IMPORTANT UPDATE: CHANGE IN SCHEDULE

Hi everyone,

We understand that it is 3 days to the event and we hope that the changes do not massively affect or inconvenience individuals for if it does we sincerely apologize in advance.

After discussing with the Adjudication Core, where we were all in agreement, the Organizing committee will be changing the break format of the tournament from a quarter-final break to a semi-final break for both the junior and senior category.

Additionally, we will be adding in two activities that we believe will be of immense value to all participants.

The first will be an exhibition debate presented by the NUS Debaters prior to the start of the tournament. This will provide live instruction into the format and a glimpse into how British Parliamentary Debates are conducted at the university level. It promises to be an extremely informative and exciting debate with the line up including NUS speakers who have ranked in the top 10 speakers in all of Asia at British Parliamentary.

The second will be a Post Debate Analysis session conducted by the esteemed adjudication core after every round. These sessions are meant as constructive dialogues that discuss the issues which could (and should!) have been raised in the round. We believe that this will allow all participants to gain greater insight into the motions they debate and to reinforce the lessons learnt from these motions.

The amended schedule is as follows

Singapore British Parliamentary Debate Championships 2013 Updated Schedule correct as at 14 Aug 2013
Day 1, Saturday 17th August 2013
8:30am	Registration
9:15am	Tournament Administrative Briefing
9:30am	Lecture on British Parliamentary Format
10:30am	Exhibition Debate and Motion Analysis
12:00NN (may be earlier)	Release of Motion for Round 1
12:20pm	Preliminary Round 1
2:00pm	Lunch
2:50pm	Report Back to Auditorium
3:00pm	Release of Motion for Round 2
3:20pm	Preliminary Round 2
5:00pm	Release of Motion for Round 3
5:20pm	Preliminary Round 3
7:00pm latest	Dismissal
Day 2, Sunday 18th August 2013
8:30am	Registration
9:00am	Release of Motion for Round 4
9:20am	Preliminary Round 4
11:00am	Release of Motion for Round 5
11:20am	Preliminary Round 5
1:00pm	Lunch
1:50pm	Report Back to Auditorium
2:00pm	Release of Break Results
2:20pm	Release of Motion for both Junior and Senior Semi-Finals
2:40pm	Junior and Senior Semi-Finals (concurrent)
3:50pm	Report Back to Auditorium
4:00pm	Release of Motion for Junior Grand Final
4:20pm	Junior Grand Final
5:10pm	Release of Motion for Senior Grand Final
5:30pm	Senior Grand Final
6:30pm	Prize Giving Ceremony
7:00pm latest	Dismissal

Thank you and see you this Saturday!