The Break!

I've just got back from the break night party where the break was announced and Team Wales have danced the night away with debaters from England, Kuwait, Canada, Australia and Barbados, to name just a few countries. The break is out, and is as follows:

1. England - 8 wins, 23 judges, 6180.5 speaker points*
2. New Zealand - 8, 23, 6107.5
3. The Netherlands - 8, 22, 6055.0
4. Australia - 7, 21, 6178.5 
5. UAE - 7, 21, 6096.0
6. Republic of Korea - 7, 21, 6093.0
7. Canada - 7, 19, 6136.5
8. Wales - 6, 20, 6120.5
9. Scotland - 6, 18, 6043.0
10. Pakistan - 6, 17, 6052.0
11. Ireland - 6, 16, 6049.0
12. South Africa - 6, 16, 6045.0
13. Greece - 6, 16, 6038.0
14. Hong Kong - 6, 15, 6056.5
15. Singapore - 5, 17, 6239.5
16. Mexico - 5, 16, 5960.5


So Wales has broken eighth, and if you consult my diagram from the earlier rounds you can work out that we will face Scotland, the home nation, once again in the octo-finals tomorrow!

Just to point out, as I said I would - the ladies of Team Wales (i.e. myself and Sarah) took on Matt from Team England (assisted by Greg) at pool this evening... and won! We're holding firm to the line that it was pure skill as opposed to sheer fluke...

*The speaker points shown here are the cumulative total of all speaker points accrued by the teams in the course of the debates - each debate has a maximum of 350 points that can be earned - 100 each for the main speeches and 50 for the reply. 70 points is considered an average speech in this tournament. You can see that Wales achieved the fifth highest cumulative speaker score out of all the countries in the tournament, behind Singapore, England, Australia and Canada.