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Board Debatbond wanted!

In October 2023, the board of the Debatbond will change. We are therefore looking for candidates! Below you will find the function profile and how to apply. For questions you can mail the current board at info@debatbond.nl.

Tournament debrief DDL Finale

On the first of July we held the final of the DDL! In the end the two teams facing off against each other were Trivium an Cicero. The CA’s for the final were David Metz, Daan Spackler, Fabian Beitsma, Joris Graff, Linsey Keur, Saskia Bergmann, Lotte Claassen and Louis Honée. It was a very fun evening and we were happy so many people good come! The winners of the Tournament were Robert and Martin from Trivium! Here is a message from them:

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Tom Pouw (Chair)

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The Nederlandse Debatbond (Dutch Debate Union) is looking for a new board. To give you an idea of the life of a board member of “the Debatbond” we post articles with the experiences of the board members. This time: Tom Pouw (chair).

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Mike Weltevrede (Secretary)

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The Nederlandse Debatbond (Dutch Debate Union) is looking for a new board. To give you an idea of the life of a board member of “the Bond” we post articles with the experiences of the board members. This time: Mike Weltevrede (secretary).

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Axel Hirschel (General Board Member)

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The Nederlandse Debatbond (Dutch Debate Union) is looking for a new board. To give you an idea of the life of a board member of “the Bond” we post articles with the experiences of the board members. This time: Axel Hirschel (general board member).

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Fenna ten Haaf (Treasurer)

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The Nederlandse Debatbond (Dutch Debate Union) is looking for a new board. To give you an idea of the life of a board member of “the Bond” we post articles with the experiences of the board members. This time: Fenna ten Haaf (treasurer).

Meet the Dino: Josse van Proosdij

Daylight Saving Time has just started [this article was clearly written much earlier, ed.]. An hour less time to sleep means only one thing: it is necessary to sleep longer. For example, I spoke to Josse van Proosdij after he had taken advantage of this pleasure on a lovely Sunday. We spoke about the inclusiveness of the debate world, about the value of debating because you learn to view a problem from multiple sides and about hiking as a corona hobby.

Profile Josse van Proosdij
Age: 29
Alma mater: University of Amsterdam (MA Military History) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (MSc Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics)
Current position: Strategic analyst WWFT at International Card Services
Debate achievements, including: Best speaker at the Cicero Tournament 2019 and Lund IV 2020. Winner Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2013 and Kalliope Debate Tournament 2019.
Favourite tournament: Lund IV (where he has been 4 times): there is a good atmosphere, the hotel is nice and you can get smoked salmon for breakfast for a low reg fee.

Should we offer people living in the Randstad a financial incentive to move to a shrinking region (‘krimpregio’)?

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This House would offer people living in the Randstad a financial incentive to move to a shrinking region (‘krimpregio’).
NK 2021 – Round 1

A nice accessible motion to start the NK with. The dynamics between shrinking regions and the Randstad are something that many people can imagine and a lot of depth is possible here.

[Dutch Nationals 2021] Debating from a holiday home on Schiermonnikoog

The Dutch National Debating Championships (or NK for short) is the calling card and annual highlight of the Dutch debating community. It is the most attractive event for new members, it is the best prize for competitive debaters, and it is the tournament that people who have retired for years want to do again. I was really looking forward to the NK 2020 in Utrecht. I saw that Jelte Schievels and the organizing committee were creating something beautiful. There was a nice website, good promotion, and low registration fees. Unfortunately, the NK was eventually forced to move online to 2021 due to the corona crisis. How was this and did the organization manage to guarantee the survival of our most beautiful event?

Meet the Schoolie: Frits Geelhoed

Debating is done by young and old. Earlier we spoke with Danique van Koppenhagen and Adrienne Huisman in Meet the Dino. This time we speak with someone who is at the beginning of his debating career: Frits Geelhoed. He is a high school student who is part of the Dutch delegation for the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC). In this article, we learn more about him, the World Schools Debating Championships and the Dutch Schools Debate College of which he is a part.

Profile Frits Geelhoed
Age: 17
School: Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium (USG)
Debate achievements, including: Two times part of the Dutch delegation for WSDC, second-best speaker (English as a second language – ESL) at the WSDC tournament in Saskatoon (Canada), second-best speaker in Oxford Schools qualifying round.
Favourite tournament: Spatha Schools, a BP tournament for high school students in Nijmegen with a huge buffet of food.

Category Archive News

Board Debatbond wanted!

Tournament debrief DDL Finale

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Tom Pouw (Chair)

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Mike Weltevrede (Secretary)

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Axel Hirschel (General Board Member)

Board Experience Debatbond 2019-2021: Fenna ten Haaf (Treasurer)

Meet the Dino: Josse van Proosdij

Should we offer people living in the Randstad a financial incentive to move to a shrinking region (‘krimpregio’)?

[Dutch Nationals 2021] Debating from a holiday home on Schiermonnikoog

Meet the Schoolie: Frits Geelhoed

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