Anomali YEC News

Wika, Reggy and April, the only delegate from East Java managed to enter Final Round

Aaaaand… we made it!! Ms. Wika and Ms. April who were under the assistance of Anomali managed to get the 2nd runner up in National University English Debate Championship (NUEDC). Being the best 3 from 92 teams national wide, they’re also ensured by DIKTI to be sent to Turkey to compete in Worlds.

It was a roller coaster ride for the team, having experienced a difficult time in the 5 preliminary rounds, in which they earned the total score of 11 from the maximum of 15. Their performance in the preliminary round positioned them in rank 7 from the total of 32 teams that managed to break into octo-finals. The team performance in the final rounds, however, were better and they even managed to reach rank 1 in semi-final. In the final round, they faced ITB, UI and Atma Jaya, and secured the third place. In the end, Bandung Institute of Technology got rank 1, followed by Universitas Indonesia, Malang State University and Atma Jaya Jakarta.

We are also happy that another team that we assisted, the team from Malang Muhammadiyah University (UMM), also managed to break into octofinal and secured rank 16 from the overall 92 teams. Good job Ms. Diah and Ms. Mia, you girls made us proud.

Anomali would like to congratulate all the finalists, which all will be sent to Turkey as well. For detailed information regarding the tournament, please visit http://nuedc2009.johnrendy.com/team.php

But what happened to the juniors?

The delegate sent to PIMNAS was not able to achieve significant achievement in the event, and even they turned against each other. Anomali is still in the process of reconciling the team members. Meanwhile, the rest of the juniors were sent to Java Overland Debate Championship (JOVED), in which they managed to win three rounds from the overall six preliminary rounds. Even tough it was not enough for them to break into final rounds, they enjoyed the competition and we feel that they have given their best in the competition. Anomali is certain that in the next tournament they will be better, and in due time they will no longer be over-shadowed by their seniors.

We realized its not always popsicles and rainbows in our assistance in debating, but the path to become true champion is meant not to be easy, as it should be. But we will enjoy leaping one sharp rocks to another until more Indonesian youth are empowered.