Thank you all for attending the 2011 Yale IV! Below are the results of the tournament:
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We are very happy to welcome you all to the website for the Yale Intervarsity Parliamentary Debate Tournament 2011, an international debate tournament held in British Parliamentary style.
We are pleased to announce that Grant May will be our Chief Adjudicator. Sam Block and Ben Kornfeld will be the Deputy Chief Adjudicators. Grant May advanced to Worlds semifinals in 2008, and was the winner of the 2009 American Parliamentary Championship, 2009 North American Championship, and 2010 Oxford IV. Sam Block is the Chief Adjudicator of Manila Worlds 2011. He was the Top Speaker at Worlds in 2008, and is a winner of the European Universities Debate Championship, the Oxford IV, the LSE Open, and International Mace. Ben Kornfeld is a 2010 Worlds Semifinalist, and 2010 Oxford IV Semifinalist. Aaron Hakim and Anna Moore will be the conveners of the tournament. EB Saldana will be the assistant convener.
We are committed to providing high-quality adjudication. Judges at past Yale IVs have included
Josh Bone: 2nd Speaker of Assumption Worlds 2008, Cambridge IV Champion 2006
Julia Bowes: World Champion, Worlds 2007
Adam Chilton: Top Speaker of the Oxford and Cambridge IVs 2007, Worlds Finalist at Koc Worlds 2010
David Denton: Worlds Finalist at Dublin Worlds 2006
Cormac Early: Worlds Finalist at Cork Worlds 2009 and Koc Worlds 2010
Dylan Gadek: Cambridge IV Champion 2006
Anna Garsia: World Champion of Vancouver Worlds 2007
Rory Gillis: Top Speaker of Dublin Worlds 2006, DCA at Cork Worlds 2009
Adam Goldstein: Grand Final Judge at Worlds 2010, Winner Cambridge 2008, Top Speaker Oxford IV
Will Jones: World Champion of Cork Worlds 2009, European Champion and Top Speaker 2008
Kylie Lane: DCA at Assumption Worlds 2008
Derek Lande: CA at Cork Worlds 2009
Ian Lising: Former Chair of Worlds Council
Jo Nairn: World Champion of Dublin Worlds 2006
Beth O'Connor: Top Speaker of Dublin Worlds 2006, DCA at Assumption Worlds 2008
Can Okar: CA at Koc Worlds 2010
Jo Read: CA of the Cambridge IV 2007
Alfred "Tuna" Snider: Convener of the 2009 and 2011 US Universities Debate Championships
Caleb Ward: World Champion at Stellenbosch Worlds 2003
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