2005 Global Issues Tournament
The Global Issues Tournament aims to introduce students to issues that our global community faces and gives them the chance to explore these issues through debate. The 2005 tournament saw forty-five participants from eight schools. The third annual Global Issues Tournament was held at Adelaide High School on Thursday 24th November 2005. The topic was [...]2005 Debating in Parliament House
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. Following is an article written by one of the Year 10A Grand Finalists. In 2005, the Debating SA Year 10A and Senior A Grand Finals were […]
2004 Global Issues Tournament
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 [...] 2004 Adjudicator Training
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. As you will notice when the season starts, we got the message […]
Unibooks Showcase Debate
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 […]
2003 Global Issues Tournament
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. The topic for this year was "That Bob Brown had the right to speak his mind [...] 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 […]
2003 Presentation Ceremony
2003 Grand Finals
2003 Training Extravaganza
On Saturday 22 February 2003, Debating SA held its inaugural Training Extravaganza, attended by over 200 people including students, Parents and teachers from Adelaide High School, Allenby Gardens Primary School, Annesley College, Belair Primary School, Blackforest Primary School, Blackwood High School, Cabra College, Charles Campbell Secondary School, East Adelaide Primary School, Glenunga International High School, Grange […]