Close encounters of the word kind
A future Kiwi debater supporting the team in Athens.
Resolution: THW lower the voting age.
The teams are listed below, proposition first then opposition, with the number of judges obtained. From all accounts, the debaters were close encounters and hard fought. I witnessed the best debate I'd seen all tournament between Pakistan and England, a joust full of sophistication, wit and rhetoric and the best of debating.
Pakistan 1 v England 4
Australia 2 v Singapore 3
New Zealand 4 v Canada 1
Greece 4 v Scotland 1.
So England meets Greece in a semi final for the second consecutive year and New Zealand meets Singapore.
I'd like to watch but it appears that some %$#@ has stolen my purse and being without cash and credit cards in a foreign country is a nuisance to put it mildly so instead of enjoying the semi-finals I'll be trying to do the contact-NZ-at-midnight-and-cancel-the-cards thing. However, the semi-finals will be much more fun than my woes so I will bring you the results once I know them. And anyway, at least I've seen some outstanding debating.
posted by Kiwi Claire @ 11:50 am
2 Comments
2 Comments:
First of all, sorry to hear about your mishap. That really is very unfortunate and I hope it is resolved quickly.
That is a very interesting semifinal line up.
Well done Greece - again!
Andrew K.
Those must have been some incredible debates, especially Singapore-Australia. Congratulations to all those in the Semi-Finals! And Claire, thanks so much for all the updates; good luck with finding your belongings, how utterly unpleasant.
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home