The Annual Final of the Tilbury House winter tournament will take place on 22th January 2010 in the Neuer Senatssaal of the University of Cologne.

The public is warmly invited to witness a debate of the four best teams that made their way to the long awaited final. We will start at 7 p.m.

The motion will be announced shortly before the debate.

With an outstanding performance in the final Moved to Tears represented by Lyuba Ilieva and Lukas Thiel gained the victory over The blonde Beast with Bianca Sterly and Sebastian Hagemann.

Congratulations also to Charly Stollman who received the trophy as best speaker of the final.

Summer Open - We would like to thank everyone who participated in the Tilbury House Summer Open! A total of 32 teams from all over Europe made this an unforgettable event!

Special thanks again to our Chief Adjudicators Derek Lande and Will Jones!

Congrulations to Gavin Illsey and Mark Manson who won the final and Max Kasriel who topped the tab!

Full speaker and team tab can be found here.

We hope to see you all next year!

Summer Open - Important Information - We will meet Friday from 6pm on at the Bar Radio One on Zülpicherstreet. Make sure to come there if you need crash or want to meet fellow debaters for a drink and food. The tournament starts with registration on Saturday at 9am at the Philosophikum of the University Of Cologne.

Call the convenor Felix if you can't make it: +49 170 4888141 

Download the schedule here.

Tallinn IV 2009 - Marite Klavina & David Lamouroux break to the semi finals of the Tallinn IV 2009 being the fifth best team of the preliminary rounds. David misses being among the top five speakers by one speaker point only.

Summer term kick off - The first official session of the new summer term will be on April 21st at 19:30 in S91 of the Philosophikum. New comers are most welcome. Introductory sessions will be held each Tuesday until early May.  

Amsterdam Open 2009 - Bianca & Marco Sterly successfully compete at the Amsterdam Open 2009 missing the break to the ESL final rounds by only one point.

Paris IV 2009 - Fabian Farkas & Florian Platz compete at the Paris IV 2009. It’s Fabians first and Florians second international tournament. Congratulations!

Term break debates - Debating sessions will be held throughout the term every Tuesday at 7.30 pm at S91/3. Feel free to join us at any time. Newcomers are most welcome. The first session will be held on Tuesday 17th of February.

Tilbury House Summer Open - The Tilbury House Summer Open will be held for the forth time this year in May/June. This year's tournament will be bigger and better than ever and will again be an ideal preparation for euros. Check back regularly for updates.

Annual Finals 2009 - The annual finals were held on January 29th at 7pm in the "Alte Senatssaal" of the University of Cologne. We were pleased to welcome the honorary jury: Dr. Juliane Kronen, Dr. Wolfram Nolte, Professor Dr. Achim Wambach. The winner of the final will receive full sponsoring for this year's European Debating Championships in Newcastle. Our congratulations go to Robert Doll and Fabian Farkas - the winners of this year's Annual Finals - as well as Yana Zhakhouskaya (the best speaker on the tab), Florian Platz (best newcomer) and Barbara Schnieders (runner-up for best newcomer).

Jacobs Open 2009 - We are please to announce that Felix Lamouroux will be DCA along with Rhydian Morgan (DCA) under Isabelle Löwe (CA) at this year's Jacobs Open. Tilbury Teams who wish to participate should contact David or Felix as soon as possible. More information about the tournament can be found here.

Cambridge IV '08 - Robert Doll & Juan Antonio Monroy make the break to the ESL semifinals at the prestigious Cambridge IV. It is Juan's first tournament and their first experience with open motions. Congratulations!

Debate Workshop - Rhydian G. Morgan (former Oxford debater, winner and CA of countless tournaments) will be holding this year's workshop at Tilbury House. The workshop is open and free to everyone (and mandatory for all Tilburies) and will start on Saturday November 15th at 9am in S91 (Philosophikum). The workshop will focus on essential skills in public speaking and will prepare you to compete in debating tournaments around Europe. Join us!

Oxford IV '08 - Marco & Bianca Sterly and David Lamouroux & Sebastian Hagemann compete at the renowned Oxford tournament missing the break to the ESL final rounds by a few points only.

Kickoff - The debating sessions of the winter term will officially begin on October 21st at 7:30 pm in S91. Feel free to join us. We will be offering introductory sessions for new comers until mid November. Tilbury House welcomes students from all faculties.  

Sweat Cup - The winner of this year's sweat cup is Dodos Panagiotis leading the field with 5 points. Two points behind the runners up are Leonard Münstermann and Jörg Oesterle. Congratulations to the winners.

EUDC 2008 - Assen Kochev & Felix Lamouroux made it to the semifinals (ESL) as third team on the ESL tab. Assen ranks 10th on the speaker tab (ESL). David Lamouroux & Yana Zhakhouskaya, Bianca Sterly & Johannes Norrenbrock break to the ESL quarter finals. Sebastian Hagemann & Benjamin Smale make it to a break room. Dirk Harlacher, Marite Klavina and Robin Wuchter adjudicated. Dirk chaired rooms, Marite made the judges break to ESL quarter-finals for the first time in the society's history. Tilbury House delivers a consistent success and is among the most successful ESL societies with 3 out of 4 teams breaking. The full results can be found here. We would like to thank the organisers for a wonderful tournament in Tallinn, Estonia.

Yeditepe Open - Yana Zhakhouskaya and David Lamouroux made it to the grand final of the Yeditepe Open 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey + Sebastian Hagemann and Benjamin Smale narrowly missed the break to the semis by speaker points.

German Championships - Bianca & Marco Sterly topped the team tab of the German national championsships. Marco Sterly was the best speaker on the tab. Unfortunately the two were kicked out in the semifinals. We congratulate the Winners Thorsten Rössing and Marcus Ewald from Halle.

Summer Open 2008 - 28 teams debated in the third Tilbury House Summer Open on Saturday, May 24th. Congratulations to the winning team Panos Dodos and Leonard Münstermann as well as to the best speaker on the tab Assen Kochev. Thanks again to all participants and the CAs from abroad Leela Koenig and Rhydian Morgan. The full tab can be downloaded here: speaker tab and team tab. The video of the final will be online soon.

Amsterdam Open - David Lamouroux & Karolin Piatkowski miss the break by two team points (and speaks) ranking midfield. Johannes Norrenbrock & Rob Doll rank midfield in their first tournament together.

WDM - Both Tilbury teams made the semi final break of the west german debating championships. Assen Kochev & Hannah Raible made it to the grand final in Mannheim. Bianca & Marco Sterly rank third on the team tab. Tilbury House was the only society with two teams in the break.

Paris IV - Yana Zhakhouskaya & Dirk Harlacher represent Tilbury House as judges at the Paris IV, both making it to the semi finals.

Kick off - The summer debating semester will officially start on Tuesday April 15th (7.30pm in S91) with an introduction for newcomers and the announcement of the winners of the last cup. Further introduction sessions for newcomers will be held in the following weeks.

Summer Open - The registration for the third Tilbury House Summer Open (Saturday May 24th) has started today. More information on the tournament can be found here.

TH IV 2008 - Our IV was held on March 14th - 15th. Congratulations to Giles Robertson and Mischa Balen from Cambridge Mean for winning the Final, Mischa Balen for being Best Speaker of the Final, Sharon Kroes for being the Most Entertaining Speaker of the Final and Shane Murray for coming top of the tab.
The full tab can be downloaded here.
A huge thank you to everyone who came to speak or judge and especially to our CA Derek Lande and David Tait, Andrew Marshall and Assen Kochev, our DCAs.
A special thank you goes to the Tilbury House team who made this IV possible!

LSE Open 2008 - Assen Kochev & Dan James (MDU) continue the tradition of MDU/TH composite teams at LSE and rank 47th in a field of 88 teams. Joanna Gajewska, Gabor Vozari, Robert Doll & Tobias Hauck beat several teams. It is Tobias' first international tournament.

TH IV 2008 - We have almost reached the team cap of 40 teams, the registration for adjudicators is still open. If you have already registered make sure to finalise your registration by providing travel details or transfering the registration fee. Meanwhile we have opened up a waiting list, simply register through the form and we will let you know as soon as possible when a spot becomes available.

11th Annual Final - Sebastian Hagemann & Benjamin Smale win the 11th Annual Final and will compete in the European Debating Championships in Talinn 2008 for Tilbury House. José Gavilanes was best Speaker. Panos Dodos was best newcomer. Congratulations to all winners. The full tab can be downloaded here.

German Debating Championships (DDM 2008) - Felix Lamouroux (Tilbury House) will be Deputy Chief Adjudicator of the DDM 2008, which will be held from June 12th to June 15th in Berlin. Patrick Ehmann from the Berlin Debating Union will be Chief Adjudicator of this tournament. The other DCA's include former DDM CA Sebastian Berg and ESL-Euros finalist Aurora Simionescu.

WUDC 2008 - Assen Kochev & Kai Menzel break to the ESL Final of the World University Debating Championships as the best european ESL-team and are 8th on the ESL team tab. Kai & Assen lose to Amsterdam B and are now vice world champions in English as a second language. Kai Menzel is the best european ESL speaker. Tilbury House represents Germany at the World Debating council.

TH IV 2008 - The organizing team is proud to announce that the registration for the Tilbury House IV 2008 is now open. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Cologne on March 14th - 15th for a weekend of challenging debates, fabulous parties and great time! The adjudication panel will be headed by CA Derek Lande (CA Worlds 2009, Cork; DCA Worlds 2007, Vancouver; DCA Euros 2006, Berlin), DCA Andrew Marshall and DCA David Tait (Convenor of Glasgow bid, Euros Semi-finalist, Scottish champion 2006). The registration fee of €40 per debater and €20 per judge covers all aspects of your stay in the city on Rhein - from the hotel-like accommodation to meals, drinks, parties, city tour and the Champions' Dinner on Saturday night. The Intervarsity is sponsored by Sal. Oppenheim, Henkel, Bertelsmann and supported by Haniel Stiftung and Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud. The team cap for this year's IV is 40 (n-1 rule applies), so be quick to register! For general questions contact Yana at yana.zhakhouskaya@tilburyhouse.de or ask David about anything regarding registration at david.lamouroux@tilburyhouse.de.

KCL Graveson Cup IV 2007 - being the only non-British team of the tournament, Yana & Panos rank 11th out of 60 on the team tab, missing the semifinal by one point. At his first international tournament Panos is 12th in the individual ranking, beating 107 native speakers.

Lars Duursma (ESL World Champion 2006, ESL European Champion 2003 & 2005) held this year's Tilbury House debating work shop in the Fakultätssitzungsaal of the economics and business faculty of the University Cologne.

SSE Riga & LMT IV - Hannah Raible & Eva-Maria Wühlst rank 19th at the SSE Riga & LMT IV 2007 beating several international teams.

Leiden Open '07 - Sarah Holton & Felix Lamouroux made it to the Grand final at their first tournament as a composite team breaking 7th on the tab (12th and 10th on the speaker tab). They are runners up--second only to Jason & Doug from St. Andrews. Yana Zhakhouskaya & David Lamouroux made it to a break room missing the semi finals by one team point and speaks. David beats 75 speakers on the tab at his first international tournament. Assen Kochev and Kai Menzel beat 34 teams, ranking 13th and 20th respectively among the speakers. Lyuba Llieva & Robert Doll rank 21st in a field of 49 teams at Rob's first international tournament. Sebastian Hagemann & Benjamin Smale rank 26th at Sebastian's international debut.  Joanna Gajewska & Gabor Vozari beat 39 speakers on the tab ranking 58th and 59th. Tilbury House was one of the largest delegation and is proud of many successful debuts on this tournaments.

Winter term kick off - On October 16th 7.30 pm at S91 (Philosophikum) we will start the winter term with our Kick off sessions. This is the perfect opportunity for new comers to join debating and participate in out winter term tournament. Additional introductory sessions will be held throughout the October sessions.

Workshop - On October 20th Tilbury House will hold the first workshop for this winter term together with Andrew Marshall (winner of several international tournaments, among them the Tilbury House IV 2007) from Oxford. The workshop will start at 9 a.m. sharp in the room XXIII (Wiso-Schlauch) on Saturday, October 20, and finish at around 5 p.m. This workshop is open to all students (members and non-members of our society): you are more than welcome to participate in our free workshop.

Euros 2007 - Breaking to the finals and only narrowly missing the EFL break by speaker
points and with three of four teams breaking, TH demonstrated the strongest performance in a field of 92 ESL teams. Tilbury House White (Assen Kochev & Jan Schmitz) broke to the quarter finals as the best European ESL Team and made it to the ESL Final. Tilbury House Blue (Kai Menzel & Felix Lamouroux) broke fourth to the quarter finals and unfortunately missed the break to semis. They were among the top five ESL speakers of the competition. Tilbury House Red (Yana Zhakhouskaya & Dirk Harlacher) broke to the quarter finals. Tilbury House Gold (Bianca Sterly & Marco Sterly) performed equally well and had one first and several second places.
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We congratulate the winning teams (Tallinn & Cambridge) and would like to thank the organisation commitee for hosting an excellent tournament.

TH Summer Open 2007 - Debaters from the UK, France, Croatia and Germany debate for the second time in our Summer Open. Our congratulations to the winning team from Durham A Luke Wells & Ed Mason and the best speaker on the tab Siddharth Khajuria. Download the tab: speaker tab & team tab.

Paris IV - Assen Kochev & Andrew Marshall (Oxford) win the Paris IV as the first ever Oxford-Tilbury composite team. Hannah Raible & Christine Vossen, Tim Bonus & Leonard Münstermann, Maren Hegewald & Lyuba Ilieva participate at their first tournament ranking mid-field among 32 teams. Jan Schmitz & Felix Lamouroux judged; Felix made the judges break to the Grand Final.

Chamber Debate with the German Foreign Office - Eight experienced Tilburies debated the motion: "This house would militarily intervene in Dafur". Afterwards a specialist from the Planungsstab (Think Tank) of the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) presented the official German position on this topic.

Amsterdam Open 2007 - Assen Kochev & Usama Rehmann (Manchester) make it to a break room and miss the semi-finals by one team point. Assen ranks 26th of 120 on the speaker tab. Gabor Vozari & Joanna Gajewska participate at their first international tournament.

Rotterdam Open 2007 - Johannes Norrenbrock & Usama Rehmann (Manchester) make it to the Grand Final. Tillman Schrammel & Felix Lamouroux break to the Semi-Finals as best ESL team on the tab (3rd on complete tab). Felix is best ESL speaker of the competition.

Kick-off - The kick off meeting for the summer term will be on April 3rd at 7.30 pm in the Philosphikum S91 with the first debates of the sweat cup and some drinks afterwards. Further introductory sessions for newcomers will be held on April 10th and April 17th at the same time and location.

Summer Open 2007 - The second Tilbury House Summer Open will be held on June 9th: registration is now open! For more information click here.

Tilbury House IV - 36 teams from 7 different countries compete in Cologne at the third Tilbury House IV. Congratulations to the winning team from Oxford (Andrew Marshall and Max Kasriel). More information on all awards can be found here.

Manchester IV - All three Tilbury teams make the break (ESL/EFL): Yana Zhakhouskaya & Dirk Harlacher break to the EFL-Semi-Finals as fifth team on the tab. Assen Kochev is the best ESL-Speaker of the tournament and breaks to the ESL-Final with Johannes Norrenbrock. Ralph Breuer & Felix Lamouroux (with fever) also break to the ESL-Final.

LSE Open - Felix Lamouroux & Dan Bradley (Manchester) form the first TH/MDU composite team. They miss the break by one team point only; ranking 22nd in a field of 92 teams. Felix is the best ESL-speaker on the tab ranking 46th among the 184 speakers.

IUB Open - Dirk Harlacher and Tilbury House Almunus Matthias Winkelmann participate at the IUB Open 2007 making it to a break room.

Trinity IV - Assen Kochev & Jan Schmitz, Kai Menzel & José Gavilanes, Tillman Schrammel & Johannes Norrenbrock. Assen and Jan make it into a break room. They rank 31st in a field of 71 teams. The Tilburies are the only non-native debaters.

Registration for the third Tilbury House Intervarsity is now officially opened!

Tenth Annual Finals in the Neuer Senatssaal:
Fabian Dittrich, presiding
Judges:
Dr. Juliane Kronen, The Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Wolfram Nolte, Förderverein Kölner Museen
Dr. Martin Kirchner, Deilmann Haniel International
Winning team: Assen Kochev & Jan Schmitz
Reception sponsored by the Boston Consulting Group.

Graveson Cup IV - Bianca & Marco Sterly beat 30 teams at King's College London in a field of 68. Bianca also beats 39 individual speakers at her first tournament. The Tilburies are the only non-native speakers.

Cork IV - Johannes Norrenbrock & Tobias Raschke beat several native teams. It is Tobias’ first tournament.

Tilbury House IV - Ciarán Lawlor (Convenor of Worlds 2006) will be the chief adjudicator of the Tilbury House Intervarsity 2007. Find out more and register here.

Oxford IV - Assen Kochev & Felix Lamouroux, Marco Sterly & Ralph Breuer, Jan Schmitz & Kai Menzel. Assen & Felix win the ESL (English as second language) Final of Europe’s biggest IV – beating the complete continental European debating elite on their way! Marco & Ralph make it to the Final, too, and Jan & Kai round off the triumph by also breaking to semis! Felix is the best ESL speaker ranking 61st in a field of 280 debaters, Kai ranks third in the ESL tab. Assen & Felix also top the ESL team tab of 39 teams.

Vice President's Cup Dublin - Benjamin Smale & Tobias Karmann make it to the Grand Final of the Novice Cup! They also beat 18 native teams at the following VPC. The Tilburies are the only non-native debaters.

Slovenia Debating Academy - Karolina Piatkowski de Grzymala breaks to the Semifinals. Karolina is in her first term at Tilbury House.

Cambridge IV - Johannes Norrenbrock and Robin Wuchter beat several teams at the Cambridge IV 2007.

The regular Tilbury House sessions start on Tuesday, October 17. Newcomers should aim to join as early as possible.

Tilbury House holds its Annual Debating Workshop. Ciarán Lawlor, Worlds Convenor 2006 and one of Europe’s most prestigious debaters is the tutor. Photos of the workshop can be found in our gallery.

Jörg Hegewald, Jörg Ziemann, and Kai Wiesman – all founding members of the Senior Council – leave the leadership team receiving the highest honors. They hand over their responsibilities to Jan Schmitz and Johannes Norrenbrock.

Kai Menzel, Felix Lamouroux, and Assen Kochev win the Tears Cup - they are the best debaters of the fall break.

Istanbul International Debate Championship - Assen Kochev & Dirk Harlacher perform extremely well ranking 6th in an international field of 52 teams, they are the best ESL (English as Second Language) team. Assen is the 2nd best ESL speaker, Dirk ranks 5th.

Felix Lamouroux, Jose Gavilanes, Assen Kochev, and Tillman Schrammel win the Sweat Cup - they are the four best debaters of the summer semester.

“How to increase my pocket money?” Fabian Dittrich and Tobias Karmann run a debating workshop at the 4th Cologne Children University.

The first Tilbury House Summer Open is a great success with 20 teams from 8 different societies. We congratulate the winning team Berlin Confidential and the best speakers Leela Koenig and Alex Ward. Download the speaker tab and team tab.

Grand École IV Paris – Assen Kochev & Jan Schmitz, Johannes Norrenbrock & Tillman Schrammel. Assen and Jan win the first IV for Tilbury House, beating the French National Champion in the grand final. They also rank third and second in the speaker tab. Johannes and Tillman miss the final by a single team point.

We are glad to announce the first Tilbury House Summer Open in Cologne. It is a one-day tournament with four rounds straight to the final. Free registration! 
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Public Chamber debate: Debattierclub Uni Bonn - the European Debating Champions 2006 - vs. Tilbury House Köln
Motion: This House would make students pay!
Tuesday, April 18, 7pm, S 91

We hold introduction presentations at the first two regular sessions on April 4, and 11. Newcomers are welcome to join at any later time as well.

Jose Gavilanes and Kai Wiesmann win the Blood Cup - they are the two best debaters of the spring.

European Debating Championship Berlin – Kai Menzel & Axel Waldecker, Jose Manuel Gavilanes & Assen Kochev, Felix Lamouroux & Yana Zhakhouskaya, Antje Gajewski & Jörg Ziemann, Marco Sterly & Ralph Breuer, Kai Wiesmann & Tillman Schrammel, Fabian Dittrich, Jörg Hegewald, Birte Fidel, and Maren Hegewald adjudicating. Tilbury House has the largest delegation and shows the strongest team performance of any ESL (English as Second Language) society: 5 teams rank in the top 71 out of 164 teams, including over 75 EFL teams. All five teams miss the ESL semi final by a single team point only!

Manchester IV – Antje Gajewski & Axel Waldecker, Felix Lamouroux & Marco Sterly, Mathias Dolls & Michael Tomaschewski, Fabian Dittrich adjudicating. Antje and Axel break to the grand final of England’s fourth largest IV – the best Tilbury House performance ever. Antje ranks 6th out of 88 and wins the Cup for the best non-native speaker ahead of Axel in an also remarkable 12th place. Felix and Marco beat 22, Mathias and Michael 16 teams. Fabian is the only foreign judge breaking and adjudicates in the grand final.

The second Tilbury House Intervarsity is a great success. Congratulations go to the winning team Manchester Prophet (Liz Ford & Dan Bradley) and especially to Liz, who wins all three individual titles. Find detailed information about the Intervarsity, the winners and sponsors here.

The public final of the Tilbury House IV will be hosted by the Lord Mayor of Cologne.
Location: Ratssaal der Stadt Köln (Rathaus, Spanischer Bau)
Time&date: Saturday March 4, 6 p.m.
All visitors are welcome, the entry is free.

IUB Open, Bremen - Kai Menzel & Axel Waldecker, Jörg Hegewald & Johannes Norrenbrock, Fabian Dittrich adjudicating. Kai and Axel break to semis ranking 4th in the team tab. In the speaker ranking they do even better: Axel ranks 2nd as the best non-native speaker, Kai ranks 4th.

Dean Swift IV, Trinity College Dublin - Jörg Ziemann & Kai Wiesmann, Felix Lamouroux & Liang Ge. Jörg and Kai rank 40th out of 78 teams, Felix and Liang beat 15 Irish teams. The Tilburies are the only non-native debaters.

Ninth Annual Finals in the Neuer Senatssaal:
Fabian Dittrich, presiding
Judges:
Jeannette Gräfin Beissel von Gymnich
Dr. Juliane Kronen, The Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Wolfram Nolte, Förderverein Kölner Museen
Winning team: Axel Waldecker & Kai Menzel
Reception sponsored by the Boston Consulting Group.

Paris-Centrale IV - Assen Kochev & Jan Schmitz, May Elsayyad & Marite Klavina, Marco Sterly adjudicating. Assen and Jan miss the cup narrowly. They rank first in the team tab, Assen is the best speaker of the tournament.

Cork IV - Liang Ge & Johannes Norrenbrock. The Tilburies beat 23 Irish teams at their first IV.

Cambridge IV - Assen Kochev & Marco Sterly rank 46th out of 80 and reach a strong 4th place in the non-native tab. Kai Menzel & Jan Schmitz are only one team point behind.

The registration for the Tilbury House Intervarsity 2006 is open.

Vice President's Cup Dublin (UCD) - In one of the best Tilbury House performances ever Kai Menzel & Fabian Dittrich rank 9th, missing the semi finals by a few speaker points only. Lyuba Ilieva & Daniel Weiss finish their first tournament in a strong 39th place in a field of 60 teams. The Tilburies are the only foreign debaters.

Tilbury House Debating Workshop - Jan Rosing, European Champion 2004 and the Netherland's prime debater is the tutor.

Jörg Hegewald, Fabian Dittrich and Kai Menzel are the winners of the first Tears Cup.

Tilbury House amends its constitution and introduces an Advisory Board. The first members are: Christoph Buss, Dirk Harlacher and Jan-Philipp Büchler.

The new Tilbury House webpage goes online.

The Boston Consulting Group is the new exclusive sponsor of Tilbury House. The society’s appreciation also goes to McKinsey&Company for the fruitful partnership over the past six years.

Matthias Kehrig leaves the senior council and starts his PhD studies at the Northwestern University in Chicago. Because of his pivotal role, Matthias receives the honour of being taken into the hall of fame.

Croatian International Debating Tournament Dubrovnik 2005 - Kai Menzel & Fabian Dittrich. The Tilburies rank second in the grand final, only loosing to a British team.

Inaugural Tilbury House Chamber Debate: This House believes that German soldiers should not be allowed to refuse obedience for reasons of conscience.

Show debate: Tilbury House vs. professors Soyez & Speer.

Durham Open 2005 - Matthias Kehrig & Assen Kochev, Meike Fischer & Matthias Winkelmann. The Tilburies are the only foreign debaters. Matthias K. and Assen rank 9th, Meike and Matthias W. in 17th place.

Show debate: Tilbury House vs. professors Bongartz & Howard on the main stage at prime time in the evening program of the "Universitätstag". Moderated by Jean Pütz.

Yana Zhakhouskaya becomes a member of the Senior Council. Jan-Philipp Büchler leaves the Senior Council after many years of hard work for Tilbury House.

Nottingham IV - Jan Schmitz & Kai Menzel, Yana Zhakhouskaya & Jörg Ziemann. The Tilburies are the only foreign debaters. Kai and Jan perform extremely well, making it to the semi final.

Prague Debate Tournament 2005 - Jan Schmitz & Fabian Dittrich, Marco Sterly & Alexander Krämer. Jan and Fabian make it to the grand final in the Czech senate, Jan with less than a year of debating experience.

Utrech International Tournament 2005 - Aljona Nemyrovska & Matthias Winkelmann rank 5th, missing the grand final by a hair's breadth.

Berlin Open 2005 - Bahira Dakroury & Assen Kochev, Jörg Hegewald & Matthias Winkelmann, Jan-Philipp Büchler & Axel Waldecker, Jose Gavilanes and Thomas van Lith adjudicating. Bahira & Assen make it to the quarter final as strongest newcomer team.

European Debating Championship 2005 (Cork) - Matthias Kehrig & Kai Menzel miss the semi final by a single team point. The strongest Tilbury House performance at Europeans ever.

The inaugural Tilbury House Intervarsity is a tremendous success. Congratulations go to the winning team Manchester EN (Paul Novelle & Shannon Eastwood). Find detailed information on the Intervarsity tab and the press tab !

IUB Open 2005 (Bremen) - Matthias Kehrig & Kai Menzel make it to the grand final and miss the cup only by a margin. Lord mayor Henning Scherf sees Tilbury House ahead.

Trinity Intervarsity 2005 (Dublin) - Matthias Kehrig & Kai Menzel rank 16th in a starter field of 64 as the only non-English team. Kai is ranked 18th of 128 in the speakers tab, Matthias in 32nd place.

The Kölner Stadtanzeiger reports on the Tilbury House Eighth Annual Finals.

The registration for the Tilbury House IV 2005 opens.

Eighth Annual Finals in the Neuer Senatssaal:
Fabian Dittrich, presiding
Judges:
Jeannette Gräfin Beissel von Gymnich
Peter Breuer, McKinsey&Company
Dr. Wolfram Nolte, Förderverein Kölner Museen
Winning team: Matthias Kehrig & Kai Menzel
Reception sponsored by McKinsey&Company.

November 2004
7 the play website goes online. Several Tilburies take part in the cutting-edge management education seminar.

Show debate: Tilbury House vs. professors Fuest & Kempa.

Oxford Intervarsity 2004 - Jan-Philipp Büchler & Jose Gavilanes, Jörg Hegewald & Thomas van Lith, Fabian Dittrich adjudicating.

Tilbury House Debating Workshop - Elliot Gold, the world class debater from Manchaster, is the tutor.

October 2004
The British consul general William Boyd McCleary is the patron of the first Tilbury House Intervarsity.

The association „Freunde und Förderer der Debating Society Tilbury House e.V.“ is founded to support Tilbury House.

September 2004
The first Tilbury House Intervarsity will take place from March 4 to March 6 2005.

August 2004
Istanbul 2004 International Debate Tournament - Ralph Breuer & Fabian Dittrich rank second in the tab, the best non-British team in an international starter field of 26 teams. They narrowly miss the cup in the grand final. Fabian ranks second best speaker of the tournament, Ralph in a strong 7th place after less than a year of debating experience.

June 2004
McKinsey&Company renew their sponsorship agreement with Tilbury House for the debating season 2004/2005.

May 2004
After 7 years as founder and director of Tilbury House Paul Drew-Bear passes on the responsibility for the society to its members.

Fabian Dittrich becomes the fourth president of Tilbury House - taking over from Matthias Winkelmann who succeeded Laura Lembke and Christoph Buss.

Tilbury House adopts a set of 15 rules and a constitution as its governance structure.

The members of the first Senior Council are:
Fabian Dittrich
Jan-Philipp Büchler
Jörg Hegewald
Jörg Ziemann
Kai Wiesmann
Matthias Kehrig

April 2004
European Universities Debating Championships in Durham - Matthias Kehrig & Ralph Breuer

February 2004
Inner Temple Intervarsities - Jose Manuel Gavilanes & Fabian Dittrich rank 21st in a field of 40 teams, as the only non-British debaters.

January 2004
Seventh Annual Finals in the Neuer Senatssaal:
Aljona Nemyrovska, presiding
Head Judge: Elliot Gold
Winning team: Matthias Kehrig & Ralph Breuer
Reception sponsored by McKinsey&Company.

December 2003
Tilbury House Debating Workshop - Elliot Gold, the world class debater from London, is the tutor.

April 2003
European Universities Debating Championships in Zagreb - Axel Waldecker & Peter Weiss.

March 2003
Central and Eastern European Debating Tournament Berlin. Jan-Philipp Büchler & Fabian Dittrich are among the top 15 teams in a field of 60.

January 2003
Sixth Annual Finals in the Upper Gallery of the Ludwig Museum.
Laura Lembke, presiding
Judges:
Prof. Kaspar König, Ludwig Museum;
Dr. Thomas Bone-Winkel, ABN Amro;
Dr. Peter Breuer, McKinsey&Company;
Oliver Triebel, Bertelsmann AG.
Reception at the Cinemathek Foyer sponsored by McKinsey & Company.

Trinity College, Dublin - Thorsten Bast & Peter Weiss.

December 2002
Birmingham IV - Laura Lembke & Timo Keller.

Mace Lecture - Wolf-Christian Fink, music critic, Hamburg

November 2002
Oxford IV - Antje Gajewski & Hartmut Zahel, Holger Flier & Philipp Menny.

Cambridge IV - Matthias Kehrig & Jan-Philipp Büchler, Jörg Hegewald & Jens Clausen.

September 2002
West German Broadcasting Mock TV Debate at Tilbury House broadcast on the day before the second “Chancellor Debates” for the German Parliament elections 2002. Introduction & Commentary by Paul Drew-Bear.

April 2002
The Central and Eastern European Debating Tournament in Berlin - Peter Weiss & Dirk Harlacher reach the final and almost take home the cup.

March 2002
European Championship Debatesin Haifa, Israel - Peter Weiss & Joel Malan.

Münster Invitational - Fabian Dittrich & Fabian Groene make it to the grand final, rank third overall and beat all German teams but one. Peter Weiss & Joel Malan make it to the semifinal.

February 2002
The FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG publishes an article about Tilbury House on the first page of the “Beruf & Chance” section.

January 2002
The SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG publishes a report on the 2002 Tilbury House Annual Finals.

Fifth Annual Finals - New Hall of the University Senate.
Christoph Buss, presiding
Judges:
Jeannette Gräfin Beissel von Gymnich;
Dr. Klaus Behrenbeck, McKinsey&Company;
Oliver Triebel, Bertelsmann AG;
Wolfgang Billstein, Peill & Putzler.
Reception in the Senior Common Room sponsored by McKinsey&Company.

November 2001
Cambridge IV - Jan-Philipp Büchler & Dirk Harlacher, Fabian Dittrich & Matthias Kehrig. Best non-native speaker Jan-Philipp Büchler.

Oxford IV - Axel Waldecker & Philipp Menny, Christoph Buss & Torsten Rode.

May 2001
The KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER publishes two articles on Tilbury House.

Exhibition Debates at Dies academicus - University of Cologne - Aula.

April 2001
STERN CAMPUS & KARRIERE - feature article covering the Tilbury House participation in the Inner Temple Annual Debates in London in March.

European Universities Debating Championship in Ljubljana, Slovenia - Fabian Dittrich & Sergej Okolesnov, Dirk Harlacher & Torsten Rode, Christoph Buss adjudicating.

March 2001
Limerick IV.

Inner Temple IV in London - Fabian Dittrich & Sergej Okolesnov as only foreign team competing.

January 2001
Fourth Annual Finals - New Hall of the University Senate.
Christoph Buss, presiding
Judges:
Dr. Klaus Behrenbeck, McKinsey&Company;
Hubertus Frhr. von Rukavina, Sal Oppenheim & Cie.;
Oliver Triebel, Bertelsmann AG.
Reception in the Senior Common Room sponsored by McKinsey&Company.

July 2000
The WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE ranks Tilbury House as the German University debating society with the highest Oxbridge standards.

January 2000
HANDELSBLATT - JUNGE KARRIERE publishes a two-page report on the Tilbury House finals.

March 2000
Inner Temple IV in London.

January 2000
Third Annual Finals - New Hall of the University Senate.
Christoph Buss, presiding
Judges:
Christoph Seyfarth, DaimlerChrysler;
Frank Sänger, McKinsey&Company;
Sven Thierhoff, Disney.
Reception in the Senior Common Room sponsored by McKinsey&Company.

April 1999
Inner Temple IV in London - Christoph Buss & Torsten Rode defeat 30 English teams. Dinner with Lord Archer.

January 1999
Second Annual Finals - New Hall of the University Senate
Winning Team chosen by acclamation.

January 1998
First Annual Finals - Dean's Conference Room, Faculty of Business and Economics.
Judge: Markus Voss, CAPITAL.

October 1997
Tilbury House founded by Paul Drew-Bear, Director of the American Management Seminars at the University of Cologne.