COBIS Student World Debate Competition

Students from the English International College in Marbella won the 2016 COBIS Student World Debate Competition earlier this week.

After two days of intense competition, the Cup final was fiercely debated between host school and current champions, The Edron Academy and English International College in Marbella. The two teams debated at length over the motion "This house would legalise the sale of human organs". Both teams put forward an excellent performance and although very close, English International College took first place.

The Plate final was also a tough competition with students from the Prague British School pitted against the team from the Divine Royal International School, Nkpor in Nigeria. Prague British School came out triumphant after another very close debate.

Congratulations to all who took part, the level of both preparation and quick-thinking was outstanding.

In addition to the competitions, students took part in cultural excursions in and around Mexico City as well as attending an Opening Night Dinner with important guests representing the host and some of the attending team's home countries:

• Mr. Hani Adel Dimitry Yassa, Head of Chancery and second in command at the embassy in Egypt
• His Excellency L'ubomír Hladík, Ambassador of the Czech Republic
• Mr. Ivan Dubovicky, Minister Counsellor of Education
• His Excellency Eduard Malayán, Ambassador of Russia
• His Excellency Duncan Taylor, Ambassador of The United Kingdom
• Mr. Thomas Barschkis from the Honorary General Consulate of Luxembourg in Mexico
• Actuary Abraham Cárdenas, Rector from Universidad Anáhuac

The team at COBIS Head Office in Russell Square, London, would like to take this opportunity to thank The Edron Academy for preparing and hosting such a fantastic event, and for the warm welcome they gave everyone.

Participating Schools:

• The Edron Academy
• The British School in The Netherlands
• Prague British School
• The International School of Moscow
• British International School Cairo
  
• Divine Royal International College
• St Paul's School, Sao Paulo
• British School of Panama, King’s College  
• St George's Luxembourg
• English International College

The 2015 COBIS World Debate Competition took place at the British School of Bucharest, Romania from Friday 6 - Sunday 8 February 2015.

15 schools travelled to take part, along with a team from the host school in a weekend of exciting and tense debating.

Congratulations to all the students who took part and thank you to all the teachers who helped to coordinated the weekend.

A big thank you to the staff and students from the British School of Bucharest for putting on such a fantastic event.

• Winner: Edron Academy, Mexico 
• Runner-up: British School of Bucharest, Romania
• Plate Winner: St George's, Luxembourg
• Plate Runner-up: Rygaards International School, Denmark

The team from Edron Academy accepting their award. 

•     Berlin British School, Germany
•     British School Al Khubeirat, United Arab Emirates
•     British School of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
•     British School of Bucharest, Romania
•     British International School, Cairo, Egypt
•     British School of Paris, France
•     British School in The Netherlands (two teams)
•     Dubai College, United Arab Emirates
•     English International College, Marbella, Spain
•     International British School of Bucharest, Romania
•     Prague British School
•     Rygaards International School, Denmark
•     Sir James Henderson School, Milan, Italy
•     St George’s International School, Luxembourg
•     Transylvania College, Romania

The 2013 COBIS World Debate Competition -

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The motion in a very close final was 'This house believes that organ donations should be obligatory'. BSN edged the English International College, Marbella to win the event.

The COBIS Student World Debate Competition 2013 was hosted by The Prague British School, Czech Republic 9-10 February 2013. Special thanks go to Mr Tim Roberts the Head of Secondary School and his team for organising such a memorable and highly successful interschool student event.

Students not only excelled and experienced a high standard of competitive debate, they also made new friends with students from other COBIS schools and enjoyed visiting the historic and beautiful city of Prague.

'Congratulations to all students who participated and contributed to the COBIS Student World Debate Competition. Your level of preparation, composure, flair and intellect is outstanding - you each have every reason to be extremely proud of your achievements both as individuals and as a teams' said Colin Bell, COBIS Executive Director.

The 16 COBIS schools which competed are as follows:

• The British School of Bucharest, Romania
• The British International School, Cairo, Egypt
• Rygaards International School, Denmark
• Sir James Henderson School, Milan, Italy
• British School in The Netherlands
• Berlin British School, Germany
• English International College, Marbella, Spain
• International British School of Bucharest, Romania
• Kings College Madrid, Spain
• Transylvania College, Romania
• The British School of Paris, France
• St George’s International School, Luxembourg
• British School of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Repton School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Prague British School (two teams)