Nottingham Open 2010

This year the Nottingham Debating Union proudly invites you to speak at the *only* Style British Parliamentary Debating Competition in the WORLD. It gives you the opportunity to show off your stylistic merit in addition to the standard debate judging we have become accustomed to.

For those who are unsure of what “style means” Rhydian Morgan, former CA of the Nottingham style IV shares his thoughts here

You will be treated to classic Nottingham hospitality; a strong adjudication team equip to deal with the nature of this tournament and a well run tournament.

The details:

Saturday 6th March 2010

4 Rounds of closed motions breaking to final
Reg 9.00-10.30 Schedule to be confirmed

The ‘A’ – Team:

CA: Derek Lande
DCA: Rushabh Ranavat
DCA: Tom Hosking

How:

REGISTER NOW by contacting Seun or James at: Nottinghamreg@gmail.com
n-1 applies to judges
£40 per team for UK teams
£20 per team for Irish teams
FREE reg for international teams
NAMDA rules apply

Schedule:

Registration: 9.00am – 9.30am - Trent Building main entrance, University Park Campus (Teams are advised to arrive in good time as the schedule is strict)
Briefing for competitors and Judges: 10:00am- 10.30am- Trent Building
Round 1 announced: 10.3oam- 12.00am
Round 2 announced: 12.00pm- 1.45pm
Lunch (not provided): 1.45pm- 2.00pm
Round 3 announced: 2.00pm- 4.00pm
Round 4 announce (closed adjudication): 4.00pm-6.00pm
Dinner (Provided): 6.00pm – 6.45pm - Portland Building
Break announced: 7.00pm – Portland Building

Final Begins: 7.20pm

Winners announced:9.00pm – 9.30

Travel Info: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/About/Visitorinformation/Mapsanddirections/Mapsanddirections.aspx

Venue: Main Entrance, Trent Building, University Park Campus.

You are strongly advised to take a taxi from the station (unless you like 45 minute walks, or buses that don’t take you to the Campus) which can be caught outside the train station and cost around £5 and will take no more than 10 minutes

The nearest airport is East Midland’s airport (Which is actually in Nottingham) You can catch a cab which will cost around £25, or alternatively catch the “Skylink” which is £8 for a return that will take you to the Nottingham rail station (which you can catch a cab from) in under 30 minutes.

More information on flying into Nottingham: http://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/

N.B. crash guaranteed on both Friday and Saturday Night for all

A Schedule will be confirmed nearer the date.

Winners of the Nottingham Open 2009 were  “JLM Memorial Foundation” (Andrew Tuffin and Fred Cowell)

We are kindly sponsored by: