WUDC Champions

The champions of the 29th WUDC hosted by the UCC Philosoph and UCC Law Society, have been crowned. They are Oxford A, who won from first opp in the final, on a 5/4 split decision.

ESL Final Results

The 2009 ESL champions are BBU A.

EFL Final Results

The 2009 EFL Champions are Villinus A.

Top Speakers at Cork Worlds

The top EFL speaker is Aiste Dumbryte - Villinus A

The top ESL speaker is Leela Koenig - Leiden A

The top overall speaker is Naomi Oreb - Sydney

Winners of Comedy, Masters and Public Speaking.

The winner of the Cork Worlds comedy competition is:

Willard Foxton

The winners of the Cork Worlds Masters competition are:

Team: Ireland (Ross McGuire & Greg ONeill)

Individual: Barry Glynn (Ireland)

The winner of the Cork Worlds public speaking competition is:

Patrick Bateman (Sydney)

WUDC Final

The motion is; This house would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy.

The teams are;

1st Gov - Monash B
2nd Gov - Harvard A

1st Opp - Oxford A
2nd Opp - Oxford C

EFL Final

The motion for the EFL final is;'This house would prohibit all private health care.'

Leiden A
Bonapart B
BBU
Hertie

Semi Final

Motion;'This house believes governments should subsidise private good ownership.'

Monash B
Manchester A
Oxford A
Oxford B

Oxford C
Queensland A
Harvard A
Vic Wellington A

ESL Semi Final

Motion;'This House Believes that the International Criminal Court should prosecute crimes against the democratic process.

Teams;
Galatasaray A 1G
Bonaparte B 1O
Tallinn A 2G
Leiden A 2O

Haifa A1G
BBU A1O
Hertie School of Governance A 2G
Tel Aviv A 2O

Quarter Final Draw

The motion; 'This house believes that the international criminal court should
prosecute crimes against the democratic process.'

Princeton A 1G
TCD phil B 1O
Manchester A 2G
Monash B 2O
Judges;Erin O'Brien, Doug Courchan, Samir Deger Sen, Andews Marshall,Jason Rogers,Steve Johnson,Sharmile Parnard

Oxford A 1G
UCD L&H A 1O
Nottingham A 2G
Oxford B 2O
Judges;Rory Gillis,Christopher Bishop,Elizeabeth Ames,Colm Flynn,Anna Garsia,Tim Jeffrie,Sayeqa Islam

Queensland A 1G
Oxford C 1O
MIT A 2G
Hart House B 2O
Judges;

Loyola A 1 G
Harvard A 1O
Helsinki A 2G
Vic Wellington A 2O
Judges;

Quarter Finals Announce

Teams in the Quarter Finals are;

Monash B
Manchester A
Princeton A
TCD Phil B

UCD L&H A
Nottingham A
Oxford A
Oxford B

Hart House B
MIT A
Oxford C
Queensland A

Harvard A
Loyola A
Helsinki A
Vic Wellington A

Octo Final

The motion; 'This house would arm local militia to fight the taliban in Afghanistan.'

The Draw;
Monash B 1st Gov
Manchester A 1st Opp
Sydney B 2nd Gov
Stanford A 2nd Opp
Judges: Jason Rodgers, Rory Gillis, Kirsty Russell, Tiernan Fitzgibbon, Ross MaGuire

Queens Uni A 1st Gov
Princeton A 1st Opp
Yale A 2nd Gov
TCD Phil B 2nd Opp
Judges: Anna Garcia, Ivan AhSam, Ian Lising, Morgan Shelly, Adriaan Andringa

Brandeis A 1st Gov
Nottingham A 1st Opp
Monash A 2nd Gov
UCD L&H A 2nd Opp
Judges: Steve Johnson, Gavin Illsey, Bernadette Angungio, Lweis Chisom Iwu, Willard Foxton

Oxford A 1st Gov
Yale B 1st Opp
Oxford B 2nd Gov
Swarthmore A 2nd Opp
Judges: Sayeqa Islam, Tim Jeffrie, Josh Martin, DAvid Middlemiss, Sani Ismail

Cambridge C 1st Gov
McGill A 1st Opp
MIT A 2nd Gov
Hart House B 2nd Opp
Judges: Julia Bowes, Derek Lande, Sasha Bodero-Smith, Yauhemi Akulich, Chris Bishop

Sydney C 1st Gov
Uni Queensland A 1st Opp
Oxford C 2nd Gov
Canterbury A 2nd Opp
Judges: Can Okar, Bob Nimmo, Shamila Parmamail, Michael Clark, Gregg O'Neill

Sydney A 1st Gov
Harvard A 1st Opp
Loyola A 1st Gov
Hart House A 2nd Opp
Judges: Samir Deger Sen, Erin O'Brien, Derek Doyle, Claire Lindsey, David Tait.

Auckland A 1st Gov
Helsinki A 1st Opp
Seattle A 2ng Gov
Vic Wellington A 2nd Opp
Judges: Sam Block, Elizabeth Ames, Steph Paton, Suthen Thomas, Neil Harvey-Smith.

Comedy Night

Comedy Night

Break Night

Break Night

Day Trip to Blarney

Day Trip to Blarney

Photos from Arrivals of Delegates- Day 3 of debating

Cork Worlds 2009- Arrivals to Day 3 of Debating

Photos from Womens Night

Womens Night