Wellington Speaking Union | Debating in Wellington

Here are the results from the Premier B Grade quarter-finals held on Tuesday 28 July. Winners in bold below. In brackets is where each team broke after the preliminary rounds.

Kapiti College (8) v Samuel Marsden Collegiate School (1)
Wellington Girls’ College (7) v Wellington College (2)
Scots College (3) v Nga Tawa Diocesan School 1 (6)
Tawa College (4) v Hutt International Boys’ School (5)

The semis draw is below. Affirming teams on the left.

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School (1) v Tawa College (4)
Nga Tawa Diocesan School 1 (6) v Wellington College (2)

The debates will be held on Tuesday 25 August at the respective affirmative schools.

The prepared topic is: This House would grant amnesty to dictators in exchange for a relinquishment of their power

Good luck to all teams.

Here are the results from round four of the Junior Premier Grade – a limited preparation round – held on 24 June.

Queen Margaret College v St Catherine’s College
St Mary’s College v Wellington Girls’ College
St Patrick’s College, Wellington v Tawa College
Chilton St James School v Taita College
Hutt Valley High School v Onslow College
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School v Sacred Heart College
Scots College v Wellington College
St Bernard’s College v Hutt International Boys’ School
Wellington East Girls’ College – BYE

Up to date points table:

Here are the results from round four of the Junior Certificate grade – the limited preparation round.

Winners in bold below.

HUTT VALLEY POOL

Sacred Heart College 2 v St Oran’s College 1
St Patrick’s College, Silverstream 1 v Heretaunga College
St Patrick’s College, Silverstream 2 v St Oran’s College 2
Hutt International Boys’ School v Sacred Heart College 3
Hutt Valley High School 2 v St Bernard’s College
Sacred Heart College 1 v Hutt Valley High School 1
Chilton St James School v Upper Hutt College

WELLINGTON POOL

Samuel Marsden Collegiate 1  v Wellington Girls’ College 2
Wellington East Girls’ College 1  v Samuel Marsden Collegiate 2
Queen Margaret College 2  v St Mary’s College 3
Scots College  v Wellington East Girls’ College 2
St Patrick’s College, Wellington 2  v Queen Margaret College 1
Wellington High School 1 v Wellington Girls’ College 1
Wellington College 1  v St Catherine’s College
Wellington College 2 v Wellington High School 2
St Patrick’s College, Wellington 1 v St Mary’s College 1

NORTHERN POOL

Tawa College 2 v Newlands College 2
Porirua College 1 v Paraparaumu College 1
Porirua College 2 v Kapiti College 1
Onslow College 2 v Paraparaumu College 2
Tawa College 1 v Newlands College 1
St Mary’s College 2 - BYE

Here are the results from the last round of the Premier B Grade, held last Tuesday at Wellington College. Winners in bold below.

Paraparaumu College v Hutt Valley High School
Wellington College v St Orans College
St Mary’s College v Upper Hutt College
Nga Tawa Diocesan School 1 v Wellington East Girls’ College
St Bernard’s College v St Patrick’s College, Wellington
Chilton St James School v Onslow College
Heretaunga College v Wellington Girls’ College
Hutt International Boys’ School v Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Nga Tawa Diocesan School 2 v Tawa College
Wellington High School v Sacred Heart College
Kapiti College v Scots College

The full points table after five rounds can be found here.

The quarter-final draw is below:

Kapiti College v Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Wellington Girls’ College v Wellington College
Scots College v Nga Tawa Diocesan School 1
Tawa College v Hutt International Boys’ School

Round four of the Senior Certificate grade has concluded. The full list of results for all teams can be found here.

The quarter-finals draw is:

Hutt International Boys’ School 1 v Wellington East Girls’ College 1
Wellington College 1 v Wellington College 3
Wellington College 2 v Bishop Viard
Hutt International Boys’ School 2 v Sacred Heart College

Teams on the left will affirm. Teams on the right will negate.

The topic for the quarters is: This House would ban all forms of gambling