Posted in Media, Qatar 2010, Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2010
Today Team Canada beat out Team England in a 8-3 adjudicator decision to become the WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATING CHAMPIONS!!!
A Press Release is available here: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media from the victory is beginning to pour in:
The Globe and Mail (Friday February 19)
The Globe and Mail (Thursday February 18)
The Globe and Mail (Thursday February 18)
The Halifax Chronicle Harold
The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2010
Okay so, Im having a serious writers block; there just doesn’t seem to be any word, phrase, or description that can accurately explain how we all feel. But here goes anyway. Its been a long 3 weeks, and we’ve been fortunate to have spent it in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2010
Hey folks,
Im going to spare you the suspense and just give you the results. After a very tough and hard fought debate by both teams on the motion THBT there should be no law restricting freedom of speech. We drew opposition, and the Irish were excellent. In the end, We took the round by a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2010
So its midnight, and we’re all dead tired. unfortunately, that will probably remove some of the epic that this post truly deserves. Scratch that, all of the epic. Sorry. Anyway, I should probably begin by apologizing for our sparse blogging; spare moments have been tough to find.
The results:
Canada VS Namibia- 3-0
Canada VS Korea- 3-0
Canada VS [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2010
Today was the first of our two day “weekend” that bisects the preliminary rounds into two groups of four. It was, to use an acronym that is increasing in usage amongst us, the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).
First, we got to sleep in. Which was amazing. After several very early days and very late nights, some [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2010
So its currently around 10:30 am in Qatar and the majority of Team Canada is fast asleep, taking full advantage of the 1st free day of the tournament. Yesterday was a fantastic day for us, with 3-0 decisions against Thailand (THBT every country should have the right to nuclear weapons, Canada on Opp) and Argentina [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2010
So after 14 months of training and hours of preparation, Team Canada finally got into their first two rounds at Worlds 2010. The first round against Bangladesh was surprisingly close, on the topic ‘THW Support military intervention in Somalia’ The final decison was 2-1 to Canada. The debating team was Iqbal, Keenan and Jonny. The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2010
Hello again,
We got up today at 11 and spent the next couple of hours soaking in the sunshine and playing volleyball. After a massive gust of wind launched one of my serves into the ocean, that plan was scrapped. We had a practice round soon after against Germany not long after, on the topic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2010
Howdy Canada!
Bleary eyed, mentally sluggish, and haggard. I think that probably describes Veenu, Vinayak, Sarah, Andrew, Sophie, and Ms Lee, and myself in Terminal 5. Surprise surprise, Lyle, Jonny, and Keenan are nowhere in sight. The last (2) days have been productive and entertaining. Veenu says he resents my assertion that he is tired; he [...]
Posted in Qatar 2010, Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
I apologize for Iqbal’s colour blindness. The skies here are a Torontonian grey, while the skies in Qatar are a brilliant azure. Iqbal sees them all as green.