On October 11 and 12 the Roosevelt Debating Society will host the second edition of the Roosevelt Open. The tournament will be held in lovely Middelburg, all the way in the south-west corner of the Netherlands. Last year’s Open was a great success, and this year the Org Comm promise a well-organized and fun tournament. Through collaboration with the Nationale Jeugdraad (NJR), they strive to make this tournament environmentally friendly.

Concise info:

British Parliamentary
7-minute speeches
5 rounds & break to semis
Max €25 per speaker
Domestic team cap of 5
Total team cap of 40
N-1 Adjudication Rule
Registration

Chief Adjudicators:

Daan Welling: EUDC 2012 ESL Champion, WUDC 2013 ESL Finalist, Convenor Leiden Open 2013
Kitty Parker Brooks: Leeds Open 2013 Champion, WUDC 2013 Breaking Judge, Convenor Cambridge IV 2012
Simon Tunnicliffe: WUDC 2013 Octofinalist, Roosevelt Open 2012 Best Speaker, Convenor Durham Open 2011
Ruairidh Macintosh: n/a

..and the team:

Co-Convenor: Bionda Merckens
Co-Convenor: Sarah Rust
Equity Officer: Karin Merckens
Tabmaster: Sebastiaan Noordam (Leiden Open 2013, Dutch National Novice Tournament 2012, Dutch Open 2012)

More information can be found in the Facebook Group. They also have a video.

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