Southwest Sillies

You are probably wondering: what is this? who is it for? why should I go?

Last year Southampton ran a silly competition and we all loved it so much we wanted to open it up to more people.
It is aimed for bolstering our community with a little bit of fun. So all Southwest UK circuit unis are welcome as well as other smaller unis.

So what is silly?
The rules. Each round you will get a unique additional info slide that will change the rules of debate for that round only. Speakers and judges will need to debate/judge following the standard debate manual except this one change.

Team Cap: 48
Judge Rule: N-1
CAs: TBD
Equity: TBD
Tab: TBD
Conveners: + TBA

Provisional Schedule:
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:15 Announcements
10:15-12:15 Round 1
12:15-14:15 Round 2
14:15-15:00 Lunch
15:00-17:00 Round 3
17:00-18:45 Round 4 (closed)
18:45-19:30 Dinner
19:30-19:45 Break announcement
19:45-21:15 Final
21:15-21:45 Closing ceremony
21:45 onwards: Social

How to get to Southampton - formatted for computer (originally created by Parth Pandya): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CkLHuilc4GQkf2Icgvgjl5KAzv6ku3H3auIHg9qqpRo/edit?usp=sharing

You may also like the following events from University of Southampton Debating Union:

• Next month, 21st March, 09:00 am, Southampton Open 2026 in Southampton

Also check out other Contests in Southampton.