The UCU Open fits into the series of tournaments in the coming debating season. Hosted already for the second time by the Dutch University College Utrecht (UCU) Debating Union on November 4 and 5, this Open will be “bigger and ” according to the org com. Convenor Marlies Hombergen and her team offer five prelims, a semifinal and a final. Registration has already opened (n-1 applies). CA  the ESL world champion Anne Valkering (ASDV Bonaparte), reg fee is €25. Crash accommodation will be provided both from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday.

More information is available on the webpage of the UCU Open, on Facebook and at ucuopen [at] gmail [dot] com. In 2010, this year’s CA Anne won the final in tandem with the current president of WUDC Council Jens Fischer (Berlin Debating Union). And by the way, the ESL-winners of Berlin IV 2010 came form the UCU debating society: Micha Beekman und Joris Vincent.

Facts and figures:

• UCU Open, Utrecht
• November 4 and 5
• English, BPS
• chief adjudicator: Anne Valkering
• fees: 25 Euro

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