Bangladesh UU Inter University Debating Championship 2007

Dear Participants and Adjudicators,

It's my pleasure to inform you that Uttara University is going to organize its 1st UU Inter University Debating Championship from 3 September 2007. Main tournament will be organized into two championships: UU English IV and UU Bengali IV where medium are English and Bengali respectively. Each university is entitled to send maximum four (4) teams at each championship. Championship format for UU Bengali IV and UU English IV is World Universities Debating Championship format, i.e. four teams with two speakers per side.

We are cordially inviting you/your institution to take part in this tournament.

Kind regards,
Niaz Morshed Chowdhury (Shanto)
Moderator, UU Debating Club
Lecturer, Dept of CSE, Uttara University

Contact:
Email: notredamean@gmail.com
Cell: 88-01914209863

Supplementary information

Format
World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) Format
Four (4) teams per debate
Two (2) speakers per side

Championship and Medium
Two separate championships will be held in Bengali and English respectively.
Bengali championship will be called "UU Bengali IV"
English championship will be called "UU English IV"

Number of teams
Each institution is entitled to send at most four (4) teams at each championship.

Registration fees
Registration fee for first two teams at each championship is Taka 400.00 only.
Fee for each next team is Taka 300.00 only.

Structure
There will be five (5) initial rounds (for all the teams) at each championship.
Teams (for initial five rounds) will be selected based on power pairing method.
Only the breaking eight (8) teams will move to the Semi-finals and fight against each other as:
First Semi-final : Rank 1, Rank 2, Rank 7 and Rank 8
Second Semi-final : Rank 3, Rank 4, Rank 5 and Rank 6
Top two (2) teams from each Semi-final will move to the Grand Final.

Swing teams
Swing team is a special type of dummy team that participates in the absence of any real team just to maintain the format of the debate.
Each institution is entitled to send at most one (1) swing team (if swing team cap is not full) at each championship.
These teams need not to pay any registration fee but need to purchase their own food coupon (optional).
UUDC will accept only seven (7) swing teams at each championship.

Date, Time and Venue
Registration and Briefing
Date: 03/09/07
Time: 03:30 pm (BST)
Venue: Uttara University NZ Campus, Sector 6, Uttara, Dhaka

UU English IV
4 September 2007 to 9 September 2007
UU Bengali IV
6 September 2007 to 9 September 2007