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Any ideas on the 2nds and 3rds results? From CAS vs CHS: 1sts: CHS defeated CAS in a 2-1 split (I don't think this was a robbery given Brenden Chen and Kat Kuo were on the panel, wouldn't be surprised if DanSeeto88 is a Barker diehard/speaker) 2nds: CHS defeated CAS in a unanimous decision...

Told that for CHS vs IGSA: 1sts: CHS won in a 2-1 split decision 2nds: CHS won in a clear cut (3-0) decision 3rds: IGSA won (1 adjudicator) That would mean that currently standings are: CHS: 5/6 GPS: 4/6 CAS: 2/6 IGSA: 1/6

I think others have noted that there are five mains teams who have a chance (Grammar, Joeys, High, Scots and Riverview). Personally though, I think only three teams that have good chances (Grammar, Joeys and High). I'll be going through each school in order of what I feel to be their likelihood...

I believe as other people have noted, this year Grammar is very weak compared to their normal form.

There's apparently now an official spreadsheet for PDC, so if anyone is interested, they can check that out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DDo1rrMm1OoVR-TerUiGqVDD7fR4Y8wolhy8gbzfp1k/edit#gid=1736257060

Eastside Week 4 Check-In: So far the major surprise has to be Scot's performance, currently sitting on top of the table undefeated alongside Grammar. The other surprise is SGHS who haven't won a debate so far (though their opponents have been Grammar and SBHS). Current standings are as follows...

NSWDU Callbacks List: Alexia Rigoni Anhaar Kareem Christian Mossati Darshnik Aryal (James Ruse) Eamonn O'Loughlin Esther Kim (MLC) Helena Piazza (SCEGGS) Ian Gao Iris Lee (Barker) Jason Lin Jehiel Pather (Scots) John Toohey Joshua O'Dea Justin Qin (Barker) Kasra Roushan Melissa Liu (SGHS)...

For Eastside, Mikey Xu has made a competition site on Tabbycat which has all the information for all years, teams and motions. http://eastside2023.calicotab.com/