ACS Debaters - BEST

A proud Debate Club advisor, Mr. Iain Flannery shared May 3 the latest good news from the ACS student debaters:

"I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate our debate club members on their success this past weekend at the BEST (Bulgarian English Speech and Debate Tournaments Foundation) National Debate tournament held in Plovdiv. Over 400 students from around Bulgaria participated in this tournament. Here's what our students accomplished:


Best Novice Speaker 
Dara-Maria Vasilеva

Second Place Novice Team Ranking
Dara-Maria Vasileva, Aneli Draginova, Krista Lazarova 

First Place Varsity Team Ranking
Joana Valova, Nona Kadieva, Nikola Michaylov 

Second Place Varsity Team Ranking
Kristiya Navushtanova, Zachary Nikolaev, Nora Antova 

Best Varsity Speaker
Kristiya Navushtanova

Varsity Sportsmanship Award
Preslava Boycheva, Asen Peshev, Nikolay Djambov

The top four rankings in the varsity debate tournament were all held by ACS teams.

In the novice level we had ACS teams ranked at second, third, and fourth place.

I also would like to thank Ms. Ninova, Ms. O'Keefe, and Ms.Tang for taking the time from their busy schedules to chaperone our students for this important event."