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SolBridge Debate Society Claims World Novice EFL Championship
SolBridge
Debate Society (SDS) has once again shown their excellence by winning the World
Novice Debating Championship (WNDC) in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
category. SDS A, represented by Aikokul Abdivalieva, Nguyen Quoc Trung Duc, and
Zhyldyzai Muratbekova, emerged as the tournament champions held on March 25-26,
which featured novice debaters from various countries across the globe.
Debated in
Asian Parliamentary (AP) format, each round had two teams of three members. The
tournament saw participants from countries such as South Korea, Malaysia, the
Philippines, India, Macau, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. SDS A advanced to the
elimination rounds as the top-ranked EFL team after a rigorous preliminary
round. In the EFL Grand Finals, they went head-to-head with Kyunghee University
of South Korea, securing a unanimous decision to be crowned the World Novice
EFL Champions.
The SDS team
showed individual brilliance as well, with Aikokul Abdivalieva earning the
Grand Finals Best Speaker and 4th EFL Best Speaker awards, while Nguyen Quoc
Trung Duc was awarded 5th EFL Best Speaker.
We congratulate
SDS on their latest triumph, which underscores the legacy of excellence
established by the society against top institutions.
We also
congratulate Professor Chris Jo for coaching the team and Professors Joshua
Park and Danielle Swanepoel for their advisory support for SDS.