Western Winter HST 2025 | Welcome to Western University Winter Debating Championships 2025

Welcome to the Western University Winter Debating Championships 2025! We hope you enjoy London, the best city in Canada!

In between rounds, be sure to check out our scenic buildings, such as Saugeen-Maitland Hall! (Western Map 📍)!

We hope you have fun and as always, screw Queens!

SCHEDULE 📅 (As you all know debate tournaments are always super on time meaning this schedule will 100% not change whatsoever)

GA Location: Arts & Humanities Building (AHB) - 1B04

Saturday, February 22nd 9:00 - 9:30: Check-in (Hard Drop - 9:30) 9:30 - 10:00: Announcements and Briefings

10:00 - 12:00: Round 1 (Open Adjudication) 12:00 - 14:00: Round 2 (Open Adjudication) 14:00 - 15:00: Lunch 15:00 - 17:00: Round 3 (Open Adjudication) 17:00 - 19:00: Round 4 (Closed Adjudication) Sunday, February 23rd 9:30 - 10:00: Check-in 10:00 - 12:00: Round 5 (Closed Adjudication) 12:00 - 13:00: Lunch 13:00 - 14:30 Round 6 (Open Adjudication) 14:30 - 15:00 Break Announcement 15:00 - 16:30: Open Semifinals, Junior Finals 16:30 - 18:00: Open Finals 18:00 - 19:30: Awards Ceremony

Breaking Adjudicators

Participants

Tournament Staff

Tabulation: Ricky Zhou (Head Tabs), Leon Mu (Tabs), Sherry Shu (Tabs)
Equity: Cyrus Bechtold (Head Equity), Kyla Coutts (Equity), Anna Liang (Equity)

Adjudication: Paul Zhao (Head CA), Jacky Li (CA), Edward Wang (CA), Kevin Chen (CA), Jasmeet Randhawa (CA)

Really cool guys: Arnav Gandhi, Edward Wang