Leiden Tournaments

Every year, LDU organizes several tournaments.

International tournament: Leiden Open
Tournament for novices: Leiden Novice
Tournament for schoolies: Leiden Schools

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Leiden Debating Union

1 month ago

Leiden Novice Tournament 2017! Keep checking back for more information! ... See MoreSee Less

Leiden Novices' Tournament 2017

December 2, 2017, 9:00am - December 2, 2017, 2:00pm

Leiden Novice Tournament 2017! Keep checking back for more information!

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Leiden Debating Union

2 months ago

With the summer almost over, it seems like an appropriate moment to congratulate our members on their various successes at the European University Debating Championships (EUDC) of 2017 in Tallinn.

First, we are very proud of our breaking judges! Oskar Sherry, Ybo E. A. Buruma and Senna Maatoug broke while judging for Leiden. Senna even judged the open final, together with our alumni Daan Welling. We also want to congratulate Daan on doing a great job as member of the equity team.

Second, we want praise our various breaking teams. Leiden A, B and C made the ESL Break. We want to especially congratulate Leiden C (David Metz and Victor Schippers) on breaking at their first EUDC, and cannot wait to see what they will achieve in the future. Despite not breaking, Leiden D (Jeroen Wijnen and Martijn Otten) did an amazing job throughout the competition, and only narrowly missed out on the out-rounds.

Leiden B (Emma Lucas and Gigi Gil) made it all the way to the ESL Finals. Despite losing to a wonderful Tel Aviv team, we are immensely proud of their achievements. Leiden A (Roel Becker and Floris Holstege) unfortunately bowed out in the ESL semi-finals.

Leiden A and B also made the open break, with Leiden A going out on a split in the quarterfinals and Leiden B making the partial quarters.

Thirdly, our members dominated the ESL tab. Gigi became 5th best ESL Speaker, Roel 4th ESL speaker, Emma 3rd ESL speaker, and Floris Holstege became the best ESL speaker. Floris is the first Leiden speaker since 2008 to become best ESL speaker. Additionally, Floris made the top ten overall speakers of the competition, a first in the history of our institution.

We want to congratulate the organisation of Tallinn EUDC on hosting an wonderful EUDC, and other societies and teams on their successes. With the success at EUDC in our minds, we look forward to starting the new year! ... See MoreSee Less

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Leiden Debating Union

4 months ago

A successful weekend for the Leiden Debating Union!

On Saturday, Jeroen Wijnen and Emma Lucas won the Newcastle Mixed Doubles. This competition was also CA'd by our own Gigi Gil.

On Sunday, Roel Becker and Floris Holstege won the Delft Open. They also shared the prize of best speaker.

We want to congratulate all of our members for their success!
A great start to a summer of preparing for Tallinn EUDC 2017 ... See MoreSee Less

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Leiden Debating Union

5 months ago

Leiden wins the Dutch national championship!

Congratulations to Devin en Gigi!

Also, congratulations to alumni-member Daan for being best speaker ... See MoreSee Less

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Leiden Debating Union

7 months ago

Congratulations to Gigi Gil and Daan Welling who have been selected as DCA for Scottish EUDC 2018! Both Gigi and Daan have been Leiden board members and have represented our society at many (international) tournaments.

Together with Olivia, Duncan, Yair, Dee, Ilija and the amazing Orgcomm they will do everything they can to make Euros 2018 a great event!

We wish them luck and lots of love! ... See MoreSee Less

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