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Annual General Meeting Documents
Here are the documents presented at the WSU AGM last night. 2009 AGM Minutes 2010 President’s Report 2010 Intercollegiate Report 2010 Treasurer’s Report 2010 Provisional Financial Statements 2010 Survey Summary
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Wellington Speaking Union AGM 2010
The Wellington Speaking Union AGM for 2010 was held tonight at Turnbull House. The various reports will be uploaded here soon. The following people were elected to positions for the 2011 year: President – Stephen Whittington Treasurer – Christopher Bishop Secretary – Daniel Wilson The Union thanks David Dewar for his work over the last […]
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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: […]
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Paraparaumu College win Junior Certificate Grade 2010
Paraparaumu College have emerged as winners of the Junior Certificate Grade f0r 2010 after defeating St Patrick’s College (Wellington) in the Junior Certificate Grand Final last night at Turnbull House, winning the Wellington Speaking Union Cup. The Paraparaumu College team successfully negated  the motion “That access to the internet is a human rightâ€, winning in a 3-0 decision. Congratulations to Callum […]
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Sacred Heart College win Junior Premier Grade 2010
Sacred Heart College have won their second intercollegiate debating grade for 2010, after defeating Hutt International Boys’ School in the Junior Premier final last night at Turnbull House, winning the WGT Wiggs Cup. The Sacred Heart team successfully affirmed the motion “That we should ban private health care”, winning in a 2-1 decision. Congratulations to Maddy […]
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Wellington College win Impromptu Cup 2010
The Wellington Speaking Union Impromptu Cup for senior and junior students was held on Saturday 16 October at Wellington College. It was a great day of debating, despite fewer teams in the competition than normal. Eight teams entered the senior section. After three rounds of debating followed by semi-finals, the Grand Final featured Wellington College 1 […]
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Stockley Cup 2010
The Stockley Cup Public Speaking competition was held on Wednesday 20 October at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, with six speakers competing in the junior section for the Dunsheath Plate, and seven speakers in the senior section for the Stockley Cup. The range of speech topics varied from racism, domestic abuse, mothers, war crimes, and a […]
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Junior Certificate Finalists announced
In the Junior Certificate semi-finals last night, Paraparaumu College 1 defeated HIBS 2 and St Pats Town 1 defeated Newlands College. The final between the two teams will be held on Wednesday 3 November. Topic: That access to the internet is a human right St Pats Town 1 will affirm and Paraparaumu College 1 will […]
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Vic Shield 2010
The Victoria Shield (formerly known as Management Cup) impromptu debating tournament was held at Victoria University last night, with eleven teams entering. The winners of the competition were Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna and Paul Smith, who defeated Ihaia Tichborne and Peter McCaffrey in the Grand Final, affirming the topic “That there should be a minimum price on […]
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Junior Premier Grand Final
The Junior Premier Grade Grand Final will be held on October 27, with Sacred Heart College affiming and Hutt International Boys’ School negating. The topic is: “That we should ban private healthcare”. Debate will be held at Turnbull House, Wellington, at 7pm, followed by a light supper. Congrats to Sacred Heart and HIBS for making […]