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 Season Results

Year 8 Division Grand Final Winner: St. George College Purple Anastasi Kosmadopoulos, Georgette Toyias, Maria Dalas, Marie Kyriacou, Peter Mylidonis, Tina Zissis and Zoe Kosmadopoulos Runner Up: Marryatville High School Blue Amanda Pirone, Ella Waters, John Stamatakis and Katherine Schell Year 9 Division Grand Final Winner: Pembroke School Purple Alice Footer, Ashleigh Teo, Dunja Nedic and […]

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 […]

The Learning to Lead Pilot Programme

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. The course was to be presented to […]

2002 Season Results

Year 8 Division Grand Final Winner: Mitcham Girls' High School Yellow Nikky Button, Kim Turner, Zoe Keys, and Janelle Adamczyk Coach: Mr Alistair Nimmo Runner Up: Pembroke School Orange Alice Footer, Bree Bennett, Heather Bruer Coach: Ms Barbara Reid Year 9 Division Grand Final Winner: King's Baptist Grammar School Green Dylan Jones, Stacey Parker and [...]