Debating Senior Debaters
Standing: E. Hirst, J. Talbot, J. Buchanan, Ms C. Thompson Seated: J. Dent, B. Stafford, J. Henry-Attard, A. Young, S. Lau
Year 8 and 9 Debaters At the end of the five rounds the boys had won four of their five debates and were equal second on the ladder. In addition to this, Sri, Thomas and Liam were identified as the Best Speaker in three of the five debates. This same team competed in the ACC Debating Competition and are now the 2014 Division 2 champions. The Year 12 team consisting of Ben Stafford, Alec Young, John Buchanan, Josh Talbot, Jonathon Dent, Ed Hirst, Jack Henry-Attard and Steven Lau competed in the A Grade division which had 16 teams vying for top place. Of the five debates during the season, one was prepared and four were secret topics which had to be prepared in an hour on the night of the debate. Up until the final round, the team were equal first with three other schools. Unfortunately, in the last debate, we met our match – the competition was fierce and the arguments of the highest quality. These eight young men thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of debating in A Grade and presented themselves as disciplined, Debaters intelligent and talented speakers. I would like to thank Ms Roe for her interest in and support of the debating teams at Kinnoull during the year. We hope to build on the success of 2014 in next year’s debating competition. Mrs Christine Thompson Years 10–12 Debating
Senior Debating 2014 has also been a great year for debating at Kinnoull. We had both a Year 10 and Year 12 team entered in the DAV competition in A and C Grade respectively. All participants joined in enthusiastically during the season, took advice, prepared well and spoke eloquently and with conviction at Year 10 each debate. The Year 10 team consisted of Shiroy Fernando, Sri Kumar, Xavier Joseph de la MasseHomsy, Thomas Ponissi, Liam Ramirez and Keelan Tambimuttu. This team came into C Grade with excellent skills as they had been expertly trained by Ms McIlroy at Tiverton. There were 24 teams in C Grade this year and each was required to take part in three prepared, one Standing: S. Kumar, T. Ponissi, Ms C. Thompson advised and one secret topic. Seated: J. De La Masse-Homsy, S. Fernando, K. Tambimuttu, L. Ramirez
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Standing: P. Medis, A. Crestani, J. Burns, Ms K. McIlroy Seated: J. Ellul, R. Garrido, G. Intemerato, M. Harvey, E. Tambimutu Absent: N. Blizzard
Junior Debating A number of our Year 8/9 students participated in the D Grade section of the Debating Association of Victoria’s (DAV) competition. The boys were required to research and then formulate debates on a number of topical and contentious issues throughout Terms 2 and 3. Participating in this competition meant heading out on often a cold winter’s night to Caulfield Grammar. The boys also gave up many lunch times to prepare for each competition. The students have become very competent in structuring argumentative texts and have greatly honed their public speaking skills. The students involved were Gianluca Intemerato, Jacob Ellul, Nathan Blizzard, Rodney Garrido, Ethan Tambimuttu, Panos Menidis, Jordan Burns, Max Harvey and Adam Crestani. Congratulations to all of these boys who showed great dedication in their attention to improving and developing their skills of debating. Ms Kate McIlroy Years 7–9 Debating
