Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships
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The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as "Australs") is an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in the Australasian region. It is one of the world's largest debating tournaments, second only in size to the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC), and one of the largest annual student events in the world. Australs follows the Australia-Asian Debating format (three speakers plus replies), rather than the British Parliamentary Style used at WUDC. It is held every year in early-July under the auspices of the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Association (AIDA). The host university is selected a year before at a meeting of the AIDA Council.
Since the inaugural tournament at the University of Sydney in 1975, Australs has continually expanded the scope of its participants, now attracting around 300 competitors each year from around the Asia-Pacific region. Australs was significantly modernised in 1993 when a new constitution was introduced by then AIDA President. The Constitution provided for standard rules of debate and adjudication, and provided for extended voting rights for non-Australian and New Zealand participants. Currently teams come from Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.[1]
The best speaker of the tournament is awarded the "Martin Sorensen Best Speaker Prize". In 2006 the tournament was hosted by New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington, where the inaugural "Jock Fanselow Cup for Best Speaker in the Grand Final" was awarded. Australs will next be held at the Philippines' Ateneo de Manila University in July 2008, whose website can be accessed here.
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[edit] Past Champions and Hosts
[edit] Future Championships
- 2008 - to be hosted by Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
[edit] Martin Sorensen Prize for Best Speaker in the Tournament
The Best Speaker Award was first given in 1989. In 1994, it became the "Martin Sorensen Best Speaker Prize" in honour of the well-liked Monash University debater who died only days after winning the award for the second time. It is awarded to the debater with the highest total sum of speaker scores in the preliminary rounds of competition.
| Year | Speaker | University |
| 2007 | Sayeqa Islam | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) |
| 2006 | Elizabeth Sheargold | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| 2005 | Ivan Ah Sam | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 2004 | Mathew Kenneally | Australian National University (Australia) |
| 2003 | Tim Sonnreich | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2002 | Tim Sonnreich | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2001 | Steve Bell | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| 2000 | Kim Little | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1999 | Dan Celm | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1998 | Praba Ganesan | De La Salle University-Manila (Philippines) |
| 1997 | Chris Fladgate | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1996 | Lizzie Knight Phillip Senior |
Monash University (Australia) University of Western Australia (Australia) |
| 1995 | Christian Porter Matthew Richardson |
University of Western Australia (Australia) University of New South Wales (Australia) |
| 1994 | Tony Burke | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1993 | Martin Sorensen | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1992 | Martin Sorensen | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1991 | Julian Beckedahl Rufus Black |
Monash University (Australia) University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| 1990 | Camilla Newcombe | Australian National University (Australia) |
| 1989 | Richard Douglas | Australian National University (Australia) |
[edit] Jock Fanselow Cup for Best Speaker in the Grand Final
| Year | Speaker | University |
| 2007 | Sayeqa Islam | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) |
| 2006 | Roland Dillon | Monash University (Australia) |
[edit] Detailed history of recent past championships
[edit] Universiti Teknologi Mara (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 2007
UT Mara hosted the largest Australs ever, with 108 teams taking part, including a large number from Malaysia. The organisation of the tournament was often problematic. Most tabs were several hours late, and there were few social events, as on several days debates did not finish until late at night. The Chief Adjudicator was Iqbal Hafiedz from UT Mara, assisted by Eleanor Uy (Philippines), Lucia Pietrapaoli (Australia) and Tim Sonnreich (Australia) as DCAs. The University of Queensland B (Andrew Hodge, Kristen Price, and Mitchell Grady) team beat Victoria University of Wellington A (Christopher Bishop, Stephen Whittington, and Sayeqa Islam) in the final, the first win for Queensland. Sayeqa Islam from Victoria University of Wellington was the best speaker on the tab - only the second speaker outside of Australia to win the prize, and the first New Zealander. Islam was also the best speaker in the Grand Final. Monash University 1 and the University of Queensland 3 were the beaten semi-finalists. University of Malaya 1 won the ESL competition. Ateneo de Manila and Monash University fought a fierce battle for the right to host Australs 2008; with Ateneo eventually prevailing.
[edit] Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand) 2006
Victoria hosted what was at the time the largest Australs ever (78 teams). The tournament is widely recognised as being the best ever held, a title which was bestowed on the tournament by a group of old and experienced Australs participants at the Championship Dinner. The tournament was notable for its excellent social events, including a traditional Maori opening ceremony, cocktail functions, a Women's Night function at the New Zealand Parliament, a test debate at a local bar involving a transgender ex-prostitute Member of Parliament, and a glittering Grand Final. The Chief Adjudicator was Kevin Moar from Victoria, with Rajesh Krishnan (Singapore) and Kylie Lane (Australia) as DCAs. The tournament was won by Monash University 1 (Tom Chapman, Roland Dillon, and Jacob Clifton) who defeated the University of Melbourne 1 (Jess Moir, Lucia Pietrapaoli, and Elizabeth Sheargold) in the final Ateneo de Manila University 1 (Charisse Borromeo, Leloy Claudio, Sharmila Parmanand) and Multimedia University 1 (Sumithra Rajendra, Balloons, Big Boy) were the beaten semi-finalists. Elizabeth Sheargold from Melbourne 1 won the best speaker prize. Australs 2006 saw the introduction of the Jock Fanselow Cup for the best speaker of the Grand Final. The inaugural winner was Roland Dillon from Monash, who was also 2nd on the tab. Universiti Teknologi Mara won the ESL competition, and bid unopposed for the right to host Australs 2007.
[edit] University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) 2005
Queensland hosted the second successive Australs to be held in Australia. The Chief Adjudicator was Rob Leeds from Queensland, assisted by Sumithra Rajendra (Malaysia), Andrew Fitch (Australia), and Bobby Benedicto (Philippines) as DCAs. The tournament was won by the University of Sydney Union 2 (Patrick Meagher, Ivan ah Sam, and Brad Lancken) who defeated Ateneo de Manila University 1 (Leloy Claudio, Charisse Borromeo, and Sharmila Parmanad) in the final. Ivan ah Sam topped the tab.
[edit] University of Technology, Sydney (Sydney, Australia) 2004
UTS 2004 saw the introduction of DCAs for Australs. Ani Satchithananda from the University of Sydney was the CA, assisted by Latif from International Islamic University as the DCA. The tournament was won by Monash University 1 (Kylie Lane, Tim Sonnreich, and Roland Dillon) who beat Multimedia University 1 in the final (Suthen Thomas, Prasanth Sreesanth, and Logandran Balavijendran), the first team from Asia to make the final. It was Sonnreich's third Australs win. The best speaker was Mat Kenneally from the Australian National University.
[edit] References
- ^ Mulrooney, Paul. "Students compete in war of words", Stuff, July 3, 2006 (retrieved 10 June 2006).
[edit] See also
- World Universities Debating Championship
- European Universities Debating Championship
- North American Debating Championship
- Asian Universities Debating Championship
- All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships
- Australian Intervarsity Debating Championships
- Royal Malaysian Intervarsity Debating Championship
- List of debaters
