Global InformationHWS Round Robin information
| Host | Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
|---|---|
| Established | 2007 |
| Region | International |
| Format | British Parliamentary |
| Current champion | Stanford University |
| Website | people |
The HWS Round Robin (HWS RR) is an invitational British Parliamentary (BP) debate tournament hosted annually by the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. Participation in the HWS RR is considered prestigious among BP debaters[1][2][3][4][5] as it is limited to exactly 16 teams that qualify via either an automatic bid given to the champions of major debate tournaments that happen throughout the year, or a competitive application to the tournament's selections committee, with auto-bid teams given priority.[6][7][8]
Unlike most parliamentary debate tournaments, such as the World Universities Debating Championship, which use power-pairing[9] to determine preliminary round matches, the HWS RR uses round-robin scheduling to determine team pairings for each of its five preliminary rounds, before advancing the top four teams to the final.[10] The tournament is also notable for its use of dual judging panels, in contrast to the established practice of allocating just one panel of judges per room.[11][12]
- ^ Robinson, Melia; Stanger, Melissa (2014-05-24). "Michael Dunn-Goekjian Reached the Finals of the World's Highest-Level Debating Tournament". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
...the final of the HWS Round Robin, a high-level tournament that invites collegiate champions from around the world.
- ^ Trinity Term 2018 Termcard. The Oxford Union Society. 2018. p. 70.
...the highly prestigious Hobart and William Smith Round Robin...
- ^ "Debate teams from 10 countries heading to HWS for Round Robin tourney". Finger Lakes Times. 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "2 Ghanaian students invited to prestigious world debate tournament". Joy FM. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
The HWS Round Robin is an international tournament of champions hosted in each April which is second only to the World Championships in competitiveness.
- ^ Megha, Momotaz Rahman (2020-09-15). "IBA-DU 1st Asian team to reach finals with Harvard, Cambridge, Yale at prestigious HWS debate". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Yale Enthusiastically Forays Into BP" (PDF). The Yale Debate Association Newsletter. Yale Debate Association. 2013. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
...the HWS Round Robin, an invitational tournament to which only the top 16 teams in the world are invited...
- ^ "HWS Round Robin Results – Tel Aviv Champions & Danny DeBois (Harvard) Top Speaker!". Achte Minute. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
...team spots, which can be achieved either through winning a prestigious named tournament or through a competitive at-large bidding process...
- ^ Easter Term 2018 Term Card. The Cambridge Union Society. 2018. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
...the HWS round robin - competing against 16 of the most skilled teams in the world.
- ^ "Section 36. Tabulation of the Preliminary Rounds". WUDC Constitution. World Universities Debating Council. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
For rounds two through nine, the debates shall be drawn by the Tab Director(s) on a 'power-pairing' basis...
- ^ "Tournament Policies". HWS Round Robin. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Section 34. Overview of the Format". WUDC Constitution. World Universities Debating Council. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
An Adjudication Panel shall be allocated by the Adjudication Core to judge each debate...
- ^ "Oxford wins HWS Round Robin 2019". Achte Minute. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
At the Round Robin, each team is ranked by two judging panels and receives separate adjudications. Speaker points and team points are aggregated across both panels.