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Premier A Round 2
The results for round two are below. The winners of each debate are marked in bold. Marsden Wellington High Coll Chilton HVHS Scots QMC SHC East St Caths St Pats St Bernard’s HIBS Tawa St Mary’s Wellington Girls
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Junior Premier – Round One
The results for Round One of Junior Premier are as follows. Winners are listed on the left. Sacred Heart College v Hutt International Boys’ School St Bernard’s College v Hutt Valley High School St Oran’s College v Chilton St James School Tawa College v Bishop Viard College Kapiti College v Aotea College Wellington College v […]
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Premier B Round One – Change of date
Please note that the first round of Senior Premier B will now be held on Tuesday 27th March (not the 20th) at Wellington College.
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Wellington College win Premier A
Congrats to Wellington College who last night won their first Premier A title since 2004 in front of a packed crowd at Turnbull House. Wellington College successfully negated “This House would prohibit price gouging after natural disasters”. Commiserations to St Mary’s College, the runners-up. Edward Foley from Wellington College won the Suffrage Cup for Best Speaker […]
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Parliamentary Shield 2011
Parliamentary Shield 2011 was held on Saturday 4 June at Victoria University. Six teams entered the tournament, and the standard was exceptionally high, with Australs and Worlds finalists making up a number of teams. Three rounds of debates were held, after which the leaderboard looked as follows: Team Waikato (Christopher Bishop, Josh Baxter, Stephen Whittington) […]
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Victoria Shield 2011
Yesterday the WSU held its annual impromptu debating tournament, open to all to enter. Thanks to Samuel Marsden for providing the venue for the day. Nine teams entered the competition. It was particularly pleasing to see some school students enter, as well as some people from Auckland. The standard of debating was very high, with […]
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Junior Premier – Round One Results
Thanks to all teams for getting their results in so promptly. The affirmative teams tended to prevail in this round, which was on whether New Zealand needs a new flag. The results below show the winning team in bold. Sacred Heart v St Bernard’s HIBS v St Oran’s Chilton v St Pat’s (Silverstream) St Pat’s […]
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Vic Shield 2011
On Saturday 16 April, the Wellington Speaking Union will be holding Victoria Shield, an impromptu debating competition. It is run in the Easters style, and is open to all to enter. Entry is free. Past winners can be found here. There will be four rounds, semis, and a final. Â It will not be knock out […]
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Adjudication Workshop
Here is the adjudication workshop delivered by Christopher Bishop on Tuesday night. To ask adjudication related questions, feel free to email him.
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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 […]