Senior Certificate 2014

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Motions and dates:

Debate One: Prepared

That we should return cultural treasures to their homelands

Debate Two: Limited Prep

Debate Three: Limited Prep

Debate Four: Impromptu

Debate Five: Limited Prep

Quarter Final: Prepared

That the Government should use corporal punishment, such as caning, to punish minor crimes.

Semi Final: Prepared

That we should lower the voting age to 16.

Grand Final: Prepared

That we should support off-shore drilling in NZ

 

Draw:

 

Senior Certificate – Town Pool

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

13-Mar

10-Apr

22-May

12-Jun

3-Jul

Prepared

Limited Prep

Limited Prep

Impromptu

Limited Prep
A: QMC 1 A: QMC 2 A: St Pat’s 3 A: St Mary’s 1 A: St Pat’s 3
N: St Pat’s 3 N: St Pat’s 3 N: Well Girls’ 3 N: St Pat’s 3 N: Scots 1
A: St Pat’s 1 A: Well High 2 A: St Pat’s 1 A: Well. Girls’ 1 A: St Pat’s 1
N: Marsden 1 N: St Pat’s 1 N: Rongotai 1 N: St Pat’s 1 N: S. Pat’s 2
A: Marsden 2 A: Well Girls’ 3 A: Marsden 2 A: Scots 1 A: Marsden 2
N: QMC 2 N: Marsden 2 N: St Mary’s 1 N: Marsden 2 N: St Catherine’s 1
A: St Mary’s 2 A: Rongotai 1 A: St Mary’s 2 A: S. Pat’s 2 A: St Mary’s 2
N: Well High 2 N: St Mary’s 2 N: Well. Girls’ 1 N: St Mary’s 2 N: Well High 3
A: Well High 1 A: St Mary’s 1 A: Well High 1 A: St Catherine’s 1 A: Well High 1
N: Well Girls’ 3 N: Well High 1 N: Scots 1 N: Well High 1 N: Well Coll 3
A: Well Girls’ 2 A: Well. Girls’ 1 A: Well Girls’ 2 A: Well High 3 A: Well Girls’ 2
N: Rongotai 1 N: Well Girls’ 2 N: S. Pat’s 2 N: Well Girls’ 2 N: Well Coll 2
A: QMC 3 A: Scots 1 A: QMC 3 A: Well Coll 3 A: QMC 3
N: St Mary’s 1 N: QMC 3 N: St Catherine’s 1 N: QMC 3 N: St Mary’s 3
A: Scots 2 A: S. Pat’s 2 A: Scots 2 A: Well Coll 2 A: Scots 2
N: Well. Girls’ 1 N: Scots 2 N: Well High 3 N: Scots 2 N: Well Coll 1
A: Well Coll 1 A: St Catherine’s 1 A: Well Coll 1 A: St Mary’s 3 A: QMC 1
N: Scots 1 N: Well Coll 1 N: Well Coll 3 N: Well Coll 1 N: Well Girls’ 3
A: St Mary’s 3 A: Well High 3 A: St Mary’s 3 A: Well High 2 A: Well High 2
N: S. Pat’s 2 N: St Mary’s 3 N: Well Coll 2 N: QMC 1 N: Rongotai 1
A: Well Coll 2 A: Well Coll 3 A: QMC 1 A: Well Girls’ 3 A: QMC 2
N: St Catherine’s 1 N: Well Coll 2 N: QMC 2 N: QMC 2 N: St Mary’s 1
A: Well Coll 3 A: Marsden 1 A: Marsden 1 A: Rongotai 1 A: Marsden 1
N: Well High 3 N: QMC 1 N: Well High 2 N: Marsden 1 N: Well. Girls’ 1

 

Senior Certificate – Hutt and Coast Pool – REVISED 26th Feb

 

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

6-Mar

3-Apr

15-May

5-Jun

26-Jun

Prepared

Limited Prep

Limited Prep

Impromptu

Limited Prep

Moot: That we should return cultural

treasures to their homelands

A: Onslow 1 A: Marsden Whitby 1 A: Onslow 2 A: Tawa 2 A: Onslow 2
N: Onslow 2 N: Onslow 2 N: Newlands 1 N: Onslow 2 N: UHC 1
A: Chilton 3 A: Kapiti 2 A: Chilton 3 A: St Oran’s 2 A: Chilton 3
N: St Bernard’s 2 N: Chilton 3 N: Chilton 2 N: Chilton 3 N: Naenae 1
A: Tawa 1 A: Newlands 1 A: Tawa 1 A: UHC 1 A: Tawa 1
N: Marsden Whitby 1 N: Tawa 1 N: Tawa 2 N: Tawa 1 N: Kapiti 3
A: Pram 1 A: Chilton 2 A: Pram 1 A: Naenae 1 A: Pram 1
N: Kapiti 2 N: Pram 1 N: St Oran’s 2 N: Pram 1 N: Chilton 1
A: HIBS 1 A: Tawa 2 A: HIBS 1 A: Kapiti 3 A: HIBS 1
N: Newlands 1 N: HIBS 1 N: UHC 1 N: HIBS 1 N: UHC 2
A: HVHS 1 A: St Oran’s 2 A: HVHS 1 A: Chilton 1 A: HVHS 1
N: Chilton 2 N: HVHS 1 N: Naenae 1 N: HVHS 1 N: St Oran’s 1
A: HIBS 2 A: UHC 1 A: HIBS 2 A: UHC 2 A: HIBS 2
N: Tawa 2 N: HIBS 2 N: Kapiti 3 N: HIBS 2 N: Kapiti 1
A: HVHS 2 A: Naenae 1 A: HVHS 2 A: St Oran’s 1 A: HVHS 2
N: St Oran’s 2 N: HVHS 2 N: Chilton 1 N: HVHS 2 N: SHC 1
A: St Bernard’s 1 A: Kapiti 3 A: St Bernard’s 1 A: Kapiti 1 A: St Bernard’s 1
N: UHC 1 N: St Bernard’s 1 N: UHC 2 N: St Bernard’s 1 N: Pram 2
A: Pram 2 A: Chilton 1 A: Pram 2 A: SHC 1 A: Onslow 1
N: Naenae 1 N: Pram 2 N: St Oran’s 1 N: Pram 2 N: Newlands 1
A: SHC 1 A: UHC 2 A: SHC 1 A: Kapiti 2 A: Kapiti 2
N: Kapiti 3 N: SHC 1 N: Kapiti 1 N: Onslow 1 N: Chilton 2
A: Kapiti 1 A: St Oran’s 1 A: Onslow 1 A: Newlands 1 A: Marsden Whitby 1
N: Chilton 1 N: Kapiti 1 N: Marsden Whitby 1 N: Marsden Whitby 1 N: Tawa 2
A: St Oran’s 1 A: St Bernard’s 2 A: St Bernard’s 2 A: Chilton 2 A: St Bernard’s 2
N: UHC 2 N: Onslow 1 N: Kapiti 2 N: St Bernard’s 2 N: St Oran’s 2

Junior Premier 2014

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Junior Premier Draw 2014

POINTS TABLE Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Hutt International Boys’ School 1 1 1 1  0
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School 1 1 1 1  1
Hutt Valley High School BYE (1) 1 1 1  1
Wellington High School 1 BYE (1) 1 1  1
St Catherine’s College 0 1 1 1  0
Scots College 1 1 0 BYE (1)  0
Tawa College 1 1 0 1  0
Queen Margaret College 1 0 1 0  1
Kapiti College 1 0 BYE (1) 0  0
Sacred Heart College 1 1 0 0  1
Taita College 0 0 1 1  0
Wellington East Girls’ College 1 0 1  0  1
Bishop Viard College 0 1 0 1  1
St Bernard’s College 0 0 0 1 BYE (1)
St Oran’s College 1 0 0 0  0
Wellington College 0 0 1  1  1
St Patrick’s College Silverstream 0 0 1 0  1
Onslow College 0 1 0 0  0
Heretaunga College 0 1 0 0  0
Wellington Girls’ College 0 0 0 0  1
St Patrick’s College Town 0 0 0 0  0

 

ROUND ROBIN COMPETITION:

Round One (12 March): That children should be compelled to care for their parents in old age.

Results:  Winning teams are indicated in BOLD

Affirming                                                 Negating

Wellington High School                  St Catherine’s

Wellington Girls’ College                     Queen Margaret College

St Bernard’s College                          Hutt International Boys’ School

St Oran’s College                           Heretaunga College

Scots College                                   Wellington College

Kapiti College                                  St Patrick’s College Silverstream

Sacred Heart College                    Taita College

St Patrick’s College Town                 Wellington East Girls’ College

Bishop Viard College                        Tawa College

Samuel Marsden                            Onslow College

Hutt Valley High School                   BYE

Thanks to coaches for getting results in.  Good luck to the debaters for Round Two!

 

Round Two (9 April): Limited Preparation (30 minutes prep time)

 Moot: That homework is a necessary element of learning

Round Two
Affirmative Negative
St Catherine’s Wellington Girls’
Queen Margaret Scots College
Hutt International St Oran’s
Heretaunga St Patrick’s Stream
Wellington College Samuel Marsden
Sacred Heart St Bernard’s
Taita College Hutt Valley High
Wellington East Bishop Viard
Tawa College Kapiti College
Onslow College St Patrick’s Town
Wellington High BYE

 

Round Three (21 May): Limited Preparation (30 minutes prep time)

Moot: That we should ban zoos

Round Three

Affirmative

 Negative
Hutt International Sacred Heart
Scots College St Catherine’s
St Bernard’s Taita College
Samuel Marsden Tawa College
Wellington Girls’ Wellington College
Bishop Viard Queen Margaret
Onslow College Wellington East
St Oran’s St Patrick’s Stream
St Patrick’s Town Wellington High
Hutt Valley High Heretaunga
Kapiti College BYE

 

Round Four (11 June): Impromptu (10 minutes prep time)

Topic choices: That all schools should be co-educational OR That the government should provide a digital device for every student

Round Four
Hosts Visitors
Sacred Heart Hutt Valley High
St Bernard’s Heretaunga
Kapiti College Hutt International
Wellington East Wellington College
St Catherine’s St Patrick’s Town
Queen Margaret Wellington High
Samuel Marsden Wellington Girls’
Tawa College Onslow College
St Oran’s Taita College
Bishop Viard St Patrick’s Stream
Scots College BYE

 

Round Five (2 July): Limited Preparation (30 minutes prep time)

Round Five

Affirmative

 Negative
Heretaunga Sacred Heart
Kapiti Bishop Viard
Wellington East Scots College
St Catherine’s Queen Margaret
Hutt International Hutt Valley High
St Patrick’s Town Samuel Marsden
St Patrick’s Stream Taita College
Wellington Girls’ by default St Oran’s
Tawa College Wellington College
Wellington High Onslow College
St Bernard’s BYE

 

Final Points Tally

School Number of Wins Win Points
Samuel Marsden Collegiate 5 8
Hutt Valley High School 5 (1 BYE) 11
Wellington High School 5 (1 BYE) 9
Hutt International Boys School 4 12
Wellington College 3 15
Queen Margaret College 3 15
Sacred Heart College 3 14
Tawa College 3 14
Bishop Viard College 3 13
St Catherine’s College 3 12
Scots College 3 (1 BYE) 12
Wellington East Girls’ College 3 10
Taita College 2 13
Kapiti College 2 (1 BYE) 12
St Patrick’s Colllege Silverstream 2 10
St Bernard’s College 2 (1 BYE) 10
Onslow College 1 16
Wellington Girls’ College 1 15
Heretaunga College 1 13
St Oran’s College 1 10
St Patrick’s College Town 0 17

 


Quarter-finals (6 August): That referendums should be binding on the Government 

AFFIRMING NEGATING
Queen Margaret College Samuel Marsden Collegiate
Sacred Heart College Wellington High School
Hutt Valley High School Tawa College
Wellington College Hutt International Boys’ School

 

Semi-finals (27 August): To be announced

 

Grand Final (10 September): To be announced

 

Junior Certificate 2014

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Motions and Dates:

 

Junior Certificate Dates 2014
Round One Wed 5 March That New Zealand should ban domestic cats.
Round Two Wed 2 April That school uniforms should be compulsory 
Round Three Wed 14 May Limited  Preparation
Round Four Wed 4 June Impromptu
Round Five Wed 25 June Limited  Preparation
Octo-finals Wed 30 July To be advised
Quarter Finals Wed 20 August To be advised
Semi Finals Wed 3 September To be advised
Grand Finals Wed 17 September Full Preparation

 

Draw:

 

North Wellington Pool

 

Venue

Round 1

Round 2
Host A: Tawa College 2 A: Paraparaumu College 1
Travelling N: Newlands College 2 N: Newlands College 2
Host A: Newlands College 1 A: Tawa College 1
Travelling N: Onslow 2 N: Newlands College 1
Host A: Kapiti College 3 A: Kapiti College 2
Travelling N: Paraparaumu College 1 N: Kapiti College 3
Host A: Aotea College A: Onslow 3
Travelling N: Tawa College 1 N: Aotea College
Host A: Kapiti College 1 A: Onslow 1
Travelling N: Kapiti College 2 N: Kapiti College 1
Host A: Onslow 1 A: Onslow 2
Travelling N: Onslow 3 N: Tawa College 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venue

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5
Host A: Newlands College 2 A: Onslow 1 A: Newlands College 2
Travelling N: Kapiti College 2 N: Newlands College 2 N: Aotea College
Host A: Newlands College 1 A: Kapiti College 1 A: Newlands College 1
Travelling N: Onslow 3 N: Newlands College 1 N: Kapiti College 3
Host A: Kapiti College 3 A: Aotea College A: Tawa College 2
Travelling N: Onslow 1 N: Kapiti College 3 N: Kapiti College 2
Host A: Aotea College A: Tawa College 1 A: Tawa College 1
Travelling N: Kapiti College 1 N: Tawa College 2 N: Onslow 3
Host A: Tawa College 2 A: Kapiti College 2 A: Paraparaumu College 1
Travelling N: Paraparaumu College 1 N: Paraparaumu College 1 N: Onslow 1
Host A: Onslow 2 A: Onslow 3 A: Onslow 2
Travelling N: Tawa College 1 N: Onslow 2 N: Kapiti College 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Wellington City Pool

Venue

Round 1

Round 2
Host A: Wellington High School 2 A: St Mary’s College 2
Travelling N: Wellington East Girls’ College 3 N: Wellington East Girls’ College 3
Host A: Queen Margaret College 2 A: Scots College 1
Travelling N: Samuel Marsden Karori 3 N: Queen Margaret College 2
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 2 A: St Mary’s College 1
Travelling N: St Mary’s College 2 N: Wellington East Girls’ College 2
Host A: Wellington High School 3 A: Wellington College 2
Travelling N: Scots College 1 N: Wellington High School 3
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 1 A: Scots College 3
Travelling N: St Mary’s College 1 N: Wellington East Girls’ College 1
Host A: Samuel Marsden Karori 1 A: St Patricks College Town 2
Travelling N: Wellington College 2 N: Samuel Marsden Karori 1
Host A: Wellington High School 1 A: St Catherine’s College 1
Travelling N: Scots College 3 N: Wellington High School 1
Host A: St Catherine’s College 2 A: Wellington Girls’ College 1
Travelling N: St Patricks College Town 2 N: St Catherine’s College 2
Host A: Wellington Girls’ College 2 A: Samuel Marsden Karori 2
Travelling N: St Catherine’s College 1 N: Wellington Girls’ College 2
Host A: St Patricks College Town 1 A: Wellington College 1
Travelling N: Wellington Girls’ College 1 N: St Patricks College Town 1
Host A: Queen Margaret College 1 A: – Rongotai College 1
Travelling N: Samuel Marsden Karori 2 N: Queen Margaret College 1
Host A: Scots College 2 A: Wellington East Girls’ College 4
Travelling N: Wellington College 1 N: Scots College 2
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 4 A: Samuel Marsden Karori 3
Travelling N: – Rongotai College 1 N: Wellington High School 2

 

Venue

Round 3

Round 4
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 3 A: Scots College 3
Travelling N: St Mary’s College 1 N: Wellington East Girls’ College 3
Host A: Queen Margaret College 2 A: St Patricks College Town 2
Travelling N: Wellington College 2 N: Queen Margaret College 2
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 2 A: St Catherine’s College 1
Travelling N: Scots College 3 N: Wellington East Girls’ College 2
Host A: Wellington High School 3 A: Wellington Girls’ College 1
Travelling N: St Patricks College Town 2 N: Wellington High School 3
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 1 A: Samuel Marsden Karori 2
Travelling N: St Catherine’s College 1 N: Wellington East Girls’ College 1
Host A: Samuel Marsden Karori 1 A: Wellington College 1
Travelling N: Wellington Girls’ College 1 N: Samuel Marsden Karori 1
Host A: Wellington High School 1 A: – Rongotai College 1
Travelling N: Samuel Marsden Karori 2 N: Wellington High School 1
Host A: St Catherine’s College 2 A: Wellington East Girls’ College 4
Travelling N: Wellington College 1 N: St Catherine’s College 2
Host A: Wellington Girls’ College 2 A: Scots College 2
Travelling N: Rongotai College 1 N: Wellington Girls’ College 2
Host A: St Patricks College Town 1 A: Queen Margaret College 1
Travelling N: Wellington East Girls’ College 4 N: St Patricks College Town 1
Host A: Queen Margaret College 1 A: Scots College 1
Travelling N: Scots College 2 N: Wellington High School 2
Host A: Wellington High School 2 A: St Mary’s College 1
Travelling N: St Mary’s College 2 N: St Mary’s College 2
Host A: Samuel Marsden Karori 3 A: Wellington College 2
Travelling N: Scots College 1 N: Samuel Marsden Karori 3

 

Venue

Round 5
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 3
Travelling N: St Catherine’s College 1
Host A: Queen Margaret College 2
Travelling N: Wellington Girls’ College 1
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 2
Travelling N: Samuel Marsden Karori 2
Host A: Wellington High School 3
Travelling N: Wellington College 1
Host A: Wellington East Girls’ College 1
Travelling N: – Rongotai College 1
Host A: Samuel Marsden Karori 1
Travelling N: Wellington East Girls’ College 4
Host A: Wellington High School 1
Travelling N: Scots College 2
Host A: St Catherine’s College 2
Travelling N: Queen Margaret College 1
Host A: Wellington Girls’ College 2
Travelling N: St Patricks College Town 1
Host A: Wellington High School 2
Travelling N: St Mary’s College 1
Host A: Scots College 1
Travelling N: Wellington College 2
Host A: St Mary’s College 2
Travelling N: Scots College 3
Host A: Samuel Marsden Karori 3
Travelling N: St Patricks College Town 2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Hutt Valley Pool

 

Venue

Round 1

Round 2
Host A:  BYE A: St. Bernard’s College 1
Travelling N: Hutt International Boys’ School 2 N: Hutt International Boys’ School 2
Host A: St Oran’s College 2 A: St Pats Silverstream 1
Travelling N: Sacred Heart College 2 N: St Oran’s College 2
Host A: Sacred Heart College 1 A: Hutt International Boys’ School 3
Travelling N: St. Bernard’s College 1 N: Sacred Heart College 1
Host A: St Oran’s College 1 A: Upper Hutt College 1
Travelling N: St Pats Silverstream 1 N: St Oran’s College 1
Host A: Hutt Valley High School 1 A: Hutt International Boys’ School 1
Travelling N: Hutt International Boys’ School 3 N: Hutt Valley High School 1
Host A: Heretaunga 2 A: Heretaunga 1
Travelling N: Upper Hutt College 1 N: Heretaunga 2
Host A: Heretaunga 1 A: Sacred Heart College 2
Travelling N: Hutt International Boys’ School 1 N: BYE

 

Venue

Round 3

Round 4
Host A: Hutt Interntl oys’ School 2 A: Hutt International Boys’ School 1
Travelling N: Hutt Interntl  Boys’ School 3 N: Hutt International Boys’ School 2
Host A: St Oran’s College 2 A: Heretaunga 1
Travelling N: Upper Hutt College 1 N: St Oran’s College 2
Host A: Sacred Heart College 1 A: Heretaunga 2
Travelling N: Hutt Interntl Boys’ School 1 N: Sacred Heart College 1
Host A: St Oran’s College 1 A: Hutt Valley High School 1
Travelling N: Heretaunga 1 N: St Oran’s College 1
Host A: Hutt Valley High School 1 A: St Pats Silverstream 1
Travelling N: Heretaunga 2 N: BYE
Host A:  BYE A: Hutt International Boys’ School 3
Travelling N: St. Bernard’s College 1 N: St. Bernard’s College 1
Host A: Sacred Heart College 2 A: Upper Hutt College 1
Travelling N: St Pats Silverstream 1 N: Sacred Heart College 2

 

Venue

Round 5
Host A: Hutt International Boys’ School 2
Travelling N: Heretaunga 2
Host A: St Oran’s College 2
Travelling N: Hutt Valley High School 1
Host A: Sacred Heart College 1
Travelling N: St Oran’s College 1
Host A BYE
Travelling N: Hutt International Boys’ School 3
Host A: St Pats Silverstream 1
Travelling N: Upper Hutt College 1
Host A: St. Bernard’s College 1
Travelling N: Hutt International Boys’ School 1
Host A: Sacred Heart College 2
Travelling N: Heretaunga 1

 

 

 

Stockley Cup and Dunsheath Plate 2013

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The Stockley Cup and Dunsheath Plate Public Speaking competitions were held on Monday 21 October at Samuel Marsden Collegiate, with six speakers competing in the junior section for the Dunsheath Plate, and nine speakers in the senior section for the Stockley Cup.

The range of speech topics varied from feminism, the relationship between parents and kids, religion, and some incisive speeches on world hisory. The judges (Christopher Bishop and Daniel Wilson) were very impressed by the quality of all the competitors’ speeches.
The competition continues to grow in strength and size each year, which is a testament to the talent and hard work of speakers in the Wellington region.
The Winner of the Dunsheath Plate was Finn Lowndes from St Patrick’s Kilbirnie. Finn’s speech was entitled The Eyes are a Window to the Soul.

The Winder of the Stockley Cup was Aleks Noble-Campbell, also of St Patrick’s Kilbirnie. Aleks’ speech was entitled Polish Gehenna.
Congratulations to these, and all speakers again for an excellent night of speaking. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Inaugural Wellington BP Champs

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On the weekend the Wellington Speaking Union held the inaugural Wellington BP Debating Champs, which will hopefully become an annual fixture. Twelve teams entered the tournament, which was held at Wellington High School. It was great to see a mixture of university debaters, secondary school debaters, and adult debaters all debating in the tournament.

After three rounds, the top four teams contested the final: Asher Emanuel & Jodie O’Neill, Nick Cross & Aric Shakur, Ihaia Tichborne & Tyrone Barugh, and Joe Connell & Cameron Price.

The Grand Final topic was: “This House would implement a statutory discount for sentences decided by judges and juries for criminals from historically oppressed racial minorities.” After a great debate, the Closing Government team – Nick Cross & Aric Shakur – were declared the winners in a 2-1 decision.

The top five speakers of the tournament were:

1. Asher Emanuel
2. Joe Connell
3. Udayan Mukherjee
4. Jodie O’Neill
5= Aric Shakur
5= Cameron Price

Thanks to all who entered, and to Christopher Bishop, Stephen Whittington and Richard D’Ath who acted as judges over the course of the day.

Impromptu Cup 2013

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The Wellington Speaking Union Impromptu Cup for senior and junior students was held on Sunday 15 September at Wellington Girls’ College. It was a great day of debating.

Ten teams entered the senior section. After three rounds of debating followed by semi-finals, the Grand Final featured Wellington College  against Hutt International Boys School. Eventually HIBS were the winners in 2-1 split decision, after successfully negating the motion “this house would tie a politician’s salary to the average national income”.

Congrats to Liam Dennis and Alisdair Armstong who win the IMPS Trophy, and commiserations to Jack Garden and Barnaby McIntosh.

Tens teams entered the junior section. The Grand Final was between Wellington High School and a Scots College composite team, with Wellington High School eventually prevailing after affirming “this house would legalise voluntary euthanasia”.

Congrats to Shakked Noy and who win the Evening Post Cup – the second year in a row this has been won by High.

Congratulations to Jack Garden, who was best speaker for the tournament, and to Shakked Noy who was best speaker in the Junior grade. Congratulations, too, to Peter from Scots College for winning a Promising Speaker award.

Thanks to all those who judged during the tournament, and to Wellington Girls’ College for hosting.

Premier A Champions are Wellington High School

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Congratulations to Wellington High School on winning Premier A for 2013. This is the first time that Wellington High School has won Premier A since 1996, and their success is testament to years of hard work by the team and their supporters.

The debate was of the highest quality, and enjoyed by adjudicators and audience alike. Thanks to all those who attended – the final continues to grow in popularity, and this keenness for debating in Wellington is truly what fosters the success of the region.

Congratulations to Wellington College for making the final. A final congratulations to Ailidh Leslie for winning the Suffrage Cup for the Best Speaker in the Grand Final.

Thanks to all the adjudicators, coaches, convenors, and teams for what has been another great year of Premier A Debating.

Premier A Grand Final

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The Grand Final for Premier A 2013 will be held on Tuesday 10 September, in the Mokopuna Room, of the Wharewaka Function Centre (15 Jervois Quay). Information for the venue can be found here: http://www.wharewakaoponeke.co.nz/

The debate will start at 7pm sharp, with doors opening at 6.30pm.

Congratulations to Wellington College and Wellington High School for making the final. All are welcome to attend the final to support their team and watch what promises to be a high-quality debate.  There will be refreshments served at the conclusion of the debate.

The motion for the Grand Final is: This house would prohibit all academic streaming in schools. Wellington College will affirm, Wellington High School will negate.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Senior Premier B Final

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Congratulations to St Catherine’s College and Scots College who have made it to the final of this competition. The final will be held on Tuesday 3rd September, 7 pm, in the Mokopuna Room at Te Raukura Wharewaka Function Centre (15 Jervois Quay).

The teams will be debating the motion: This House Would Compel Journalists to Reveal Their Sources.

All are welcome to attend – there will be refreshments provided.

Premier A Semi Final 2013

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Congratulations to the following teams for making the Semi Final of Prem A 2013:

Wellington High School
Wellington College
Sacred Heart
QMC.

The Semi Finals will be held at 6.30 on Tuesday 27 August at Wellington College. The motions will be announced at 6.30 sharp.

Draw:
The affirmative team is listed on the left, the negative on the right.

Sacred Heart v Wellington College
Wellington High School v QMC

Topic area: International Relations

All teams are welcome to attend the semi finals. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.