Alrighty, that means we're down to two grand finalists, Grammar and Aloysius. Should be an entertaining Grand Final then!
I agree with the Grammar prediction. I mean their win record and their representation in the State Team and State Squad in itself is representative of the talent present in the team.
Can't wait for GPS in Term 3, should be entertaining. But that being said, I reckon Grammar is a favourite in that competition as well but as thatWasToSay kindly pointed out, the competition in GPS should be very solid this year. All the GPS schools have performed quite well in Semester 1 Debating Competitions with High being the exception.
About High's performance in Eastside, while I am not in the loop for that competition, I have still heard about the results as the Grand Final happened two weeks ago. Apparently SCEGGS won against Grammar in the Year 12 Division and Sydney Girls beat Sydney Boys in the Year 11 Division. Apparently, High's team didn't even make semi finals, which is weird. So either they got really unlucky, or their team isn't as strong as it has been in previous years. So I reckon they shouldn't be a strong contender for the GPS Premiership. But then again, they have 2 state squad members, Tim Hanna and Auguste McNally, so I definitely wouldn't underestimate them, once again, with variable adjudicating quality, they might have gotten very unlucky. So while I wouldn't pin them as favourites for the GPS Premiership, they definitely still remain a traditionally strong competitor meaning we have a wonderfully competitive GPS bracket this year.
Anyways I'll sign off and will probably post an update tomorrow night, but I might be busy as I have more examinations in the coming weeks.
DebatingNerd