Teacher-in-charge: Mr Cedric van Dyk Junior Forums adjudicators: Ms Renée Fourie, Ms Linda Mallon, Ms Anita Pretorius (Chief), Ms Meagan Rees Senior Forums adjudicators: Ms Louise Albertyn, Ms Louie Black, Ms Lindsay Kalis, Ms Gail Wallace (Chief)
It is very rare for a house to win this competition for two consecutive years. However, 2011 saw not only the winning house of the 2010 junior competition repeat this feat, but the winners of last year’s senior competition also emulated this achievement. In the junior section (Grades 8 and 9), the stalwarts of last year’s winning Bleby team, Michaela McHugh and Summer Thompson, teamed up with Aaliyah Vayej and Maxine Wilcox. Under the chairmanship of Tamsin Metelerkamp, they discussed the Chinese proverb, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime,” with enough width, originality and creativity to achieve the adjudicators’ unanimous verdict. In addition to winning the competition, Bleby members also won two of the speaker awards. The junior results were as follows: Bleby (225 points), Cambridge (188 points), Innes (176 points), Michiel Vos (130 points) and Marchand (125 points). The Junior Speaker Awards were as follows: Best Chairperson: Tamsin Metelerkamp (Bleby) First Best Speaker: Bronwen Barratt (Marchand) Second Best Speaker: Michaela McHugh (Bleby) Only seven points separated the top two teams in the Senior Section (Grades 10 to 12) of the competition. Magenta Graziani, Courtney Wallace and Nicole Petersen joined members of last year’s winning Innes team, Lauren Jankielsohn and Chloe Kruger. Under Chloe’s chairmanship, they successfully explored a wide variety of views and interpretations of the Albert Einstein quote, “Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding,” to take the honours for Innes. The senior results were as follows: Innes (232 points), Cambridge (225 points), Marchand (189 points), Michiel Vos (175 points) and Bleby (171 points). The Senior Speaker Awards were as follows: Best Chairperson: Chloe Kruger (Innes) First Best Speaker: Kimberley Dale (Cambridge) Second Best Speakers (shared): Nabeelah Shaboodien and Nicola Cathcart (both of Michiel Vos)
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