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What better way to do Eurovision than with friends? Eurovision is always a fun and friendly atmosphere with lots of bants and lots of music! Gemma shall be hosting Eurovision this year! You are all cordially invited. (Gareth shall be sadly working :( ) I encourage you all to come and have fun- I presume there will be the usual lucky country hat draw. Stand by your country! Bring your own booze- or no booze if you prefer. Bring sweets and settle in for fun. (It truly is!) If you are anything like me you love Eurovision so take a break from those Exams and come join the fun. Be as creative and as comfy as you want! Join the party- for Eurovision is truly the biggest competition of the year! X

Congratulations to Katy Hatter and Owen Mooney (Glasgow) for winning the St Andrews Open and to Hassan Aftab Bachani and Jack Stanley (Strathclyde) for reaching the semi-final. Additionally, Hassan and Katy finished joint 5th best speakers at the competition. Meanwhile at the Hull Open, congratulations to Susanna Vahtramäe for being the chief adjudicator at the competition and setting great motions and to Anna Kettle for breaking as a judge.

We are so incredibly proud to announce the new LDU exec for 2017/18: President: Sasha Dowman Vice-President: Adas Li Treasurer: Michal Chodorowski Competitions Convenor: Gemma Coton Training Officer: Susanna Vahtramae Debates Officer: Alison Hulme Communications: Alanis Jackson Social Secretary: Gareth Gartside The outgoing exec wish them the best of luck, well done guys!

Come along to the Cavendish Colloquium for our exec elections. RON is counting on your votes!

Many Congratulations to Peter Baxter and Matthew Oldham for breaking to the semi-finals of the Liverpool IV and to Anna Kettle, Gareth Gartside and Clare Robinson (chaired the Pro-Am Final) for breaking as judges. Additional congratulations to Hassan Aftab Bachani and Matt for finishing 8th best open speakers, to Peter for finishing 3rd best novice speaker, Adas Li for finishing 5th best ESL speaker and 10th best Novice and Susanna Vahtramäe for finishing 2nd best ESL speaker. Well done to the rest of the LDU delegation particularly our freshers who were amazing as always.

This weekend we hosted our annual competition, the Lancaster IV. It was a huge success and our thanks go out to everyone who helped out! Congratulations to Hassan Aftab, Mackenzie Tse, Mike Craig, Susanna Vahtramäe and Katy Hatter who all broke as judges!

Congratulations to Hassan Aftab Bachani and Susanna Vahtramäe for breaking 3rd to the Semi-Finals of The John Smith Memorial Mace-English leg and to Mackenzie Tse for finishing 9th best open speaker!

Hassan Aftab Bachani and Susanna Vahtramäe reached the Manchester IV Open Quarter-Finals and finished 3rd and 7th best Open speakers and 1st and 2nd best ESL speakers. Meanwhile, Adas Li and Katy Hatter won the Pro-Am Final. Many congratulations to all of them and our amazing freshers, many of whom attended their first external competition but did ever so well.

Hassan Aftab and Susanna Vahtramae have broken 4th to the quarter-finals of the Manchester IV. Katy Hatter and Adas Li have also broken to the pro-am final. Lancaster alumnus Ethan Silver has also broken to the quarter-finals speaking for Edinburgh. Best of luck to all of them!