Convenor: Lucy MacLeod
Email address: [email protected]
The draw and results will be posted here as soon as they become available.
Category Archives: Senior Certificate
HIBS wins Senior Certificate 2015
The Senior Certificate grade final for the Rennie Cup was held at Parliament on Thursday 10 September.
The topic was: That Western media should refuse to publish images of Mohammed
Hutt International Boys’ School affirmed the motion and Wellington East Girls’ negated.
The debate was a good one. HIBS were declared the victors in a unanimous decision, winning the Rennie Cup for the first time.
Winning HIBS team with Parliamentary host and President of the WSU, Chris Bishop MP
WSU Entries 2012
Hi all,
Welcome to school debating with the Wellington Speaking Union for 2012. All schools have been emailed a welcome letter which outlines how to sign up for grades this year. You can also download that below. Entries are due by Friday 17th February and are filled out at http://www.wsu.co.nz/signups
Thanks,
Seb.
Sebastian Templeton
WSU President
Intercollegiate Coordinator 2012
Key Documents for 2011
Below is a list of key documents for 2011.
WSU Intercollegiate Debating Calendar 2011
Premier A Letter, Draw and Topics – 2011
Premier B – Letter, Draw and Topics – 2011
Junior Premier – Letter, Draw and Topics – 2011
Junior Certificate – Letter, Draw and Topics – 2011
The Senior Certificate letter, draw and topics document will be posted asap.
The Results form can be accessed at: www.wsu.co.nz/results
Here’s a copy of the WSU Marksheet for 2011
Intercollegiate Debating – Full List of Results for 2010
Here is a full list of the results in intercollegiate debating and public speaking events this year.
Premier A Grade for the Henning Cup
- Winners: Sacred Heart College
- Runners-Up: Scots College
Premier B Grade for the Fred McComish Trophy
- Winners: Chilton St James School
- Runners-Up: Tawa College
Senior Certificate Grade for the Rennie Cup
- Winners: Wellington East Girls’ College
- Runners-Up: Wellington Girls’ College
Junior Premier Grade for the WGT Wiggs Cup
- Winners: Sacred Heart College
- Runners-Up: Hutt International Boys’ School
Junior Certificate Grade for the Wellington Speaking Union Cup
- Winners: Paraparaumu College
- Runners-Up: St Patrick’s College, Wellington
Impromptu Cup for the IMPS Trophy and The Evening Post Cup
- Senior: Wellington College
- Junior: Wellington College
Stockley Cup / Dunsheath Plate for Public Speaking
- Â Senior: Duncan McLachlan (Wellington College)
- Junior: Daniel Gendall (Wellington College)
Congratulations to all of the above schools and individuals!
Wellington East win Senior Certificate Grade for 2010
Wellington East Girls’ College defeated Wellington Girls’ College in the Grand Final of the Senior Certificate Grade, held at HIBS tonight.
Wellington East successfully negated the topic “That sports teams should be punished for the behaviour of their fans”.
Congratulations to the team of Louisa Marschner, Yvette Coyle and Ziming Liu who won the Rennie Cup.
Commiserations to the the team of Krystal Gibbens, Elizabeth Murray and Lauren Yeo.
Senior Certificate Grand Final
The Grand Final of the Senior Certficate Grade will take place on Wednesday 16 September at Hutt International Boys’ School at 7pm.
The finalist teams are:
Wellington Girls’ College 2 and Wellington East Girls’ College
The topic for the final is: That sports teams should be punished for the behaviour of their fans
Senior Certificate Quarter-final Results
Here are the results of the Senior Cert quarter-finals held recently. Winners in bold.
Topic:Â That the SAS should come home from Afghanistan
St Mary’s College 1 v Wellington East Girls’ College 1
St Oran’s College 2 v Wellington Girls’ College 2
Aotea College v HIBS 1
St Mary’s College 2 v Bishop Viard College 1
The draw for the semi-finals, to be held on August 26, is as follows:
Wellington East Girls’ College 1 v St Mary’s College 2
Aotea College v Wellington Girls’ College 2
Topic:Â That we should mine our National Parks
Senior Certificate – Leaderboard after Four Rounds
Here is the combined Senior Certificate Grade leaderboard after the four preliminary rounds. The top eight teams advance to the quarter-finals. “Strength” is an indication of the strength of draw faced by teams (the number being the total number of wins of teams debated by that particular team; the higher the number, the harder the draw)
| Rank | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | Strength |
| 1 | St Mary’s College 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | St Oran’s College 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Aotea College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | St Mary’s College 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Viard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | HIBS 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Wellington Girls’ College 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Wellington East Girls’ College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9= | Onslow College 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9= | St Pats Silverstream | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11= | Chilton Saint James School 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Chilton Saint James School 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 13 | Wellington Girls’ College 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | St Patrick’s College 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15= | Wellington Girls’ College 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| HIBS 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| St Patrick’s College 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tawa College 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scots College 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Taita College 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Samuel Marsden Collegiate 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kapiti College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Samuel Marsden Collegiate 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Samuel Marsden Collegiate 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Heretaunga College 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Onslow College 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Newlands College 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Wellington College 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scots College 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Newlands College 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Taita College 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Taita College 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Wellington College 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| St Bernard’s College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| St Oran’s College 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 36= | Queen Margaret College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Onslow College 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Porirua College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sacred Heart College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| St Mary’s College 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Scots College 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tawa College 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| St Patrick’s College 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wellington College 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heretaunga College 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hutt Valley High School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heretaunga College 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Senior Certificate Grade – Round 4 Results
Here are the results of round 4 of the Senior Certificate Grade. Winners in bold.
Round 4: Limited Preparation
Wellington Pool
| Scots College 1 | St Patrick’s College 1 |
| Wellington East Girls’ College | Samuel Marsden Collegiate 3 |
| St Mary’s College 1 | St Patrick’s College 3 |
| Onslow College 2 | Queen Margaret College |
| St Mary’s College 3 | Samuel Marsden Collegiate 2 |
| Samuel Marsden Collegiate 1 | St Mary’s College 2 |
| Onslow College 1 | Wellington College 2 |
| Scots College 3 | Wellington Girls’ College 3 |
| Scots College 2 | Wellington Girls’ College 2 |
| Wellington College 1 | Onslow College 3 |
| – bye – | St Patrick’s College 2 |
| Wellington College 3 | Wellington Girls’ College 1 |
Valley Pool
| Chilton Saint James School 2 | Viard College |
| Aotea College | Hutt Valley High School |
| Taita College 3 | St Oran’s College 1 |
| St Oran’s College 2 | Porirua College |
| Heretaunga College 1 | Tawa College 1 |
| HIBS 1 | Taita College 1 |
| Heretaunga College 3 | Newlands College 2 |
| Tawa College 2 | Kapiti College |
| St Pats Silverstream | St Bernard’s College |
| Sacred Heart College | Chilton Saint James School 1 |
| Taita College 2 | Heretaunga College 2 |
| Newlands College 1 | HIBS 2 |