{"id":6753,"date":"2024-05-10T05:11:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T05:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6753"},"modified":"2024-05-10T05:11:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T05:11:52","slug":"stage-6-premiers-debating-competition","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/stage-6-premiers-debating-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 6 Premier&#8217;s Debating Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It has been an enthusiastic start to 2024 for the Debating and Public Speaking Club. For the second year running we have had our largest enrollments of students, especially from the Year 7 and 11 cohorts. Students have been eagerly engaging in the weekly Monday afternoon club training, learning the ins-and-outs of debating and honing their public speaking skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Stage 6 Premier&#8217;s Debating Competition kicked off with some mixed results from our A and B Teams. The Fort Street High School PDC A team began their season with some very tough opponents, however this did not phase them in the slightest. Their opening round was against one of the competition favorites Sydney Girls High School and after a hard fought debate they narrowly lost. However, they dusted themselves off and turned this around and won their next two debates, moving them into round 3 of the competition. A special mention goes to the team&#8217;s victory over their bitter rivals Lindfield Learning Village, last year&#8217;s winners, which has given them strong motivation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The B team consisted of many new faces, most of which had never debated before in a formal setting,\u00a0 and despite this, gave their opponents some tough debates. They too faced off in their opening round against Sydney Girls, narrowly losing, by one point against a\u00a0 seasoned team. Unfortunately they were knocked out in the next round, again narrowly losing. Despite their losses the team learnt some valuable lessons and tricks and I am sure will be using them in their path to victory next year. A big congratulations to all our senior students and we will be cheering on our A team as they go further into the PDC Competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Stage 6 PDC Team A<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johnathan Bonnice &#8211; Year 12<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Min Park &#8211; Year 11<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gina Hong &#8211; Year 11<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ella Lo &#8211; Year 11<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toby Smith &#8211; Year 11<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Stage 6 PDC Team B<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexa Salmon &#8211; Year 11\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keith Hoang &#8211; Year 11<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emma Howes &#8211; Year 11\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charlie McQueen &#8211; Year 11\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Claire Bentley &#8211; Year 11<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Tennent (Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been an enthusiastic start to 2024 for the Debating and Public Speaking Club. 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