The Break
Lewis Turner, coach of Wales, hearing the news that Wales has broken.
Hello again everyone.We returned from a great day at Indian Creek in time to quickly change into more casual clothes and head off to the Crystal City Sports Bar for a night of good food, good friendship, not-so-good dancing and the great break announcement.
Slovenia v USA were completing their rescheduled debate when we arrived so I stayed back to await the decision (Slovenia 3-0) and then checked with the others the tab for the final breaking teams - although really, James Probert had done such a splendid job with the tab, and he and Kris Ade with the data entry, so that the final checking by the rest of us was just a confirmation of the obvious.Our work done for the meantime, the CAP headed off to the Sports Bar to be greeted by an excited throng ("ooh, here comes the CAP!!!")and various offers to buy drinks if we could just even drop some hints but I don't drink so that was a waste of time -and they don't sell White Chocolate bars at the Sports Bar.
After what seemed to be an eternity for the anxious debaters, Phyllis entered the building. With the help of the DJ's microphone against the background of the usual sports bar noise she proclaimed the draw from 1 to 16 with the teams loudly cheering and hollering not only for themselves if they made the break but even more riotously and generously for each other. Some people had worked the draw out already but there were many moments of worry for those on 5 wins who knew that some of them wouldn't break - before all was revealed.
And here it is:
Breaking teams
1. New Zealand. 8 wins, 23 judges
2. South Africa. 8 wins, 22 judges
3. England. 8 wins, 21 judges
4. Canada. 7 wins, 21 judges
5. Pakistan. 7 wins, 19 judges
6. Israel. 7 wins, 19 judges
7. Singapore. 6 wins, 19 judges
8. Australia. 6 wins, 18 judges
9. Ireland. 6 wins, 18 judges
10. Greece. 6 wins, 18 judges
11. Slovenia, 6 wins, 16 judges
12. Scotland. 5 wins, 15 judges
13. South Korea. 5 wins, 15 judges
14. Wales. 5 wins, 14 judges
15. Hong Kong. 5 wins, 14 judges
16. Netherlands. 5 wins, 14 judges.
Where teams are on equal wins and judges, they have been separated by speaker point totals.
On Friday, the teams will meet in the octofinals, paired 1-16, 2-15, 3-14 and so on.All debates will be limited preparation ie one hour of preparation after the topic is announced. Sides will be determined by coin toss before the topic is announced.
Just so you know the fabulous encounters we will see, here they are:
New Zealand v Netherlands
South Africa v Hong Kong
England v Wales
Canada v South Korea
Pakistan v Scotland
Israel v Slovenia
Singapore v Greece
Australia v Ireland.
It's now after 1 am so I'm about to sign off. Tomorrow is the free day, so a sleep in is in order before heading into Washington Central and....the Smithsonian!!!
posted by Kiwi Claire @ 4:52 am
8 Comments
8 Comments:
Go New Zealand! Back with a vengeance!
Well done to all of the breaking teams, particularly Wales! Cymru Am Byth.
Would love to be there for many of those Octos but Australia v Ireland the stand-out tie.
Commiserations to Kuwait but some of you can return to fight another day - insha'allah!
Andrew K (Team Jordan 2009 or 2010)
Well done to everyone - but especially Team Wales (what a comeback from last year!)
Commiserations to Team Kuwait and Team USA, who are always very good teams. Now you get leisurely sit back and enjoy the break rounds, from the less stressful position of spectator!
All the best to those debating on Friday.
Congrats also to Mexico and Qatar who, from all accounts, put in very strong performances from new entrant countries.
Good on NZ as well - a stunning performance
Coached by an Australian of course...
Good luck Australia against the Irish ... we will be think of you at 3am AEST!
Who took the judge off NZ?
Greece, in round 1.
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