Biggest debate participation yet in the 2022 edition of Fall East 

On November 26th and 27th, 2022, The BEST Foundation held its 49th tournament in English Language School “Geo Milev” in Burgas. Competitors took part in five events: World Schools Style debate, poetry and prose interpretation, duo interpretation, and original oratory. Nearly 200 high school students participated in our second competition of the season, representing schools from across Bulgaria. We were extremely happy to meet all of our community in person after a trying period during the last two years and were impressed with all our students’ creativity, hard work and talent. 

BEST Foundation is especially grateful to the US Embassy in Sofia for their financial support, without which, these tournaments would not have been possible. BEST would also like to thank the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission managed by Angela Rodel for their sponsorship of our second Debate Summer Camp which led to improvements in students’ preparedness for the competition as well as noticeable improvement in the quality of the debate category. In this tournament we had 30 debate teams compete in total, with 14 teams in novice and 16 in varsity. This is a record number of participants and we hope to witness their numbers grow even more. 

Volunteer judge Miko Dimov from Blagoevgrad said: “It has been 10 years since I judged or debated and it was such a pleasure to participate and feel the debating buzz again- congrats to all competitors and keep at it”. 

This tournament concludes the fall events hosted from BEST Foundation. You can look forward to our first spring tournament for participants from Western Bulgaria in early February 2023. 

FALL EAST TOURNAMENT AWARDS

Below are the names of participating teams and winners from the Fall East 2022 Regional tournament; you can view results on Speechwire, as well. Debate results can be viewed on Tabby Cat. 

Participating Schools/Teams

Dobrich, Geo Milev FLHS

Burgas, Geo Milev GPAE

Varna, Dr. Petar Beron Maths School

Razgrad, Ekzarh Yossif FLHS

Haskovo, Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS

Gabrovo, Aprilov National

Kardzhali, Hristo Botev FLS

Stara Zagora, Romain Rolland FLHS

Varna, First Language School

Sliven, Zaharii Stoyanov ELS

Shumen, Nancho Popovich High School of Maths and Sciences 

Dimitrovgrad, Dr. Ivan Bogorov FLS

Ruse, Baba Tonka Maths HS

Silistra, Peyo Yavorov

Burgas, Vocational School for Computer Programming

Ruse, Geo Milev ELS

Yambol, Vasil Karagyozov Language School

Dobrich, St. Kliment Ohridsky Secondsry School

Lovech, Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS

AWARDS

DUO INTERPRETATION- NOVICE 

Finalists

  1. Daria Stoeva and Aleksandra Rusenova - Romain Rolland FLHS, Stara Zagora

  2. Viktoria Bosolova and Raya Guncheva - Romain Rolland FLHS, Stara Zagora 

  3. Melissa Mehmed and Darina Bosilkova - Peyo Yavorov, Silistra 

DUO INTERPRETATION- VARSITY 

Semifinalists

  • Viktoria Bosolova and Raya Guncheva - Romain Rolland FLHS, Stara Zagora 

  • Dayna Georgieva and Ralitsa Hristova - Romain Rolland FLHS, Stara Zagora 

  • Radosveta Koleva and Nikol Ditsova - Aprilov National, Gabrovo

  • Hrisiana Radoeva and Dima Georgieva - Geo Milev, FLHS, Dobrich 

  • Melissa Mehmed and Darina Bosilkova - Peyo Yavorov, Silistra 

  • Mariya Atanasova and Kristiyana Dimitrova - Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad 

Finalists

  1. Petya Vasileva and Simona Rizova - Geo Milev, FLHS, Dobrich 

  2. Alexandra Petkova and Nicole Todorova Todorova - Geo Milev, FLHS, Dobrich 

  3. Victoria Gospodinova and Eli Racheva - Geo Milev, FLHS, Dobrich 

  4. Onur Tundjay and Jizel Kyoseva - Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad

  5. Darina Stoeva and Aleksandra Rusenova - Romain Rolland FLHS, Stara Zagora 

  6. Denitsa Ivanova and Denislava Petkova - Geo Milev, FLHS, Dobrich 

ORIGINAL ORATORY- MERGED 

Semifinalists

  • Danaya Krasimirova - Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad

  • Daria Radeva - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna 

  • Krasimir Milekov - Geo Milev, GPAE, Burgas 

  • Katrin Zurnadzieva - Geo Milev FLHS, Dobrich

  • Violeta Pehlivanova - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  • Ivo Radev - Geo Milev, GPAE, Burgas 

  • Yoana Trailova - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

Finalists

  1. Christina Yanakieva - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  2. Janina Petrova - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna 

  3. Melda Hikmet -  Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  4. Katherina Nankova - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna

  5. Liliya Ivanova - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  6. Maria Todorva - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna

Novice 

  1. Violeta Pehlivanova - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  2. Yoana Trailova - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  3. Krasimir Milekov - Geo Milev, GPAE, Burgas 

POETRY INTERPRETATION – MERGED 

Semifinalists

  • Aylin Gyugzhen - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  • Ivo Radev - Geo Milev GPAE, Burgas 

  • Elena Petrova - Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad

  • Kamelia Todorova - Aprilov National, Gabrovo 

  • Hristiana Radoeva - Geo Milev FLHS, Dobrich 

  • Biliyana Dimova - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven 

Finalists

  1. Danaya Krasimirova -  Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad

  2. Vyara Bagryanova - Nancho Popovich High School of Maths and Sciences, Shumen 

  3. Nikolay Dimitrov - Geo Milev FLHS, Dobrich 

  4. Kalina Nikolova - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven 

  5. Ivet Ivanova - Aprilov National, Gabrovo

  6. Melda Pasha - Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad

Novice 

  1. Ivelina Marinova - Geo Milev FLHS, Dobrich 

  2. Hristiyana Stoycheva - Nancho Popovich High School of Maths and Sciences, Shumen 

  3. Beloslava Rafailova - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven 

PROSE INTERPRETATION- MERGED 

Semifinalists

  • Katherina Nankova - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna

  • Tanya Gocheva -  Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven 

  • Havin Murad - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo 

  • Kalina Stoykova - Peyo Yavorov, Silistra 

  • Elena Totten - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven 

  • Hristiana Hristova - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna

Finalists

  1. Tatyna Vlaikova - Geo Milev FLHS, Dobrich 

  2. Ekaterina Osipova - First Language School, Varna 

  3. Ekaterina Dimcheva - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven 

  4. Raya Dimitrova - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven 

  5. Liliya Ivanova - Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov FLHS, Haskovo

  6. Svetoslava Turpanova - Geo Milev GPAE, Burgas 

Novice 

  1. Tanya Gocheva - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven

  2. Elena Totten - Zaharii Stoyanov ELS, Sliven

  3. Kalina Stoykova - Peyo Yavorov, Silistra 

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE – NOVICE

Finalists

  1. Aleksandra Mateva, Elinor Stefanova, Viktor Borisov, Emanuela Petkova - Baba Tonka Maths HS, Ruse 

  2. Samuil Tsonev, Konstantin Tachev, Nikola Shishv - Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad 

Top Speaker Award

Konstantin Tachev - Ekzarh Yossif FLHS, Razgrad  

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE – VARSITY

Finalists

Katherina Nankova, Desislava Kyoseva, Yanita Balusheva - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna 

Maria Todorova, Hristiana Hristova, Diana Venkova - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna 

Top Speaker Award

Desislava Kyoseva - Dr. Petar Beron Maths School, Varna 

LARGE TEAM AWARD

Varna, Dr. Petar Beron Maths School

SMALL TEAM AWARD

Ruse, Baba Tonka Maths High School


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