Debating Victory – Three FED teams take out Grand Final

MLC School had four teams competing at the Friday Evening Debating (FED) Grand Final held at Sydney Boy’s High School. This has been our best-ever FED season with seven out of eight teams making the Quarter Finals and our Year 7A, Year 7B, Year 9 and Senior B teams all progressing to the Grand Final. Three teams took home the trophy!

Both Year 7 teams won all their seven preliminary debates, Quarter and Semi Finals and were nervous but excited to be at the Grand Final. All our Year 7 students did an amazing job debating in front of a full audience and a three-person adjudication panel and speak. The Year 7B team was narrowly defeated in a split decision by the judges, the first debate they lost in a run of ten. Our Year 7A team powered through their debate against Tara and were crowned winners!

The Year 9 team won this competition last year in the 8A division and were nervous but very determined to beat their opponents, Trinity Grammar. They took the negative side on the proposition “that doctors not parents should have the final decision on the medical treatment given to children” and were very convincing winners in an unanimous judge’s decision. The Senior B team of Year 11 debaters has been the quiet achievers all season and were up against Sydney Girls High School in the final. The MLC School team took the negative side on the topic, “that all national borders should be abolished around the world”. It was an interesting and wide-ranging debate where our team spoke very eloquently and were the victors in the end!

As you can see from the photos, it’s always nice to be rewarded for a lot of hard work and training with a big trophy.

– Andrea Rowe
Oratory Coordinator

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