Debating

Round 5 

There was much to hope for, and aspire to, as our Debating squad entered the final round of domestic competition for 2019, the power-paired round. In each section from A through to D,

St Bede’s had a team in the equal lead – reflective of strong and successful efforts thus far. As we await the rest of the State-wide competition to be completed, I congratulate ALL of our college representative debaters this season and commend them on a fine effort. Well done boys!

Results:

A Grade: Debate against St Leonard’s postponed by DAV.  St Bede’s 1 currently leads the section and looks forward to a strong finish by: Jeremy Mann, Mattias Seisdedos, Aaron Arthur and Dillon Bulman. Thank you to Sam Murray who had volunteered to debate up a level had this event not been postponed, great to see the depth of talent within the squad and the desire of our boys to meet a challenge.

B Grade: secret topic “That there are some things are not worth learning”

SBC 1 – Liam Collins, William Bunn and Flynn Morley, defeated St Leonard’s 1 by one point. Best Speaker awarded to Liam Collins. 

SBC 2 – Will Devlin, Jack Pooley and Jacob Barry, defeated Albert Park College 1 by two points. Best Speaker awarded to Will Devlin.

SBC 3 – James Kalpakoff, Will Slavin and Marco Verna defeated by Firbank Grammar 1.

C Grade: “That too many people go to university”

SBC 1 – Lachlan Doyle, Chris Buffalo, Bishaal Gurung, debate result pending an adjudication review. Thank you to both Chris and Bishaal who volunteered to fill in for this team due to regular members being on camp -a champion effort to support the squad.

SBC 2 – Ben Uehara, Ben Martinelli and Tomas Cooling, defeated St Leonard’s 4 by six points. Best Speaker awarded to Ben Uehara.

D Grade: “That refugees should have full access to the Australian Welfare System”

SBC 1 – Monty Young, Harry Griffin and Cameron McGoldrick, defeated Albert Park College 1, by one point. Best Speaker awarded to Monty Young.

SBC 2 – Austen Warfe, Nathan Murphy and Luke Evans, defeated by Wesley Elsternwick 2, by two points.

SBC 3 – debate forfeited by Brighton Grammar School.

Sincere thanks to staff mentors: Sally Spencer, Theresa Lochery, Carl De Souza and Shae Hower, who maintained committed efforts to their respective teams throughout the season, and without whom, it would be impossible to facilitate opportunity for so many of our students to experience the DAV competition. Thank you also to our loyal band of parent supporters who attend each round.

We look forward to the first round of Finals Play Offs in late August and wish those teams who proceed the very best of luck.

Kaylene Menara

Debating Coordinator, 2019