Senior Debating League 2005/2006

The latest news:
The semifinals will be on 5th May at Max-Born-Gymnasium Backnang (7 pm). The final will be on 12th May, 4 pm, with the new British Consul General from Munich, perhaps in the New Castle (Stuttgart) - venue will be announced asap. Please make sure that all the make up debates will be finished and done in the week directly after the Easter holidays!

draw rounds 7+8 (pdf) March 2006

ranking (rounds 1-8 / pdf) April 30th

draw rounds 3-6 (pdf) at youth hostel Lindau, 10th to 12th February 2006

schedule/motions (rounds 3-6 / pdf) at youth hostel Lindau, 10th to 12th February 2006

Pressemitteilung (pdf) January 2006

DEBATES:
Motions, venues & dates will be set centrally and with fair warning after the official registration has been completed, the first rounds will be in November, followed by the weekend in early February and the last rounds in March 2006.

rules (5th March 2005 / pdf, 14 KB)

participants (pdf, 13 KB)

draw rounds 1+2 (pdf, 14 KB)

Dear colleagues, participants in this year's Senior League, finally all the teams have registered and we are proud to announce that we have the record number of 26 schools participating this year!
We have worked out most things and here are the results of our efforts:
- we tried hard to match the most suitable partners in the first round and find venues which are not too far away or easy for the teams to reach.
- we are very glad that we have found enough schools who are willing to host the debates on November, 19th: thanks to Susanne Pongratz from Albert-Einstein, Gunther Volk from Hoptbühl, Klaus-Peter Heil and Christopher Sloan from Parler and Isabel Schmiga from Georg-Büchner who will help me at Lessing.
- the prepared motion can be found in the draw, the impromptu motion will be sent to the hosts immediately before the day of the debates.
- hosts are required to make sure that the briefing will be attended by all judges and given by one of the most experienced judges.
- don't forget that the next rounds will take place over the weekend, 10th to 12th February at youth hostel Lindau (costs will be about 60€ plus your train tickets or bus fare).
- the last rounds have been scheduled for March, 25th, which some people don't think is a good choice(cf. Abitur). I think we should talk about postponing the rounds until after the exams, f.ex. 29th April. What do you think?
If there are any further question feel free to approach Birgit Trefz or myself.
And now let's go into preparation and look forward to meeting each other so soon, Yours Angelika

Anyone wishing to take part in the Senior League 2004-2005, please contact Angelika Höness or Birgit Trefz before October 7th. In case of doubt, please, consult us by mail, or phone AH at 07151-34945.

To everyone participating in the Senior Debating League:
It has been decided that, to cover the administrative costs of running the league, it is necessary to levy a fee of 20 Euros per school for the year. The accounts of Debating Society Germany to which you should pay are LBBW (Sort Code 600 501 01), A/C no. 820 46 64 or Deutsche Bank (Sort Code 600 700 24), A/C no. 132 02 90. Transfer reference: Please say from which school the payment comes, as it is not always easily to piece things together! If you should need a receipt for your school, please tell our treasurer Tanja Wolf.