Cork IV

From UCC Philosophical Society Wiki

See

• Cork IV 2008
• Cork IV 2007
• Cork IV 2006
• Cork IV 2005
• Cork IV 2004
• Cork IV 2003
• Cork Invitational
• Mercier Cup

While the society has played host to several intervarsity competitions, the Cork IV in its current incarnation has been hosted since the mid-1990's and has grown to become one of the largest and most popular intervarsities in the UK and Ireland. Renowned for the quality of its social events and friendly and relaxed atmosphere, the Cork IV is the largest IV in Ireland, hosting 76 teams in 2005. It was also the first Irish Intervarsity to break to quarter-finals as a result of the large number of teams. The IV is traditionally held on the first weekend of December, though semesterisation in other Irish universities led to consideration of a move to an earlier date in recent years. It is the last Irish IV before the World Universities' Debating Championships and the first Irish IV of the year for Ireland's largest University, UCD, facts which add to large numbers of teams that enter. Interestingly, until 2007 the Novice Final had only ever been won by teams with at least one former Irish World Schools' (WSDC) speaker on the team.

The IV takes place over 2 days (Friday evening and all day Saturday) and consists of 5 preliminary rounds of debating, with 8 teams traditionally progressing to Semi-Finals (16 to Quarter-Finals in 2005). The Grand Final takes place in the Aula Maxima in UCC in what is considered one of the best settings for an IV final in Ireland. Traditional features of the weekend include Karaoke social events and a traditional Christmas Turkey and Ham dinner in the Main Rest in UCC before the final, while in 2004, the provision of Lennox's fast food for Lunch on the Saturday was a widely welcomed development.

An informal and often spontaneous house party for members and friends of the society is usually held in the house of some unsuspecting member after the social events on Saturday night, allowing members to relax after a stressful weekend and celebrate the usual success of the event.

Previous Winners

Year	Winners	Speaker Tab	Speaker in Final	Teams	Convenor	Chief Adjudicator(s)
2008	Will Jones & Seb Farquhar Oxford	Stephen Boyle UCD L&H	Not Awarded	72	Jolene Quinn	Derek Lande
2007	Susan Connolly & Ross Kelly UCD L&H	Will Jones Oxford	Ross Kelly UCD L&H	78	Tiernan Fitzgibbon	Ciaran Lawlor & Sam Block
2006	Tony Murphy & Jason Vit St. Andrew's	Ciaran Lawlor UCD L&H	David Boughton TCD Hist	64	David McGoldrick	Derek Lande
2005	Ivan Ah Sam & Dominic Thurbon Sydney Union	Louisa Ni Eadain UCD L&H	Ivan Ah Sam Sydney Union	76	Danny Gleeson	Fiona Dewar
2004	David Whelan & Sam Collins Kings Inns	Jim McElroy UCD L&H	Dave Whelan Kings Inns	72	Derek Lande Europeans Committee	Jeremy Brier Caleb Ward
2003	Rachael Walsh & pCiaran Denny TCD Hist	Dave Whelan UCD Law	pCiaran Denny TCD Hist	60	Eoghan Gannon	Neill Harvey Smith Amanda Wolthuisen
2002	David Penny & Niall Kennedy Oxford	Dave Whelan UCD Law			Yvonne Ní Dháliagh	Colm Flynn
2001	Paul Brady & Colin Walsh UCD L&H	Paul Brady UCD L&H			Fiona De Londras	Caoilfhionn Gallagher
2000	Caoilfhionn Gallagher & Ian Walsh Kings Inns	Caoilfhionn Gallagher Kings Inns			Michelle McCarthy & Aine Glynn	Andy Hume
1999	Simon Mills & Paul Brady UCD L&H	Fergal Davis TCD Phil			Aisling Dwyer	Liam Herrick
1998	Caoilfhionn Gallagher & Bernadette Quigley UCD L&H				Stephen Vaughan
1997		Cavin Brown Strathclyde
1996	Not held due to hosting World Championships

Previous Novice Winners

</TR>

Year	Winners of Novice Final	Top Novice on Speaker Tab	Best Speaker in Novice Final
2008	Andrew Lynn & Shauna McGuire TCD Phil	Dearbhail O' Crowley UCD Law	Dearbhail O' Crowley [UCD Law]
2007	Claire Murran & Jams Beadle St Andrew's
2006	Ian Hastings & Mark Haughton UCD L&H	Ian Hastings UCD L&H
2005	Shane Smith & Brien O'Beirne UCD L&H	Julia Bowes Sydney Union	Rachel Whitbread St. Andrew's
2004	?	-	-
2003	Hugh Hurley & Bobby Friedman Cambridge Union Society	-	-