Coach Casey's Debating Report
May 5, 2013
Cambridge
I am pleased to report that Rory and Mattea placed first and second at the British under 15 national debating competition. The event, organized by the Oxford Union and the Cambridge Union, alternates between the two venues.
This year’s event was held at Cambridge where our girls defeated 78 other students (primarily from England, Scotland and Wales) in the “International Competition for Young Debaters.” They earned the right to represent Canada at the event by placing first at an earlier tournament held in Kingston.
In addition to their outstanding individual rankings, our girls participated in the final round against three very fine teams. Due to her age, Mattea will be eligible to compete in next year’s ICYD at Oxford.
Calgary
Rory and Mattea competed last weekend at the Senior High Nationals, with Jake Marchand and Sebastian Young.
At that event, 48 teams from across Canada competed; 2 Nova Scotia teams broke to quarters with the team from CEC getting to the semi-finals and the team from Sacred Heart (Rory Flynn and Mattea Roach) getting to the quarter finals. Only BC had more teams in the break. The winner was a team from Saskatchewan.
In individual results, Rory Flynn was the top Nova Scotia debater in 5th place, followed by Brie Dukeshire and Sarah Millman of CEC. Congratulations to them all.
Vancouver
Our junior high debaters (Rory Flynn, Anya Friesen and Catherine Burke) will head to Vancouver on Thursday to defend their national junior high debate title.
Good luck to our debaters!
