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Rapid-Fire Rhetoric Marks Debating Grand Final
Christ Church’s senior debating team went head-to-head with Hale School in the 2007 debating grand final, going down by the narrowest of margins in what was described by one adjudicator as “the finest contest in many years”.
Stefan Tomasich top-scored the reply
speech, while Andrew Tulloch’s conclusion was described by adjudicator
Varun Ghosh (former national debating team captain and CCGS old boy
1998-02) as “the best 45 seconds of rhetoric” he had witnessed. The
topic for the debate, held at the State Library, was the pros and cons
of the Federal Government’s intervention in Northern Territory
indigenous affairs.
The other member of the team was Vikram Kumar. Alex Crostella and Tommaso D’Orsogna, members of the Senior 1 debating team who formed part of the quarter final team, were instrumental in getting the team to the grand final.
The other member of the team was Vikram Kumar. Alex Crostella and Tommaso D’Orsogna, members of the Senior 1 debating team who formed part of the quarter final team, were instrumental in getting the team to the grand final.
Teacher in charge of debating, Marguerite Crawford, commended the team’s talents. The boys, as members of the Debating Committee and welcoming hosts to other schools, had led the CCGS debating fraternity with tremendous commitment, providing especially fine role models to upcoming debaters.
Other CCGS debaters enjoyed success during the 2007 season. Two Year 8 teams and three junior teams were division winners, with one Year 8 team making it to the quarter finals.. They were among just eight of 200 competing metropolitan schools to reach the quarter finals.