Past Winners

IV 1999

Best Team: Oxford A – Michael Birshan and Aaron Maniam

Best Speaker in Final: John Tomsky, Inns of Court

Best Speaker in Preliminaries: Simon Mollan, Inns of Court

Open Pairs Competition 1999

Best Team: Middle Temple – Nick Dunham & Benet Brandreth

Best Speaker: Simon Milnes

IV 1998

Best Team: Cambridge A – Tom Dixon & Steve Pitel

Best Speaker: Steve Gethins, Dundee

Durham Union Society IV 1999
Team Rankings: Preliminary Rounds
Position	Team	Speakers		R1	R2	R3	R4	Speaker Pts	Total
1	Inns of Court	Simon Mollan	John Tomsky	4	4	4	4	200	16
2	Cambridge A	Wu-Meng Tan	Alex Deane	4	4	3	3	192	14
3	Oxford A	Michael Birshan	Aaron Maniam	4	3	3	3	194	13
4	Aberdeen	Duncan Cockburn	Rami Okasha	4	3	2	4	179	13
5	UCL	Dennis Kavanagh	George Payne	4	2	4	2	174	12
6	Cambridge B	Debbie Newman	Jern Fei Ng	2	4	4	2	172	12
7	Cambridge D	Susie Gledhill	Joe Devanny	3	3	4	1	171	11
8	Leeds	Suresh P	Chris Page	4	2	1	4	168	11
9	Strathclyde A	Ross McDonald	James Lawrence	3	3	3	2	166	11
10	Lincoln's	Ian Mann	David O'Mahony	4	1	2	4	165	11
11	Oxford B	Rebecca Bland	Damen Ward	3	2	3	3	162	11
12	Edinburgh	Iain Page	Henry Harding	1	4	3	3	143	11
13	St Andrew's C	Julia Wilson	Elliot Wilson	2	3	2	4	120	11
14	Oxford C	Russell Green	Richard Osborne	3	1	2	4	153	10
15	L & H	Steve Herron	Ian Rose	1	2	3	4	104	10
16	GUU	Kate Bullions	Peter English	3	1	4	1	158	9
17	St Andrew's B	Ian Robertson	David Cuthbertson	2	4	1	2	158	9
18	Cambridge C	Jonathan Monroe	Jenny Afia	2	4	2	1	156	9
19	Exeter	Holly Sayer	Sharon Steele	1	2	3	3	145	9
20	St Andrew's A	Magnus Jardine-Brown	Paul Wallang	2	1	4	2	140	9
21	Oxford E	Joe Cascio	Adam Johnstone	2	3	1	3	131	9
22	Strathclyde B	Patrick Grady	Phil McDivitt	3	1	3	1	148	8
23	Oxford D	Sonia Sodha	Artur Taevere	3	2	1	2	124	8
24	Dundee	Mark McDonald	Ria Holzerlandt	1	2	4	1	97	8
25	Bath	Kim Blomley	Victor Buchman	1	4	1	1	124	7
26	Dummy	Sarah Taylor	Kate Brent	2	1	2	2	101	7
27	Oxford F	Nick Clarke	Julia Buckley	1	3	1	1	116	6
28	Southampton	Jane Clegg	Rachel Grunberg	1	1	1	3	91	6

Durham Union Society IV 1999
Individual Rankings
Position	Name	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Simon Mollan	Inns of Court	23	26	26	26	101
2	John Tomsky	Inns of Court	23	24	27	25	99
3	Aaron Maniam	Oxford A	23	24	25	26	98
4	Wu-Meng Tan	Cambridge A	25	26	21	26	98
5	Michael Birshan	Oxford A	26	23	26	21	96
6	Alex Deane	Cambridge A	24	23	23	24	94
7	Joe Devanny	Cambridge D	20	23	26	21	90
8	Rami Okasha	Aberdeen	25	19	20	26	90
9	Duncan Cockburn	Aberdeen	25	21	19	24	89
10	Suresh P	Leeds	19	24	21	24	88
11	George Payne	UCL	23	21	23	20	87
12	Debbie Newman	Cambridge B	22	20	23	22	87
13	Dennis Kavanagh	UCL	24	18	21	24	87
14	Rebecca Bland	Oxford B	25	19	23	19	86
15	Jern Fei Ng	Cambridge B	23	18	21	23	85
16	Ian Robertson	St Andrew's B	22	23	21	18	84
17	Ross McDonald	Strathclyde A	23	19	20	22	84
18	Iain Page	Edinburgh	22	20	17	25	84
19	Ian Mann	Lincoln's	23	23	19	18	83
20	James Lawrence	Strathclyde A	22	17	22	21	82
21	David O'Mahony	Lincoln's	20	20	18	24	82
22	Peter English	GUU	25	15	23	18	81
23	Susie Gledhill	Cambridge D	20	19	19	23	81
24	Chris Page	Leeds	19	21	17	23	80
25	Jenny Afia	Cambridge C	21	22	18	18	79
26	Holly Sayer	Exeter	16	18	23	21	78
27	Richard Osborne	Oxford C	19	16	21	22	78
28	Jonathan Monroe	Cambridge C	21	20	22	14	77
29	Kate Bullions	GUU	22	16	19	20	77
30	Damen Ward	Oxford B	21	17	21	17	76
31	Phil McDivitt	Strathclyde B	22	16	22	15	75
32	Russell Green	Oxford C	17	17	19	22	75
33	David Cuthbertson	St Andrew's B	18	21	19	16	74
34	Magnus Jardine-Brown	St Andrew's A	19	11	24	20	74
35	Patrick Grady	Strathclyde B	20	14	20	19	73
36	Adam Johnstone	Oxford E	17	22	14	18	71
37	Sharon Steele	Exeter	13	17	17	20	67
38	Elliot Wilson	St Andrew's C	20	10	17	20	67
39	Paul Wallang	St Andrew's A	15	10	23	18	66
40	Nick Clarke	Oxford F	14	17	18	15	64
41	Sonia Sodha	Oxford D	21	15	13	14	63
42	Victor Buchman	Bath	9	19	20	15	63
43	Kim Blomley	Bath	10	17	17	17	61
44	Artur Taevere	Oxford D	15	15	13	18	61
45	Joe Cascio	Oxford E	12	20	12	16	60
46	Kate Brent	Dummy	16	15	11	17	59
47	Henry Harding	Edinburgh	20	9	11	19	59
48	Julia Wilson	St Andrew's C	11	12	15	15	53
49	Ian Rose	L & H	14	14	8	17	53
50	Julia Buckley	Oxford F	14	10	13	15	52
51	Steve Herron	L & H	14	12	9	16	51
52	Mark McDonald	Dundee	16	11	10	12	49
53	Ria Holzerlandt	Dundee	18	9	11	10	48
54	Jane Clegg	Southampton	15	8	7	17	47
55	Rachel Grunberg	Southampton	13	9	8	14	44
56	Sarah Taylor	Dummy	15	5	7	15	42

Open Pairs Competition 1999

Final Team Tab

Position Team Name                        Break         Rank          Speaker Points

              1 Oxford Blues                                     1               16                              196

              2 Middle Temple                                    1               15                              207

              3 GUU A                                            1               14                              201

              4 Sather & Neidle                                  1               14                              189

              5 Home Rule is Rome Rule                        1               13                              193

              6 Can't Debate Won't Debate                     1               10                              173

              7 GUU B                                             1                9                              186

              8 Oxford Bags                                     1                9                              173

              9 Pohang B                                         0               10                              174

            10 Norwich                                          0                9                              161

            11 Edinburgh                                         0                9                              154

            12 NBC A                                             0                8                              162

            13 NBC B                                             0                8                              148

            14 Birmingham A                                    0                6                              126

            15 Bristingham                                       0                6                              109

            16 Kings                                              0                4                              148

Open Pairs Competition Summer 1999 –

Individual Speakers' Rank

Position   Speakers Name                   Team Name                                  Total Speaker Points

       1       Bennet Brandreth                     Middle Temple                                                                82

       2       Nick Dunham                           Middle Temple                                                                77

       3       Andy Hume                             GUU A                                                                        75

       4       Simon Milnes                           Oxford Blues                                                                 75

       5       Eleanor Winton                         GUU A                                                                        73

       6       Fergal Davis                            Home Rule is Rome Rule                                                    72

       7       Ryan Orange                           Oxford Blues                                                                 72

       8       John Tomsky                           GUU B                                                                         71

       9       JP Murphy                              Home Rule is Rome Rule                                                    71

       10       Trevor Sather                          Sather & Neidle                                                              69

       11       Dan Neidle                              Sather & Neidle                                                              69

       12       Melanie Marshall                       Oxford Bags                                                                 68

       13       Nick Bibby                              GUU B                                                                         67

       14       Tom Hamilton                           NBC A                                                                         67

       15       Mark Summers                         Pohang B                                                                     64

       16       Ian Robertson                          Can't Debate Won't Debate                                                 64

       17       Matthew Harrison                     Pohang B                                                                     64

       18       Damian Sherwood                    Can't Debate Won't Debate                                                 63

       19       Max Hope                               Kings                                                                          63

       20       Jonathon Crompton                   Kings                                                                          62

       21       Bjorn Timelin                            Norwich                                                                      62

       22       Euan Roddin                            Edinburgh                                                                     61

       23       Laura Bender                          Oxford Bags                                                                 60

       24       Andrew Russell                       NBC B                                                                         59

       25       Ian Oakley                              Norwich                                                                      58

       26       Jenn-Hui Tan                           NBC B                                                                         57

       27       Sara Rundle-Smith                    NBC A                                                                         54

       28       Ian Paige                                Edinburgh                                                                     53

       29       Justin Johnson                         Birmingham A                                                                47

       30       Andrew Bloomfield                    Birmingham A                                                                45

       31       Francis Hoar                           Bristingham                                                                   41

       32       David Harby                            Bristingham                                                                   40

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