WSDC 2023 – Motions

Motions for WSDC 2023 in Vietnam, from the official tab. All motions are impromptu except for R1, 2, 5 and 7. R1: This House believes that the World Bank Group should adopt a one-country-one-vote system R2: This House supports the use of the nine planetary boundaries framework R3: This House opposes internet gurus* selling their… Continue reading WSDC 2023 – Motions

HK WIDPSC 2020 trials [MOTIONS]

Motion set for the debate-program of Team Hong Kong WIDPSC 2020 trials held at Renaissance College on Saturday, 18 January 2020. THBT politicians who deny the existence of man-made climate change should be barred from public office THBT industries which cause mass unemployment through automation should be taxed to fund a universal basic income THBT… Continue reading HK WIDPSC 2020 trials [MOTIONS]

WUDC 2022 [MOTIONS]

From https://wudc2023.calicotab.com/wudc/motions/, see here for the outround progression and here for the full tab. Still missing some of the masters motions, but will update if I come across them. R1: THBT it's in the interest of the team for the player to be excluded from the World Cup finals squad[INFO] A team that’s recently gained… Continue reading WUDC 2022 [MOTIONS]

WSDC 2023 – Hong Kong Squad

HK Squad Alexandra Uy-Tioco Jenny Kim Zachary Too Rachel Lang Nicole Wong Edgar Cheng Kyle Chong Lauren Tse Valerie Choi Coaching team: Harish Natatajan, Jason Xiao, and Janko Djordjevic. HK Development Squad Nadia Venetz Advik Sharma Kong Sai Hang, Nicholas Jeanine Cheng Regina Uy-Tioco David Hong Yao Yue Seng Ellisha Nick Shi Moses Lai Evan… Continue reading WSDC 2023 – Hong Kong Squad

WSDC 2022 – Videos

Now that debates are more often than not held as online activities, it seems to both make it much easier to record and share debates as well as ruin some of the joys and fun of being able to meet-up physically with debaters from different environments and settings. In any event, The International Debate Education… Continue reading WSDC 2022 – Videos

WSDC 2022 – Results round-up

I am much too retired to live-update/back-tab, but I am also not ashamed to say I am following the event. So here's the happy compromise where I only need to get out my wordpress machine once a year. Also who needs to back-tab when the wizards (Aljoša Polšak, Ivan Koruza and Leon Zrnić) have all… Continue reading WSDC 2022 – Results round-up

Hong Kong champions of WSDC 2022

See separate post for the full WSDC 2022 round-up. Team Hong Kong win WSDC 2022 Going one better than WSDC 2021, where Hong Kong were grand finalist, Dhruv Leekha, Chloe Tian Yi Tse, Madeleine Wu Xin Mei, Jenny Minji Kim and Alexandra Sofia Uy Uy-Tioco came out 9-0 champions of WSDC 2022 after breaking top… Continue reading Hong Kong champions of WSDC 2022

WSDC 2022 – Draw

Round 1 PropositionOppositionBermudaWalesBrazilSouth AfricaCanadaCroatiaCzech RepublicSwitzerlandEnglandQatarFinlandDenmarkGermanyGreeceIsraelHungaryMexicoJamaicaMoroccoThe NetherlandsPanamaSlovakiaPolandLithuaniaRomaniaZimbabweScotlandNigeriaSpainIrelandSyriaEstoniaUSAArgentinaWestern Division - R1 PropositionOppositionAustraliaArmeniaCambodiaKoreaChinaNorth MacedoniaIndonesiaAlbaniaKazakhstanNew ZealandLatviaSingaporeMalaysiaBulgariaMongoliaPhilippinesNepalKenyaPakistanJapanSri LankaItalyTanzaniaTaiwanThailandIndiaTurkeyBangladeshUAESultanate of OmanUgandaSloveniaVietnamHong KongEastern Division - R1 Notes Notes for R1: Group A drawn against Group C. Group B drawn against Group D.Notes for R3: Side lock. Therefore teams will debate on the opposite side to R1.