Berlin made it!

We defended our title as "Norddeutscher Meister"! Berlin Amalienstraße, Dessi and Filip, won against Berlin Krumme Lanke, Julian and Kai, and Teams from Greifswald and Potsdam in the Grand Final in Hannover!

Boot Camp Results

Tuesday we finished our internal challenge to determine which BDU teams will start at the Norddeutsche Meisterschaft. Bastian and Juliane, Dessi and Filip, Matthias and Niels as well as Kai and Julian will go to Hannover. Our new internal challenge system has turned out to be both an excellent means of preparing a tournament and a way to bring back a competitive spirit to our weekly debates, lifting quality and fun.

These are the results of the 2nd round of the challenge. Motions were: "This House would offer prisoners an early release if they participate in dangerous drug tests" and "This House would ban private schools".

Internal Challenge - first round results

The first round of our internal competition about the spots at the "Norddeutsche Meisterschaft" took place at March 30th. Due to our complex system, the following teams challenged each other:

• Opening Gov: Matthias & Niels
• Opening Opp: Georg & Joahnnes
• Closing Gov: Kai & Julian
• Closing Opp: John & Nikolay

The motion was: "THW force the catholic church to dismiss priest convicted of sexual abuse from priesthood"

The round was won by OG, second place went to CG, OO came 3rd and CO came 4th.

Today, the last two rounds of this challenge will take place, this blog will inform you immediately!

Internal Challenge !Update!

The Berlin Debating Union, one of Germany's finest debating societies, has established a rather complex internal ranking system to measure the competitiveness of its teams. Teams hoping to participate at the 'Norddeutsche Meisterschaften', the major regional competition, have to collect points during the term or during a period in which they can directly challenge other BDU teams. Currently, I know of the following applicants and their points (team points):

• Dessi and Filip - 112
• Matthias and Niels - 70
• Bastian and Juliane - 70
• Johannes and Georg - 64
• Kai and Julian - 63
• John and Nikolay - 38
• Annette and Ricarda - 10
  

If I forgot someone, please leave a comment!
It's likely that we will only get two spots, so it will be a tough race...