By Syakir Nizam
GOMBAK,30 March 2016 – After a fortnight hectic week, “Aideally  Moore Donuts” was announced as the champion of Rector’s Cup of International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) 2016 after beating “Not Your Team” in the epic final.
The final motion was ‘This House Will Not Prosecute Battered Wives Who Kill Their Husbands’. Aideally Moore Donut from the opposition side impressed the adjudicators to oppose the motion with juries voting (4 – 1). This team was represented by Naufal Nasrullah, Ameera Natasha Moore and Aidil Aizzudin.
One of the team’s members, Aidil Aizuddin, 19, said, “The factors that contributed to this winning this competition tonight were an awesome individual (Ameera Moore) and my bright protégé (Naufal Nasrullah) who helped me a lot in this competition. Hence, the teamwork was the main factor.”
Other than that, the best speaker of the final, Ameera Natasha Moore, 23, claimed,”Other than attending a lot of training, I think for the success of this tournament in particular, it required unique ability and just not to have knowledge and experience alone, but the passion and the will to pass that knowledge to junior debaters to develop.”
Ameera also advised,”To join the debate because we welcome everybody who are interested and although you do not have fantastic English but you can improve a lot by coming for training and watching debate videos.”
In addition, since this tournament organised by English Debate Club of CFS IIUM in collaboration with IIUM World Debate and Oratory Centre (IIUM), CFS IIUM Petaling Jaya, Programme Director of Tournament, Izdihar Mohammad Arifin,17, said that “the objective of this tournament is to enhance the bonds between senior and junior debaters and also to help the juniors to improve their debating skills.”
The Rector Cup 2016 was held from 12 until 13 March at the Centre for Foundation Studies  IIUM, Petaling Jaya and the grand finale was held on 29 March at AIKOL Moot Court, IIUM Gombak. It was participated by 26 teams and consisting of 78 individuals. In that final, IIUM Rector, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Zaleha Kamaruddin, launched the closing ceremony.***
Photo credited to Arman Mohd