Eagle Debate Full Results
2013-14
Michaelmas I - "Best Settlement"
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | R8 - Danceoff | ||
| Anon | Dol Guldur | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jamie Douglas | Lothlorien | 1 | 4 / 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guido Gambera | Gondolin | 1 | 4 / 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Baillie | The Iron Hills | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 / 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | Moria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 / 8 | - | - | - |
| India Leeming | Rivendell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 / 2 | 0 | 5 / 7 | - | - |
| Jack Fleming | Michel Delving | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | - |
| George Bouverie | Edoras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 / 3 | 0 | 8 |
| James Cole | Hobbiton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Winner: James Cole (Hobbiton)
Highlights: Serious concern over rising damp problems in Gondolin. Battle of the shire settlements. Unusually high number of tiebreaks. Edoras loses primarily because George uses a second in the dance-off.
Michaelmas II - "Best Settlement"
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | R6 - Danceoff | ||
| Jack Fleming | Fangorn | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gwilym Kuiper | Barad-Dur | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | The Grey Havens | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Jamie Douglas | Minas Tirith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| David Vasak | Annuminas | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | - |
| Alex Loktionov | Bree | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| James Baillie | Umbar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Winner: Umbar (James Baillie)
Highlights: Bree is a grim and dull place, and thus epitomises life. Umbar is the pirate capital of the world; dance-off won to "In The Navy". Heated discussion over whether Fangorn is a settlement or not.
Lent - "Most Hopeless Hero"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - Argue for another | R4 - One word | R5 - Mime | R6 - In character | R7 - Rap battle | R8 - Danceoff | ||
| Aimee Summers | Tom Bombadil | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | Radagast | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Jordan | Ungoliant | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anon | Frodo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Jing Ran | Azog | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Christy Linder | Gollum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| Aleksandra Trzeciak | Treebeard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - |
| James Baillie | Hazad Longbeard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Jack Fleming | Fredegar Bolger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Winner: Fredegar Bolger (Jack Fleming)
Highlights: Collective final "I need a hero" dance by both participants in the dance-off. Hazad Longbeard heroically having an excellent beard and saving middle-earth by repopulating it with his offspring.
Easter - "Most Innovative Character"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - Argue for another | R4 - One Word | R5 - Interview | R6 - Haiku | R7 - Danceoff | ||
| George Bouverie | Sauron | 3 / 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aimee Summers | Gollum | 1 | 3 / 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christy Linder | Bilbo | 3 / 1 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Jing Ran | Bullroarer Took | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Daniel | Melkor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| Jack Fleming | Saruman | 0 | 3 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | - |
| James Baillie | Castamir the Usurper | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sam Brennan | Pippin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Winner: Pippin (Sam Brennan)
Highlights: Castamir's famous 300% approval rating (Haikus being Great innovation/Raising freedom's high banner/Toppling lordships and A whole new realm dawns/Just check out my approval/300%). Discussion of whether golf had in fact been a beneficial invention or not on Bullroarer's part.
2014-15
Michaelmas I - "Finest Friendship"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - One Word | R4 - Argue for another | R5 - Dream Holiday | R6 - House Party | R7 - Poems | R8 - Danceoff | ||
| Choong Ling Liew-Cain | Gollum & the Ring | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aimee Summers | James & his scarf | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Baillie | Will Whitfoot & His Constituents | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hannah Parish | Feanor & Elwing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | Treebeard & Merry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | - | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | Pippin & Faramir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| Rachel Fletcher | Finrod & Andreth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Michael Miller | Gondor & Rohan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Olivia Maes | Father Christmas & Polar Bear | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Winner: Father Christmas & Polar Bear (Olivia Maes)
Highlights: Father Christmas & Polar Bear danced by Jamie Douglas (Father Christmas) & Olivia (Polar Bear), Gondor & Rohan danced by James (Rohan) & Michael (Gondor). Polar bear continually successful owing to excellent "but fluffy animals!" debating tactic. Feanor and Elwing's hypothetical beautiful relationship, James saving himself by hanging onto the eagle's foot with his scarf.
Michaelmas II - "Finest Friendship"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - One Word | R4 - Argue for another | R5 - Poems | R6 - Dream Holiday | R7 - House Party | R8 - Marriage Counselling | R9 - Danceoff | ||
| Jing Ran | Tolkien & Lewis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Choong Ling Liew-Cain | Smaug & Gold | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aimee Summers | Hobbits & the Shire | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | Gandalf & Gwaihir | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hannah Parish | Fingon & Maedhros | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Miller | Sauron & Morgoth | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | Legolas & Gimli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+2 | - | - |
| Jamie Douglas | Butterbur & Nob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Rachel Fletcher | Bilbo & Aragorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| James Baillie | Alatar & Pallando | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 |
Winner: Alatar & Pallando (James Baillie)
Highlights: Bilbo & Aragorn danced by Rachel (Bilbo) & Sam (Aragorn) - accurate portrayal of height difference! Alatar & Pallando danced by James (Alatar) & James (Pallando) to curious chechen music. Famous one liner from R7 "Ain't no party like a Buts' and Nobs party!". Fingon & Maedhros holidaying in Cornwall, Butterbur & Nob caravanning in Archet. Cute poem about Blue Wizards in next Anor.
Lent - "Best Host"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - One Word | R4 - Holiday Home Ad | R5 - Poems | R6 - Danceoff | ||
| Aimee Summers & Izzy Tilley | Gollum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Choong Ling Liew-Cain & Jeremy Budd | Smaug | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | Beorn | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| George Bouverie | Theoden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | Mandos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Hannah Parish | Feanor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| James Baillie | Vidugavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Winner: Vidugavia (James Baillie)
Highlights: Feanor has what are essentially drug-fuelled raves. Death isn't that bad because you can see your loved ones. Vidugavia tried hard (winning on the grounds that as an unknown Rhovanian warlord he's clearly going to be desperate to be the best host so people know who he is next time) and is resultingly forced to dance to Crazy Frog.
Easter- "Best Death I"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - One Word | R4 - Argue For | R5 - Epitaph | R6 - Music | R7 - Officiates | R8 - Poems | R9 - Danceoff | ||
| Danielle Saunders | Saruman | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | Golfimbul | 0 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Bouverie | Ecthelion of Gondolin | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gordon Armstrong | Sauron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Baillie | Azaghal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | Finrod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Martin Smith | Arwen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2+4 | - | - |
| Scott Summers | Smaug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2+2 | 1+6 | - |
| Tristan Roberts | Gollum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 6 |
| Moriah | Boromorh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 5 |
Winner: Boromorh (Moriah)
Highlights: Boromorh (or perhaps Borowmore, or Boromor) is the nameless soldier in the film of the Two Towers who gets hit by a ballista bolt at Helm's Deep. He dies alone with only the wind to mourn, and possibly a grinning Uruk-Hai soldier. Finrod's death may be trying too hard; Arwen's death is probably the saddest; Golfimbul's death in battle does not count as noble as was against hobbits.
Easter- "Best Death II"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - One Word | R4 - Epitaph | R5 - Music | R6 - Poems & Officiates | R7 - Danceoff | ||
| Tristan Roberts | Saruman | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Jordan | Ungoliant | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | Men | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | - | - | - | - |
| James Baillie | Snowmane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | The Witch-King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | - | - |
| Rachel Fletcher | Maedhros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | - |
| Sparta Liew-Cain | Denethor | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 6 |
| Jamie Douglas | Feanor | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1+0 | 3 |
Winner: Feanor (Jamie Douglas)
Highlights: Feanor came in like a wrecking ball. Men die for the sake of balance; Snowmane whines too much.
2015-16
Michaelmas - "Best Magician"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - One Word | R4 - Interview | R5 - Defence | R6 - Poetry | R7 - Danceoff | ||
| Scott Summers | Sam Gamgee | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | Saruman | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Bouverie | Sauron | 2 | 0* | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeremy Budd | Glaurung | 0 | 2 | 3+1 | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Cook | Feanor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Sam Carlin | Kullervo | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Hannah Parish | Galadriel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Jack Robinson | Earendil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded |
| Louise Vincent | Radagast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Winner: Radagast (Louise Vincent)
* Left after 2 rounds
Lent - "Most Underrated Character"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - Defend | R4 - Argue For Another | R5 - Mime | R6 - In Character | R7 - One Word | R8 - Interview | R9 - Poetry | R10 - Danceoff | ||
| Nick Heitler | Nobody/himself/??? | Concedes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jack Robinson | Fingon | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tristan Roberts | Boromir | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Brennan | Haldir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Cook | Gil-Galad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bettina Juszak | Ulmo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Miller | Ecthelion II | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sparta Liew-Cain | Dori | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Avigail Ben-gad | Amandil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrew Gurr | Maedhros | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ellie Holderness | Dain Ironfoot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Winner: Dain Ironfoot (Ellie Holderness)
Easter - "Most Lethal Character"
| R1 - Argue For | R2 - Argue Against | R3 - Defend Self | R4 - One Word | R5 - Interview | R6 - Poetry | R7 - Danceoff | ||
| Gandalf | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Eru | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ungoliant | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| Feanor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Avigail Ben-gad | Balrogs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| Jack Robinson | Morgoth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Peter Jordan | Steve the Ringwraith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4* |
| Samuel Cook | Turin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4* |
Winner: Turin (Samuel Cook)
Highlights: Asterisked ending decided by dice roll, Turin winning as Master of Dice by Dice Mastered. Steve the incompetent ringwraith *nearly* wins. All of Bettina's space threatened to be devoured.