Amit Golder and Kiran Iyer (Monash B) became the fourth Monash team to speak at the WUDC Grand Finals from Opening Government since 2008. They were also the second to win it. They successfully defended the title won by Victor Finkel & Fiona Prowse at Botswana last year.
The finalists were:
OO: Stanford A (Michael Baer & Faris Mohiuddin)
CG: Oxford B (Steph Bell & Jen Coyne)
CO: Sydney B (Daniel Swain & Eleanor Jones)
The motion for the Grand Finals was "TH Supports Nationalism". It was a cracker of a debate with fine speeches from all 4 teams. The crowd largely were swayed by Sydney at Closing Opposition, but the Grand Finals panel were unanimously for Monash to take the Championship.
Monash also won the Championship in 1999 and 2000 and have become the first university to have defended the title twice. Oxford is the other institution to do so when in 2009, Will Jones and James Dray successfully defended the title won by Samir Deger-Sen & Lewis Iwu the previous year. Monash now have 4 world titles behind joint leaders Glasgow and Sydney who have each won Worlds five times.
Amit Golder and Kiran Iyer first teamed up at WUDC in 2008. They performed strongly in the Australian circuit leading up to Worlds. They won the Melbourne Mini 2011 and the New Zealand IV 2011, with Amit Golder being awarded the best speaker in both competitions. He was also the best speaker at the Sydney Mini 2011 where they reached the Grand Finals, losing out to a team from Sydney (not Swain & Jones, who were finalists as well). At Manila, they broke 28th on the tab and were the highest team on 18 points. Only two of the speakers in the Grand Final finished in the top ten (Steph Bell & Michael Baer) and only Oxford B (#2) were seeded to reach the Finals.
Ben Woolgar (Oxford A) was the best speaker on the tab. Oxford A (EUDC 2011 Champions) were also the top team on the tab.
Watch the debate as taken by Al Snider on Vimeo.
Or watch it on Youku as taken by Zheng Bo.
The only Indian teams to participate in WUDC 2012 were NLU Delhi (Ambar Bhushan & Aayush Srivatsava) and NLIU Bhopal ( Rijoy Bhaumik & Bishen Jeswant). The NLU Delhi team was the champion of Nalsar IV, the first BP tournament in India. They finished at 13 points at position 210. NLIU Bhopal finished on 10 points at position 336. The full tabs can be seen here.
EDIT: The original post did not include NLIU Bhopal as a part of the Indian contingent. Thanks to Rishabh for the correction!
The finalists were:
OO: Stanford A (Michael Baer & Faris Mohiuddin)
CG: Oxford B (Steph Bell & Jen Coyne)
CO: Sydney B (Daniel Swain & Eleanor Jones)
The motion for the Grand Finals was "TH Supports Nationalism". It was a cracker of a debate with fine speeches from all 4 teams. The crowd largely were swayed by Sydney at Closing Opposition, but the Grand Finals panel were unanimously for Monash to take the Championship.
Monash also won the Championship in 1999 and 2000 and have become the first university to have defended the title twice. Oxford is the other institution to do so when in 2009, Will Jones and James Dray successfully defended the title won by Samir Deger-Sen & Lewis Iwu the previous year. Monash now have 4 world titles behind joint leaders Glasgow and Sydney who have each won Worlds five times.
Amit Golder and Kiran Iyer first teamed up at WUDC in 2008. They performed strongly in the Australian circuit leading up to Worlds. They won the Melbourne Mini 2011 and the New Zealand IV 2011, with Amit Golder being awarded the best speaker in both competitions. He was also the best speaker at the Sydney Mini 2011 where they reached the Grand Finals, losing out to a team from Sydney (not Swain & Jones, who were finalists as well). At Manila, they broke 28th on the tab and were the highest team on 18 points. Only two of the speakers in the Grand Final finished in the top ten (Steph Bell & Michael Baer) and only Oxford B (#2) were seeded to reach the Finals.
Ben Woolgar (Oxford A) was the best speaker on the tab. Oxford A (EUDC 2011 Champions) were also the top team on the tab.
Watch the debate as taken by Al Snider on Vimeo.
Or watch it on Youku as taken by Zheng Bo.
The only Indian teams to participate in WUDC 2012 were NLU Delhi (Ambar Bhushan & Aayush Srivatsava) and NLIU Bhopal ( Rijoy Bhaumik & Bishen Jeswant). The NLU Delhi team was the champion of Nalsar IV, the first BP tournament in India. They finished at 13 points at position 210. NLIU Bhopal finished on 10 points at position 336. The full tabs can be seen here.
EDIT: The original post did not include NLIU Bhopal as a part of the Indian contingent. Thanks to Rishabh for the correction!
NLIU Bhopal also participated. The team comprised of Rijoy Bhaumik & Bishen Jeswant. They finished with 10 points at position 336. They have broken at many Indian tournaments before including LSR and IIT-B. They were also runners up at the RMLNLU Debate in 2008.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rishabh, will make the correction!
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