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The Cambridge IV is the prestigious international debating
competition held annually at the Cambridge Union. It is open to any
university team except those from Cambridge.
Results
The winners were Oxford LLM (Shengwu Li & Jonathan Leader
Maynard). They defeated SOAS A (Jordan Anderson & Sheraz
Qureshi), ULU A (Max Kasriel & Giles Robertson) and Oxford CH
(Tom Hosking & Angela Cummine) in the final.
The judging panel for the final was Naomi Oreb (c), Harish
Natarajan, Beth O'Connor, Doug Cochran, Alex Deane, Lewis Iwu
and Ranald Clouston
Shengwu Li topped the speaker tab.
The ESL final was won by UCU BV (Micha Beekman & Joris
Vincent), with Rob Honig finishing top ESL speaker on tab.
A full team and speaker tab is available on http://www.britishdebate.com/calendar/uploads/0910_cambridge_tab.xls.
The motions for the IV were:
R1: THW reduce welfare payments to parents whose children break the
law
R2: THB that it should be illegal to incite others to boycott an
election
R3: THW replay international sporting events if an extreme umpiring
error affects the result
R4: THBT the USA should pay war reparations to Vietnam
R5: THW allow children over the age of 13 to obtain
gender-reassignment surgery without parental consent
QF: THB that California should create high schools that teach
primarily in Spanish
SF: THB the State should refuse to assist in rebuilding areas prone
to natural disasters
ESL Final: THW allow the conception of children using the sperm of
someone who has died
Final: THB Western Nations should use military force to rescue
journalists captured by the enemy
We would like to thank the convenors Aliyah Akram and Sean Koh, our
CA Naomi Oreb, our DCA Harish Natarajan and our tabmaster Bob
Nimmo.
Details
Hosted by the Cambridge Union Society
The Cambridge IV 2009
20th and 21st November
**This year with CLOSED motions**
* Registration has now closed but, if you wish to join our waiting
list, please e-mail the convenors at iv@cus.org.
* Thank you to all those who have registered! The deadline for
payment was 19th October, if you havn't yet paid the
registration fee (& the specified transaction fees) you will
need to do so before we can confirm your slot. Any issues, please
do get in touch at iv@cus.org
* Details on crash to follow
** CA: Naomi Oreb (Best Speaker, Australs 08 & Worlds 09)**
DCA: Harish Natarajan (10th Best Speaker, Worlds 09)
Tab Master: Bob Nimmo
* 5 preliminary rounds, 7 minute speeches, break to quarter finals
& ESL break
* 100 teams, 3 team institution cap, n-1 judges for IONA teams
* £75 registration fee: our famous black tie social, crash,
breakfast, hog roast on the Saturday night, beer, whisky,
cocktails...
* International package, free to non-IONA teams: debate workshops,
entry to the Thursday night Cambridge Union debate, extra crash
Thursday night
* For more information, please contact the convenors Aliyah Akram
and Sean Koh at iv@cus.org.
* Please join the
Cambridge IV 2009 Facebook group for more information and
regular updates.
Timetable
THURSDAY (international package only)
16:00-17:30 International Package Debating Workshop
19:30-22:00 Cambridge Union Debate
FRIDAY
15:00-17:00 Registration
17:00-17:30 Briefing for teams and for adjudicators
18:00-19:15 Round 1
19:15-20:00 Dinner
20:00-22:00 Round 2
22:00-00:00 Social
SATURDAY
09:00-11:00 Round 3
11:15-13:00 Round 4 announced
13:00-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:45 Round 5
15:45 Break announcement
16:00 Main break quarter-finals & ESL semi-finals
18:00 Main break semi-finals & ESL final
19:00-20:00 Dinner
20:00 Grand Final
22:00-03:00 Black Tie Social
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