Contributed by Manos Moschopoulos
a review of debating clubs, events and news
The two teams that will represent Greece in the International Competition for Young Debaters international final that will be hosted by the Cambridge Union Society this May will be St. Lawrence College A (Despina Karvounis and Arietta Valmas) and St. Catherine's British Embassy School B (Shlip Ronvelwala and Jason Pelecanos) which ranked as the top two teams at the final of today's Greek preliminaries.
The final was chaired by Lauren Obee of the Cambridge Union Society, the Convenor of this year's ICYD. A total of 16 teams participated in the tournament representing 4 schools that also included the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation and Ekpaideftiki Anagenissi. The tournament was hosted by the Deree Debating Club.
We wish our teams good luck for the finals!
Motions
Round 1: THBT military service should not be compulsory
Round 2: THBT high schools should block access to Facebook
Round 3: THW ban all strikes in times of economic crisis
Round 4: THBT citizens should have the right to bear arms
Final: THW build fences to prevent immigrants from entering the country
The Final
Opening Government:
St. Catherine's British Embassy School B (Shlip Ronvelwala and Jason Pelecanos)
Opening Opposition:
St. Catherine's British Embassy School D (Harry Drake and Alberto Polimeni)
Closing Government:
St. Catherine's British Embassy School C (Shajan Ronvelwala and Jason Palmer)
Closing Opposition:
St. Lawrence College A (Despina Karvounis and Arietta Valmas)
Judges: Lauren Obee (Chair), Manos Moschopoulos, Eirini Damianaki, Alex Stratis, Zenon Zambacides, Ada Tsouli, Arina Voytenko
Opening Government and Closing Opposition unanimously proceed to the International Final.
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Contributed by Manos Moschopoulos
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