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Shore appreciation post - wins over Joeys and Grammar are very impressive. It's crazy how much GPS has been equalised in the last few years. Must have been 10 years straight of High/Grammar wins up to 2019, since which Riverview and Joeys have won, and Shore and Scots are mounting a challenge...

On rep teams - rebuttal wins debates, cases win trophies. Debates between good teams on fair topics pretty much always come down to who has the better case and strategy, but I think all debate-based rep team trials reward style over substance as although you can see who the smoothest speakers...

High have taken out the Hume Barbour trophy. Topic was “That we should stop commemorating wars” - Smiths Hill affirmative, Sydney Boys negative. Congratulations to both teams on what I’m sure was an excellent debate!

These predictions look spot on, but I too am interested in how the competition runs without panels. Especially given the GPS systems lack of finals, and how close the teams look to be, a single rogue loss could derail a team. But adjudicator situation aside, I wonder how the GPS would cope...

A hearty congratulations to Riverview and Barker! Does anyone know the deal for the Australian team schedule this year, ie how many weeks will Grammar be without Yim? That may be quite significant for their GPS season if the other schools replicate their ISDA performance. Luckily it tends to...

Interesting results regarding ISDA, especially how it may bode for the GPS competition with the competition boasting 3/4 semifinalists (potentially all four if Grammar got up - credit to Barker on the win but does anyone know if their debate was a dodgy call?) In Eastside news, High won Year...

In regards to Eastside, the Year 12 competition is dominated by High and Sceggs (both 5/5) with traditional heavyweights SGHS and Grammar both on 2/5. Grammar’s results are understandable given they field their GPS 3rds, but SGHS have been unexpected, especially when they’re led by a likely NSW...

NSW State Squad as I understand it is as follows: Ruby Adler John Bivell Jessica Cejnar Laura Charlton Indigo Crosweller Alex De Araujo Matthew Neal Ally Pitt James Price Sophie Shead Sean Walton Charlie Yang Daniel Yim Winnie Yuan A few recurring faces indicating the success of last year...

CHS Teams finalised, Firsts 1. John Bivell 2. Elinor Stephenson 3. Sophie Shead 4. Nicole Kagan Seconds 1. Alex De Araujo 2. Hugh Bartley 3. Indigo Crosweller 4. Emily Kim Here's to a great round of reps debates

The CAS representative teams are as follows: CAS Firsts 1. William Solomon (Barker) 2. James Price (Knox) 3. Julian (Cranbrook) 4. Bill Pan (Knox) CAS Seconds 1. Thomas Lukic (St Aloysius) 2. Catherine Ku (Barker) 3. James Kapaniris (Trinity) 4. Angus Mullins (Waverly) I'm...

Nice to see a less weighted topic compared to the ones so far, any news on other results?

The upcoming round looks like it could go a long way to determining the result of this competition, particularly Kings v Scots and the ever-important High Grammar clash. For the former, if Scots did lose to Joeys then this debate is a must-win for them to take advantage of their apparently...

SGHS defeated High in Hume Barbour to become Regional champions, and defeated Grammar to take out Yr 12 eastside on the topic "That South Korea should be provided with nuclear weapons". High defeated Grammar to win Yr11 eastside on the same topic.