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Honestly this week is pretty tame. Joeys are big favourites against Kings, SBHS are big favourites against Riverview and Grammar are big favourites against Newington. The main debate will be Scots vs Shore with Scots looking like one of the only two teams who could beat Shore in the rest of...

CHS teams have been announced and I've been told the 1st grade team is comprised of (in alphabetical order): Abrar Chowdhury (12 SBHS) Alexia Rigonia (12 Cammergayl) Anhaar Kareem (11 SGHS) Darshanik Aryal (12 Ruse) Visruth Anand (11 SBHS) Impressive that SBHS maintain two speakers on the 1st...

Told that the adjudicator for the Joeys vs High debate was very poor (not necessarily a robbery, just a very badly explained adjudication) which is a shame for a competition as prestigious as GPS. I believe that Shore won against Kings. Looking forward at week 5, the only real noteworthy debate...

This week should be a fun one as we cross the halfway point in GPS and approach the final week of CAS (which Barker have already won). GPS: Joeys vs High Absolutely the most important debate of this round. If High can win this, they have an excellent chance of winning the entire competition...

Some interesting topics to come out of the 'Science and Society' round (seems to have been interpreted as 'Science and/or Society'). From 1st grade, reportedly High beat Scots in a very close debate and Shore beat Grammar in a close debate. Senior This house regrets the decline in...

I think these are pretty good predictions for the reps teams. From CHS, I wouldn't be too surprised to see Abrar Chowdhury (SBHS) on the team (I would expect him at 4th speaker). From GPS, I think Remy Sloan could also fight for a place in the starting 3 and I would also expect him at 4th...

I believe that those aren't actually their sides, it's just representative of home and away. GPS has gone back to a coin toss system from what I've seen.

Are we 100% sure on the reliability of the tab? I've also heard that Grammar lost to Joeys but the tab says otherwise. Assuming that's the tab is incorrect (which I believe is the case), the standings are: - High, Scots, Shore on 2 - Grammar, Joeys on 1 - Kings, Newington, Riverview on 0

Some upsets in both GPS and CAS 1sts. High, Grammar and Barker (although with a 2-1 split) took care of business against weaker Newington, Kings and Trinity squads respectively. Minor upsets, with Scots defeating Riverview on a less intuitive Aff which should cement them as a contender this year...

Interesting topic for round 1 GPS: This house regrets the increase in ADHD diagnoses, and medication of those diagnosed, amongst senior high school students.

So a Cammeraygal vs SGHS Yr 11 PDC Final (at least I got one right). Congrats to Smiths Hill and SBHS for making it so far and in terms of predictions, I don't have too much too add, I said the favourite for the final would be whoever won SBHS vs SGHS and I stick to that, SGHS to beat...

Interesting to note that it's SGHS Yr 11s not Yr 12s. SGHS's two teams actually faced each other in the PDC quarters with SGHS Yr 11s reportedly winning clearly. In terms of predicting the results of the semis, I think these are two relatively close debates but I do think each have clear...

Teams haven't been chosen yet but an initial squad of 16 has been chosen. Some information to note from that squad of 16 is that SBHS and SGHS both hit the 3 man cap (to my knowledge no other school did). In terms of predicting 1st grade CHS, I think Nationals Captain Darshanik Aryal (Ruse 12)...

Unsure about High but Riverview at 2nd seems a bit too high given that they lost to Scots and Joeys in ISDA and don't have too many star debaters on their team. Obviously they are historically solid but 2nd?

From previous experience, topic areas don't tend to have a major impact. Rather, it just comes down to strength of teams and whether the topic is slightly biased one way or another. I would be interested though as to people's predictions for the season.