Round 1: Results

Here's some selected results from Round 1:

Team Round 1
Cambridge B 3
Cambridge E 3
Durham A 3
Durham B 3
Galway A 3
George Washington A 3
Harvard E 3
L&H A 3
L&H C 3
LSE C 3
Newcastle 3
Oxford A 3
Oxford B 3
Oxford C 3
Oxford D 3
Oxford E 3
Oxford F 3
Portland E 3
Queensland A 3
SMU ? 3
St Andrew's C 3
St. Andrew's B 3
Stellenbosch A 3
Sydney A 3
TCD Hist A 3
UCC Law B 3
UCC Philosoph B 3
UCD Law A 3
UCD Law B 3
UCD Law C 3
Yale A 3
Yale B 3
Yale D 3
Yale E 3
Alberta A 2
ANU? 2
Cambridge D 2
Galway B 2
Glasgow A 2
Hart House A 2
Hart House B 2
Harvard B 2
L&H B 2
Lincoln's A 2
Queensland B 2
Stanford A 2
TCD Phil A 2
TCD Phil B 2
UCC Law A 2
UCC Philosoph A 2
Yale C 2
Yale F 2
Cambridge C 1
St. Andrew's A 1
Sydney C 1
TCD Hist B 0

Obviously there's a distinct UK and Ireland bias to the resultsI'm posting but hopefully I'll pick up a more diverse set of results over the next few rounds.

Round 1: Pre-announce

Oxford just withdrew Gavin's funding and have grabbed an independent judge to fund.

Round 1: Pre-announce

Gav Illsley hasn't turned up, or so Massie and Deane are announcing, and they're threatening to cut an Oxford team at random for a breach of the n-1 rule...

Round 1: Motion & Draw Info

The motion for Round 1 of UBC Worlds 2007 is:

"TTHW Ban Government Funding of Religious Schools"

There are some tough first round draws:

TCD Phil A picked up Oxford A;
Middle Temple have Harvard A who were strong at Oxford this year;
Glasgow B picked up Sydney A;
Lincoln's A got a Seattle team and Yale E; and,
Glasgow A got a bunch of "A" teams from US institutions.

But the pick of the bunch from Round 1 has to be: Cambridge C, St Andrew's A, TCD Hist B, and Sydney D.

You're normally counting on Round 1 to give you a solid win and push off your break chances. I'd guess most of the above would have been hoping to break and will be disappointed to pick up such strong competition on the random draw.