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Looking to debate? We are the place to be! With a new academic year about to begin, we look forward to meeting you on our first Monday evening debate on the 7th of September at 19:00 hours in the T- building. Hope to catch you there!

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Please mind the updates recently posted under 'tournaments' for information you don't want to miss!

We are the oldest debating society in the Netherlands and, if you fancy, consistently have been amongst Europe's finest. The Erasmus Debating Society is the best place for all people to learn how to speak confidently, give thorough analyses on all subjects and most of all: how to have fun while debating!

We pride ourselves on being a big family for all those who share our passion for speeching, and on being the best thing that ever happened to those people who at first did not yet feel they are confident speakers.

You are always welcome to come visit on our weekly monday evening debates at T3-16 starting at 19:00 and see if debating is something for you! Obviously: no strings attached!

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News

August 12th - Euro's!

Last week, the European Universities Debating Championships took place in Newcastle, England. Erasmus sent Eric Stam and Luciën de Bruin and Daniël Springer with Jeroen Heun as the two teams to represent EDS, with especially the latter performing particularly well and reach the quarter-finals after a 6th place on the ESL team tab.

Moreover, Leiden A - Rob Honig and Ali Al-Katib - won the ESL finals! Excellent work by this Dutch team, EDS congratulates you!

July 19th - DAPDI!

Last week, more than 50 people from a multitude of countries came to Rotterdam to experience the best debating training out there: the Dutch Anglo-Saxon Parliamentary Debating Institute. With 5 trainers from Oxford and Cambridge - the finest around - to teach them and nice socials in the evenings, we were assured all participants left Rotterdam as happier and better debaters.

May 18th - Groningen!

Last weekend EDS dominated the Groningen Mini's tournament, with a tournament win and tab first place by Jeroen Heun and Luciën de Bruin! Apart from that, the first four speaker tab places belonged to respectively Luciën, Jeroen, Jeanette van Eijk and Eric Stam, with the last two performing very well in the finals too. The final is online and may be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9RUaW8Dtho&feature=channel

April 25th - Dutch Nationals!

The EDS board congratulates team A Eric Stam and Luciën de Bruin and team B Jeroen Heun and Daniël Springer on making it to the semi finals of the Dutch national championship 2009. Both teams performed worthy of a national championship final, but after much deliberation, both of the teams lost by a 3-2 split.

April 17th - Paris!

Luciën de Bruin and Daniël Springer have won the Paris IV in the ESL category! In the finals they were 1st proposition and brilliantly defended the motion that This house would legalise duelling to the death.