Debating

Congratulations to our Year 8, Year 9, Senior B, and Senior A teams for making it through to the ISDA Debating finals! This is a fantastic achievement, and reflects the skill, hard work, and perseverance of all the teams. We must congratulate our other ISDA teams as well though for their effort throughout the season – Year 7 and 10 were particularly close to making finals, as they missed out by only one win. Every debater should be proud of their performance and improvement in the season, and I hope that all those involved enjoyed the experience.

The four ISDA finalists will be debating in the second round of the ISDA octo-finals next Friday, 12 May. Year 8, Year 9, and Senior A teams will be debating at SCEGGS, while the Senior B team will be travelling to MLC.

This week is also the last round of Eastside Debating. Teams will be debating SBHS at SCEGGS. The finalists for this competition will be announced on Monday 15 May, once our Year 9 and Year 12 teams compete in their makeup rounds on Friday 12 May.  

I will be in touch with all debaters about various opportunities to continue debating as these Friday competitions wrap up. Training will continue throughout Terms 2 and 3, so through that there will always be the opportunity to participate in ‘practice’ debates. This training is also always open to anyone who would like to give debating a try for the first time.

Finally, a reminder that Archdale Debating will begin on Tuesday 16 May in Week 4. It is very important that all those who wish to participate in Archdale attend training in the couple of weeks before the competition so that we can have a smooth start to the season. There is room in the Year 7-9 teams if you would still like to join this competition.

Imogen Harper
Debating Co-ordinator