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Chung Ang University Library
Venue for Australs 2011 Preliminaries |
Binus International (Astrio Feligent, Christian Leonardo, Invi Atmanegara) today defeated University of Technology Sydney 1 from Australia in the third preliminary round of the 2011 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships, showing Indonesians can compete at the regional level.
The top tournament in the Asia-Oceania region, which is better known as Australs, kicked off its preliminaries today in Seoul with 113 teams. More than a quarter of them from Australia, the top country in 3-on-3 debating.
Two other Indonesian teams from Institut Teknologi Bandung and Universitas Indonesia, are also taking part in this competition. No team outside from Australia and New Zealand have won Australs, which is the largest 3-on-3 debating tournament in the world, although Asian teams have reached the grandfinals twice since it began in 1975.
This year, 24 teams will be eligible to break into the double-octofinals, which will take place on July 12, due to the large participation. Unfortunately, the number of qualified adjudicators did not match the enthusiasm to debate. On day 1 of the debates, 46 out of 57 rooms had lone judges. The first 3 rounds had motions on sports, development and arms of government.
The preliminaries will go on until July 10. There is a separate ESL break in Australs and UI championed that category in 2009. After 3 rounds, the results of the Indonesian teams are as follows:
- Binus International 2 VP -- 1. UI (W), 2. Melbourne 5 (L), 3. UT Sydney 1 (W)
- Universitas Indonesia 1 VP -- 1. Binus Int'l (L), 2. Underwood 3 (W), 3. Auckland 2 (L)
- Institut Teknologi Bandung 0 VP -- 1. Korea 2 (L), 2. Sydney 6 (L), 3. HELP 1 (L)
However, the best performing Indonesian today was an adjudicator. Ignes Pricillia, an UI sophomore, chaired panels in the first 2 rounds and was trusted to become a single adjudicator in round 3. In round 1, she adjudicated Melbourne 1, one of the tournament's favourites.
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great! :D
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