Sunday, 18 August 2013

See You Next Year :)

NUS Debate Club, with the support of Debate Association (Singapore) and Google Singapore, organised the Singapore British Parliamentary Debate Championships (SBPDC) 2013. The theme of the tournament was "Internet Policy and Digital Literacy".



The largest British Parliamentary format competition nationally, the SBPDC brought together 80 teams not just from junior colleges and polytechnics, but also combined Singapore school teams and overseas colleges.

After 2 days of debating held over 17th and 18th of August, Nanyang Girls' High School B emerged Champions of the Junior Break, while Hwa Chong Institution (Junior College) A emerged Champions of the Senior Break.

The winning teams in each category took home 2 Google Nexus 7 tablets each, which are yet to be released in Singapore!

The awesome Google Nexus 7 tablets

The other results are as follows:
Junior Grand Finals Best Speaker: Alicia Lim, NYGH B

Junior Grand Final Results:
4th: HCI B
3rd: HCI C
2nd: HCI A
1st: NYGH B

Senior Grand Finals Best Speaker: Kwek Jia Qi, HCJC A

Senior Grand Final Results:
4th: SAJC A
3rd: HCJC B
2nd: TJC A
1st: HCJC A

Top 20 Junior Speakers:
20) Au Wei Hoe, HCI E
=17) David Boo Koh, HCI D
=17) Mark Hangchi, SJII A
=17) Yin-Ing Low, SJII A
=17) Choi Won Joon Richard, DDI CL
16) Caleb Cheng, Gong Jiao A
=13) Goh Han Yang, Gong Jiao A
=13) Alicia Lim, NYGH B
=13) Chua Fang En, NYGH D
12) Ong Juin Khai, HCI D
11) Goh Su Ning, NYGH A
10) Evan Wong, SMK DJ A
9) Nicole-Ann Lim, NYGH C
8) Bryan Yan, HCI A
=7) Timothy Ethan Lee, HCI A
=7) Lin Mingxuan, DDI CL
6) Charmaine Chua, NYGH B
5) Allison Wu, NYGH C
4) Kok Jun Yi, HCI C
3) Song Mingwei, HCI C
2) Gabriel Tan, HCI B
1) Alex Cheong, HCI B

Top 20 Senior Speakers:
20) Jessica Nagulendran, ACJC B
19) Sai Simrita Dhamodaran, NUS HS C
18) Abigail Wong, ACJC B
17) Kwek Jia Qi, HCJC A
=16) Poh Zia Xin, NJC C
=16) Ang Meng Leng, DDI AT
15) Abel George, SAJC A
=14) Charmaine Low, RJC D
=14) Sarah Tay, DDI AT
13) Benedict Tan, NJC C
12) Seah Ying Ying, HCJC B
11) Wang Zi Yang, RJC D
10) Douglas Quah, TP B
9) Elvis Zhang, HCJC A
8) Annette Yeo, ACJC A
7) Divyesh Daswani, TP B
=6) Samuel Loh, WSDC C
=6) Andrew Seow, RJC A
=4) Ernest Goh, WSDC B
=4) Samuel Augustine Wittberger, WSDC A
=4) Gerald Choa, HCJC B
=4) Manoj Kumar Thiyagarajan, TJC A
=3) Etsuko Lim, WSDC A
=3) Benson Lim, TJC A
=2) Aloysius Chan, ACJC A
=2) Tan Kuan Hian, WSDC B
1) Nar Sher May, SAJC A
(Actual top of tab: Lee Chin Wee, WSDC C)

Thanks to Lucas Li for the compiled tab results.

Senior Grand Finals - Party in the USA

Teams in the Senior Grand Finals are getting ready for their turn to argue it out for the crown of Grand Champions and a pair of Google Nexus 7 tablets.

Teams in the Senior final watching the Finals motion info video


Motion: THBT the US State Department should aggressively fund proxy servers and other circumvention technologies for the benefit of people living in authoritarian states

Teams: HCJC A, HCJC B, TJC, SAJC

Junior Category Finals - Battle of Bukit Timah

In the Junior finals, three Hwa Chong Institution teams and a team from Nanyang Girls High School are duking it out over the motion TH supports the use of social media to propagate simple narratives to support the causes of developing countries.

Hwa Chong A in Opening Government
Who will reign supreme and take home a pair of Google Nexus 7 tablets?


Saturday, 17 August 2013

ARE YOU READY FOR THE BREAK ROUNDS?

The break for the Semi-Finals for both junior and senior category will be released at about 2PM. 

BE THERE!


FINAL PRELIM ROUND! - Theme: ITS RAINING MEN

The pairings for round 5 are uploaded here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qf23zy22wagwbv4/The%20Draw%20In%20Round%205.html

The motion for the FINAL prelim round is:

TH Regrets the Impact of Grindr and other gay-themed social networking sites on LGBTQ culture.

Debates start at 12:32PM

GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS!


The Draw for Round 4 - *INSERT COOL INSTRUMENTAL*

The draw for Round 4 can be found at the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/suj1tdl8vxsxgym/The%20Draw%20In%20Round%204.html

The motion is:

THBT 4chan and Tumblr are the nation's greatest threat to cyber security.....NOT!

The actual motion is:

THBT national security leakers should be tried for treason

The debate will begin at 9:45AM.

ENJOY! :)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR DAY 2

Thank you all for a wonderful first day of debates!

1) The reporting venue for day 2 is LT6, it is located at E4 where some of the debates were held today.
2) The reporting time is 8.30 AM. Teams that are late will be dropped from the tab as we are running a tight schedule.
3) All participants and observers will have to turn up in Smart Casual attire if they would like attend the Finals. All teams are encouraged to dress formally in anticipation for attendance and possibly debating at the finals.
4) Teams that have not made payment and have promised to do so are reminded to bring their registration fee to pay in the morning. Teams that do not make payment will be disqualified from the break.

SEE YOU TOMORROW! :)