The Galway Independent<\/a> mentions mere names and numbers under the headline of “Debate Success”:<\/p>\n “The Oxford A team of Ben Woolgar<\/strong> and Hugh Burns<\/strong> were the overall winners at the European Universities Debating Championships hosted by the NUI Galway Law Society last week. Over the week 464 debates took place involving 360 speakers from 23 countries, all overseen by 160 judges.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Irish Times<\/a> is especially proud of the success that debaters from Ireland had at Galway Euros. This headline reads “TCD student top speaker at debating competition”.<\/p>\n “A Trinity College Dublin student has been judged top speaker at this year\u2019s European Universities Debating Championships. Catherine Murphy<\/strong> of TCD Historical Society was conferred with the award at the championship final in Galway on Friday night. Ms Murphy and fellow student Niamh N\u00ed Mhaoileoin<\/strong> represented the society in the final, competing against Oxford, Durham and Cambridge on the motion ‘this house believes that the State should pay reparations to women’. […] There were five Irish in the top 10 speakers. Ms N\u00ed Mhaoileoin was third, with Se\u00e1n Butler<\/strong> and John Beechinor<\/strong> of University College Cork and Ian Boyle Harper<\/strong> of King\u2019s Inns also ranked.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n After the final, the Irish Times<\/a> had probably not known about Achte Minute – we sure did Twitter and Google during the final. Ok, well, the debaters are not allowed to use it. Hence, the Irish Times went “No tweets, no Google as top European university debaters pitch for glory”:<\/p>\n “Hitler’s Mein<\/em> Kampf<\/em> should or should not be published in Germany after 2016 when the copyright runs out. Media ‘personalities’ must or must not wait four years before running for political office. What\u2019s more, this house should never fight for ‘king or country’ \u2013 or perhaps it should? Such was the flavour of fevered argument in Galway over the past six days, as some 360 students engaged volume, pitch, speed and reasoning in the European Universities Debating Championships. The 180 teams from educational institutions had been narrowed down to eight yesterday, with Oxford and Cambridge facing Durham and Trinity College Dublin to dissect the motion that ‘States should pay reparations to women’.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our convener, Nollaig \u00d3 Scannl\u00e1in, or Lord Nuggles as he was called by the CA team and soon enough by pretty much everybody. (Picture: Manuel Adams)<\/p><\/div>\n A week ealier, with Euros still under way, the Irish Times<\/a> had titled “European debating event is talk of the town”. Back then, the convener Nollaig \u00d3 Scannl\u00e1in<\/strong> felt under pressure with “a full-on week with plenty of stress ahead”. And Irish participation is emphasized here as well: “The Irish flag is being flown by Trinity College, UCD, UCC, DCU and UL, while hosts NUI Galway have their hands full with ensuring the show goes on, says convenor Nollaig \u00d3 Scannl\u00e1in.”<\/p>\n The German newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung<\/a> described how the debate on Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was fought with German participation: Robert Lehmann<\/strong> and Nicolas Eberle<\/strong> from Mainz had to argue from side opposition – they were contra an indefinite prohibition of the publication of Hitler’s book:<\/p>\n “Robert Lehmann muss in seiner Rede neue Inhalte liefern. Er votiert f\u00fcr Diskurs statt Verbot: ‘Mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden kann man einfach zeigen, welchen Unsinn Hitler geschrieben hat.’ Daf\u00fcr muss jedoch das Buch erh\u00e4ltlich sein. Eberle spricht \u00fcber die Symbolwirkung, wenn das Werk weiter verboten bleibe, sei das ein falsches, ein Signal der Angst.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The online edition of the German newspaper Aachener Zeitung, az-web<\/a>, picked the very same debate. They feature a team from the local debating society, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Schulz<\/strong> and Anna Heynkes<\/strong> from Aachen. The article says:<\/p>\n \u201cDie beiden Aachener hat das Los auf die Oppositionsbank gesetzt, ob Marc-Andr\u00e9 Schulz nun pers\u00f6nlich f\u00fcr oder gegen die Publikation von ‘Mein Kampf’ ist, spielt keine Rolle, jetzt muss er \u00fcberzeugend gegen ein Verbot argumentieren. Nach seiner Rede spricht wieder die Regierungsseite und beschw\u00f6rt noch einmal die Gefahr, die mit einer Publikation von Hitlers \u2018Mein Kampf\u2018 einhergeht.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Last but not least, we ourselves from Achte Minute feel very honoured: The blog Israel Idag<\/a>, the blog of the Israeli Embassy in Sweden, mentions of course the strong competition that the Israeli teams were to the others and how the brothers Sella <\/strong>and Omer Nevo<\/strong> from Tel Aviv won the final on the existence of god – “Israel Vinnare i EM i Universitetsdebatt”. In addition to that, the blogs directs those interested to Achte Minute – thank you, tack, \u05ea\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 and danke!<\/p>\n “Under veckan som gick avgjordes European University Debating Championship i Galway, Irland. 180 lag fr\u00e5n 26 l\u00e4nder deltog i den \u00e5rliga t\u00e4vlingen som s\u00e5g Oxford och Tel Aviv som vinnare. Israel var starkt representerat under t\u00e4vlingen och efter de prelimin\u00e4ra omg\u00e5ngarna s\u00e5 stod det klart att av de 16 lag som g\u00e5tt vidare till kvartsfinal f\u00f6r lag med engelska som andraspr\u00e5k s\u00e5 var 6 israeliska. Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion, Hebrew University och IDC var de Israeliska universitet som stod bakom denna bragd. Trots att Israel \u00e4r regerande v\u00e4rldsm\u00e4stare tv\u00e5 \u00e5r i rad s\u00e5 var detta f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen sedan 2003 som ett israeliskt lag vann EM. Finalen avgjordes p\u00e5 fredagen och stod mellan Erasmus fr\u00e5n Holland, Babes Bolay fr\u00e5n Rum\u00e4nien samt tv\u00e5 lag fr\u00e5n Tel Aviv. Det avg\u00f6rande debatt\u00e4mnet var huruvida gud existerar. Denna debatt fick avsluta en veckas kamp d\u00e4r allt ifr\u00e5n d\u00f6dsstraff till k\u00f6nsroller och internationella relationer har debatterats. N\u00e4r debatten s\u00e5 var slut s\u00e5 stod det klart att br\u00f6derna Omer och Sella Nevo stod som vinnare.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC or Euros) have been held annually since 1999. It was started in Rotterdam where 32 teams of two competed for the title. For the records: In Amsterdam, 192 teams competed for the very same title in 2010, in Galway it was 180 teams. Format has ever since been British Parliamentary Style<\/a>(BPS), language of debate is English. Debaters from all over Europe as well as from Israel and Qatar take part in Euros and compete with each other in two categories: the open break (mostly for native speakers) and \u201cEnglish as a Second Language\u201d (ESL).There is a good chance a team may break in the two categories as happened to be the case with Tel Aviv A this year: They broke first in the ESL break and sixth in the open break.<\/p>\n Current champions are Ben Woolgar and Hugh Burns (Oxford), ESL champions are Sella and Omer Nevo, two brothers from Tel Aviv University. This year\u2019s Euros were held in Galway, located at the western coast of Ireland, from 7 to 13 August. Chief adjudicator was Ruth Faller (Ireland), her deputies wereShengwu Li (Singapore), Simone van Elk (The Netherlands), Steven Nolan (Ireland) and Yoni Cohen Idov (Israel). Isabelle Loewe from Debattierclub Bonn and Tony Murphy (Ireland) served as equity officers. Galway\u2019s tabmaster was Harry McEvansoneya, an Irish as well. During the Euros, the EUDC Council assembled and decide for instance about the host of next year\u2019s championship. Belgrade (Serbia)<\/a> was assigned hosting the European Universities Debating Championships 2012.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Numbers, winners, facts and pictures! That and more is to be found in international media about the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC or Euros) that were held at Galway, Ireland from August 7 to 13. 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