International Tournament Performances (2014 to 2016)

South African Schools Debating International Tournament Results 2014, 2015, 2016

2014

South African Schools’ Debating Team Eurasia Schools Debating Championships 2014

Team Broke 5^th
Semi-finalists of Tournament
Emma Buckland ranked 10^th
Amelia Warren ranked 9^th
Kate Dewey ranked 4^th

Reference:

Kip Oebanda

Chief Adjudicator

Asia World Schools Debating Championships 2013

kip_oebanda@yahoo.com

South Africa “A” Team Heart of Europe Debate Tournament – Czech Republic 2014

Team broke 3^rd
Amelia Warren ranked 4^th
Heart of Europe Debate Tournament Champions 2014

Reference:

Tournament Director

Jakub Kadlec

registrations@heart-of-europe.org

SA A Team Asia World Schools Debating Championships (AWSDC) Thailand 2014

Semi-Finalists of Tournament
Desmond Fairall ranked 3^rd
Illan Malkin ranked 6^th

South Africa Junior Debating Team 2014 AWSDC 2014

Team ranked 2^nd in Asia Overall
Alex Breckenridge ranked 12^th
William Shoki ranked 9^th
Steven Lochner ranked 2^nd
2 Years Consecutive Grand Finalists of the Tournament

Reference:

Tournament Director

Beatrice Miu

tournamentdirector.awsdc2014@gmail.com

South African National World Schools Team World Schools Debating Championships Thailand 2014

Team ranked 1^st in the World
Kate Dewey ranked 12^th in the world
Saadiyah Mayet ranked 11^th in the world
Sam Musker ranked 7^thin the world
Josh Broomberg ranked 5^th in the world

References:

Thepparith Senamngern

Tournament Convener: Thaliand World Schools Debating Championships 2014

tjthai@me.com

2015

SA Team Eurasia Schools Debating Championships, Turkey 2015

Team won the Tournament
Illan Malkin ranked 5^th
Amelia Warren ranked 4^th in Europe and Asia
Desmond Fairall ranked 2^nd in Europe and Asia
Kate Dewey ranked 1^st in Europe and Asia

Reference:

ESDC Executive Board

convener@eurasiandebate.com

ARGO International Schools’ Debate Tournament Romania 2015

South Africa had unprecedented dominance the history of International Schools Debating
Sent 4 Teams who all dominated the rankings as individual speakers 5/10 of the Top speakers from all over the world were South African.
The grand final saw South African Teams in it.

SA Juniors Argo 2015

Octofinalists of Tournament
Katya Broomberg ranked 7^th in Europe
Jordan Arenstein ranked 3^rd in Europe

SA A1 Argo 2015 Argo

Grand Finalists of Tournament
William Shoki ranked 6^th in Europe
Alex Breckenridge ranked 2^nd in Europe

SA A2 Argo 2015

Winners of Tournament
Grant Fourie ranked 4^th in Europe

Reference

Laura Dragoi – Tournament Convene: ARGO 2015

laura@argodebate.ro

SA World Schools Debating Championships 2015

Team ranked 7^th overall in the World
Kate Dewey was ranked the best speaker in the world

Reference:

Vernie Oliviero – Chief Adjudicator WSDC 2015

wsdc2015@gmail.com

2016

SA Eurasia Schools Debating Championships (ESDC) Turkey 2016

Winners of Tournament with resounding Dominance
Grant Fourie ranked 5^thin Europe and Asia
Katya Broomberg ranked 4^thin Europe and Asia
William Shoki ranked 3^rdin Europe and Asia
Rebecca Mqamelo ranked 2^nd in Europe and Asia
Steven Lochner ranked 1^st in Europe and Asia

Reference:

ESDC Executive Board

convener@eurasiandebate.com

SA A2

Octofinalists of Tournament (Knocked out by another SA Team)
Claire Rankin ranked 2^nd in Asia

SA A1 AWSDC 2016

Semi Finalists of Tournament
Daniel Lee ranked 7^th
Sukhmani Kaur ranked 5^th

SA Jnrs AWSDC 2016

Quarter-finalists (knocked out SA Snr Team in Octos)
Neo Tsotetsi ranked 10^th in Asia
Khulasande Tolobisa ranked 9^th in Asia
Ritvik Sojen ranked 6^th in Asia

SA WSDC 2016

Ranked 1^st in the World
Grant Fourie ranked 20^th in the World
Steven Lochner ranked 13^th in the World
Rebecca Mqamelo ranked 21^st in the World
William Shoki ranked 10^th in the World
Katya Broomberg ranked 3^rd in the World

Reference:

Jana Gilke

Convenor WSDC 2016

convenor@wsdcgermany2016.com

FNF – In partnership with SASDB

We are Proud to have FNF Africa supporting the SASDB and bringing debating to more South African High School learners than ever before.

Welcome to the SASDB website!

The South African Schools Debating Board is proud to announce its new and updated website. Further updates will be made to the site soon.

International results

2014 has been an amazing year for South African debating. Team SA had an unprecedented run at WSDC, breaking first and unbeaten and only losing in the Grand Final. A South African “A” team won the Heart of Europe tournament, and SA Junior and SA A did incredibly well at WSDC. We are very proud of all our speakers, judges and coaches. The complete results are published below.

AWSDC Results:

SA Junior broke 2nd on 7/8 wins; 18/24 judges; 2032.34 total speaks; and a margin of 14.25.

SA A broke 4th on 6/8 wins; 17/24 judges; 2035.37 total speaks; and a margin of 23.27.

SA Junior made it to the Grand Final losing to Malaysia on a 8-1 split.

SA A made it to the Semi-Finals losing to Malaysia on a 4-3 split.

Rankings:

2nd – Steven Lochner

3rd – Desmond Fairall

6th – Ilan Malkin

9th – William Shoki

11th – Alexandra Breckenridge

13th – Grant Fourie

16th – Emma Buckland

23rd – Hannah Fagan

43rd – Isabella Leslie-Miller

Thank you to coaches Chris Hojem and Phiwe Salukazana.

WSDC results:

Team SA broke 1st (8 wins and 23 judges) and made the grand final. They lost to team England.

Rankings:
5th – Josh Broomberg
7th – Sam Musker
11th – Saadiyah Mayet
12th – Kate Dewey
44th – Rachel Gardiner

Thank you to coach Luke Churchyard and assistant coach Saul Musker.

Judges also did very well: Paida Mangondo (previous SASDB CA), Saul and Nicole Dunn were made chief adjudicators from R1. Paida, Saul, Phiwe and Nicole all broke as judges. Paida and Nicole chaired octo finals, Saul and Phiwe were panelists. Paida chaired Quarters, Saul and Nicole were panelists.

Heart of Europe Results:

SA A broke 3rd and won the tournament!

5th – Amelia Warren.
14th – Cheshni Jeena
18th – Stefan Massyn
20th – Rahul Naidoo

Thank you to coach Phiwe Salukazana.

A special mention for Bophelo Impilo (a South African school also participating at Heart of Europe). Bophelo Gold broke first and Bophelo Maroon broke 12th.

NSDC 2014

We are pleased to announce the launch of the NSDC 2014 website (http://nsdc2014.org.za/) and that nationals will be taking place in Stellenbosch this year! Watch this space for news as the tournament approaches.

GSDB fundraiser

News from the Gauteng Schools’ Debating Board:

It is with great excitement that we would like to announce our first annual GSDB fundraiser. The details are as follows:

WHEN: 22 August 2014 WHERE: Constitution Hill, Women’s Gaol Atrium COST: Tickets are R250 pp RSVP: Proof of payment to be sent to gautengdebating@gmail.com by 20 August 2014
TICKETS INCLUDE: Refreshments, panel discussion and access to the auction
BANKING DETAILS: Found at http://gautengdebating.wix.com/gsdbfundraiser#!donate/c1ghi
DRESS: Cocktail
TOPIC: Interactions between business and society

Guest speakers will include Adv Kevin Malunga (Deputy Public Protector), Gareth Cliff and some of our brightest speakers.

More details can be found at http://gautengdebating.wix.com/gsdbfundraiser.

Please pass this along to your network – the more money we raise at this event, the more we can help you and your children.