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Bristol Pro Am 2025

Nov 29, 2025 · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

50 teams (This edition), 33 teams (2024), 54 teams (2023)

Motions from this series

Bristol Pro Am 2025 (2025)8 motions
  • Round 1This House, as an average university fresher, would take active steps to pursue a romantic relationship.
  • Round 2This House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.
  • Round 3This House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.
  • Round 4This House would nationalise the railways.
  • Round 5This House regrets the narrative that people should find their dream job.
  • Grand FinalThis House prefers Banksy’s ‘Royal Courts of Justice’ to Ai Weiwei’s ‘Sunflower Seeds’.
  • Silver FinalsThis House, as a young aspiring politician in the United States today, would adopt the political philosophy of Hamilton as opposed to that of Burr.
  • Bronze FinalsThis House, as a victor, would vote for the final Hunger Games.
Bristol Pro-Am 2024 (2024)14 motions
  • Round 0This House regrets the development of different fashion lines for men and women
  • Round 0This House would abolish the offside rule in soccer
  • Round 0This House would abolish all national days
  • Round 0This House believes that the passive voice should be banned
  • Round 0This House regrets the rise of emoji in everyday language
  • Round 0This House would enforce the Prime Directive
  • Round 1THBT the democratisation of AI has done more harm than good
  • Round 2This House supports the commercialization of the LGBTQ+ movement
  • Round 3TH opposes the trend of fantasy and sci-fi works the co-opting of Indigenous and minority languages, art, and culture for their worldbuilding (Avatar, Black Panther etc)
  • Round 4THBT development aid should primarily be targeted at individuals and communities over firms and companies
  • Round 5This House, as the European centre-right, regrets the Cordon Sanitaire
  • Bronze FinalThis House regrets the trend of grammar streaming in schools in the United Kingdom
  • Silver FinalTH Prefers a World with 'baby fever stoppin pills'
  • Grand FinalThis House, as the United States, would pursue actions aimed at destabilizing the Iranian regime (targeting supply chains, counterintelligence operations, increasing sanctions, diplomatic isolation, encouraging domestic unrest)
Bristol Pro-Am 2023 (2023)7 motions
  • Round 1THW provide student welfare as basic goods and services (eg: accommodation, food, textbooks) as opposed to cash bursaries
  • Round 2This House, as the UN, Would abolish permanent membership status
  • Round 3THBT that Argentina and Brazil should agree on a common currency union
  • Round 4THBT female political candidates in liberal democracies should not appeal to traditional female roles in their campaigns
  • Grand FinalTHW never enter into a relationship with a closeted individual
  • Silver FinalsTHW never enter into a relationship with a closeted individual
  • Bronze FinalsTHW never enter into a relationship with a closeted individual

What gets set here

Social & Identity24%
Politics21%
Economics14%
International Relations10%
Education7%
Arts & Culture3%

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You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Social & Identity · 28% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 21% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

28% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.4.

Last edition: 12 of 50 teams broke.

  • 20238 pts · 76.7 speaks12/54
  • 20249 pts · 76.8 speaks12/33
  • 202510 pts · 75.7 speaks12/50
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How scoring works here

74.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.7 and 77.3.

This is 0.3 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.0

Top-10 pace 77.8

Top-20 pace 76.4

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 3 editions.

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Liverpool IV 2026 (74.8)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Yorgo K.DPMThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.83
🇬🇧 Saim K.DPMThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.82
Abhishek G.PMThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.81
🇬🇧 Yorgo K.MGThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.81
Zach F.MGThis House regrets the narrative that people should find their dream job.81
🇬🇧 Eleanor M.PMThis House regrets the narrative that people should find their dream job.81
Tejas C.PMThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.81
🇬🇧 Krish S.MGThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.81
Zach F.DLOThis House would nationalise the railways.80
Dougal S.MGThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.80
Ryan L.GWThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.80
🇬🇧 Parsa H.LOThis House would nationalise the railways.80

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