World Scholars Cup Hong Kong Round 2012

The World Scholars Cup Hong Kong Round is now set for Saturday May 19th 2012 at South Island School. It will be run as a joint WSC/HKSDC/SIS venture to establish the first event. Next year another school is expected to host, so please give this some thought as you participate in the inaugural WSC.

Contact Daniel Berdichevsky and Zac Ellington for details about how to register a team. Visit: http://www.scholarscup.org/ to get an outline of the event and the themes to be explored.

Further details about registration are:

1. Teams register by submitting a registration form found on the World Scholar’s Cup website. They email that form to contact@scholarscup.org, and we input the team data into an online roster. Additionally, any questions can emailed to hongkong@scholarscup.org.

2. At the regional round, teams participate in four events, which are described in the viewbook and online: Debate, Writing, Challenge, and Bowl. To prepare, teams should explore the briefing packets for each area at www.scholarscup.org/forms, then practice debating and discussing the topics. Often, on a team of three, each student selects different areas to explore.

3. The best links to include would probably be the WSC website (www.scholarscup.org), the viewbook (http://db.tt/yfM3SS78) and our three-minute introductory video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuyHiXBB7jE).

Events for March 2012

Local Events

1. 5th Junior HKSDC
The 5th Junior HKSDC to be held at Canadian International will close for registration this week, March 1st. Already 12 schools have entered, so please get your entry in – details at

2. HK Squad for WSDC 2013
The trials to form the squad for the next WSDC team is on March 9th but you must apply first with a CV by Monday, March 5th at the latest. Visit for full details.

3. World Scholars Cup
The World Scholars Cup date is now set for Saturday May 19th 2012 at South Island School. It will be run as a joint WSC/HKSDC/SIS venture to establish the first event. Next year another school is expected to host, so please give this some thought as you participate in the inaugural WSC.

Contact Daniel Berdichevsky and Zac Ellington for details about how to register a team. Visit: http://www.scholarscup.org/ to get an outline of the event and the themes to be explored.

4. WIDPSC 2012 – Showcase
There will be a farewell performance by the WIDPSC Team just prior to their departure for the imnternational tournamnet in Australia. The farewell night will see all 8 team members presenting their pieces or debating. The venue and date to be announced but it will be in the last week of March.

5. LPCUWC Invitational Debate Tournament 2012
This is a WSDC style event run annually for 5-6 years now and it is a very worthwhile days debating.

Host: Li Po Chun United World College English Debate Club
Date: Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Time: Registration 8:30-9:00, Tournament begins at 9:00
Format: WSDC stayle, 2 prepared rounds + 1 impormptu round + Knock-out rounds/Friendly debates, Teams of 3
Cost (to be paid at registrtion): $90 per team (includes lunch). Additional inviduals will be charged $30 for lunch)
Requirements: Each team must provide an adjudicator, who may be a senior student or a teacher with prior debate experience.
Registration: Please respond to this email by Friday, March 18th, 2012, if you would like to attend the tournament. Also, include the number of teams (maximum 2 from each school), the names of the debaters and adjudicators, and the email addresses to which you would like us to send the motions.

International Events

1. Eurasian Schools Debating Competition 2012
I realise that the closing dates for application for Turkey is this week, but if you are interested a quick email to the organisers would, I am sure, see a positive outcome.

The first Eurasian Schools Debating Championship was held last year, in prestigious schools and universities of the magnificent city of Istanbul. Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2012 will take place between the 13-20 June, with the attendance of high school teams and schools from all around the world. The tournament will again be in the format of World Schools Debating Championship, to increase the number of international participants. The tournament will have world-famous judges.

We would like Eurasian Schools Debating Championships 2012 to be a truly international tournament where representation by as many countries as possible is guaranteed. There will be 50 spaces available for international teams and 10 spaces available for Turkish teams to register this year. If there are more Turkish teams who are willing to attend, the 60 team quota may be increased.

IMPORTANT INFO:

• Registration will be closed in March 1st, 2012.
• Each team will receive an e-mail when they submit the form, confirming that we have received their application. Registered teams will be listed according to the order of precedence. (National teams- Secondary Teams -School Teams). Teams will be informed between March 1st -4th about whether they are in list or not.
• The deadline for payment is April 1st, we will start to accept payments in March 4th.
• Debaters of Turkish teams should submit their ID numbers instead of their passport numbers.
• Each team must be consisting of a minimum of three debaters and a maximum of five debaters.
• Each team must register an adjudicator for each team but are welcome to bring more adjudciators
• The registration fee for ESDC 2012 is 120 euros.

We hope to see you all in Istanbul. If you experience any problems, or need to contact the registration board, please mail to registration@esdc2012.org.

Registration Board
Bala Sevde Tabak
Naz Altekin

2. Asian Schools Debating Championships 2012

Invitation letter: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz4WzRgSij-pMDkxMWM3NmYtOWRjNS00NWY4LTljMTktMGNmZjYwZDE5Y2U5/edit?pli=1
Website: http://starasdc2012.org/
History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Schools_Debate_Championship

South Island School attended the first one, four years ago and the event has evolved since then into a more fully pan-Asian tournament.

3. Thailand International Schools Tournament
Thailand international schools tournament WSDC worlds style. Details of this event will be released shortly which will be held in the second half of August 2012 in Bangkok. It will be an outstanding tournament as it is organised and run by the same people who will be running the WSDC worlds in 2014. This will become an annual event.

4. Prometheans Cup 2012 (Singapore)
The Prometheans Cup will again be held in November 2012 in Singapore. This is a very classy and tough event using the WSDC Worlds style and comes highly recommended. Last year CIS and La Salle sent teams and from all accounts it was an excellent tournament. Details will be passed on as they come to hand.

WSDC 2013 – Selection for HK Squad

Dear coaches, debaters and friends of HKSDC,

I am pleased to announce the selection trials for the next WSDC HK team that will compete in WSDC 2013 in Turkey Jan 25 – Feb 6 2013.

It is important that coaches understand that they send only debaters of very good – high standard to the trials as this is not one of those events where you just send anyone “for the experience”.

From the initial trial we will select a squad of 12 debaters who will then undergo two month’s intensive training before being cut to the final 5 debaters to go to Turkey. These 5 will then train regularly until the championships.

Any applicant must apply personally via email to hongkongsdc@gmail.com once they have gained certain approvals listed below. Each applicant must supply a one page CV of their general experience in debating and the Worlds style in particular. From these CVs we will be inviting those debaters who we note have the necessary background to enter the first trial.

Please understand that any applicant must satisfy the following conditions.

1. Be 14 years of age when the tournament begins.
2. Have the approval of parents (please take into account exam clashes).
3. Have the approval of their school (please take into account exam clashes).
4. Be able to meet the cost of the trip – approximately $18000.
5. Be prepared for 10 months of intensive training.
6. Have significant experience in debating at a senior level.

Date of trial: Friday March 9th
Location: TBA
Time: 5-9pm
Applications close: Monday March 5th

I look forward to receiving the applications with one page CV before March 5th.

Regards:
Michael Evershed (HKSDC Chair)

[RESULTS] Sr HKSDC February 2012

Results for the 4th Senior Hong Kong Schools Debating Championships held at Chinese International School on the 4th, February 2012.

Team Tab

• 1. La Salle
• 2. St. Paul’s Co-educational
• 3. CIS
• 3. SIS
• 5. Shatin
• 6. Renaissance
• 7. IS 2
• 8. Queen’s
• 9. St. Joseph’s
• 10. Island School 1
• 11. DGS Independent
• 12. Maryknoll Convent
• 13. St. Stephen’s Girls
• 14. Island School 2
• 15. Heep Yunn
• 16. LPCUWC 2
• 17. American Intl
• 18. LPCUWC
• 19. WIS
• 20. GSIS 1
• 21. DBS
• 22. Wah Yan
• 23. GSIS 2
• 24. Ying Wa

Speaker Tab

• 1. Ben Allen (La Salle College) 73.33
• 2. Janelle Chang (Maryknoll College) 72.67
• 2. Jack Lau (Renaissance College) 72.67
• 4. Austin Lee (Shatin College) 72.25
• 5. Resa Ng (Chinese International School 1) 72
• 5. Pavan Hegde (South Island School) 72
• 5. Michelle Lam (German Swiss International School) 72
• 5. Tina Wong (Renaissance College) 72
• 9. Justin Lee (Shatin College) 71.75
• 10. Janice Leung (Chinese International School 1) 71.67
• 10. Aspen Wang (Chinese International School 2) 71.67
• 10. Albert Lam (Queen’s College) 71.67
• 10. Ryan Tang (St. Paul’s Co-educational College) 71.67
• 14. Sundeep Kaushal (American International School) 71.5
• 14. Anson Cheung (Diocesan’s Girls’ School Independent) 71.5
• 14. Amanda Sin (German Swiss International School) 71.5
• 14. Michelle Sum (Heep Yunn College) 71.5
• 14. Madhav Menon (South Island School) 71.5
• 14. Saharsha Karki (South Island School) 71.5
• 14. Claudio Ip (Wah Yan College) 71.5
• 21. Vivienne Gao (Chinese International School 1) 71.33
• 21. Allegra Bersani (Chinese International School 2) 71.33
• 21. Brian Wong (Island School 1) 71.33
• 21. Benson Lam (La Salle College) 71.33
• 21. Eunice Leung (Maryknoll College) 71.33
• 21. Charlotte Lam (St. Stephen’s Girls’ School) 71.33
• 21. Jonathan Chu (Ying Wa College) 71.33

[RESULTS] 4th Junior HKSDC November 2011

German Swiss sweep awards at Junior HKSDC Tournament with a win over a gallant Chinese International in the final. Amanda Sin picks up Best Speaker trophy.

The fourth Junior Hong Kong Schools Debating Championship was held on the 19th November 2011 at the Independent Schools Foundation Academy in Pokfulam. 22 teams from 21 schools in Hong Kong participated, with each team consisting of 3-5 members. Debates were in World Schools Style.

German Swiss International School, Chinese International, St. Paul’s Co-ed and South Island School 1, broke into the semi-finals, debating the motion This House believes that the Olympic spirit is dead.

GSIS and CIS defeated their opponents and went on to debate the motion This house believes that the internet has improved the quality of teenage life in the Grand Final, with GSIS being crowned champion of the Junior HKSDC November 2011 tournament in a fascinating debate that see-sawed throughout. CIS were gallant in defeat and received the Runner-Up trophy.

Also, congratulations to Amanda Sin of GSIS for winning the best speaker award calculated as the highest average over at least 2 debates in the preliminary rounds.

The victorious GSIS team 19/11/2011

Stay tuned for news of our next event on November 26th – the HKSDC WIDPS selection in conjunction with our public speaking contest.

The next HKSDC Junior tournament is scheduled for March 2012 at Canadian International School.

Click here for a slideshow gallery of photos from the tournament

Motions

• R1 (Impromptu): This House would ban the use of mobile phones at school
• R2 (Prep): This house would ban beauty contests
• R3 (Prep): This house would mak parents legally responsible for the crimes of their children
• SF (Impromptu): This House believes that the Olympic spirit is dead
• GF: This house believes that the internet has improved the quality of teenage life

Results

Team Rankings

Rank	School
1	German Swiss International School 3 wins 768 pts
2	Chinese International School 3 wins 752 pts
3	St. Paul’s Co-ed School 3 wins 742.5 pts
4	South Island School 1 2 wins 760 pts
5	Heep Yunn School 2 wins 753 pts
6	Island School 2 wins 749.5 pts
7	La Salle College 2 wins 746 pts
8	King George V School 2 wins 744.5 pts
9	Renaissance College 2 wins 743 pts
10=	St Joseph’s College 2 wins 735 pts
10=	Hong Kong Academy 2 wins 735 pts
12	Maryknoll Convent School 2 wins 731.5 pts
13	St. Stephens Girls’ College 1 win 746 pts
14	South Island School 2 1 win 744.5 pts
15	Wah Yan Kowloon 1 win 744 pts
16	Independent Schools Foundation 1 win 742 pts
17	Ying Wa College 1 win 738 pts
18	St. Paul’s College 1 win 732.5 pts
19	St. Francis Canossian College 0 wins 735 pts
20	Queens College 0 wins 731 pts
21	American International School 0 wins 714 pts

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Individual Speaker Rankings – the Top 19

Rank	Team	Debater	Average
1	GSIS	Amanda Sin	74.5
2=	SIS	Ji-Min Kang	73.5
2=	StPCC	Eleanor Yung	73.5
2=	GSIS	Elizabeth Huang	73.5
2=	GSIS	Karen Hsu	73.5
6=	SIS	Janna Ng	73
6=	IS	Yu Yan Huang	73
6=	IS	Chun Yu Yiu	73
6=	KGV	Michelle Lai	73
6=	RC	Audrey Foo	73
6=	SIS	Theo Chan	73
6=	CIS	Isabelle Taylor	73
6=	HYS	Claudia Lo	73
6=	MCS	Rachel Lin	73
6=	GSIS	Celeste Chan	73
16=	HYS	Alys So	72.5
16=	YWK	Johannes Cheung	72.5
16=	WYK	Matthew Ho	72.5
16=	St.SGC	Gabrielle Ho	72.5

HKSDC IDPSC 2011

Click here for a slideshow gallery of photos from the tournament and here for rankings in all categories.

The sixth Hong Kong Schools Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship was held on the 26th of November, 2011, at La Salle College in Kowloon. A group of 20 very talented students from 13 schools in Hong Kong contested the event in four categories: debating, interpretive reading, persuasive speaking and impromptu speaking.

Every student presented their speeches and readings with poise and polish. The standard was extremely high, and every single contestant can feel proud of their work, no matter what the ranking. It must be remembered that to even compete on the day is already a significant achievement, and the experience will stand the students in good stead as they develop their public speaking skills going forward.

Brian Wong from Island School cleared out from the pack to win by a margin of 12 points from his nearest rival. He gave lively performances in all four disciplines with a unique style of energy, articulation and humour. A bright future beckons for this year 10 whizz-kid whose ability to engage an audience was very clear to all the judges on Saturday.

BRIAN WONG HKSDC PUBLIC SPEAKING CHAMPION NOVEMBER 2011

The seven other other top eight placegetters will join Brian in the Hong Kong team that will now prepare for the World Individuals to be held in Brisbane, Australia, during Easter 2012. In order of finishing they are: Justin Lee (Shatin College), Emma Tsoi (Diocesan Girls’ School), Lucien Wang (KGV), Madhav Menon (South Island School), Esther Mak (St. Paul’s Co-ed College), Eunice Leung (Maryknoll Convent School) and Claudia Tam (West Island school).

THE EIGHT MEMBER TEAM TO REPRESENT HK IN AUSTRALIA

THE TALENTED GROUP OF CONTESTANTS

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAMPIONS BEN ALLEN (2011) AND BEN SO (2010) WELCOME BRIAN WONG INTO THE CLUB

Results

Overall Speaker Rankings

Rank	School	Speaker	Points
1	IS	Brian Wong	1034
2	STC	Justin Lee	1026
3	DGS	Emma Tsoi	1023
4	KGV	Lucien Wang	1020
5	SIS	Madhav Menon	1018
6	SPCC	Esther Mak	1015
7	MCS	Eunice Leung	1010
8	WIS	Claudia Tam	1009
9	HYS	Sarah Ku	1000
10	SIS	Saharsha Karki	999
11	SPCC	Ryan Tang	993
12	STC	Angelina Li	988
13	YWC	Bon Bong	984
14	DGS	Tiffany IP	982
15	HYS	Michelle Sum	979
16	SJC	Eugene Kwan	977
17	QC	Albert Lam	970
18	SFCC	Dorothy Hung	963
19	IS	Bianca Lee	960
20	SFCC	Joanne Tai	733 (3 events)

EVENTS: 1st Chengdu High School Debate Open 2012

Overview

Date : 1st – 3rd February 2012
Venue : Chengdu High School, China
Format : World Schools Format
Eligibility : All ages
Email : yangq1994@gmail.com

Message From the Organisers

Dear Debate Friends in China, Macau and Hong Kong,

Greetings!

Would you like to have some Spring Festival Debate Fun in the City of the Panda, Chengdu, China, in February 2012?

On behalf of the Organising Committee, I would like to invite you to send World Schools Teams ( 3 debaters in a team) to participate in the 1st Chengdu High School Debate Open (CDHDO) 2012.

Please kindly forward this email to anyone you may think would be interested or contact your fellow debaters/teachers from your part of the world to come and register with us.

The details of event are below:

1. Dates: 1st, 2nd and 3rd February 2012
2. Venue: Downtown Chengdu High School (location being finalised now)
3. Debate Format: World Schools’ Debating Championship (WSDC) Style ( 8 mins Speeches, 4 mins Reply Speeches)
4. Debate Rounds: 8 Preliminary Rounds, Octo-Finals, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Grand Final
5. Social Event: Break Night Chinese Style Dinner Party on 2nd February 2012
6. Debate Motions/Preparation: 15 debate motions will be sent to all the registered teams 2 weeks before 1st Feb for them to research and prepare their cases. All debate teams will be given 30 minutes to prepare their side of the debate after the match-ups are released. One of the 15 debate motions, sent earlier to all the teams, will be debated in each debate round.
7. Tabulation/Ranking of Teams: Teams are power-matched from Preliminary Round 2 and will be ranked 1st to 16th based on: a) win/loss records, b) total speakers’ scores, and c) margins of wins.
8. Adjudication Team: The Chief Adjudicator is Loke Wing Fatt. The DCAs will be announced in due course. All 16 judges will be specially selected for their adjudication competence, fairness and ability to given constructive feedback for debate teams to improve.
9. Registration Fee per Debater: 800RMB ( includes lunch for 3 days, but excludes hotel accommodation. The registration fee may be reduced if sponsors are secured. This project is a non-profit debate education venture and the registration fees are collected to cover the costs of holding the event and no commercial profit is obtained by anyone involved in this voluntary effort)
10. Tournament Team Capacity: 16 local Chengdu High School Teams and 16 Non-Chengdu High School Teams from China, Macau and Hong Kong
11. Schedule: The Schedule is attached.

Please direct all your questions, request for more information, registration forms, clarifications to Mr Gollum Yang of Chengdu Foreign Languages School at: yangq1994@gmail.com
May I urge you to register with Mr Gollum Yang as soon as possible due to the limited number of debate slots for Non-Chengdu debate teams.

Cheers,
Loke Wing Fatt

Appendix

Event Schedule

Sr HKSDC Autumn 2011 – Draw

Here is the draw with sides and motions for the first 3 debates on the 24th.
If anyone picks up any problems or issues with the draw, please email me asap.
I have checked it a few times and it looks good to go, but you never know.
Grand Final Motion out later, sorry for the delay but you have enough to go on.

Round 1: 9.00-10-40 on an Impromptu Motion to be announced at 9am
Room – Proposition vs. Opposition
1 – GSIS 2 vs. LSC
2 – SIS 1 vs. St Paul Co-ed
3 – IS 2 vs. DGS 1
4 – STC vs. MKCS
5 – CDNIS 2 vs. HYS
6 – DGS 2 vs. LPCUWC
7 – CIS vs. SIS2
8 – Ren Coll vs. Yew Chung IS
9 – Ying Wa Coll 2 vs. GSIS1
10 – SJC vs. American IS
11 – KGV vs. QC
12 – WYK vs. Ying Wa Coll 1
13 – WIS vs. CNDIS 1
14 – St Paul Co-ed vs. IS 1

Round 2: 10-40 – 11.40 on THBT Moral and National Education should become a compulsory subject for Hong Kong students
Room – Proposition vs. Opposition
1 – Yew Chung IS vs. GSIS2
2 – GSIS1 vs. SIS1
3 – American IS vs. IS2
4 – QC vs. STC
5 – Ying Wa Coll 1 vs. CNDIS 2
6 – CNDIS 1 vs. DGS2
7 – IS1 vs. CIS
8 – LSC vs. Ren Coll
9 – St PCo-edC vs. Ying Wa Coll 2
10 – DGS1 vs. SJC
11 – MKCS vs. KGV
12 – HYS vs. WYK
13 – LPCUWC vs. WIS
14 – SIS2 vs. St PC

Round 3: 11.40 -12.40 on THB in market solutions to the problem of climate change
Room – Proposition vs. Opposition
1 – GSIS2 vs. MKCS
2 – SIS1 vs. DGS1
3 – IS2 vs. SPCo-edC
4 – STC vs. HYS
5 – CNDIS 2 vs. SIS2
6 – DGS2 vs. Ying Wa Coll 1
7 – CIS vs. LSC
8 – Ren Coll vs. GSIS1
9 – Ying Wa Coll 2 vs. Yew Chung IS
10 – SJC vs. CNDIS 1
11 – KGV vs. LPCUWC
12 – WYK vs. QC
13 – WIS vs. IS1
14 – St PC vs. American IS

HoEDT 2011 [RESULTS]

Results for the 2011 Heart of Europe Debating Tournament

Team Tab

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Speaker Tab

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Jr HKSDC Summer 2011 – Results

Results for the Summer 2011 edition of the Junior Hong Kong Schools Debating Championships

Team Tab

1. KGV 1, 2 wins, 761 speaker points
2. KGV 2, 3, 767
3. SIS 1, 3, 758.5
4. CIS, 2, 757.5
5. RCHK, 2, 735
6. GSIS 2, 2, 752
7. STC, 2, 747
8. WYK, 2, 732
9. GSIS 1, 2, 719
10. SIS 3, 1, 746
11. SJC, 1, 743
12. IS 1, 1, 740
13. MCS, 1, 732.5
14. SIS 2, 0, 735
15. IS 2, 0, 727
16. WIS, 0, 709

Speaker Tab

• 1. Audrey Foo (RCHK), 74.50
• 2. Narumi Nagaya-Wong (KGV 1), 74.00
• 3. Kasper Fan (KGV 2), 73.67
• 3. Janna Ng (SIS 1), 73.67
• 5. Christopher Park (KGV 1), 73.50
• 6. Ephraim Chan (WYK), 73.00
• 6. Brian Wong (IS 1), 73.00
• 6. John Yap (CIS), 73.00
• 6. Ryan Lao (KGV 1), 73.00
• 10. Michelle Lai (KGV 2), 72.83
• 11. Chloe Cheung (GSIS 2), 72.67
• 11. Nicholas Valone (CIS), 72.67
• 13. Josephine Lam (KGV 2), 72.50
• 14. Ji-Min Kang (SIS 3), 72.33
• 14. Theodore Chan (SIS 1), 72.33
• 14. Caton Yang (RCHK), 72.33
• 14. George Lloyd (RCHK), 72.33
• 14. Horace Fung (SIS 1), 72.33
• 19. Vinson Yew (IS 2), 72.00
• 19. Ferederick Yeung Shun Tak (SJC), 72.00
• 19. Angelina Li (STC), 72.00
• 19. Haylee Wong (STC), 72.00

Yours,
Jr HKSDC Summer 2011 Tab Master.