{"id":31991,"date":"2017-05-08T17:49:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/?p=31991"},"modified":"2017-06-07T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T08:50:09","slug":"leiden-and-sheffield-win-maastricht-open-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/20170508\/leiden-and-sheffield-win-maastricht-open-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Leiden and Sheffield win Maastricht Open 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The

The winners of the tournament \u00a9Helena Hecke<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

The Maastricht Open 2017 was won by Phil and Gloria<\/em> (Roel Becker<\/strong>; Leiden and Lucia Arce<\/strong>; Sheffield) in Closing Opposition. They debated against Trivium A<\/em> (Simone Landman<\/strong> and Daan Spackler<\/strong>; Middelburg) in Opening Government, The Maastricht Titties<\/em> (Annabell van Beusekom<\/strong> and Milka Gerovska<\/strong>; Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje) in Opening Opposition and The Wong Tangent<\/em> (Rebecca Lee<\/strong>, Bristol and Brian Wong<\/strong>, Oxford) in Closing Opposition on the motion “You are the commander of an Israeli submarine on the Persian Gulf. It is the day after Israel was annihilated in a surprise Iranian nuclear attack: THW not use Israel’s second strike capabilities”.<\/p>\n

The Final was judged by Daniel Noble Stairs<\/strong> in chair, together with Helena Hecke<\/strong>, Monica Forman<\/strong>, Michael Naud\u00e9<\/strong> and Katharina Jansen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The novice final was won by\u00a09 Downing Stree<\/em>t (Alessandro Sona<\/strong> and Manisha Sethia<\/strong>, Eindhoven) on the motion “TH prefers a world in which individuals can permanently and irreversibly emotionally detach themselves from someone else”.<\/p>\n

\"Winner

Winner of the Novice Final – \u00a9 Helena Hecke<\/p><\/div>\n

Roel Becker and Brian Wong were joined best speaker with an average of 82.2. Through the standard division, Brian Wong was announced best speaker of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Best novice speaker was Dino Wildi<\/strong> with an average of 75.79 speaker points.<\/p>\n

CA team of the tournament were Daniel Noble Stairs (UCD), Jure Hederih (Oxford) and Monica Forman (Tel Aviv).<\/p>\n

The tournament was organised by Rhetorica Debating Society Maastricht\u00a0<\/strong>and convened by Anna Vasylyeva<\/strong> and Marina Markatou<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Break:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The Wong Tangent<\/em> (Brian Wong, Oxford and Rebecca Lee, Bristol) – 14 team points<\/li>\n
  2. Phil and Gloria<\/em> (Roel Becker, Leiden and Lucia Arce, Sheffield) – 12 team points<\/li>\n
  3. Tilbury House Green<\/em> (Ruben Dillmann<\/strong> and Linda Nolden<\/strong>, Cologne) – 12 team points<\/li>\n
  4. UDS Beauty and the beast<\/em> (Angela Portocarrer<\/strong>o and Pieter van der Veere<\/strong>, Utrecht) – 10 team points<\/li>\n
  5. Theresa May’s Election Special<\/em> (Will Prescott<\/strong> and\u00a0Steve Heo<\/strong>, Oxford) – 10 team points<\/li>\n
  6. Berlin CC<\/em> (Christina Dexel<\/strong> and\u00a0Christof Kebschull<\/strong>) – 10 team points<\/li>\n
  7. Trivium A<\/em> (Simone Landman and Daan Spackler; Middelburg) – 10 team points<\/li>\n
  8. The Maastricht Titty<\/em> (Annabell van Beusekom and Milka Gerovska; Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje) – 9 team points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Novice Break:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. 9 Downing Street<\/em> (Alessandro Sona and Manisha Sethia, Eindhoven) – 8 team points<\/li>\n
    2. TU Delft –<\/em> (Ishika Chakraborty<\/strong> and Ina Vollmer<\/strong>) 8 team points<\/li>\n
    3. UDS old colonial ties<\/em> (Max de Kwaasteniet<\/strong> and Ryoji Yoshisada<\/strong>; Utrecht) – 7 team points<\/li>\n
    4. EDS E<\/em> (Nam Quang Du<\/strong> and Reebien Esmaeel<\/strong>; Rotterdam) – 5 team points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The judge break<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Monica Forman (Tel Aviv) , Daniel Noble Stairs (UCD), Jure Hederih (Oxford), Matthew Davis (Berlin\/Bates), Marike Breed<\/strong> (Bonaparte Amsterdam), Helena Hecke (Tilbury House, Cologne), Cindy Wilhelm<\/strong> (Erasmus Rotterdam), Alwin Bakker (Rhetorica Maastricht), Katharina Jansen (Rhetorica Maastricht) and Michael Naud\u00e9 (Rhetorica Maastricht)<\/p>\n

      The Motions<\/strong><\/p>\n

      R1:<\/strong> THW cut welfare benefits for chronically unemployed men who refuse to undergo career retraining for jobs that have been deemed “femine” work (e.g. teaching, nursing, dentist assistance, cleaning, etc.)<\/p>\n

      R2:<\/strong> THR the decision of Germany and The Netherlands to block Turkish campaign rallies aimed at drumming up support among the Turkish diaspora for Erdogan’s referendum<\/p>\n

      R3: <\/strong>Infoslide: <\/em>Fearless Girl statue installed in Wall Stree without permission, March 8 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

      THW remove the “fearless girl”.<\/p>\n

      R4:<\/strong> THW allow individuals and companies to invest into civil lawsuits in exchange for a share of the financial award<\/p>\n

      R5: <\/strong>Infoslide: <\/em>A financial endowment is the pool of donations to universities which they use for the purpose of running the university, building buildings, scholarships, prize money and grants.<\/em>For example Harvard endowment is currently 35.2 billion dollars.<\/em><\/p>\n

      THW redistribute US college endowments evenly among all colleges.<\/p>\n

      Semi Final:<\/strong> Assuming the technology exists, THW NOT allow parents to clone their deceased children.<\/p>\n

      Novice Final:<\/strong> TH prefers a world in which individuals can permanently and irreversibly emotionally detach themselves from someone else.<\/p>\n

      Grand Final: <\/strong>You are the commander of an Israeli submarine on the Persian Gulf. It is the day after Israel was annihilated in a surprise Iranian nuclear attack:<\/em><\/p>\n

      THW not use Israel’s second strike capabilities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

       <\/p>\n

      hh.\/jm.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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