Summary of LSESU Debate Society's Competitive Success 2017-18

Summary of LSESU Debate Society's Competitive Success 2017-18

Since the very beginning of this academic year, LSESU Debate Society has been consistently achieving success on not just the London debating scene, but also the wider UK and international circuits. Have a read below for an outline of some of the great things we have achieved this year. We are very proud of all of our members and would like the congratulate them all on their successes!

World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC)

The highlight of the debate season is WUDC,  which this year two teams from LSE attended. The year's WUDC happened in Mexico. LSE A was Miko and Razzaq, LSE B was Sarah and Ciara and our judge was Clara. Massive congratulations to Razzaq and Miko for breaking and reaching the Open Octo-finals! This was a fantastic result for LSE. Further congratulations to our alumni Sam Lin who reached the ESL finals.

UCL President's Cup

UCL President's Cup was an excellent start to the year as ever! Our teams did incredibly well, with Victoria, Adele, Diana and Sara all reaching the novice final, and Diana and Sara winning overall. Hamza and Josh reached the Open Semi-finals and Evan and Levin became Open finalists! Particularly shoutout to Miko who judged the Open final.


Imperial Novices

Imperial Novices this year was CA'ed by our alumni Daniel Bramble, and yet LSE managed to   leave even more of a mark on the competition when two of our teams made the novice finals, one of whom ended up winning the novice category, with a further one of our teams reaching the Open Semi-finals. Congratulations to Theresa, Niclas, Max, Aadil, Josh and Ruyi for their speaking achievements and to Keshav, Josh, Razzaq and Sarah who all broke as judges. It was particularly exciting to see Keshav, who was still a novice himself, selected to judge the Open Final!

Imperial Open

Imperial Open is always one of the most hotly contested tournaments in London and so we were delighted to see Clara and Sukhdev break as judges, and Joe become a finalist!

KCL Women's

Clara and Ciara managed to make the final of KCL Women's and both rank in the top 10 speakers! Congratulations also go to our alumni Hannah Tyndall who was CA of the tournament.

SOAS IV

SOAS IV this year saw a lot of LSE success, with 5 of our teams breaking into the Open category! Theresa/Yings, Sarah/Ciara, Andreas/Sukdehv all made the quarterfinals and Miko/Razzaq and Joe/Aaron made the semifinals. Congratulations also to Andreas and Sukdehv for being ESL finalists!



Cambridge IV

The Cambridge Intervarsity is well known for being one of the most competitive tournaments in the world, attracting teams from many different countries. This year, two teams from LSE qualified to the quarterfinals! Congrats go to LSE A (Miko and Razzaq) and LSE B (Sarah and Ciara) for breaking.

Cambridge Women's

This year saw an excellent performance at Cambridge Women's as Ciara and Sarah made the final, with Yings and Clara reaching the Semifinals and ranking in the top 10 speakers.

KCL IV

Congratulations go to Theresa and Job for making the pro am break, and Josh and Keshav for winging the pro am category! Further congratulations to Miko and Ella who judged the Open Final.

Pan London Open

Hamza and Joe won the Pan London Open, with Josh A also making the final. Congratulations also to Ciara who was CA.

Inner Temple IV

It was really exciting to have this year's Inner Temple IV CA'ed by our very own Sarah Tay! To top it all of, the overall winners of the competition were our alumni Daniel speaking with Theresa. The Open final was judged the Keshav, with Josh and Sinead also breaking a judges. Joe and Andreas also made the pro am final and Joe and Bram were top 10 speakers.

Warwick IV

LSE had a fantastic time at the Warwick IV with Josh A and Miko reaching the final along with Razzaq who was speaking in a composite team. Josh, Miko, Razzaq, Sarah and Sameer all made the top 10 speakers!

Manchester IV

Well done to Josh A and Andreas for reaching the Open Semifinals, Hamza and Ciara for reaching Open Quarterfinals, and Ella for breaking as a judge!