A DPS-MIS Delegation of 12 students along with coach-cum-Debate Coordinator, Jaya Majumder, participated at the Winter Holiday Open 2017 (an international school debating championship) in Zagreb, Croatia from December 15 to 17.
There were 96 teams from 19 different countries in this tournament. At the end of the six preliminary rounds, two teams of DPS qualified for the final round. The first team broke into Octo-finals as the second best team winning all six rounds whereas the second team broke straight to semifinals as the top novice team.
The first team lost against Denmark (national team) at quarter-finals and made its ranking within the top eight best teams.
All the speakers of the team were rated among top 50 speakers (among 350 speakers) with Sandra in the 15th in rank. Our second team lost against Croatia in Semifinals and ended as the third best team of novice category in the tournament whereas, Akshalwas the as third best speaker in the same category.
The championship opened an opportunity for community building for all the young participants. The chance to interact and learn directly from the best coaches of the world was enthralling. Overall it was an enriching programme which enhanced the skills of the participants.
