Sixth-form students from six schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Durham Champions 2023 at a day of debate hosted at the Durham Union Society on Thursday 8 June.
The competition is part of 20 for 20 – the 20th Anniversary programme of the competition – which will see 20 exciting events taking place across the year.
Sixth-form students from twelve schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Berlin Champions 2023 at a day of debate hosted at the University of Europe for Applied Science, Berlin on Thursday 15 June.
The competition is part of 20 for 20 – the 20th Anniversary programme of the competition – which will see 20 exciting events taking place across the year.
Schedule
All topics will be released at www.speechanddebate.org/national-tournament-topics.
May 1: Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum topics, United States and International Extemp topic areas, and prepared motions for World Schools Debate will be released May 1.
May 15: The Congressional Debate docket will be released by May 15.
Any high school or middle school NSDA member student, regardless of their national qualification status, was invited to submit legislation to be considered for the National Tournament Docket! Our goal was to open the door to more submissions, more diverse topics, and more student input. If a student’s legislation is selected to be part of the Nationals Docket, they will be recognized in Rostrum, receive a plaque after the tournament is over, and be awarded a $100 scholarship. Legislation will not be tied to its author at the National Tournament; no authorship speeches will be given. Submissions were due February 5, 2023.
The potential legislation will be made available to the public May 1.
National Tournament qualifiers in the House and Senate will be invited to vote on the final docket through Tabroom.com between May 2-5.
The final docket will be released by May 15.
Event Specific Topics
Extemporaneous Debate: Topics will be released 30 minutes prior to each round.
Storytelling: No required theme or topic area.
Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.
Big Questions: Resolved: Humans are primarily driven by self-interest.
Held in July 2023, Vietnam will be the official host of the World Schools Debating Championship 2023. As the cheapest ever and the first in-person WSDC hosted after the Covid-19 pandemic, we wish to continue to promote the values of educational excellence, awareness, diversity, and inclusion. Our team promises this WSDC to be one of the most memorable there has ever been.
The tournament will be held entirely online via Zoom on Friday nights during term 4 of the 2022 NSW school term.
It is open to students in years 5-10 around the world and will be conducted in three divisions:
The tournament will be adjudicated by qualified and experienced debating adjudicators. Schools can register multiple teams per division.
Champion
Leaders Academy
Primary 1
Runner-up
Cranbrook School
Junior Blue
Semi-finalist
Dialogy
Angela Davis
Semi-finalist
Ten Feet Tall
Team 3
Champion
Dialogy
Ida B. Wells
Runner-up
Nanyang Girls’ High School
Team 1
Semi-finalist
Knox Grammar School
Team 7B
Semi-finalist
Pymble Ladies’ College
Team 6
Quarter-finalist
Nanyang Girls’ High School
Team 3
Quarter-finalist
Kambala School
Year 8 Blue
Quarter-finalist
Pymble Ladies’ College
Team 7
Quarter-Finalist
Knox Grammar School
Team 8A
Champion
Speakers’ Corner
SG Team
Runner-up
Leaders Academy
Senior 1
Semi-finalist
Knox Grammar School
Team 10B
Semi-finalist
Nanyang Girls’ High School
Team 4
Primary Division
Ethan
Cranbrook School
Junior Blue
Junior Division
Kevin Lu
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Team 1
Senior Division
Jason Lin
Speakers’ Corner
SG Team
After having sent Teams to Best International Debating Tournaments across Harvard, Oxford, Prague and many more, the Indian Debating League, the biggest debating tournament in India, is organizing Mega Debate on the most important topic that we face as a human race – ‘Sustainability of our Livelihood, our Global Community & our Planet’ in collaboration with Planet X.
Come join us and debate on how we can destroy the Monsters we have created with “Frankenstein Debating Tournament” this June.
After having sent Teams to Best International Debating Tournaments across Harvard, Oxford, Prague and many more, the Indian Debating League, the biggest debating tournament in India, is organizing Mega Debate on the most important topic that we face as a human race – ‘Sustainability of our Livelihood, our Global Community & our Planet’ in collaboration with Planet X.
Come join us and debate on how we can destroy the Monsters we have created with “Frankenstein Debating Tournament” this June.
After having sent Teams to Best International Debating Tournaments across Harvard, Oxford, Prague and many more, the Indian Debating League, the biggest debating tournament in India, is organizing Mega Debate on the most important topic that we face as a human race – ‘Sustainability of our Livelihood, our Global Community & our Planet’ in collaboration with Planet X.
Come join us and debate on how we can destroy the Monsters we have created with “Frankenstein Debating Tournament” this June.
After having sent Teams to Best International Debating Tournaments across Harvard, Oxford, Prague and many more, the Indian Debating League, the biggest debating tournament in India, is organizing Mega Debate on the most important topic that we face as a human race – ‘Sustainability of our Livelihood, our Global Community & our Planet’ in collaboration with Planet X.
Come join us and debate on how we can destroy the Monsters we have created with “Frankenstein Debating Tournament” this June.
After having sent Teams to Best International Debating Tournaments across Harvard, Oxford, Prague and many more, the Indian Debating League, the biggest debating tournament in India, is organizing Mega Debate on the most important topic that we face as a human race – ‘Sustainability of our Livelihood, our Global Community & our Planet’ in collaboration with Planet X.
Come join us and debate on how we can destroy the Monsters we have created with “Frankenstein Debating Tournament” this June.