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We’ve been around for a while and the results speak for themselves.

2024

Canadian Parliamentary National Championship 2024

Team Hybrid Broadview: Ted and Julia

Team Waterloo Wellesley: Alex and Guo

Team Waterloo Sherbourne: Taira and Elaine

Team Waterloo Bay: Alice and Nyx

Judges: Jessica and Saharsh

Results: Waterloo Wellesley breaks to semifinals, Waterloo Bay breaks to novice finals

Leger Cup 2024

Team Hybrid UW(O)DS Presidents: Ted and Daniel

Team UW May thy knife chip and shatter!: Ananya and Alex

Team UW England is our city!: Nyx and Alice

Judges: Elaine and Jessica

Results:

UW May thy knife chip and shatter! win grand finals

Hybrid UW(O)DS Présidents breaks to grand finals

UW England is our city! wins novice finals

Alex and Ananya tie for 2nd open speaker

Ted places 4th best open speaker

Nyx places 5th best open speaker and top novice speaker

Alice places 9th best open speaker 4th novice speaker

Elaine and Jessica break as judges, Jessica chaired semifinals and Elaine chaired grand finals

McGill IV 2024

Team Southern AB: Tanishq and Jaleelah

Team Waterloo BS: Advait and Ananya

Team Waterloo CZ: Guo and Alex

Team Waterloo PZ: Inqiyad and Elaine

Team Waterloo BK: Sam and Arul

Judges: Ted, Jessica, Ximena

Results: Team Southern AB breaks to grand finals

North American Women and Gender Minorities Debating Championship 2024

Team UW Every Wednesday I get a craving for Subway so severe that I can’t even see or think straight: Elaine and Ananya

Results: Team UW Every Wednesday I get a craving for Subway so severe that I can’t even see or think straight: Elaine and Ananya breaks to grand finals

Elaine and Ananya tie as 2nd best speaker

Father Roger Guindon Cup 2024

Team UW Jumama’s trust fund babies: Alex and Guo

Team UW the gamification of period tracking: Ananya and Advait

Team UW bizarre adventures (we miss jojo): Taira and Elaine

Team UW physically taking 5 men: Ted and Sam

Team UW uwu: Alice and Nyx

Judges: Jessica, Muriel and David

Results: UW Jumama’s trust fund babies breaks to semifinals, UW the gamification of period tracking breaks to quarterfinals

Guo places 10th open speaker

Jessica and Muriel break as judges

Sutherland IV 2024

Team UW Tyler Li: Ted and Muriel

Results: Team UW Tyler Li breaks to quarterfinals

North American Debating Championship 2024

Team Waterloo WR: Ted and Muriel

Seagram’s IV 2024

Team Waterloo Winging It: Jessica C and Sam

Team Waterloo Weighing Warriors: Nyx and Shubham

Tournament Directors: Ananya, Advait and Ted

Tabs: Guo and Alex Z

CAs and DCAs: Guo, Alex Z, Alice and Alex H

Equity: Muriel and Taira

Judges: Chinmayi, Ishita, Jessica T, Ted, Alex Z, Taira, Celeste, Muriel, Guo, Alex H, Ananya, Elaine and Alice

Results: Ted, Alex Z, Taira, Muriel, Guo, Alex H, Ananya, Elaine and Alice break as judges

Jessica C places 7th best novice speaker

Sam places 8th best novice speaker

World’s Universities Debating Championship 2024

Team Waterloo A: Ananya and Guo

Team Waterloo B: Jumanah and Alex

Team Waterloo C: Taira and Elaine

Judges: Tanishq and Ted

Results: Waterloo A finishes on 12 points, Waterloo B finishes on 12 points, Waterloo C finishes on 10 points, Tanishq and Ted each chair 2 rounds.

2023

Celestial Cup Fall 2023 (UWDS Internal)

Champions: Advait and Jonathan

Finalists: Jess and Nyx, Alex and Rayed, Erica and Kelvin

Queen’s IV: Chancellor’s Cup 2023

Team Hybrid UW(O)DS: Ted and Allen

Team UW it’s so joever 🙃: Ananya and Elaine

Team UW nvm we’re barack 🫡: Alex and Guo

Team UW Covfefe and Hamberders: Advait and Arul

Judges: Nick and Alice

Results: UW nvm we’re barack 🫡 break to finals, UW Covfefe and Hamberders breaks to novice finals, Alice breaks as a judge

Guo places 10th open speaker and top novice speaker

Alex places 2nd novice speaker

Advait places 4th novice speaker

Arul places 6th novice speaker

Hart House IV 2023

Team UW retiring any second now: Alex Z and Jumanah

Team UW BC: Ananya and Guo

Team UW ZM: Taira and Elaine

Team UW BlackPink: Ted and Muriel

Team UW Rhetorical Roundabouts: Advait and Alex H

Judge: Saharsh

Result: Alex Z finishes third novice speaker

Central Novice 2023

Team UW Kessel Dogs: Alex and Jonathan

Team UW Flames: Advait and Cameron

Team UW lost to a Zamboni driver: Alice and Saad

Judge: Ted

Results: UW Kessel dogs breaks to open finals, UW Flames breaks to NHSE finals and finishes as runner ups, Ted breaks as a judge

Alex places top speaker

Jonathan places 3rd best speaker

Advait places 2nd NHSE speaker

Toronto Open 2023

Team UW retiring any 2nd now: Jumanah and Alex

Team UW BP: Ananya and Inqiyad

Team UW ZM: Taira and Elaine

Team UW don’t say more shitty things: Ted and Muriel

Judges: Graydon, Alice and Advait

Results:

UW retiring any 2nd now wins Senior Championship

UW BP breaks to senior finals

UW ZM breaks to senior finals

Jumanah places 3rd best Senior speaker

Ananya places 4th best Senior speaker

Alex places 3rd best Novice speaker

Princeton IV 2023

Team UW ✨ generation gap ✨: Jumanah and Alex Z

Team UW BlackPink: Muriel and Ted

Judge: Alex H

Leger Cup 2023

Team UW zugzwang go bragh: Alex and Ananya

Team UW Harold and Kumar: Chainsaw Man: Taira and Elaine

Team UW 1: Celeste and Alice

Judges: Saharsh

Results: UW zugzwang go bragh breaks to open semifinals, UW Harold and Kumar: Chainsaw Man breaks to novice finals, Saharsh breaks as a judge

Alex places 5th open speaker and 2nd Novice speaker

Ananya places 6th open speaker and 3rd Novice speaker

Taira places 7th open speaker and 4th Novice speaker

Elaine places 10th open speaker and 7th Novice speaker

Lord Dorchester Cup 2023

Team WDU Bubblegum: Ananya and Ted

Sutherland IV 2023

Team Hybrid John Cook: last dance: Jumanah and Abdullah

Team Waterloo BM: Ananya and Taira

Team Waterloo Ted Cruz 🤝 Modi: Ted and Saharsh

Judges: Muriel

Results: Waterloo BM breaks to open semi finals, Hybrid John Cook: last dance breaks to open quarter finals, Waterloo Ted Cruz 🤝 Modi breaks novice semi finals, Muriel breaks as a judge

Jumanah places best open speaker

Abdullah places 2nd open speaker

Ananya breaks 5th open speaker and best Novice speaker

Taira places 7th open speaker and 2nd Novice speaker

Ted places 3rd Novice speaker

North American Debating Championship 2023

Team UWaterloo 1: Jumanah and Tanishq

Team UWaterloo 2: Saharsh and Sophie

Team UWaterloo 3: Ted and Muriel

Judges: Ananya, Guo and Elaine

Results: Ananya breaks as a judge

Seagram’s IV 2023

Team Like no one ever was: Saharsh and Celeste

Team I want to be the very best: Alice and Muriel

Team The Cogent Contrivers: Alex and Liz

Team The Baiters!: Emre and Sepehr

Tournament Director: Jumanah

Tabs: Guo

DCAs: Elaine, Ted

Judges: Ananya, Elaine, Guo, Jumanah, Mark, Morgan, Parker and Ted

Results: Ananya, Elaine, Guo, Jumanah and Ted break as judges

Alice places 6th best open speaker

Muriel places 7th best novice speaker

Alex places 9th best novice speaker

Madrid World Universities Debating Championship 2023

Team Waterloo A: Alice and Celeste

Team Waterloo B: Jumanah and Juan

Judges: Bianca

Results: Waterloo A finishes on 11 points, Waterloo B finishes on 13 points

2022

Father Roger Guindon Cup 2022

Team Waterloo Guindon/Guindoff : Ananya and Saharsh

Team Waterloo UW1 : Ted and Muriel

Results : Waterloo Guindon/Guindoff breaks to Novice Finals

Ananya places 5th best Novice speaker

British Parliamentary National Championship 2022

Team UW Jungkook Best FIFA Opener: Jumanah and Tanishq

Team UW fifa x budweiser; lovers to enemies: Ananya and Guo

Team UW Harold and Kumar: The World: Taira and Elaine

Team UW Luis Suarez’ Fourth Biting Incident: Celeste and Graydon

Team UW Saudi Sports Tourism Ambassadors: Ted and Nicholas

Judges: Mark, Saharsh, Sami and Sydney

Results: UW fifa x budweiser; lovers to enemies and UW Harold and Kumar: The World break to Novice Semi Finals

Guo places 6th best Novice speaker

Taira places 8th best Novice speaker

Ananya places 10th best Novice speaker

Columbia Cup Fall 2022 (UWDS internal)

Champions : Yvonne and Tanishq

Runners Up : Elaine and Taira

Finalists : Ananya and Guo, Ted and Muriel

Chancellor’s Cup 2022

Team Waterloo Legally Blonde : Celeste and Alice

Team Waterloo BW : Tanishq and Yvonne

Team Waterloo Skunks : Saharsh and Nicholas

Team Waterloo Thank Mr.Goose : Ananya and Liz

Judges : Ibrahim and Ben

Results : Waterloo BW wins Novice Championship

Tanishq places 3rd best Novice speaker

Yvonne places 4th best Novice speaker

Western IV 2022

Team Waterloo A : Ted and Saharsh

Hart House IV 2022

Team Waterloo FL : Celeste and Alice

Team Waterloo AC : Jumanah and Juan

Team Waterloo ZM : Elaine and Taira

Team Waterloo SD : Saharsh and William

Judges : Liz, Isabel, Serafima

Results : Waterloo AC breaks to Open Quarter Finals

2021

North American Women and Gender Minorities Debating Championship 2021

Waterloo hosts!

Meehakk is a TD

Jumanah is DCA member

Seagram IV 2021

Ananya and Ananya break to finals

Leger Cup 2021

Jumanah and Abdullah break open to semi-finals

2020

Wilderness Open 2020

Jumanah and Abdullah break to open finals

McMaster Pro-Ams 2020

Chris and Inqiyad break 1st to quarterfinals

Chris places 4th best open speaker

Inqiyad places 5th best novice speaker

Meehakk is CA member

Celeste breaks as a judge

NORAMS 2020

Waterloo Debate hosts!

Father Roger Guindon Cup 2020

Jumanah and Jeric break 2nd to semi-finals

Jeric places 2nd best open speaker

Jumanah places 3rd best open speaker

Chancellor’s Cup 2020

Meehakk and Jun win open championship

Jumanah and Abdullah break to open finals

Jumanah places 2nd best open speaker

Meehakk places 6th best open speaker

Western IV 2020

Chris and Jeric win open championship

Jumanah and Abdullah break to open finals

Inqiyad and Wendy break to novice finals

Chris places 2nd best open speaker

Jeric places 3rd best open speaker

Jumanah places 6th best open speaker

Cornell Tournament of Love 2020

Jumanah and Ivy break to semi-finals

Towseef and Saquib break to semi-finals

Jumanah places 3rd best open speaker and 2nd best ESL speaker

Towseef places 10th best open speaker and 4th best ESL speaker

2019

Father Roger Guindon Cup 2019

Jumanah and Meehakk break 7th to semi-finals

Jumanah places 10th best open speaker and 2nd best novice speaker

McMaster Pro-Ams 2019

Jumanah is DCA member

Chancellor’s Cup 2019

Jumanah and Towseef break 4th and win open championship

Meehakk and Corey break 5th to semi-finals

Towseef places 5th best open speaker and 2nd best novice speaker

Jumanah places 6th best open speaker and 3rd best novice speaker

Meehakk places 7th best open speaker

Hart House IV 2019

Chris and Tianzhi break to open semi-finals

Jumanah and Towseef break 1st to novice finals and win novice championship

NAW*DC 2019

Waterloo Debate hosts!

North American University Debating Championship 2019

Jumanah and Jeffrey break to novice semi-finals

Central Novice 2019

Alice and Celeste break to quarterfinals

2018

North American Women and Gender Minorities Debating Championship 2018

Anushka and Tiana break to novice semi-finals

Central Novice 2018

Nawal and Jessica break to quarterfinals

Hart House IV 2018

Brent and Ivy wins open championship, thus becoming eligible for HWS Round Robin

Sid breaks as a judge

Winter Carnival 2019

Meehakk and Yoni break 7th to quarterfinals

Leger Cup 2018

Mallory breaks as a judge

2017

Hart House IV 2017

David and Jeric break to quarterfinals

Colgate Open 2017

Jeric breaks to semi-finals

Leger Cup 2017

Brian and Jeric break 4th to semi-finals

Shaan and Patrick break to novice finals

Jeric places best speaker

Brian places 9th best speaker

NAW*DC 2017

Monkhouse IV 2017

Jessica and Zihuan break to semi-finals

2016

McMaster Pro-Ams 2016

Jeric and Sam break 8th

Sid and David break as judges

North American University Debating Championship 2016

Chris and Jeric break 7th to quarterfinals.

Leger Cup 2016

Jeric and Chris break 4th to semi-finals

Andrew and Kinton break to novice finals and win novice championship

Sid breaks as a judge

Jeric places 6th best speaker

Chris places 9th best speaker

NAW*DC 2016

HHIV 2016

Royal City Tounament Guelph 2016

Andrew and Kinton break 1st to finals.

Sam and Brian break 4th to semi-finals.

Andrew places best speaker

Kinton places 4th best speaker

Brian places 5th best speaker

Sid, Chris and Brooke break as judges

Central Novice 2016

2011

Botswana WUDC 2011

According to our records, UW Debate competed!

2006

University of Waterloo Debate Society Was Established

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