UI Debaters Sweep Awards at Dinar Islamic Econ Debate

Six debaters from Universitas Indonesia went to the 2013 Dinar debate at STEI Tazkia Bogor and all reached the penultimate match. In the all-UI final, EDS UI (Badai Yuda, Ibrahim Panji, Patty Regina) defeated schoolmates UI (Andrearto Saleh, Opi Aristya, Rio Trimono) to champion the tournament that had a Islamic economics theme. Besides the two top team awards, the UI debaters also flooded the high end of the speaker tab. UI freshman Badai Yuda and his team mate Patty Regina bagged the best speaker title.

This is the second trophy for UI this year from a small theme-based contest - the first one came from the PetroGas Day debate. Like PGD, Dinar only had less than 10 teams. The final was actually conducted on Saturday but organisers only announced the results today. On Sunday, UI also won the 2013 National Newbie Debating Competition, a sizable tournament but exclusively for novices. Powerhouse UI has come short from winning a major competition so far in 2013.

NNDC 2013: Title Stays in Hands of Reigning Champs UI

The journey might not be as smooth as last year's clean sweep but Universitas Indonesia debaters won the National Newbie Debating Competition again today. #8 UI A (Tanita Rahmani & Dio Vio Alfath), the lowest-ranked team in the final, retained the title for the powerhouse after defeating long-time rivals #1 Universitas Gadjah Mada B (Mariette Wahyuningsih & Sufi Adenda), emerging force #6 Universitas Paramadina (Retno Dewati & Putu Lumina Mentari) and perennial contenders #7 Universitas Diponegoro (Rafinata Fasihani & Temi Chintia) in the last debate.

With this victory, UI continues its winning streak of all tournaments exclusively for novices since 2009. From 2006, UI annually runs the 3-on-3 tournament for novices; all bar the 2009 edition witnessed the home team won. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta started NNDC, the BP-style version, last year. In the inaugural championship, UI took first, second and third places. In 2012, UI also grabbed the three top speaker awards. This year, UGM's Sufi Adenda went home with the best individual title.

This is also UI's first victory in a large competition in 2913 after coming short in other tournaments. UI teams had collected 2 trophies before NNDC but they were from small, theme-based competitions. 

  

NNDC 2013: UGM Teams Lead Break List, UI Struggling

Universitas Gadjah Mada teams broke first and second in the 2013 National Newbie Debating Competition while reigning champions Universitas Indonesia struggled to replicate last year's dominance. UI squads were unstoppable in the inaugural 2012 edition, taking the first three team and individual awards, but only one team could break this time while another failed to make the cut. Here is the full break list.

1. Universitas Gadjah Mada B
2. Universitas Gadjah Mada A
3. Universitas Sanata Dharma A
4. Universitas Brawijaya B
5. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta B
6. Universitas Paramadina A
7. Universitas Diponegoro A
8. Universitas Indonesia A
9. Universitas Brawijaya A
10. Universitas Sanata Dharma B
11. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta A
12. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta C
13. Universitas Pembangunan Nasional A
14. Universitas Negeri Semarang B
15. Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta A
16. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta B

ALSA UI E-Comp 2013: Key Results (High School)

Champions: SMA 1 Denpasar (Aldwin Wijaya, Hansen Tanaka, Kaizar Nararya)
Finalists: SMAK Petra 2 (Jesslyn Vania, Felicia Magdalena, Francisca Victoria)
Best Speaker: Alanna Deborah (SMA 4 Denpasar A)

Top 10 Speakers:
1. Alanna Deborah (SMA 4 Denpasar A)
2. Putu Ayu Saraswati (SMA 4 Denpasar B)
3. Aldwin Wijaya (SMA 1 Denpasar)
4. Anyssa Rizka (SMA 4 Denpasar A)
5. Arinta Pratiwi (SMA 3 Semarang A)
6. Yunindita Prasidya (SMA 4 Denpasar B)
7. Jesslyn Vania (SMAK Petra 2)
8. IGB Gloria Kusuma (SMA 4 Denpasar A)
9. Hansen Tanaka (SMA 1 Denpasar)
10. Andre Fajar (SMA 14 Jakarta)

ALSA UI E-Comp 2013: Key Results (Varsity)

Champions: Institut Teknologi Bandung A (Alris Alfharisi, Fauzan Reza Maulana, Jane Revevalin)
Finalists: Binus International (Invi Atmanegara, Jaran Walia, Wilson Salim)
Best Speaker: Jane Revevalin (Institut Teknologi Bandung A)

Top 10 Speakers:

1. Jane Revevalin (Institut Teknologi Bandung A)
2. Fauzan Reza Maulana (Institut Teknologi Bandung A)
3. Elghafiky Bimardhika (Universitas Indonesia A)
4. Amir Abdul Aziz (Universitas Gadjah Mada A)
5. Nabila Aghniarizqa (Universitas Gadjah Mada A)
6. Alris Alfharisi (Institut Teknologi Bandung A)
6. Nisrina Praharso (Universitas Indonesia A)
8. Alif Satria (Universitas Gadjah Mada A)
9. Wida Wahyuni (Universitas Gadjah Mada B)
10. Invi Atmanegara (Binus International)

UGM Retains IHL Title, Grabs Fifth Trophy in 2013

Universitas Gadjah Mada (Alif Satria, Indriani Pratiwi, Paska Darmawan) defended the title in the Indonesian round of the 2013 International Humanitarian Law Debate after defeating a team from Universitas Brawijaya in Bali yesterday. This victory gave UGM its fifth trophy this year, making it the most successful club in 2013 so far. It was the third championship for freshman Alif Satria, who also became a tournament best speaker for the second time in as many months.

Alif Satria, Paska Darmawan, Indriani Pratiwi

The national IHL debate is exclusively for International Relations students. Invitations go to the department or the student association, rather than the debating society. Due to this arrangement, debaters from powerhouse Universitas Indonesia, where inter-organisation communications can be muddled, failed to join the competition again although many strong speakers from this school are IR students. Some participants in the IHL debate were not active competitive debaters but IR students assigned by their respective department or association.

The champions get a ticket to debate in the international round in Malaysia, where actually non-IR students are allowed to compete. The results of the IHL debate will not affect the Debater of the Year table because of the tournament's IR-only restrictions.  

DOTY 2013: UGM Boys Still Lead Table Despite ALSA Loss

Universitas Gadjah Mada debaters Amir Abdul Aziz and Alif Satria are still at the top of the Debater of the Year table although their team fell in the semifinals of the 2013 ALSA UI E-Comp last week. The winning squad of the competition, Institut Teknologi Bandung, had members with far lower DOTY points. It was the only competition in April. May will be far busier with the inaugural Atma Jaya IV, the expanded English Fiesta and the United Asian Debating Championships, as well as, the regional qualifiers for the National University Debating Championships. The table is likely to change if the UGM debaters fail to maintain their momentum. Click here for full table. The current top 10 leaders of the table, six of them UGM students, are:

1. Amir Abdul Aziz (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
2. Alif Satria (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
3. Jaran Walia (Binus International)
4. Dianty Widyowati (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
5. Nur Rizki Oceano (Universitas Brawijaya)
6. Fauzan Reza Maulana (Institut Teknologi Bandung)
7. Invi Atmanegara (Binus International)
8. Nabila Aghniarizqa (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
9. Erwina Salsabila (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
10. Romario Tambunan (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

ALSA UI E-Comp 2013: New High School Champ but Still from Bali

Back-to-back champion SMA 4 Denpasar, popularly known as Foursma, failed to score a hat-trick in the ALSA UI English Competition's high school category this year but a cross-city rival ensured the trophy stay in the Bali capital. In yesterday's final, #1 SMA 1 Denpasar (Aldwin Wijaya, Hansen Tanaka, Kaizar Nararya) defeated darkhorse #10 SMAK Petra 2 Surabaya (Jesslyn Vania, Felicia Magdalena, Francisca Victoria), which eliminated the reigning title holder in the semifinal.

Just like the winning Foursma teams of the past two years, the 2013 champions came out from the tournament undefeated. SMA 1 Denpasar was previously considered inferior to its neighbour, which has produced champions and WSDC debaters year after year. The team that won this year's ALSA UI E-Comp, the most prestigious institution-based high school tournament in Indonesia, actually competed with the exact line-up in 2012 but failed to break into the knockouts. With hard work, they have changed the perception. The same SMA 1 Denpasar debaters also recently knocked out SMA 4 Denpasar in the city-level qualification for the national championships after years of the latter's uninterrupted dominance.

SMA 4 Denpasar did achieve a hat-trick in the individual tab through Alanna Deborah who became the third ALSA UI E-Comp best speaker from Foursma in as many years.