Intention of Senior League is to encourage debaters and offer a platform to practise debating. Participating students should be in Years 11 to 13. Open to all schools in their first year, afterwards to Society members only. Some schools have already registered. For conditions and further details:
rules (pdf) code of conduct (pdf)

Senior Debating League 2009/2010

schedule (Würzburg, print version/black+white)

schedule (Würzburg)

draw (Würzburg, rounds 5-8 - 12th-14th March 2010)

Dear all
The draw for Würzburg is ready! Unfortunately, two teams had to drop out, but the rest of you have signed up in time, so it made the release of this draw possible before I leave the country for two weeks...in six hours ;P. Thanks to all of you for keeping the deadline!!!
The motions for the prepared rounds 5 & 7 (yes, we'll begin with a prepared round this time...) are:
- TH has no confidence in the German Federal Government
(rd 5)
- TH would negotiate with the Taliban (rd 7)
Interesting material developed by our motions committee Christopher
Sloan, Klaus-Peter Heil and Helene Rädler. Thanks to the three of you
for your work!
The draw has been done using IDEA Easy Tournament. The sides were picked randomly in rounds 5 and 7 (prepared) and then swapped for the following impromptu rounds.
However, the software isn't as "easy" as the title may indicate, the
main problem being that it does NOT inform me when priorities can't be
kept during a shuffle, i.e. a team not switching sides when it should
because it had already debated the only team left.
I've checked and double-checked the whole thing over and over again and I'm confident that I found everything but still may not have. Please
check if your teams end up in fishy positions (not having changed sides
when they should have or have debated a team already). This can be
amended as soon as you let me know. Changes should be minor.
Please check mails regularly for changes!
The schedule will be ready in the upcoming days, but please plan to arrive at the Würzburg hostel by 4.30 PM on 12th MAR.
Best regards,
Chris Sanchez

draw (rounds 3+4 - 30th January 2010)

January, 30th, 2010
Schedule rounds 3 and 4

Timeline:
12 am Teams arrive
12.30 Round 3 (impromptu): Motion announcement
----judges briefing ----
13.30 Round 3: Debate
14.45-15.15 Coffee break
15.30 Round 4 (prepared): Debate
17:00 End/Teams leave

start: November 7th 2009 (rounds 1+2), rounds 3+4: January 1st 2010, rounds 5+6+7+8+semi finals: Debating-Weekend in Würzburg March 12th-14th 2010, final: July 4th 2010.
We need your registrations by the 31st October at the latest.

November, 7th, 2009
Schedule rounds 1 and 2

12.00 - 12.30 : Teams arrive
12.30: Welcome
12.45: Motion for impromptu debate announced
12.45 - 13.45: preparation time for impromptu and
Judges' briefing
13.45 - 15.30: Round 1: impromptu debate
15.30 - 16.00: coffee break
16.00 - 17.30: Round 2: prepared debate (THBT times of crisis are beneficial for mankind)
18.00: teams depart

draw (rounds 1+2)

38 participants:

Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium, Böblingen
BIZE Weissach, Weissach i.Tal
Burghardt-Gymnasium, Buchen
Christoph-Schrempf-Gymnasium Besigheim
Copernicus-Gymnasium Philippsburg
Droste-Hülshoff-Schule, Friedrichshafen
Ellenrieder-Gymnasium, Konstanz
Dillmann-Gymnasium, Stuttgart
Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Gymnasium Stuttgart
Ferdinand-Porsche-Gymnasium Stuttgart
Friedrich-Abel-Gymnasium, Vaihingen/Enz
Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium, Fellbach
Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium Winnenden
Gymnasium in der Taus, Backnang
Hans-Furler-Gymnasium Oberkirch
Hans-und-Sophie-Scholl-Gymansium Ulm
Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium Frankfurt
Hölderlin-Gymnasium Stuttgart
Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Leonberg
Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Stuttgart
Königin-Olga-Stift, Stuttgart
Landesgymnasium f. Hochbegabte, Schw.Gmünd
Lessing-Gymnasium, Winnenden
Ludwig-Uhland-Gymnasium, Kirchheim
Max-Born-Gymnasium, Backnang
Mörike-Gymnasium, Esslingen
Munich at Willi-Graf- Gymn.
Nellenburg-Gymnasium Stockach
Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium, Ludwigsburg
Parler-Gymnasium, Schw.Gmünd
Pestalozzi-Gymnasium, Biberach
??Patch High School
Salier-Gymnasium Waiblingen
Scheffel-Gymnasium, Lahr
Schubart-Gymnasium, Ulm
Taunusschule, Bad Camberg
Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Esslingen
Willi-Graf-Gymnasium, München
Wirtemberg-Gymnasium, Stuttgart