NZ on four wins after four rounds
NZ made it four from four on day two of Words 2009.
In round three NZ beat Chile by 3-0 proposing “This House would expand the civilian use of nuclear energy”
In round four, the crunch debate of the preliminary rounds, Ben, Maria and Jen beat Scotland 2-1 on an impromptu topic.
NZ is 4/4 so far having taken 10/12 judges.
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Way to go team! Halfway there on the scheduled portion of the event. What was the impromptu topic vs Scotland? Was the team similar to the one you faced last year in the semis?
Hey Maria (and everyone else)
You guys are amazing keep up the awesome work! Hope its all smooth sailing from here =) and that you’re having a fantastic time…
All my best wishes and crossed fingers are with you.
Congratulations guys. All the best for the next round! Good luck Tom
Bob – the topic was “This House believes that terrorism is never justifiable.” New Zealand proposed. Not sure if it is the same team or not. I would doubt it it is wholly the same team – the UK school year was finishing just as last year’s tournament in Washington occuring, so they will have had to select a new team as the old team became ineligible. New Zealand just sneaks in because although the students have left school, they have not started university yet.
Hi everyone. No, it is not quite the same Scottish team as last year as most members of that team are now attending university. However, Lauren Pringle and Scott Ralston are returness from last year. I know Lauren debated in this latest debate against NZ as the Kiwis were very complimentary about her but I don’t know about Scott.
Claire