The Qatari team achieved impressive results in the preliminary rounds of the fifth International School Debating Championship in Arabic and English, which is organised by the QatarDebate Center under the slogan “Our Earth, Our Refuge”.
The five-day event is held via cyberspace with a wide international participation of debaters, judges and team instructors. Instructor of the national team in the English language, Sheikha Alanoud Al Thani said that the team members made intense efforts before the championship and trained very hard with the aim of also participating in the World Schools Debating Championship next summer, noting that they have now participated in debating rounds in the international championship and achieved surprising initial results.
She said that the team was divided into two teams to debate with the other teams and there was great convergence between their levels.
“We saw that during the rounds when the competition was fierce, especially against the experienced Malaysian team,” she noted.
“The Qatari team presented new skills that we did not see during training because for the first time they faced external teams, and their ability to respond, adapt and think quickly showed in the rounds,” she added.
For his part, instructor of the national team in the Arabic language, Abdulrahman Al Kubaisi, said: “My happiness cannot be described by this wonderful experience, in training these young people who acquired skills during a period of time and were able to go through the championship rounds with exceptional experience. They have acquired the ability to prepare and deal with texts and their chancing of winning are great, yesterday they presented a wonderful round that proved their ability to qualify for the eight-rounds.”
Members of the national team in the Arabic language affirmed their determination on winning the championship despite the strong competition with the most experienced teams, noting that they have prepared well for this great global event by participating in the Universities Debate League and attending many training camps that have gained them a lot of knowledge in various fields. They added that joining the national team is a great honour that places the responsibility on them to win this championship.
