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Premier A Champions
Congratulations to Wellington College, the 2012 Champions of Premier A. The debate was considered by the adjudicators and the audience alike as an excellent debate. Congratulations, too, to Edward Foley from Wellington College. Edward won the Suffrage Cup, which is awarded to the  best speaker in the Grand Final. This is the second year in […]
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Stockley Cup
The Stockley Cup Public Speaking competition was held on Monday 10 September at Wellington Girls’ College, with six speakers competing in the junior section for the Dunsheath Plate, and eight speakers in the senior section for the Stockley Cup. The range of speech topics varied from racism, feminism, the Mary Celeste, and expectations on students. […]
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Premier A Grand Final
The Grand Final for 2012 will be held on Tuesday 18 September at 7.00pm, in the Wellington City Council Chambers in the Wellington Town Hall. Congratulations to QMC and Wellington College for making it this far in the competition – all are welcome to come and support them. Motion: This house supports binding Citizens Initiated Referendums. Affirmative Negative […]
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Senior Premier B Final
The Grand Final for 2012 will be held on Tuesday 11 September at 6.30pm, in the Council Chambers in the Wellington Town Hall. Congratulations to Sacred Heart College and Wellington College for making it this far in the competition – all are welcome to come and support them. Motion: That housewives and househusbands should be […]
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Premier A Semi Final
The results for the Quarter Final are as follows: Winners are marked in bold 1 Wellington East v St Mary’s 2 Wellington College v HVHS 3 Scots v Wellington High 4 QMC v Chilton Congratulations to St Mary’s, Wellington College, Scots College, and QMC for making the semi finals, and commiseration to the other quarter-finalists. Draw for Semi Final: Affirmative […]
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Premier A Quarter Final
Congratulations to the following teams for making the Quarter Finals of Premier A 2012. 1. St Mary’s 2. Wellington College 3. Wellington High 4. Chilton 5. QMC 6. Scots College 7. HVHS 8. Wellington East Girls College Commiserations to St Catherine’s, who missed the break by one win point, and to all other teams who […]
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Premier A Round 5
Hello all The motions for round 5 were: That the Government should impose import taxes on imported goods which are produced unethically That the Government should prohibit loan sharks from making loans to borrowers at very high interest rates That the welfare-recipient families whose children perform well at school should receive welfare bonuses The results […]
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Premier A Round 4
Hello all The motions for Round 4 were: This house believes that all governments should end all funding for space exploration This house would require all alternative medicine to carry the label “not medically proven to work” This house supports the removal of all restrictions on genetically modified foods. The results are below, with the […]
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Round 2 of the Junior Prem Results
Hello all The results for Round 2 of Junior Prem are below. The winners are marked in bold. The motion for this round was “That award ceremonies should have gender-neutral categories”
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Premier A Round 3
Hello all The motions for round three of Prem A were: That the Emergency Contraceptive Pill should be available for free, without prescription, from all pharmacies. This house would stop all government funding for health care issues that develop as a result of long term substance abuse. That the sale of organs should be legalised. The […]