DOTY 2014: 2 UGM Debaters Take Turns in Leading Table

Universitas Gadjah Mada debaters Indriani Pratiwti and Romario Tambunan are still leading the 2014 IndoDebate Debater of the Year table after 5 months. They have been in the top three since they combined forces to win the Indonesian Varsities English Debate in January. Indriani bested previous leader Romario in May after reaching the final of the Atma Jaya Intervarsities. The current list also incorporated results from the Climate Change Debate, the English Fiesta competition and the National English-Arabic Olympics. It did not take into account two other competitions that concluded in May due to their limits on participation. The International Humanitarian Law debate only allowed students of International Relations to join while the National Newbies Debate Competition was a novice tournament.  

For the first time this year, all top 10 speakers on the list come from the three top powerhouses that are coincidentally the leading state universities in the country - UGM, Universitas Indonesia and Institut Teknologi Bandung. Below is the top end of the DOTY 2014 list as of May. The full list can be accessed here.

1. Indriani Pratiwi (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
2. Romario Tambunan (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
3. Roderick Sibarani (Universitas Indonesia)
4. Vicario Reinaldo (Institut Teknologi Bandung)
5. Magreta Kailla Adenta (Universitas Indonesia)
6. Wida Wahyuni (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
7. Alif Satria (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
8. Aulia Anggita (Universitas Indonesia)
9. Kirana Kania (Institut Teknologi Bandung)
10. Terry Muthahhari (Universitas Indonesia)

UGM Teams Win NNDC, E-Fiesta On The Same Day

NNDC 2014 Champions - UGM A

Universitas Gadjah Mada teams championed two debate competitions in separate cities today. In hometown Yogyakarta, #1 UGM A (Aryanda Putra Tony & Nalaputi Basoeki) won the 3rd National Newbies Debate Competition, the main British Parliamentary contest exclusively  for novices. They defeated  cross-city rival #14 Universitas Sanata Dharma A (Franssisca Xaveria & Ivonne Kezia) and two Universitas Indonesia teams that failed to retain the title - #4 UI A (Gayatri Kancana & Imam Taufiq) and #3 UI C (Hudzaifah Abdullah & Ayu Sistiafi). UGM's Aryanda Putra Tony and UI's Ayu Sistiafi came out as the co-best speakers.

In Malang, another #1 UGM A (Noel Hasintongan, Ganjar Dennis, Aufia Espressivo) outclassed #2 Universitas Brawijaya Formasi (Nadya Ayuning, Nur Rizki Oceano, Haris Apriyanto) to win the 2014 English Fiesta debate. UB's Nur Rizki Oceano topped the speaker tab while his teammates came second and third.

UGM Teams Break First in This Year's NNDC, E-Fiesta

Teams from Universitas Gadjah Mada progressed first in two nationwide debating tournaments that reached their breaking announcement today -- the 3rd National Newbie Debating Competition in Yogyakarta and the English Fiesta in Malang. There is also a third championship going on this weekend in Tangerang, the 2014 International Humanitarian Law National Debate Competition, but it will only have its last preliminary round tomorrow morning. 

At NNDC, UGM A (Aryanda Putra Tony & Nalaputi Basoeki) led the list in the British Parliamentary style contest exclusively for novices. Three teams from rival Universitas Indonesia followed straight after. UI won all two of the past editions of NNDC. Here is the complete list.

1. Universitas Gadjah Mada A
2. Universitas Indonesia B
3. Universitas Indonesia C
4. Universitas Indonesia A
5. Universitas Diponegoro A
6. Politeknik Negeri Malang B
7. Universitas Brawijaya A
8. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta A
9. Universitas Diponegoro C
10. Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta C
11. STMIK Amikom A
12. Universitas Negeri Surabaya B
13. Universitas Gadjah Mada B
14. Universitas Sanata Dharma A
15. Universitas Negeri Surabaya A
16. Universitas Diponegoro B  

In Malang, another UGM A (Noel Hasintongan, Ganjar Dennis, Aufia Espressivo) won all of their preliminary debates and cruised into the elimination round of the 3-on-3 EF before the rest. The eight teams that advanced into the quarterfinals are:

1. Universitas Gadjah Mada A
2. Universitas Brawijaya Formasi
3. Universitas Indonesia A
4. Universitas Indonesia B
5. Universitas Ahmad Dahlan A
6. Universitas Ahmad Dahlan B
7. Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang A
8. Universitas Brawijaya ESP-FTP 

Newbies 2013: UI Recruits Sweep Team, Speaker Awards

Universitas Indonesia B (Monica Dwiyanti, Dinda Adhalia, Qurrat Abu Ayub)

Powerhouse Universitas Indonesia cleaned out the awards at the 2013 Newbies Debate Competition, showing it continues to attract the best recruits. Since 2006, all winners of national tournaments exclusively for freshers hailed from UI with an exception in 2009 when Binus International won Newbies for the one and only time.

In Newbies 2013, #1 UI B (Monica Dwiyanti, Qurrat Abu Ayub, Dinda Adhalia) defeated schoolmates #3 UI C (Shaffa'ati Fadzrin, Ireisha Anindya, Priscilla Tjokrowijoto) on a 5-2 split decision in the final that had a motion on human clone farming. Monica Dwiyanti grabbed the best speaker title and her UI B partners were right behind her. UI B did not drop a single match throughout the tournament.

Newbies is the annual 3-on-3 tournament for new recruits. The National Novice Debate Championship that usually takes place in May is a similar competition but it uses the BP format. All NNDC titles have gone to UI as well.  
 

UI Debaters Rise and Dominate at Inaugural Atma Java IV

#2 Universitas Indonesia A (Roderick Sibarani & Terry Muthohhari) won the inaugural Atma Jaya Intervarsity after defeating #1 Binus International (Invi Atmanegara & Jaran Walia), #7 Universitas Gadjah Mada B (Indriani Pratiwi & Muhammad Fidhzariyan) and schoolmates #4 UI B (Elvia Sumayastra & Revaldi Wirabuana) in the final. Roderick Sibarani also took home the best speaker award while the three other UI final debaters earned places in the top 10 list. UI's third team made it all the way to the semifinals.

Powerhouse UI had come short from winning a sizable, non-novice tournament this year. UI teams had reached the finals or semis of several major competitions but failed to close. The victory at Atma Jaya showed UI could still "rise and dominate", which is the tournament's motto, in a tough competition. Before this, UI teams won two small theme-based competitions this year and the 2013 National Newbies Debating Championships last week.

NNDC 2013: Key Results

UI A - Dio Vio Alfath & Tanita Rahmani

Champions: #8 Universitas Indonesia A (Dio Vio Alfath & Tanita Rahmani)

Finalists: #1 Universitas Gadjah Mada B (Mariette Wahyuningsih & Sufi Adenda), #6 Universitas Paramadina (Putu Lumina Mentari & Retno Dewati), #7 Universitas Diponegoro (Rafinata Fasihani & Temi Chintia Risva)

Top 10 Speakers
1. Sufi Adenda (Universitas Gadjah Mada B)
2. Mariette Wahyuningsih (Universitas Gadjah Mada B)
3. Tethy Cahyati (Universitas Sanata Dharma A)
3. Siska Nurmayasari (Universitas Brawijaya B)
5. Asep Suryana (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta B)
6. Retno Dewati (Universitas Paramadina)
7. Tanita Rahmani (Universitas Indonesia A)
7. Bayu Hadi Siswoyo (Universitas Brawijaya A)
7. Haris Apriyanto (Universitas Brawijaya A)
7. Alexander Kaparang (Universitas Sanata Dharma A)

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

2012 Second Trimester Debate Results

On Saturday, Universitas Indonesia's Just For Fun debates will open the last trimester of varsity debating in 2012 and wake up debaters from almost two months of lull. Debating in Indonesia has been hibernating since mid-July in accordance to Ramadan and the annual school holiday. The new academic year has started a few weeks ago and debating clubs are busy recruiting members. Before the games start, let us acknowledge those who achieved success in the varsity and open competitions in Indonesia in the second trimester of 2012 (May-August).

ALSA UI E-Comp @ Universitas Indonesia (May)
Champions: Universitas Indonesia A (Albert Santoso, Aulia Anggita Larasati, Dennys Kapa)
Finalists: Universitas Gadjah Mada A (Cinantyan Punjung, Nabila Aghniarizqa, Thoriq Murthado)
Best Speaker: Muhammad Pandu (Institut Teknologi Bandung A)

AUI-SDE @ Universitas Kristen Petra (May)
Champions: Universitas Gadjah Mada A (Amir Abdul Aziz & Nabila Aghniarizqa)
Finalists: Universitas Gadjah Mada B (Bella Cynthiara & Gentur Adiutama), Universitas Gadjah Mada C (Dianty Widyowati & Wida Wahyuni), Universitas Brawijaya  (Aditya Janu & Nur Rizki Oceano)
Best Speaker: Nabila Aghniarizqa (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

NNNDC @ Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (May)
Champion: Universitas Indonesia C (Agita Nalsalia & Florida Petresia)
Finalist: Universitas Indonesia A (Muhammad Iqbal & Rio Trimono), Universitas Indonesia B (Andrearto Saleh & Kevin Wijaya), Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret A (Juli Novianto & Liswindio Apendicaesar)
Best Speaker: Agita Nalsalia (Universitas Indonesia C)

Jakarta Mini @ Binus University (May)
Champion: I Do (Rifan Ibnu Rahman/ITB & Roderick Sibarani/UI)
Finalist: Binus International 1 (Invi Atmanegara & Jaran Walia), Kupu Kupu Malam (Astri Agustina/UGM & Bramesada Prasastyoga/UI), The Manly Canisians (Boby Andika/UI & Albert Santoso/UI)
Best Speaker: Boby Andika Ruitang (The Manly Canisians/UI)

IPSDC @ London School of Public Relations (June)
Champion: Institut Teknologi Bandung A (Rifan Ibnu Rahman & Alris Alfharisi)
Finalists: National University of Singapore A (Andre Kua & Bryan Chan), Universitas Atma Jaya C (Cindy Fransisca & Davin Susanto), Universitas Indonesia A (Dennys Kapa & Elghafiky Bimardhika)
Best Speaker: Cindy Fransisca (Universitas Atma Jaya C), Andre Kua (National University of Singapore A), Bryan Chan (National University of Singapore A), Dennys Kapa (Universitas Indonesia A)
NUEDC @ STIKES Bali (June)
Champions: Binus University (Rosmiyana & Sabarudin Adinugroho)
Finalists: Institut Teknologi Bandung (Jane Revevalin & Kirana Kania), Universitas Atma Jaya (Cindy Fransisca & Davin Susanto), Universitas Parahyangan (Dwita Aryani & Josefhine Chitra)
Best Novice Team: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (Retno Rahma Safitri & Niki Septi Pawestri)
Best Speaker: Riza Aryani (Universitas Indonesia)
Best Novice Speaker: Retno Rahma Safitri (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)

PimNas @ Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Champions: Universitas Gadjah Mada A (Eldhianto Jusuf, Gentur Adiutama, Urfi Syifa)
Finalists: Universitas Negeri Malang A (Nadiyah, Prima Wikaningtyas, Ziadatul Hikmiah)
Best Speaker: Eldhianto Jusuf (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
JOVED@Universitas Jenderal Soedirman (July)
Champions: Universitas Indonesia A (Adlini Ilma Ghaisany, Elghafiky Bimardhika, Roderick Sibarani)
Finalists: Institut Teknologi Bandung A (Rifan Ibnu Rahman, Vicario Reinaldo, Yustina Octifanny)
Best Speaker: Adlini Ilma Ghaisany (Universitas Indonesia A)

Bawor Cup@Universitas Jenderal Soedirman (July)
Champions: Universitas Indonesia B (Aulia Anggita Larasati & Egalita Irfan)
Finalists: Universitas Atma Jaya A (Cindy Fransisca & Davin Susanto), Universitas Indonesia A (Dennys Kapa & Elghafiky Bimardhika), Universitas Parahyangan A (Dwita Aryani & Josefhine Chitra)
Best Novice Team: Universitas Brawijaya B
Best Speaker: Dwita Aryani (Universitas Parahyangan A)
Special achievements by Indonesians in tournaments abroad

UADC @Multimedia University (May)
EFL Winners: Binus International 1 (Caroline Herlina, Invi Atmanegara, Jaran Walia)
EFL Finalists: Binus University 1 (Cassandra Etania Liem, Radite Adjie, Rivera Kathrin)
Best EFL Speaker: Invi Atmanegara (Binus International 1)

OIC @International Islamic University (July)
Quarterfinalists: Universitas Indonesia (Aulia Anggita Larasati, Egalita Irfan, Hana Hanifah)
2nd Female Best Speaker: Egalita Irfan (Universitas Indonesia)

NNDC 2012: Key Results & Motions



Champions and Runner-Ups of NNDC 2012 (from L to R) :
Florida Petresia (UI C), Agita Nalsalia (UI C), Andrearto Saleh (UI B), Kevin Wijaya (UI B),
Muhmmad Iqbal (UI A), Satrio Adi Pratama (Deputy Chief Adjudicator), Rio Trimono (UI A)

Champions: #1 Universitas Indonesia C (Agita Nalsalia & Florida Petresia Andriana)

Finalists:  #8 Universitas Indonesia B (Andrearto Saleh & Kevin Wijaya), #3 Universitas Indonesia A (Muhammad Iqbal & Rio Trimono), #6 Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret (Juli Novianto & Liswindio Apendicaesar)

Best Speaker: Agita Nalsalia (Universitas Indonesia C)

Top 10 Speakers

1. Agita Nalsalia (Universitas Indonesia C)

2. Florida Petresia (Universitas Indonesia C)

3. Muhammad Iqbal (Universitas Indonesia A)

3. Rio Trimono (Universitas Indonesia A)

3. Liswindio Apendicaesar (Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret)

3. Putri Nurdina (Universitas Islam Indonesia A)

7. Trianoto Sehat Santoso (Universitas Brawijaya A)

8. Enita Wardhana (Universitas Airlangga)

8. Ricky Kurniawan (Universitas Airlangga)

8. Muhammad Haekal (Universitas Islam Indonesia A)

Motions:

R1. THW abolish all hate crime legislations

R2. THBT superheroes should go to jail

R3. THW significantly increase Indonesia's military spending

R4. THW ban all kinds of digital rights management 

R5. THBT the rights to raise children should be allocated by license
QF. THBT donor countries of the World Bank should have a consensus to nominate only persons from the developing nations to the presidency
SF. THBT ASEAN should enforce moratorium on hiring migrant domestic workers
GF. TH regrets the decline of American supremacy and the advent of a multipolar world

NNDC 2012: UI Grabs Top 3 Team, Speaker Titles

Florida Petresia & Agita Nalsalia (UI C)
Champions of the 2012 NNDC UNY

What the Universitas Indonesia debaters achieved in the 2012 National Newbie Debating Competition is nothing short from total domination. They did not only win the competition but took home all of the top 3 team and individual awards. Three UI teams stormed into the grandfinal and left the other pair from Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret at the last place in that debate.

#1 UI C (Agita Nalsalia & Florida Petresia Andriana) reigned supreme with #8 UI B (Andrearto Saleh & Kevin Wijaya) and #3 UI A (Muhammad Iqbal & Rio Trimono) coming second and third. #6 UNS (Juli Novianto & Liswindio Apendicaesar) exited at fourth in the final debate that had a topic on the decline of American influence. Agita Nalsalia also became the best speaker of the tournament with teammate Florida Petresia Andriana following right after her. The third individual place was shared by Muhammad Iqbal, Rio Trimono, UNS' Liswindio Apendicaesar and Universitas Islam Indonesia debater Putri Nurdina.

All debaters in the competition were novices, defined as those who have less than 2 years of varsity debating experience and no record of breaking in any national English debating event.

UI-ITB Composite Team "I Do" Win Jakarta Mini

Universitas Indonesia's Roderick Sibarani, the 2011 Debater of the Year, and the current leader of the 2012 list, Rifan Ibnu Rahman from Institut Teknologi Bandung, paired up as Team "I Do"  and championed the inaugural Jakarta Mini open tournament at Binus University. In the grand final, they defeated Binus International 1 (Invi Atmanegara & Jaran Walia), an UI team that called themselves "Manly Canisians" (Boby Andika & Albert Santoso) and a composite team "Kupu-Kupu Malam" (Astri Agustina/UGM & Bramesada Prasastyoga/UI). Boby Andika took home the best speaker award.

It was a night of victory for UI, the university with the most debating achievements in the country. At the same time with the Jakarta Mini announcements, UI novice debaters swept the top team and individual awards in the 2012 National Newbie Debating Competition in Yogyakarta. Earlier this month, an UI team also triumphed in the ALSA UI E-Comp, the longest-running debate tournament in Indonesia.   

NNDC 2012: 3 UI Teams v UNS in Final

The grandfinal of the 2012 National Newbie Debating Competition at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta will be between 3 Universitas Indonesia teams and a pair from Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret. #1 UI C (Agita Nalsalia & Florida Petresia Andriana), #3 UI A (Muhammad Iqbal & Rio Trimono), #8 (Andrearto Saleh & Kevin Wijaya) convincingly outclassed their opponents from Day 1. However, #6 UNS (Juli Novianto & Liswindio Apendicaesar) can still pull an upset. The final of this British Parliamentary style tournament will take place this evening.

NNDC 2012: Semifinal Match Ups

Three Universitas Indonesia teams advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 National Newbie Debating Competition after the quarterfinals that debated the World Bank presidency. No other school has multiple representations in the final eight. The grand finals will take place later today. The match ups are as follows:

#1 UI C v. #4 UII A v. #8 UI B v. #13 Brawijaya A
#3 UI A v. #6 UNS v. #10 UNY A v. #15 Paramadina A

NNDC 2012: Break List and Prelim Motions

Debating powerhouse Universitas Indonesia and host Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta each have 3 teams in the knockout stage of the 2012 National Newbie Debating Competition. All 3 elimination rounds will take place tomorrow. Here are the 16 teams that advanced into the quarterfinals of this novice-only British Parliamentary style tournament.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta - Venue of NNDC 2012

1. Universitas Indonesia C
2. Universitas Airlangga
3. Universitas Indonesia A
4. Universitas Islam Indonesia A
5. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta B
6. Universitas Diponegoro A
7. Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret
8. Universitas Indonesia B
9. Universitas Negeri Surabaya
10. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta A
11. Universitas Brawijaya B
12. Universitas Paramadina B
13. Universitas Brawijaya A
14. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta C
15. Universitas Paramadina A
16. Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya

Motions used in the preliminary rounds :

R1. THW abolish all hate crime legislations

R2. THBT superheroes should go to jail

R3. THW significantly increase Indonesia's military spending

R4. THW ban all kinds of digital rights management 

R5. THBT the rights to raise children should be allocated by license

BP Comps Jakarta Mini, NNDC Kick Off Today

Two debating tournaments using the British Parliamentary format with contrasting levels of experience are scheduled to start today on the main island of Java. The National Newbies Debating Championships will begin in the afternoon at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta with 36  novice teams. In the capital, the Jakarta Mini, an open tournament that allows composites, is already underway since this morning at Binus University with a smaller number of participants but promising a higher quality of debating. Its roster includes past champions of Indonesia's 3 classics - IVED, JOVED and ALSA UI. Grand finals of both competitions will take place on Sunday.  

UNY Launches BP Tournament for Newbies

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta plans to hold a British Parliamentary competition from May 18 to 20 exclusively for starters in varsity debating. Calling it the National Newbies Debating Championship, organizers limit participants to those with less than 2 years of college debating experience who have never broken into the knockout stage of any category in any national or international competition. The team cap is set at 40 and slots will be open from April 1. Click here for further registration details.The existing newbie tournament, annually held in the second half of the year at Universitas Indonesia, uses a 3-on-3 format.