NSW Schools Debating 2014
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smallchoice
Frank Row (1)
Archdale 1sts beat CAS in an apparently very close debate. Did anyone see this? I would love to know how the teams went, good speakers, etc.
GPS def. CHS clearly.
Stratton, Rees were their usual commendable selves.
GPS were victors for the representative competition overall, a very strong team captained by a very strong speaker.
Archdale 1sts defeated CAS 1sts
Archdale 2nds defeated CAS 2nds (split decision)
CAS Thirds defeated Archdale 3rds (majority decision)
Strong, good analysis,principles as well as practical issues from CAS second speaker (Cranbrook);
Any other results? comments on other teams?
Archdale 2nds defeated CAS 2nds (split decision)
CAS Thirds defeated Archdale 3rds (majority decision)
Strong, good analysis,principles as well as practical issues from CAS second speaker (Cranbrook);
Any other results? comments on other teams?
aka_the_think
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Unwanted banter, fair ban.
Albert Sandler
Frank Row (1)
awdc break down and results? particularly interested in the individual speaker awards.
aka_the_think
Jimmy Flynn (14)
USU 2 - Natalie Buckett and Lucy Connell - got the win from opening gov. Sarah Mourney was best speaker, Sophie White second best.
Hmm, not strictly schools debating, but I think that broadening the scope of this forum wouldn't hurt.
Full list of speakers can be accessed here which provides a video of the announcements. http://m.ustream.tv/recorded/53323683
The win by OG was in a 5-2 split, and as I understand it, a bit of a suprise win for USU2. Did anyone watch the debate?
Full list of speakers can be accessed here which provides a video of the announcements. http://m.ustream.tv/recorded/53323683
The win by OG was in a 5-2 split, and as I understand it, a bit of a suprise win for USU2. Did anyone watch the debate?
aka_the_think
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Yea I did - I thought USU 1 had it, interesting motion - "this house believes that governments should be able to compulsarily acquire culturally significant artwork for public display, without compensation".
It was not a surprise win - it went very clearly to OG. The two who split were punters
aka_the_think
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Good to see some activity - it seems that the HSC has distracted most forum posters.
To be completely honest, I can't remember the debate too well, I just recall USU 1 being pretty strong and I felt that they might have been a little hard done by but can't support that with any evidence this far removed from the debate.
aka_the_think
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Please refrain from further 2015 banter, this thread is for 2014 banter only.
All future 2015 banter should be redirected to the 2015 forum (date: TBA).
P.S. My money's on Armidale for GPS - apparently they are beginning to take debating much more seriously, and have invested big bucks. Rumour has it they picked up Elle and a host of other elite coaches. Big news out of New England.
All future 2015 banter should be redirected to the 2015 forum (date: TBA).
P.S. My money's on Armidale for GPS - apparently they are beginning to take debating much more seriously, and have invested big bucks. Rumour has it they picked up Elle and a host of other elite coaches. Big news out of New England.
Enigma
Frank Row (1)
It's 2015, I'm itching for some good debating banter, and I don't have a 2015 forum yet. This leaves me with two options. I can continue venting my banter into the empty air, which not only draws strange looks but is a horrible waste of my own creative intellect - OR - I can choose to post 2015 banter on the 2014 thread. Such a cataclysm would surely violate the sanctity of this fine forum, yet my inner anarchist rejoices.
I can count the recorded number of sightings of the Armidale team on my left hand. They're still better than View though.
aka_the_think
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Engima, I don't know who you are, and I don't know what you stand for, but none of the above makes any sense.
I have made it my personal project to find you, and hunt you down. I must first run through the clues you have provided me.
First, there's this:
The fabled Armidale team are more of an enigma than you'll ever be. Very few people have ever seen them, and the few that have haven't lived to tell the tale (or recite the adjudication). That leaves me with two options. Either you are bluffing, OR - and it is with great hesitation that I say this - you are in fact a member of the Armidale III!
Second, you write and argue with a sophistication that knows no bounds. You synthesise disparate pieces of information into a coherent logical form, you have superb microstructure, and your phraseology is amongst the finest this fabled forum has yet seen. It is clear, therefore, that you are a man of eloquence (or vir eloquens in pre-Vatican II speak). Your style would not be out of place in representative teams, and - in fact - I think it becoming of a 3 time Australian schools representative.
Third, as someone with a anarchic proclivity you must be opposed to big government, particularly on economic matters. I can tell from your bleak typeface that you're a fan of bleak corporatisation and standardised font selections. Would you describe yourself a right-wing economically? Because I would.
It is clear, therefore, that you can only be one man. You must be Alex Badidge's rowdy cousin from west of the great dividing range, the king of the swing (speaker), James S. Babidge.
And now that I have revealed your identity and 420rekt you in front of the entire internet I acquiesce to your demands.
Without further ado I present 2015.
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/nsw-schools-debating-2015.15141/
I have made it my personal project to find you, and hunt you down. I must first run through the clues you have provided me.
First, there's this:
The fabled Armidale team are more of an enigma than you'll ever be. Very few people have ever seen them, and the few that have haven't lived to tell the tale (or recite the adjudication). That leaves me with two options. Either you are bluffing, OR - and it is with great hesitation that I say this - you are in fact a member of the Armidale III!
Second, you write and argue with a sophistication that knows no bounds. You synthesise disparate pieces of information into a coherent logical form, you have superb microstructure, and your phraseology is amongst the finest this fabled forum has yet seen. It is clear, therefore, that you are a man of eloquence (or vir eloquens in pre-Vatican II speak). Your style would not be out of place in representative teams, and - in fact - I think it becoming of a 3 time Australian schools representative.
Third, as someone with a anarchic proclivity you must be opposed to big government, particularly on economic matters. I can tell from your bleak typeface that you're a fan of bleak corporatisation and standardised font selections. Would you describe yourself a right-wing economically? Because I would.
It is clear, therefore, that you can only be one man. You must be Alex Badidge's rowdy cousin from west of the great dividing range, the king of the swing (speaker), James S. Babidge.
And now that I have revealed your identity and 420rekt you in front of the entire internet I acquiesce to your demands.
Without further ado I present 2015.
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/nsw-schools-debating-2015.15141/
iluvrugbyandscotts
Frank Row (1)
I think there should be a GPS debate about whether the dress is blue and black or white and gold (if you ask me the dress is green and gold). For those of you who do not know what I am talking about here is the source:
http://swiked.tumblr.com/post/112073818575/guys-please-help-me-is-this-dress-white-and
Anyway I think at least High will be able to pull off this debate, as I hear their 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teams are extremely strong, Grammar may also have a fair chance.
http://swiked.tumblr.com/post/112073818575/guys-please-help-me-is-this-dress-white-and
Anyway I think at least High will be able to pull off this debate, as I hear their 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teams are extremely strong, Grammar may also have a fair chance.
Debating Dashy
Frank Row (1)
First of all, shouldn't this post be on the 2015 forum? Additionally, no matter how good the team is, the cold hard facts are that the dress is blue and black, although I beg to differ and the dress is clearly white and gold. iluvrugbyandscotts, if you want to continue this argument, I am happy to provide an opinion on the 2015 forum and I am sure that not many people would like the idea of "necroing" an older forum.
Being a former debating student of one of the GPS teams, and knowing how the adjudicators work, a debate on the colour of the dress would not be very successful, unless picture evidence is provided, which isn't allowed, or the judge has previously seen the dress and has concluded that for them, they see white and gold. Furthermore, I have seen bias before in judging and I am fairly certain that the judge will refuse to believe the dress is another colour once they have seen it as white and gold.
I apologise to anyone for replying on an older forum but I felt that this is an issue needed to be addressed.
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