Through Thursday 9 - Monday 13 a contingent of loyal debaters banded together for debating glory. We braved obnoxious train rides, overpriced airfares and extensive road tripping to be there. Alas, our struggle was not for nothing; congratulations to UNSW 1 (Su-Min Lim, Alex To and Ben Williams), who broke 7th and made the Quarter Finals, unfortunately losing to eventual champions Sydney 1 by the narrowest of margins.

Congratulations also to Ben for winning 4th best novice speaker! Our contingent had several excellent speaker scores, including Vishaal Sharma, Anh Tran-Nam and David Maher.

And congrats to UNSW 4 (Dave Maher, Emily Rumble and Paulette Lo), who with 4 wins missed the break by a mere 1.33 speaker points.

If there's one thing that Debsoc does well, it's hold parties- and the Week Zero Welcome party was no exception.We came, we drank, we debated.