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Bogwall (Scotland Novices) 2024

2024-06-01 · Scotland, In person · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

39 teams (This edition), 24 teams (2023)

Motions from this series

Bogwall (Scotland Novices) 2024 (2024)7 motions
  • Round 1THO the celebrification of political figures
  • Round 2This house believes that the UK should nationalise the energy sector
  • Round 3TH, as a mixed-gender flat of 4 university freshers, would hang painting A in the living room rather than painting B
  • Round 4THP a world with oracles
  • SemifinalsTHW ban adoption matching
  • Grand FinalTH, as Jin Sakai, would kill Lord Shimura
  • Non Schools FinalTH, as Caesar, W cross the Rubicon
Bogwall (Scotland Novices) 2023 (2023)6 motions
  • Round 1THO the "influencerisation" of sports media
  • Round 2THBT the the US' significant influence over international institutions (The UN, IMF, WTO) has done more harm than good
  • Round 3THW implement a pollution tax on large-scale events, such as concerts, festivals and sports tournaments
  • Round 4TH prefers systems of governance with unwritten constitutions as opposed to written constitutions
  • SemifinalsTH, as Scotland, would invade England.
  • Grand FinalTHW spend the rest of your life trying to prove the existence of the cabal to the world.

What gets set here

Politics38%
Social & Identity23%
Comedy & Novelty15%
Economics8%
Philosophy8%
Law & Crime8%

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Practice Politics motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

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

  • Politics · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 23% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Comedy & Novelty · 15% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

29% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 74.5.

Last edition: 8 of 39 teams broke.

  • 20237 pts · 73.9 speaks9/24
  • 20248 pts · 75.0 speaks8/39
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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break8 teams
  • Non Schools break8 teams

How scoring works here

73.2 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 70.9 and 75.5.

This is 1.8 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 78.8

Top-10 pace 75.3

Top-20 pace 74.0

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 2 editions.

Comparable: FAST IV 2025 (76.0), IITK PD'26 (74.1)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Ruby M.DPMTHP a world with oracles82
🇬🇧 Katherine G.PMTHP a world with oracles81
🇬🇧 Miya T.MOTHP a world with oracles81
Sai S.OWTHO the celebrification of political figures80
Daniel H.MGTH, as a mixed-gender flat of 4 university freshers, would hang painting A in the living room rather than painting B80
Zac C.OWTHP a world with oracles80
Abbie L.GWThis house believes that the UK should nationalise the energy sector80
🇬🇧 Miya T.PMThis house believes that the UK should nationalise the energy sector80
Jenny D.LOTHP a world with oracles79
Will S.DLOTHP a world with oracles79
🇬🇧 Laurence D.MGThis house believes that the UK should nationalise the energy sector79
Olivia M.GWTH, as a mixed-gender flat of 4 university freshers, would hang painting A in the living room rather than painting B79

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