BAYAN INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT/
KFSAC 2002
DEBATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS



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2002 FAIPS Triumphs in Closest BIT Ever!
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KDL Comes Season Comes to a Exciting
Close With FAIPS Tournament Victory.



The Kuwait Debate League (KDL) season came to a dramatic conclusion as The Fahaheel Wataniyeh Indian Private School (FAIPS) claimed its first national debate championship. In doing so, it defeated defending champions Al-Bayan Bilingual School (BBS) in a tough final match fought at BBS, the KDL's sponsor school.

The Indian Community School of Salmiya participated its first debate tournament. Its one squad of Sara Isaacs and Dana Mendona won praise for competing in "A" in their first tournament ever.



Gulf English School came in a very close third. GES's A squad of AbdulHameed Al Sayegh and Roshan Jacob came in fourth place among squads while AbdulHameed came in third place among all speakers. Haithem Mohsen of the school's B squad placed fifth among all speakers. GES's varsity maintained the second best regular season award.

Mohsen in action.


Abdul-Hameed


BBS came in a very close second in almost everything. BBS's A squad of Talal Al Rashoud and Hamad Al Essa came in second among all squads. While Hamad claimed the sixth place speaker award, only decimal points prevented Talal from winning the top speaker award. BBS had the best regular season record.

The BBS team


Hamad in action


Talal shows Kuwaitis can debate.


The FAIPS A squad, Anjali Koppal and Anirudh Vemprala, needed to win on just one of two judges ballots in order to claim victory. They did this, splitting the ballots with BBS with a plan involving the genetic modification of foods. Anjali emerged as the best speaker in the tournament while her partner, Anirudh, claimed the fourth place speaker award. Together, the two claimed the top squad award. FAIPS's B squad of Aditya Humad and Gayatri Hegde also claimed third place among all squads while Aditya tied for a sixth place speaker award.

Anirudh


Anjali in action


The final debate match took place in the refined Red Room of Al-Bayan Bilingual School with guests, students, and administrators present from the two schools. Al-Bayan's Director lauded the efforts of debaters and personally awarded and congratulated FAIPS on their hard-earned triumph.

Hamad Cross-Xs Anirudh


Talal Cross-Xs Anjali


"This was a very hard season in many ways. Out of the entire League, we only had two returning debaters from last year's tournament and only three returning judges. Yet the level of debating, judging, and general enthusiasm shown by all present involved in this event was very high. This was a exciting, quality finale, and I can only look forward to next season. Congratulations, on behalf of the League, to FAIPS, the national champions."

FAIPS adminstration with its team.


Dr. Lance presents the trophy.


The trophy


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VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS
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TOP SCHOOL

FINAL MATCH
1 FAIPS (Anirudh/Anjali) defeats BBS (Hamad/Talal) on a split ballot ballots.

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SCHOOL RECORDS
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School Rankings-Prelims
1 FAIPS 26
2 BBS 25
3 GES 21
4 ISC 0
Total 72


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TOP DEBATERS*
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averages only
Award Winners = numbers 1-6
 1 Anjali Koppal, FAIPS 24.2
2 Talal Al Rashoud, BBS 24
3 AbdulHameed Al Sayegh, GES 23.3
4 Anirudh Vemprala, FAIPS 23
5 Haithem Mohsen, GES 22.1
6 Aditya Humad, FAIPS 21.6
6 Hamad Al Essa, BBS 21.6
 8 Roshan Jacob, GES 21.2
9 Khaled Al Rubei, BBS 20
10 Yasmine Al Sabawi, GES 19.8
11 Guyati Hedge, FAIPS 18.5
11 Saja Fakral-Deen, BBS 18.5
13 Safayet Ahmed, FAIPS 17.5
14 Zaineb Al Mousa, BBS 17.3
15 Dana Hussein, GES 16.5
16 Amna Al Sager, BBS 16.3
17 Alaa Al Farra, BBS 16
20 Dana Mendona, ICS 14
21 Sara Isaacs, ICS 14
22 Nasser Al Aujuan, BBS 12

Abdul-Hameed, third best debater


Talal, only .3 from first place


Anjali, the top debater in Kuwait.


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TOP SQUADS+
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 (winning percentage, points, and speaker average)
Award winners=1-4
1 FAIPS (Anjali/Anirudh) A 83-20-47
2 BBS A (Hamad/Talal) 66-16-46
3 FAIPS B (Aditya/Gayata) 50-06-47*
4 GES A (Roshan/Abdul-Hameed) 50-12-44
 5 GES B (Hathem/Safayet) 50-06-43
6 BBS B (Amna/Zaineb) 50-06-34
7 BBS C (Saja/Khaled) 100-04-39
8 GES C (Dana/Yasmine) 50-04-37
9 ICS A (Rosita/Sara) 00-00-28
* The rules specifiy the top B squad comes in third.

Round by Round Results*

(In all cases but one, the winner is on the left. The number of points per side are in parenthesis)


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ROUND ONE
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 BBSA: Talal/Hamad(8) defeat ICA: Sara/Amanda
GESA: AbdulHameed/Roshan(4) split with FAIPSA: Anjali/Anirudh(4)
FAIPSB: Adiya/Gatri(6) defeat GESB: Safayet/Haithem
GEC: Dana/Yasmeen(3) defeat BBSC2: Alaa/Nasser

Points
FAIPS-10
BBS-8
GES-7
ICS-0

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ROUND TWO
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 FAIPSA: Anjali/Anirudh(8) defeat: BBSA Talal/Hamad
GESA: AbdulHameed/Roshan(8) defeat: ICA: Sara/Amanda
BBSB: Amna/Zaineb (6) defeat: FAIPSB Aditya/Gaytri
BBSJV2: Manal/Sarah defeat: BBSJV1: Alaa/Nasser

Points
FAIPS-8
GES-8
BBS-6
ICS-0
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ROUND THREE
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BBSA: Talal/Hamad(8) defeat: AbdulHameed/Roshan
FAIPSA: Anirudh/Anjali(8) defeat: ICSA: Sara/Amanda
GESB: Safayet/Haithem(6) defeat: BBSB: Amna/Zaineb
BBSC: Saja/Khaled(3) defeat: GESC: Yasmeen/Dana

Points
BBS=11
FAIPS=8
GES=6
ICS=0

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Semi-Final
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BBSA: Talal/Hamad tie GESA: AbdulHameed/Raithem*
* due to a slightly higher speaker total, BBS advances


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JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS
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BBS won its second straight JV title. The squad of Sarah Abu Saleh and Manal Al Musallam placed as the top squad, and the two girls claimed the top speaker awards in the same order.

Manal and Sarah, first place in JV




SCHOOL RECORDS*
BBS Wins by default.

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TOP DEBATERS
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 Top 1-2 receive awards

1. Sarah Abu Salah 27
2. Manal Al Musalem 25
 3. Nasser Al Aujan 24
4. Alaa Al Farah 22

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SQUAD RANKINGS
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 Top squad receives awards

1. Manal/Sarah 52
 2. Nasser/Alaa 45



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Special Thanks
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 Sarah Al Dukair, League Student coordinator, and her assistant, Bader Al Tukhiam, helped organize and run the tournament.

Bader gives out certificates.


Sarah is still recruiting judges.




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