South African Schools Debating International Tournament Results 2014, 2015, 2016
2014
South African Schools’ Debating Team Eurasia Schools Debating Championships 2014
- Team Broke 5th
- Semi-finalists of Tournament
- Emma Buckland ranked 10th
- Amelia Warren ranked 9th
- Kate Dewey ranked 4th
Reference:
Kip Oebanda
Chief Adjudicator
Asia World Schools Debating Championships 2013
South Africa “A” Team Heart of Europe Debate Tournament – Czech Republic 2014
- Team broke 3rd
- Amelia Warren ranked 4th
- 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 3rd
- Illan Malkin ranked 6th
South Africa Junior Debating Team 2014 AWSDC 2014
- Team ranked 2nd in Asia Overall
- Alex Breckenridge ranked 12th
- William Shoki ranked 9th
- Steven Lochner ranked 2nd
- 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 1st in the World
- Kate Dewey ranked 12th in the world
- Saadiyah Mayet ranked 11th in the world
- Sam Musker ranked 7th in the world
- Josh Broomberg ranked 5th in the world
References:
Thepparith Senamngern
Tournament Convener: Thaliand World Schools Debating Championships 2014
2015
SA Team Eurasia Schools Debating Championships, Turkey 2015
- Team won the Tournament
- Illan Malkin ranked 5th
- Amelia Warren ranked 4th in Europe and Asia
- Desmond Fairall ranked 2nd in Europe and Asia
- Kate Dewey ranked 1st in Europe and Asia
Reference:
ESDC Executive Board
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 7th in Europe
- Jordan Arenstein ranked 3rd in Europe
SA A1 Argo 2015 Argo
- Grand Finalists of Tournament
- William Shoki ranked 6th in Europe
- Alex Breckenridge ranked 2nd in Europe
SA A2 Argo 2015
- Winners of Tournament
- Grant Fourie ranked 4th in Europe
Reference
Laura Dragoi – Tournament Convene: ARGO 2015
SA World Schools Debating Championships 2015
- Team ranked 7th overall in the World
- Kate Dewey was ranked the best speaker in the world
Reference:
Vernie Oliviero – Chief Adjudicator WSDC 2015
2016
SA Eurasia Schools Debating Championships (ESDC) Turkey 2016
- Winners of Tournament with resounding Dominance
- Grant Fourie ranked 5th in Europe and Asia
- Katya Broomberg ranked 4th in Europe and Asia
- William Shoki ranked 3rd in Europe and Asia
- Rebecca Mqamelo ranked 2nd in Europe and Asia
- Steven Lochner ranked 1st in Europe and Asia
Reference:
ESDC Executive Board
SA A2
- Octofinalists of Tournament (Knocked out by another SA Team)
- Claire Rankin ranked 2nd in Asia
SA A1 AWSDC 2016
- Semi Finalists of Tournament
- Daniel Lee ranked 7th
- Sukhmani Kaur ranked 5th
SA Jnrs AWSDC 2016
- Quarter-finalists (knocked out SA Snr Team in Octos)
- Neo Tsotetsi ranked 10th in Asia
- Khulasande Tolobisa ranked 9th in Asia
- Ritvik Sojen ranked 6th in Asia
SA WSDC 2016
- Ranked 1st in the World
- Grant Fourie ranked 20th in the World
- Steven Lochner ranked 13th in the World
- Rebecca Mqamelo ranked 21st in the World
- William Shoki ranked 10th in the World
- Katya Broomberg ranked 3rd in the World
Reference:
Jana Gilke
Convenor WSDC 2016
convenor@wsdcgermany2016.com