Bina Bangsa School Bandung Hosts 23 World Scholars Cup Regional Round
By: Mandy Ashley Satya Utama, Junior College 1 Teamwork
20 January 2023 - Bina Bangsa School Bandung hosted the 2023 Bandung Regional Round spanning 2 days. During the event, scholars all around Bandung and Jakarta competed in teams of 3 in 4 events: Scholars Challenge, Team Debate, Collaborative Writing, and Scholars Bowl. During the closing ceremony, it was announced that 14 teams (6 Junior, 8 Senior) would be advancing to the Global Round.
The Global Round is estimated to be participated in by 10,000 scholars from 50 countries worldwide. Qualified teams can choose from any of the following locations to continue competing.
The Global Round this year will be held at:
- Doha: June 22-27
- Seoul: July 14-19
- London: July 26-30
- Bangkok: September 1-6
With 2 more venues to be announced.
The qualified teams are the following:
Junior Category:
302 - Bryan Aurelius Suherman, Allana Adzani Prakarsa & Marcheline Nala Setiawan;
303 - Cedric Benedict Wijaya, George Alexander Alkata & Matthew Sebastian Koshan;
304 - Hillary Hardjanto, Victoria Aiko Saputra & Willard Nathan Tjie;
305 - Maheswara Shakti Nugroho, Aditya Dharmendra Barki & Neil Aide Jayalaksana;
306 - Elena Ava Johan, Mireille Yael Tanzil & Gabriella Giselle Tjandradinata;
307 - Daniel Reagan, Darren Sastrawidjaja & Roderick Rickie Tang;
Seniors Category
331 - Limas Owen Sanjaya, Josephine Chloe Confido & Teja Srinivasan;
332 - Abigail Madeline Koshan, Dylan Sastrawidjaja ' Matthew Bradford Kahar;
333 - Michelle Giovanni Liem, Jessica Ashley & Tochelle Daniela Wivana;
334 - Venancius Farrel Lesmana, Claire Hillary Alkata & Christopher Alexander Wijaya;
335 - Nathanael Winston Ludjio, Michelle Gunawan & Sidney Sutanto;
336 - Aston Cieputra, Charlene Cieputra & Feline Vinita Yoswara;
337 - Mandy Ashley Satya Utama, Yan Xin Lu & Valerie Vida Winardi;
338 - Vansh Chojar, Joe Frans & Bryant Gunawan;
During the opening ceremony, we had a performance from the BBS Bandung ensemble members. They performed libertango.
It was followed by the Secondary 3's Speech Choir presentation on the poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes.
Afterwards, scholars competed in the Scholars challenge, Collaborative Writing, and Team Debate competitions.
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The Scholars Challenge is a 120-question multiple choice quiz, encompassing 6 different topics, done with a twist. Here, scholars can choose more than one answer, although decreasing the points earned for getting the question right. This is the only event done solo.
Junior Division
Overall
2nd - Team 304
4th - Team 302
Arts & Media
7th - Victoria Aiko Saputra
Social Studies
3rd - Victoria Aiko Saputra
5th - Allana Adzani Prakarsa
6th - George Alexander Alkata
Literature
6th - Hillary Hardjanto
Science
2nd - Maheswara Shakti Nugroho
Special area
3rd - Bryan Aurelius Suherman
4th - Hillary Hardjanto
5th - Maheswara Shakti Nugroho
6th- Cedric Benedict Wijaya
Senior division
Overall
1st - Team 337
3rd - Team 331
Arts & Media
2nd - Christopher Alexander Wijaya
5th - Mandy Ashley Satya Utama
Social Studies
1st - Josephine Chloe Confido
3rd - Venancius Farrel Lesmana
4th - Joe Frans
5th - Dylan Sastrawidjaja
History
1st - Bryant Gunawan
3rd - Joe Frans
4th - Mandy Ashley Satya Utama
Literature
1st - Mandy Ashley Satya Utama
2nd - Yan Xin Lu
3rd - Josephine Chloe Confido
5th - Aston Cieputra
Science
1st - Liemas Owen Sanjaya
2nd - Christopher Alexander Wijaya
3rd - Charlene Cieputra
4th - Dylan Sastrawidjaja
Special Area
2nd - Mandy Ashley Satya Utama
3rd - Charlene Cieputra
4th - Joe Frans
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During Collaborative writing, scholars are given 6 prompts, one from each subject area. Each scholar will answer a prompt different from their teammates. Scholars first have time to prepare together, then time individually to write, then a last chance to review one another's work at the end.
Junior Division
Overall
1st - Team 305
3rd - Team 304
Gold
3rd - Aditya Dharmendra Barki
9th - Bryan Aurelius Suherman
10th - Victoria Aiko Saputra
11th - Maheswara Shakti Nugroho
16th - Hillary Hardjanto
17th - Willard Nathan Tjie
19th - Neil Aide Jayalaksana
Senior Division
Overall
1st - Team 336
3rd - Team 332
5th - Team 335
Gold
1st - Feline Vinita Yoswara
4th - Dylan Sastrawidjaja
5th - Sidney Sutanto
6th - Matthew Bradford Kahar
7th - Liemas Owen Sanjaya
8th - Joe Frans
10th - Aston Cieputra
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In Team Debate competitions, scholars argue thrice on randomly selected topics. Each scholar is given 4 minutes to speak, with one minute of team discussion in between each speaker. Before the debate starts, 15 minutes are allotted for research. After all scholars have spoken, a time for peer constructive criticism is given before the winner of the round is announced.
Junior Division
Overall
4th - Team 305
Gold
6th - Neil Aide Jayalaksana
9th - Hillary Hardjanto
11th - Bryan Aurelius Suherman
Senior Division
2nd - Team 333
3rd - Team 338
Gold
2nd - Jessica Ashley
3rd - Joe Frans
4th - Yan Xin Lu
6th - Vansh Chojar
8th - Michelle Giovanni Liem
9th - Liemas Owen Sanjaya
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On the second day, scholars participated in the Scholars Bowl held in the hall. Each team was given a clicker used to select their answers to the questions projected up front. During this event, scholars also got to adopt their alpacas named Jerry.
Junior Division
1st - Team 305
5th - Team 307
Senior Division
1st - Team 334
3rd - Team 337
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Other awards were also earned by our scholars.
Da Vinci Awards are given to scholars who did not receive a gold medal or trophy during the prize ceremony.
3rd - Mireille Yael Tanzil (Junior)
6th - Elena Eva Johan (Junior)
The Jac Khor award is given to scholars who scored the highest on the scholar's challenge.
Jac Khor Award
Mandy Ashley Satya Utama (Senior)
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The top performing scholars were also awarded.
Junior Division
5th - Hillary Hardjanto
8th - Bryan Aurelius Suherman
Senior division
1st - Joe Frans
3rd - Liemas Owen Sanjaya
4th - Dylan Sastrawidjaja
7th- Josephine Chloe Confido
8th - Yan Xin Lu
10th - Jessica Ashley
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The Bowl was followed by the Debate Showcase featuring the top scholars from both Junior and Senior divisions debating against one another in teams of 3. The judges were also scholars who'd done well in the team debates.
The Closing Ceremony was where the teams advancing to the global round were announced and where the winning teams and scholars were recognised.
On behalf of the newsletter team, we wish everyone a warm congratulations!
