Tilbury House sent three teams  (Laura Nagel & Daniela Bädje, Elisabeth Wagner & Laura Mai, Moritz Justen & Leonard M.) to the ZEIT Debatte Münster. It was the first tournament ever for Daniela, Laura N. and Moritz and the first German language tournament for Elisabeth and Laura. All Tilbury House teams adjusted well to German debating and could keep up with the high standard of the tournament. Moritz and Leonard missed the break to the semi-finals by two team points only. Lukas Haffert was one of the chief adjudicators of the tournament. Congratulations to all of them!

Kickoff - The debating sessions of the summer term will officially begin on April 17th at 7:30 pm in S91. Feel free to join us. We will be offering introductory sessions for newcomers in the first few weeks of the semester, but you are welcome to join at any later time as well. Tilbury House welcomes students from all faculties. If you have any questions, please contact any member of the senior council.

Veronika Merzbach and Ekatharina took part in the Paris IV. It was their first international tournament and they experienced it as a great learning opportunity as well as a lot of fun.

Tilbury House sent three teams to the Jacobs Open in Bremen (Chen Hong & Ekatharina, Fabian Farkas & Peter Haffner, Lukas Haffert & Leonard M.). It was the first international tournament for Hong and Peter. Fabian & Peter were in a split 4th place together with Münster, but unfortunately did not break to the grand final as they lost a coin toss. Lukas & Leonard ranked 2nd on the tab and made it to the grand final. In a close debate, the adjudication panel saw Amsterdam slightly ahead of the Tilbury House team.

Tilbury House rocked the Vienna IV. Lyuba Ilieva and Fabian Farkas as well as Véronique Lorenz and Lukas Haffert made it all the way to the grand final, where they were unfortunately defeated by Berlin. Lukas was among the top 10 debaters of the tournament and Véronique was awarded the Baker McKenzie prize for best speaker of the final. Congrats to all of them for an outstanding performance!

Due to renovations at the university, Tilbury House has to move to S63 in the Philosophikum during the semester break.

Tilbury House sent two teams to the Manchester Intervarsity, one of the largest debating tournaments in the UK. In their first tournament ever, Laura Mai and Elisabeth Wagner beat several native speaker teams and missed the ESL break by a few points only. Lea Pyhel and Leonard M. made the break to the ESL semi final. Veronika Merzbach successfully participated as a judge. Congratulations to all of them!