Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships
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The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as Australs) is one of the world's largest debating tournaments, second only in size to the World Universities Debating Championship, and one of the largest annual student events in the world. Australs follows the Australia-Asia three-speakers-plus-replies format, rather than the British Parliamentary Style of 'Worlds'. It is held annually during early July, under the auspices of the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Association (AIDA). The host university is selected a year before at a meeting of the AIDA Council.
Since the inaugural tournament at the University of Sydney in 1975, Australs has continually expanded the scope of its participants, now attracting around 300 competitors each year from around the Asia-Pacific region. Teams come from Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.[1]
The best speaker of the tournament is awarded the "Martin Sorensen Best Speaker Prize". In 2006 the tournament was hosted by New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington, where the inaugural "Jock Fanselow Cup for Best Speaker in the Grand Final" was awarded. Australs will next be held at Malaysia's Universiti Teknologi MARA during July 2007, whose website can be accessed here.
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[edit] Past Hosts and Champions
| Year | Hosts | Champions |
| 1975 | University of Sydney (Australia) | |
| 1976 | University of Melbourne (Australia) | |
| 1977 | ||
| 1978 | University of Sydney (Australia) | |
| 1979 | University of Sydney (Australia) | |
| 1980 | University of Canterbury (New Zealand) | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) |
| 1981 | Monash University (Australia) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1982 | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) |
| 1983 | University of Adelaide (Australia) | |
| 1984 | University of New South Wales (Australia) | |
| 1985 | University of Auckland (New Zealand) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1986 | University of Melbourne (Australia) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1987 | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1988 | National University of Singapore (Singapore) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1989 | Australian National University (Australia) | Australian National University (Australia) |
| 1990 | University of Adelaide (Australia) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1991 | University of Melbourne (Australia) | Australian National University (Australia) |
| 1992 | University of Sydney (Australia) | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1993 | International Islamic University (Malaysia) | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1994 | University of Tasmania (Australia) | Macquarie University (Australia) |
| 1995 | Monash University (Australia) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1996 | Australian National University (Australia) | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1997 | De La Salle University (Philippines) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1998 | University of Sydney (Australia) | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) |
| 1999 | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 2000 | Monash University (Australia) | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2001 | Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2002 | University of Melbourne (Australia) | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| 2003 | Multimedia University (Malaysia) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 2004 | University of Technology, Sydney (Australia) | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2005 | University of Queensland (Australia) | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 2006 | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2007 | Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia) | To be decided July 2007 |
[edit] Martin Sorensen Prize for Best Speaker in the Tournament
The Best Speaker Award was first given in 1989. In 1994, it became the "Martin Sorensen Best Speaker Prize" in honour of the well-liked Monash University debater who died only days after winning the award for the second time. It is awarded to the debater with the highest total sum of speaker scores in the opening seven rounds of competition.
| Year | Speaker | University |
| 1989 | Richard Douglas | Australian National University (Australia) |
| 1990 | Richard Newcombe | Australian National University (Australia) |
| 1991 | Julian Beckedahl | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1991 | Rufus Black | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| 1992 | Martin Sorensen | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1993 | Martin Sorensen | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1994 | Tony Burke | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1994 | Christian Porter | University of Western Australia (Australia) |
| 1995 | Christian Porter | University of Western Australia (Australia) |
| 1995 | Matthew Richardson | University of New South Wales (Australia) |
| 1996 | Lizzie Knight | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1996 | Phillip Senior | University of Western Australia (Australia) |
| 1997 | Chris Fladgate | Monash University (Australia) |
| 1998 | Praba Ganesan | De La Salle University-Manila (Philippines) |
| 1999 | Dan Celm | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2000 | Kim Little | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2001 | Steve Bell | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| 2002 | Tim Sonnreich | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2003 | Tim Sonnreich | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2004 | Mathew Kenneally | Australian National University (Australia) |
| 2005 | Ivan Ah Sam | University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 2006 | Elizabeth Sheargold | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
[edit] Jock Fanselow Cup for Best Speaker in the Grand Final
| Year | Speaker | University |
| 2006 | Roland Dillon | Monash University (Australia) |
[edit] References
- ^ Mulrooney, Paul. "Students compete in war of words", Stuff, July 3, 2006 (retrieved 10 June 2006).
[edit] See also
- Royal Malaysian Intervarsity Debating Championship
- Australian Intervarsity Debating Championships
- European Universities Debating Championship
- North American Debating Championship
- World Universities Debating Championship
- List of debaters
