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Doha
DPS-MIS delegation of 12 students along with coach and debate coordinator Jaya Majumder participated in the Winter Holiday Open 2017 an international school debating championship in Zagreb, Croatia.
There were 96 teams from 19 different countries competing in the tournament. At the end of the six preliminary rounds, two teams from DPS qualified for the final round. The first team broke into Octo-finals as the second best team winning all six rounds while the second team broke straight to semi-finals as the top novice team.
The first team lost to Denmark in the quarter-final and was ranked the top eight team. All the speakers of the team were rated among top 50 speakers (among 350 speakers) with Sandra ranking 15th. The second team lost to Croatia in the semi-final and ended up as the third best team in the novice category of the tournament. Akshal was named the third best speaker in the category.
The championship opened an opportunity for community building for all the young participants and gave them a chance to interact and learn directly from the best debate coaches in the world.
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30/12/2017
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