Name: Liverpool IV 2026
Start: 2026-05-09T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-09T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Liverpool Guild of Students

We are very excited to announce Liverpool IV 2026 - come along for a day full of high quality debating and some infamously thrilling socials!
This will be an in-person British Parliamentary style Debating event with 4 rounds of 7 minute speeches, and a break to 2-4 finals including a pro-am final.
Convenor: TBA
CA team: TBA, TBA, TBA
Tab team: TBA
Equity team: TBA
Access team: TBA
UK reg fee: £45.
Irish & international reg fee: £35.
Discounts of £5 per team will be given to any institution sending 3 or more teams.
Judge rule: N-1.
Team reg: TBR
Deadline: TBA
Drop-out deadline: TBA
Pre-reg & invoices will be released after the drop-out deadline. If teams fail to drop out by the drop out deadline, they will still be charged.
Once you have reg’d, your team has been accepted, unless we have announced the existence of a waitlist prior to you filling out the form. You do not need to wait for a confirmation email or an invoice to confirm your attendance
IA reg: TBR
Deadline: TBA
For the purposes of this tournament, a novice/am is a debater who is in their first ACADEMIC year of university debating, has no more than two open breaks as a university-level speaker and has no more than three open breaks as a BP-specific schools-level speaker.
If you have any further questions, you can contact us by email at [email protected] or message the LDU facebook page and we will get back to you as soon as you can.
SCHEDULE (subject to change):
Friday:
18:00-22:00 - Mingle at our Student Guild pub & meet your crash hosts. (Liverpool Guild of Students, L3 5TR, pub is called The Courtyard)
Saturday:
08:30-09:00 - Registration (with tea, coffee, toast & snacks).
09:00-09:45 - Announcements.
09:45-11:45 - Round 1.
11:45-13:45 - Round 2.
13:45-14:30 - Lunch (not included - but there are shops nearby).
14:30-16:30 - Round 3.
16:30-18:30 - Round 4 (closed round).
18:30-19:15 - Dinner (pizza & yakka).
19:15-19:30 - Break Announcement.
19:30 - 21:30 - Finals (Open/Gold Final, Pro-Am Final & potential for a Silver/Bronze/ESL Finals).
21:30-22:00 - Closing Ceremony (including prizes!).
22:00-23:00 - Pre-drinks, return to crash, or join us at a shots.
23:00 onwards - Nightclub Social in Concert Square.
Sunday:
10:45-12:30 - Wetherspoons brunch by the train station.
12:30 onwards - surprise (sober) afternoon activities!