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General Information
The Deree Invitational is the oldest BP competition in Greece, running twice a year since 1991. It is also the largest debating competition in Greece, featuring teams from high schools, universities and alumni. Over the course of its existence, it has also featured international teams from Croatia, France, Israel, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
The tournament is run by the Deree Debating Club. For more information, contact the current Invitational convenor and CA team at ddcinvitational@gmail.com.
Honour roll
| Edition | Winning Team | Best Speaker |
|
XL F 2010 |
St. Catherine's British Embassy School Nic Sarris, Dimitris Kalliafas |
Sophia Simunec Deree Debating Club |
|
XXX9 S 2010 |
WSDC Greece Filippos Lekkas, Alexis Diplas |
Filippos Lekkas St. Catherine's |
| XXX8 F 2009 |
WSDC Greece Alexis Diplas, Akis Kattis |
Filippos Lekkas St. Catherine's |
| XXX7 S 2009 |
? |
Filippos Lekkas St. Catherine's |
| XXX6 F 2009 |
Deree Debating Club Arthur Khotenovsky, Matija Simunec |
Steven Gandolfo HAEF |
| XXXV S 2008 |
St. Catherine's British Embassy School George Katritsis, Alex Daskagiannis |
George Kanelos Independent |
| XXX4 F 2008 |
? |
George Katritsis St. Catherine's |
| XXX3 S 2007 |
WSDC Greece George Katritsis, Pantelis Diplas |
George Katritsis St. Catherine's |
|
XXX2 F 2007 |
Manchester Debating Union Chellsie Muirhead, Lizzie Walker |
Manos Moschopoulos Deree Debating Club |
|
XXXI S 2006 |
Independent Dimitris Samouris, George Kanelos |
Dimitris Samouris Independent |
| XXX F 2006 |
Costeas-Geitonas School Chris Samolis, George Krezias |
Natasha Theodosiou St. Lawrence |
| XXIX S 2005 |
Independent Albert Fornis, George Konstantinidis |
Albert Fornis |
Other Honours
Tasos Katechis and Philip Atzemoglou (Deree alumni) won a master's competition held to celebrate the tournament's 30th edition during the XXX Invitational.
Notes
F & S declare the Deree College semester the tournament was held in - F means the tournament was held between September-December (usually November) and S means February-June (usually April).
Foreign speakers have participated in the XXX (Turkey, Croatia), XXX2 (England) and XXX3 (England, France, Israel, Turkey) editions.
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