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WUDC 2012: Starting now!
Debaters from all over the world are flocking in to Manila, Philippines. From 27 December 2011 to 4 January 2012, they assemble at De La Salle University (DLSU) to compete for the title of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds).
From under the roof of VDCH there will be the following debating society competing with around 400 teams from about 70 countries - all in a peaceful competition, the WUDC 2012 or DLSU Worlds:
Berlin Debating Union: John Eltringham, Narendran Ramasendaran, Dessislava Kirova, Juliane Mendelsohn, Kai Dittmann, Matthias Winkelmann
S.A.E.C.L.O. Greifswald: Rafael Heinisch, Ida Heidecker
Debattierclub Mannheim: Jana Gilke, Katrin Sadroschinski
Debattierclub Johannes ...
Galway Euros 2011: Facts and Figures
Since we guess that our appreciated readers follow us on Twitter your head will most probably be replete with impressions from Galway Euros. But what are the facts and figures about the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC or Euros)? Or maybe you have been there yourself and want to sort things out now? Your Achte Minute team provides you with all you might want to know - and even beyond. By the way, you still might wanna follow the Hashtag #EUDC on Twitter - you'll find funny stories and how everybody copes with the ...
Galway Euros 2011: Break to Semis and Finals
Diner is over, everybody is well fed, veeeery sweet "sticky toffee" fudge as dessert. But here is, what you're probably really interested in instead of our diet. Maybe the motions of the quarters?
Open break quarters: "This house would never fight for King and Country."
ESL break quarters: "This house would ban all EU arms companies from selling arms outside the EU."
From quarters, it was the following teams who advanced to semis:
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Aug 11th, 2011 |
By Anja Pfeffermann |
Category: Themen, Turniere |
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Galway Euros 2011: The Break to Quarters
Tel Aviv A is double breaking at Galway Euros! That is in the open and in the ESL break. Something that is only possible at Euros, not at Worlds. Find the rest of the break to quarter finals below - we have it all for you: The open break as well as the ESL break. That was one exciting announcement ... my goodness!
OPEN BREAK
The competitors of the open break have to be early birds: Debate starts at 9 a.m., ...
Quarter final 1:
TCD Hist B
King's Inn A
UCD L&H A
UCC Philosoph B
Quarter final 2:
Oxford A
KCL A
UCC Law B
Warwick ...
Aug 11th, 2011 |
By Anja Pfeffermann |
Category: Turniere |
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Galway Euros 2011: The German language teams
Achtung, the Germans! The teams from the German speaking regions make up one of the largest groups here at Galway Euros, the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC and Euros) held in Ireland this year. 17 teams from Germany and Austria are competing for the title at the western coast of the Emerald Isle. To make sure you keep your fingers crossed for the right teams, we are presenting you with the names: ...
Käsespätzle and dirndl – Flo Prischl on the Southern German regional SDM

Apr 14th, 2011 |
By Achte Minute |
Category: Themen, Turniere |
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Southern German Championship: Tübingen wins / Lisa Villing best speaker
Please read the German version of this article to learn more about the Southern German Championship in Bayreuth.
WUDC 2011: Unofficial ESL and EFL tabs
On his blog, Manos Moschopoulos compiled unofficial tabs for ESL and EFL respectively for the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds). He did so based on data provided by Leela Koenig, judge at Botswana Worlds, and the competition's language committee. So far, official ESL and EFL tabs have not yet been published by the adjudication team of CA Logandran Balavijendran.
According to Manos’ compilation, a correction of the Top Five EFL Speakers has to be noted: “Simon Belak (Ljubljana C) and Andreas Lazar (Stuttgart A) are joint top EFL speakers (initially, they were announced as 2nd and 1st respectively),” Manos ...
Jan 12th, 2011 |
By Achte Minute |
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WUDC 2011: Full tab online now!
The full tab of the World Universities Debating Championships 2011 has been made available online already! The CA team put it on the homepage of Botswana Worlds.
Naturally, Achte Minute does have a focus on the results of VDCH teams and speakers. Hence, to lighten the burden for you, our loyal readers, we compiled their results.
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Jan 5th, 2011 |
By Achte Minute |
Category: Turniere |
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WUDC 2011: VDCH tab from Bots
Breaking news from Botswana: Results of our VDCH teams after round 6 leaked from Gabs and we have it all here for our loyal readers. Colm Flynn provided photographs of the tab on his World Debating Website. So how are our German and Austrian teams doing in Gaborone? ...
Dec 31st, 2010 |
By Anja Pfeffermann |
Category: Turniere |
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WUDC 2011: Third day. Let the competition begin
And the evening and the morning were the third day of Botswana Worlds 2011. A delay usual for events of this size collided with today’s schedule. But after all, today brought on what all those hundreds of debaters came to Botswana for: The first three of a total of nine preliminary rounds were held today. But most of the day meant waiting for speakers as well as for judges – waiting for registration, waiting for debates to commence, waiting for meals. However, the atmosphere is still great, thanks to good weather and friendly supporters.
Even those at home had to wait. ...
Dec 29th, 2010 |
By Achte Minute |
Category: Themen, Turniere |
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Streitkultur Cup 2010 – A review

Mainz won Streitkultur Cup 2010
Marc Lenzke, Marcus Ewald and Isabelle Loewe (DC Bonn) won the prestigious Streitkultur Cup in Tübingen. They defeated as team for Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG) another DCJG team consisting of Sina Strupp, Jan Papsch and Nicolas Eberle. The final was completed by the three Free Speakers Lea Weitekamp (Bonn), Hauke Blume (Berlin) and Wladi Jachtschenko (München). Judges of the final were Mario Dießner, Jenny Bachmann (Karlsruhe) and Daniel Grotzky (München/Zürich), president was Gudrun Lux (Mainz/Bonn).
The motions were:
Round 1: Sollen Volksentscheide bei Großprojekten verpflichtend werden?
Round 2: Soll die Pressefreiheit bei Terrorgefahr eingeschränkt werden?
Round 3: Brauchen wir wieder Militärparaden in Deutschland?
Final: ...
Dec 12th, 2010 |
By Gudrun Lux |
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Münster Santa Claus Tournament Pickings 1
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Dec 7th, 2010 |
By Gudrun Lux |
Category: Turniere |
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Münster Santa Claus Tournament starts
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Dec 4th, 2010 |
By Gudrun Lux |
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BaWü 2010 Pickings 3
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Nov 29th, 2010 |
By Gudrun Lux |
Category: Presseschau, Turniere |
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Streitkultur Tübingen old and new titelholder “Master of Jokes“
Pauline Leopold, Peter Croonenbroeck and Christoph Krakowiak from Streitkultur Tübingen scored the title “Master of Jokes”. Second time in a row, they won the Gutenberg Cup, the annual tournament of Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG). The motion of the final round reads “Do we need a new Robin Hood?”, where the debaters from Tübingen defeated a home team from Mainz. Best speaker of the final was Hauke Blume who fought in the final round as free speaker, i.e. a speaker with no beforehand appointed position in the debate, a characteristic of the German format OPD (Open Parliamentary Debate) in addition ...
Auftaktveranstaltung der Hanse Debating Union Bremen
Nach einem Sieg gegen den FC Augsburg am Montagabend steht der FC St. Pauli nun praktisch als Aufsteiger in die Fußball-Bundesliga fest. Damit wird es im nächsten Jahr erstmals seit 2004 wieder zwei erstklassige Teams aus derselben Stadt geben. Im Debattieren ist das nichts Neues: Bereits seit Langem gibt es in Heidelberg zwei Vereine. Mit Beginn dieses Semesters darf sich auch Bremen zweier Debattierclubs rühmen: Zur etablierten JUB Debating Society an der Jacobs University gesellt sich die Hanse Debating Union an der Universität Bremen.
Zur Auftaktveranstaltung des neugegründeten Vereins durften die Clubgründer Lars Brückner und Manuel Adams am Dienstagabend etwa 50 Zuschauer ...
Apr 15th, 2010 |
By Achte Minute |
Category: News of debating clubs, Themen |
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