Tournament Details
Dates: 26-27 Feb 2022
Platform: Zoom
Format: British Parliamentary
Registration Fee: RM60/speaker (early bird), RM80/speaker (normal)
Adjudicator Rule: N-1
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Registration Form
Purchase your slots from our store, then fill in this form to complete your registration
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Scholarship Form
Need financial aid? You can apply for a scholarship using this form.
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Adjudicator Form
All Adjudicators should register using this form. The CAP will reach out to confirm IA applications closer to the tournament date
Free Workshops
In conjunction with this tournament, the organizing committee and CAP has created some workshops on material helpful to the development of the community.
This workshop will be free for all to join, and will be kept available for download on our website afterwards.
WHY JOIN?
Growth
Take this chance to grow by having the best judges from the around world share their best tips and tricks for you to improve your debating skills
Accessibility
Take this opportunity to learn and debate against fellow novices who are in the journey to better their skills in debating from all corners of the world without having to break the bank!
Past Editions
The Novice Debate has promised and delivered on bringing high quality competitive debates for a great learning experience for participants.
The Novice Debate 2021 Grand Finals
Tentative Schedule (GMT+8)
26 Feb 2022 (Saturday)
8:30 am - 9:00 am Roll Call
9:00 am - 10:00 am Briefings
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Round 1
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Round 2
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Round 3
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Round 4*
7:15 pm Break announcement
27 Feb 2022 (Sunday)
9:30 am - 10:00 am Roll Call
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Semi Finals
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Grand Finals
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Closing Ceremony & Prize Giving
*This round is a silent round, and feedback will not be provided until after the announcement of participants making it to the Quarter Finals.
Core Adjudication Panel
Shruti’s Qualifications
ESL Champion, FBS, Nepal Australs 2021
Breaking Adjudicator, Quarter Finals, Korea WUDC 2021
Breaking Adjudicator, Semi Finals, Macau WSDC 2021
2nd Best Adjudicator, Grand Finals, Shanghai-Hanoi ABP 2021
10th Best Adjudicator, Grand Finals, Bali UADC 2021
10th Best Adjudicator, EFL Grand Finals, Bangladesh UADC 2020
CAP, Uhuru World’s 2021
CAP, Asian Round Robin 2021
Champion, King's College London IV 2020
Champion, OBS, UET IV 2021
Ernest’s Qualifications
ESL Champion, Monash Australs 2020
9th Best Adjudicator, EFL Finals, Bali UADC 2021
Quarter Finals, East Malaysian Open 2021
Novice Champion, FBS, Malaysian Nationals IV 2019
CAP, The Pre Asians Debate 2021
CAP, Youth Debate Open 2021
IA, Novice Finals, Malaysian Nationals Universities 2021
IA, Grand Finals, Overall Best Adjudicator:
Australasia Interschool 2021
The Novice Debate 2021
Tenby Debate Open 2021
Shireen’s Qualifications
Open PDOs, Bali UADC 2021
Open Octo Finalist, Shanghai-Hanoi ABP 2021
Champion, FBS, World Debate Open 2021
ESL Semifinalist, Doxbridge Worlds 2022
Grand Finalist, Malaysian Nationals IV 2021
CAP, East Malaysian Open 2021
Grand Finals, Malaysian National Schools BP 2020
High School Finals, 2nd Best Adjudicator, Malaysian National Schools WSDC 2021
High School Finals, 2nd Best Adjudicator, Asia Novice Open 2021
Semi Finals, 2nd Best Adjudicator, Australasia Interschool 2021
Novice Eligibility
In light of the increasing access to regional debate majors in this age of online debating, we feel that participation in a major is no longer a significant privilege that participation alone should disqualify speakers from being a Novice. As such, we are revising the novice criteria for this tournament, and other events organized under WoLCE.
You are a novice if you meet all of the following criteria:
Have not broken (in any category) as a speaker at a debating major (Australs, UADC, ABP, WUDC, EUDC etc) including WSDC.
Have not broken in the open category of more than 5 competitive open/varsity tournaments in any format (defined as having 10 or more rooms). This does not include novice or schools breaks, or breaks at schools level tournaments.
We expect speakers to declare their novice statuses on good faith, and if there are ambiguous situations to err on the side of caution by declaring it to the organizing committee. Speakers that are found to have violated the novice criteria will have their break eligibility revoked immediately with no refunds given.
Appeal Process
If you feel that there are extenuating circumstances where you should still qualify as a Novice, please do not hesitate to drop us an e-mail at therealwolce@gmail.com.
Registration Form
Make sure you purchase a slot from our store first before proceeding to fill up your personal details.
Scholarship Application
There are three different type of scholarship applications that are typically approved for WoLCE events that meet our social objectives. Each WoLCE event is mandated to have scholarships granted - the total number of scholarships granted are set at 20% of the tournament’s revenue collection and any additional donations that are provided to fund individuals for the event. The selection process is done by the scholarship committee of WoLCE and approved 7 days prior to a given event.
You may apply for a scholarship application for the following categories:
i) Financial Aid Scholarship
This scholarship is granted to individual(s) that cannot afford the registration fee based on their household income, purchasing power parity, or financial circumstances.
ii) Newcomer Scholarship
This scholarship is granted to individual(s) that haven’t attended competitive speaking tournaments prior to the event, or are relatively new and looking for means to develop their budding talents.
iii) Merit Scholarship
This scholarship is granted to individual(s) that have succeeded at many competitions by either ranking highly, or winning them and is meant to be granted to competent individual(s) that are experienced and their presence can help other individuals develop their talents as well.
Adjudicator Form
If you’d like to apply to judge at Interschool (in any capacity), please fill in this form. The CAP will reach out to confirm subsidized IA offers, but you are more than welcome to apply as a non-subsidized independent adjudicator as well. Institutional adjudicators will also need to fill in this form.
Please ensure all particulars that you complete below are 100% accurate, and comply with the WoLCE Code of Conduct & Ethics - any false misinformation utilized to leverage yourself over others will risk placing you on a ban list. All CAP and IA applicants will be subjected to a public feedback system.