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Here are the results from the Junior Certificate Grade semi-finals held last week.

Paraparaumu College 1 v Hutt International Boys’ School
Paraparaumu College 2 v Sacred Heart College 2

The Grand Final will therefore be between Sacred Heart College 2 v Hutt International Boys’ School on 28 October. Time and venue TBA.

The topic is: That New Zealand should become a republic.

Good luck to both teams and congratulations for making it this far.

Here are the results from the Junior Certificate quarter-finals, held on Wednesday 26 August.

Topic: That our heroes are hollow

Paraparaumu College 1 v St Oran’s College 1
St Mary’s College 1 v Paraparaumu College 2
Sacred Heart College 2 v Wellington College 1
Hutt International Boys’ School v St Patrick’s College, Silverstream 2

The semi-final draw is as follows:

Paraparaumu College 1 v Hutt International Boys’ School
Paraparaumu College 2 v Sacred Heart College 2

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 round one of the Junior Certificate Grade.

Topic: That we should ban junk food in schools

Winners in bold below.

HUTT VALLEY POOL

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

WELLINGTON POOL

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

NORTHERN POOL

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

Last week in a hard-fought final, Wellington East Girls’ College beat Sacred Heart College to win the WSU Cup for the Junior Certificate debating for the first time.

Photos to come here soon.