan Sherbo (Canada) [4]
2. Shaun Gohel (USA) [2]
3. Connor Campbell (Canada) [9]

Oxford Schools Debating Tournament 2013 – Finals Day [RESULTS]

The finals day of the Oxford Schools Debating Tournament 2013 was sucessfully held yesterday at the Oxford Union. I rather brutal tournament where 87 teams competed to break into the Grand Finals.

After four tough rounds of debating, the following teams emerged atop the tab:

1. Westminster A (Ellie Shearer, Louis Willis) – 11, 658
2. Eton ET (Harry Elliott, Toby Tricks) – 10, 670
3. Dulwich KP (Arnav Kapur, Patrick Kenny) – 10, 640
4. TWGGS A (Lucy McCann, Elly May) – 10, 635

On the motion that TH Opposes The Funding And Arming Of The Syrian Rebels By Western Nations, Closing Opposition, Eton ET, emerged as Champions of the Oxford Schools Debating Tournament 2013. I understand there was a recording of the Finals but I’m not sure where it might resurface.

A full tab may be released by the organisers, the speaker and team tabs as relased on the evening are included below.

WSDC 2013 – ESL Tab [RESULTS] [UPDATED]

Top 20 English as a Second Language speakers following the 8 preliminary rounds.

Note that this is different both to those announced at the Grand Finalas well as the subsequent list posted earlier. This is becaues a number of issues arose in the calculations of the scores and the CAP have had to continiously update this list as this information becomes integrated. This post is accurate only as of the time it was udpated {4pm 14/2/2013}

Position. Name (Country) Debates – Average
1. Diego Cepeda (Mexico) 7 – 72.667
2. Siddarth Shrikanth (India) 8 – 72.521
3. Jose de los Heros (Peru) 6 – 72.417
4. Aaron Luke (Malaysia) 6 – 72.222
5. Ariel de la Garza (Mexico) 5 – 72.000
6. Dhruva Bhat (India) 8 – 71.979
7. Shriya Suriyanarayanan (India) 4 – 71.917
8. Kaan Ülgen (Turkey) 6 – 71.722
9. Luis Enrique Zela-Koort (Peru) 7 – 71.619
10. Yerin Yang (South Korea) 6 – 71.611

WSDC 2013 – EFL Tab [RESULTS] [UPDATED]

Top 20 English as a Foreign Language speakers following the 8 preliminary rounds.

Note that this is different both to those announced at the Grand Finalas well as the subsequent list posted earlier. This is becaues a number of issues arose in the calculations of the scores and the CAP have had to continiously update this list as this information becomes integrated. This post is accurate only as of the time it was udpated {4pm 14/2/2013}

Position. Name (Country) Debates – Average
1. Joris Broeders (Netherlands) 7 – 71.667
2. Roel Becker (Netherlands) 8 – 71.146
3. JunHyub Lee (South Korea) 4 – 70.917
4. Carrisa Tehputri (Indonesia) 8 – 70.875
5. Simonas Bartulis (Lithuania) 7 – 70.833
6. Ziva Antolin (Slovenia) 7 – 70.750
7. Jonathan Shvartz (Israel) 7 – 70.667
8. Ida Ayu Pradnya Paramita (Indonesia) 8 – 70.604
9. Bogdan Andrei Morosanu (Romania) 8 – 70.333
10. Egle Kavaliunaite (Lithuania) 6 – 70.167
10. Atakan Paksoy (Turkey) 4 – 70.167

WSDC 2013 – Final Team Tab [RESULTS]

The final team tab that factors in the results of the knock-out rounds following the preliminary team tab.

Rank	Team	Wins	Ballots	Average Score per Debate
1. (5) GF	Australia	7	20	768.5
2. (2) GF	Swaziland	7	21	764
3. (3) SF	Singapore	7	21	763
4. (9) SF	Ireland	7	17	759.5625
5. (4) QF	South Africa	7	21	758.0625
6. (6) QF	England	7	20	757
7. (7) QF	Mexico	7	20	755.0625
8. (16) QF	Canada	6	14	752.875
9. (1) OF	New Zealand	8	21	763.375
10. (8) OF	Peru	7	19	752

WSDC 2013 – Speaker Tab [RESULTS]

Top 50 Individual Speakers based on the scores for the 8 preliminary rounds

Position. Name (Country) Debates – Average
1. Bo Seo (Australia) 6 – 73.694
2. Fanele Mashwama (Swaziland) 8 – 73.542
3. Pavan Hegde (Hong Kong) 4 – 73.333
4. Darion Jin Hotan (Singapore) 8 – 73.229
5. Thomas Simpson (New Zealand) 7 – 73.214
6. Zoe Brown (Australia) 4 – 73.208
7. James Lo (Hong Kong) 7 – 73.143
8. James Penn (New Zealand) 6 – 73.028
9. Adohan Peelo (Ireland) 7 – 72.976
10. Tyrone Connell (Australia) 5 – 72.967
11. Charlie Holmes (Scotland) 6 – 72.917
11. Anisah Mahomed (Canada) 6 – 72.917
13. Teck Wei Tan (Singapore) 8 – 72.771
14. Deigo Cepeda (Mexico) 7 – 72.667
15. Nicholas Salmon (Australia) 5 – 72.633
16. Edward Foley (New Zealand) 5 – 72.567
17. Oliver Havelock Mills (Swaziland) 8 – 72.542
17. James Stratton (Australia) 4 – 72.542
19. Siddarth Shrikanth (India) 8 – 72.521
20. Jose de los Heros (Peru) 6 – 72.417

WSDC 2013 – Grand Final and Awards [RESULTS]

WSDC 2013 Grand Final (from WSDC Ltd. credits Chris Sanchez)

Results still incomplete.
This is Australia’s 9th Championships having previously won in 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998 and 1997. It is their 14th Grand Final apperance, which means they have won nearly two-thirds of their Grand Final apperances. It is the third WSDC tournament for 2013 WSDC Best Speaker Bo Seo, who also debated for Team Australia in the 2011 Grand Finals. Swaziland may not have won the championship this year, but they have certainly had an amazing run to the Grand Final in only their 2nd WSDC tournament.

Grand Finals: Australia 9-0 Swaziland
Champions: Australia
Runners-up: Swaziland
Best ESL Team: Peru
Best EFL Team: Indonesia

Top 10 Best Speakers
1. Bo Seo (Australia)
2. Fanele Mashwama (Swaziland)
3. Pavan Hegde (Hong Kong)
4. Darion Hotan (Singapore)
5. Tom Simpson (New Zealand)

WSDC 2013 – Semifinal [RESULTS] Grandfinal Draw

SF: THBT the government should pay house wives and house husbands for their work

SF1: Ireland (9)(P) v. Australia (5)(O) == 7-0
SF2: Swaziland (2)(P) v. Singapore (3)(O) == 4-3

GF: Australia v. Swaziland

See Grand Final write-up here.

Team Swaziland during their 4-3 victory over Team Singapore (from @DebatingHungary)