Carleton University Debating Society: Remarkable performance at Hart House Debate Invitational

This weekend the Hart House debate committee hosted its prestigious annual debate tournament, the Hart House debate tournament, unarguably one of the best Worlds prep debate tournaments in North America, at the University of Toronto.

Members of Carleton University Debate and Speech (CUDS) were prominently featured in the teams that “broke” to quarterfinalists and beyond. A team featuring CUDS alumni Adam Coombs, a former President, reached the quarterfinals stage, a hybrid team featuring current CUDS member Waleed Malik and CUDS alumni Emma Robillard Cole made an appearance in the semi-finals while the CUDS team featuring Romeo Maione and Simon Cameron debated their way to the finals.

A number of CUDS alumni made an appearance in the top twenty speakers. Adam Coombs was ranked as the third speaker, Emma Robillard Cole was fourth, Romeo Maione was ranked 6th, Waleed Malik 14th and Simon Cameron 20th. In addition to that, CUDS own Cameron Climie was also anointed top novice speaker at the tournament.

An unprecedented result for CUDS at one of the most competitive tournaments of the year.

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Waleed Malik
President
Carleton University Debating Society
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