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2009 Awards Ceremony at Government House
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On Friday 6 November 2009 His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia as Patron of Debating SA and
Mrs Scarce hosted a reception at Government House for the presentation of awards for the winning and runner up teams as well as the Debater of the Year award recipients of the
2009 Schools' Competition.
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We were delighted and privileged
to hold all of the Grand Finals of the 2009 Schools' Competition in The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House.
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Debating is a fun activity to be enjoyed by all. To promote this ideal we hold Crazy Hair Round which encourages debaters to wear their hair in the most creative or crazy ways that they can think of. Every debater who enters receives a prize.
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2008 Awards Ceremony at Government House
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On Friday 31 October 2008 His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia as Patron of Debating SA and Mrs Scarce hosted a reception at Government House for the presentation of awards for the winning and runner up teams of the
2008 Debating SA Schools' Competition.
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We were once again privileged to have our Year 10 and Senior division Grand Finals in The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House.
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Debating is a fun activity to be enjoyed by all. To promote this ideal we hold Crazy Hair Round which encourages debaters to wear their hair in the most creative or crazy ways that they can think of. Every debater who enters receives a prize.
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Reception to Welcome His Excellency the Governor of South Australia as Patron
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On Monday 16 June 2008 Debating SA was delighted to hold a reception to welcome His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia as Patron of Debating SA.
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2008 Stirring the Possum 'Joey' Debate
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As part of Cleland Wildlife Park's 40th Anniversary Celebrations, Debating SA was invited to adjudicate a debate convened by the Department for Environment and Heritage. The debate was part of the Department's Stirring the Possum series of forums aimed at stimulating interest and discussion about the environment.
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2008 Debating Training
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To help debaters prepare for the 2008 Debating Season Debating SA once again held the Preprare a Debate Workshops. Presented by Debating SA's Training and Development Officer, Sonja Lowen, the workshops proved a huge success with many students, teachers and parents commenting on the great learning experience.
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2007 Global Issues Tournament
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The fourth annual Global Issues Tournament was held at Adelaide High School on Thursday 22nd November 2007. The theme of the tournament was conflict; the day's topic being "That the use of nuclear weapons should be abolished."
Debating SA was privileged to feature as guest speaker, Petra Ball, an IHL Officer from Australian Red Cross who gave a presentation on International Humanitarian Law.
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James Squire Food, Beer and Wine Writer's Festival Debate
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As part of the James Squire Food, Beer and Wine Writers’ Festival which is part of the larger Tasting Australia festival we were invited to provide a team for a public debate on the topic “That cooking and writing about it will be irrelevant to the next generation”.
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2007 Senior Grand Finals at Parliament House
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We were once again privileged to have our Year 10 and Senior division Grand Finals in The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House.
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2007 Crazy Hair Round
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Debating is a fun activity to be enjoyed by all. To promote this ideal we hold Crazy Hair Round which encourages debaters to wear their hair in the most creative or crazy ways that they can think of. Every debater who enters receives a prize.
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2007 Debating Training
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To help debaters prepare for the 2007 Debating Season, Debating SA recently held training workshops. Presented by Debating SA's Training and Development Officer, Sonja Lowen, the workshops proved a huge success with many students, teachers and parents commenting on the great learning experience.
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2006 Senior Grand Finals at Parliament House
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We were again privileged to have our Year 10A and Senior A grand finals in The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House.
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2006 Crazy Hair Round Winners
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Debating is a fun activity to be enjoyed by all. To promote this ideal we hold Crazy Hair Round which encourages debaters to wear their hair in the most creative or crazy ways that they can think of. Every debater who enters receives a prize.
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2005 Global Issues Tournament
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The third annual Global Issues Tournament was held at Adelaide High School on Thursday 24th November 2005. The topic was "That the Australian government should focus on Australian poverty."
Debating SA was privileged to feature as guest speaker Karen Grogan, Executive Director of SACOSS. Karen spoke about SACOSS's Anti-Poverty Campaign, Closer Than You Think and officially released five fact sheets on poverty. More information about the campaign is available at http://www.closerthanyouthink.org.au/
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Debating in Parliament House
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At Debating SA we aim to make our finals' series a special event. We were privileged to hold our Year 10A and Senior A Grand Finals in Parliament House.
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2005 Crazy Hair Round Winners
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Debating is a fun activity to be enjoyed by all. To promote this ideal we hold Crazy Hair Round which encourages debaters to wear their hair in the most creative or crazy ways that they can think of. Every debater who enters receives a prize. Following are the major prize winners.
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2004 Global Issues Tournament
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On Thursday 2 December 2004, thirty-six students and their teachers took part in the 2004 Global Issues Tournament, which was proudly sponsored by Hays Personnel Services.
The purpose of the tournament was to give year eight and nine students the chance to participate in a mini debating tournament in which they developed their skills by debating a topic that has great relevance to young people of their age group around the world. This was done in the spirit of being aware of other points-of-view on an issue. The topic of the 2004 Global Issues Tournament was "That having a part-time job encroaches on study time."
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2004 Adjudicator Training
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At the end of the 2003 season we put out the call for 50 new adjudicators by 2004. With the help of UniBooks we put up posters, sent emails and made many phone calls to spread the word about our need for adjudicators.
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Gift Wrapping at Borders Book Store
Debating SA doesn't shut down in the off-season. Our operations group continues to work and, as many of you noticed at Christmas, so do our volunteers. Every year in the mad rush that leads up to December 25th, our generous sponsors Borders allow a team of volunteers to man their in-store gift wrapping booth. A troupe of volunteers wraps presents for the hoards of last-minute shoppers in exchange for the chance to raise money for DSA.
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Unibooks Showcase Debate
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As a special event a tournament was held to discern who the best individual speaker in each role within the senior students was. Some of the top senior debaters from around Adelaide competed to find out just who is the best debater with prizes from Unibooks for Everyone who participated and trophies for the winning school.
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2003 Global Issues Tournament
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The idea behind the Global Issues Tournament was to hold an international style tournament over one day which included a significant workshop component to allow for topics that students may not easily be able to debate in normal circumstances.
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2003 Training Extravaganza
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On Saturday 22nd of February 2003, Debating SA held its inaugural Training Extravaganza, attended by over 200 people.
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The Learning to Lead Pilot Programme
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In August 2002 Debating SA was contacted by the Adelaide City Council and offered the opportunity to work with Rebecca Cox from the Council and Anita Zocchi from Adelaide High School to develop a two day training course on Leadership, Public Speaking, Teamwork, Conflict Resolution and Active Listening.
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