USA Red wins EurOpen World Schools tournament
USA Red, the winner of the tournament – © EurOpen
The EurOpen 2017 (taking place 9.11.-15.11.) was won by USA Red (Ella Michaels, Piper Doyle, Emily Grantham) from Opposition on the motion “THBT capitalism does more harm than good for women’s liberation“. The final was judged by Anna England Kerr as chair together with Miha Andrič, Tracey Lee, Bedrich Bluma, Klaus-Peter Heil, Ann-Sophie Zeipekkis and Devin van den Berg.
Best speaker of the tournament was Samuel Wooddell from American Logos Glacier with an average of 73.13.
Best ESL speaker was Brian Li from SAS China with an average of 72.35 speaker points.
EurOpen is an annual World Schools Debating tournament which generally takes place in Stuttgart, Germany. The CA team of this years edition were Anna England Kerr, Miha Andrič. The tournament was organized by the Debating Society Germany.
Break:
Team Name Wins Ballots USA Red 7 21 Canada West 7 19 SAS China 6 20 American Logos Glacier 6 19 Canada East 6 19 Canada Central 6 17 USA Blue 6 16 Germany Red 6 15 Netherlands B 5 17 China A 5 17 Slovenia 5 16 Croatia B 5 15 American Logos Yellowstone 5 15 Lithuania KJG 5 14 Germany Black 5 13 SAVA 5 12
Motions:
R1: THBT EU should reform into federal state (prepared)
R2: THBT EU should reform into federal state (prepared)
R3: THW allow the use of performance enhancing drugs by professional athletes (impromptu)
R4: THW only imprison individuals who pose a direct threat to the society (impromptu)
R5: THW allow companies to pay higher wages to people who agree not to have children during their term of employment (impromptu)
R6: THR the rise of university enrolment (impromptu)
R7: THBT the states should not celebrate nationally important historical figures involved in deeply immoral actions (prepared)
R8: THBT the state should not celebrate nationally important historical figures involved in deeply immoral actions (prepared)
OF: THS the right to bear arms (impromptu)
QF: THW allow victims of online harassment to sue social media portals where harassment occurred (impromptu)
SF: THW introduce compulsory military service for all citizens (impromptu)
F: THBT capitalism does more harm than good for women’s liberation.
hh./lok.
