See the Sr HKSDC Summer 2010 photo gallery for photos.
The first ever Senior Hong Kong Schools Debating Championship was held on the 25th September 2010 at South Island School. 28 teams participated, with each team consisting of 3-5 team members. The tournament was preceded by a training session for both adjudicators and debaters held at SIS conducted by Greg Forse.
Motions
- R1 (Prep): THBT the functional constituencies should be abolished from Hong Kong’s Legco
- R2 (Prep): THW deny multinational companies access to the natural resources of developing countries
- R3 (Improp): THB in work for welfare
- SF (Improp): THW burn flags of countries but not religious books
- GF (Prep): THBT the benefits of WikiLeaks outweigh the harms
Results
After three rounds, the four highest ranking teams by wins and speaker points competed in the semi-finals:
| Proposition | Opposition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| La Salle College | South Island School | La Salle College, 5-0 |
| Diocesan Girls School | King George the Fifth School | King George the Fifth School, 5-0 |
LSC and KGV faced down in the finals, with KGV proposing and LSC opposing. Ultimately, LaSalle took the championship trophy away after a 7-0 win.
Champion : La Salle College
Runner-Up : King George the Fifth School
Best Speaker : Heather Pickerell, German Swiss International School
Individual Rankings
Note: Only top section rankings are released – It is HKSDC policy not to publish the rankings of teams and individuals who may have had a tough tournament. It’s a learning curve and they will come back better and stronger. Overall, the quality of debating was very high – so we can all feel proud of the effort put in by everybody.
Scores are based on the average scores of the first 3 rounds, minimum of two debates. 24 results are announced because there was a natural break in the scores. A total of 140 debaters took part, so the Top 24 speakers represent the top 20% of all debaters. There is a good spread of schools involved. Congratulations to all debaters for making the day successful. A special pat on the back goes to Heather, the tournament’s top debater.
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heather Pickerell | German Swiss International School | 77.33 |
| 2 | Tang Ho Fung | Diocesan Girls School | 77 |
| 3 | Pavan Hegde | South Island School | 75.75 |
| 4 = | Ben Allen | La Salle College | 75 |
| 4 = | Alex Su | King George the Fifth School | 75 |
| 6 | Sanborn Li | King George the Fifth School | 74.67 |
| 7 | Jacky Cheng | St Paul’s Co-ed | 74 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Wong | Queen’s College | 73.75 |
| 9 | James Lo | Diocesan Boys School | 73.67 |
| 10 = | Natalie So | Diocesan Girls School | 73.5 |
| 10 = | Kristy Wong | Heng Sang School of Commerce | 73.5 |
| 10 = | Angela Wu | King George the Fifth School | 73.5 |
| 10 = | Raphael Leung | La Salle College | 73.5 |
| 14 = | Nicole Yuen | Diocesan Girls School | 73.25 |
| 14 = | Kelly Lui | St Paul’s Co-ed | 73.25 |
| 16 | Tiffany Chung | South Island School | 73.17 |
| 17 = | Lorraine Leung | Chinese International School | 73 |
| 17 = | Denis Kwong | Queen’s College | 73 |
| 17 = | Jack Lau | Renaissance College | 73 |
| 17 = | Jason Chiu | Wah Yan Kowloon | 73 |
| 21 | Madhav Menon | South Island School | 72.75 |
| 22 | Howard Yeung | La Salle College | 72.67 |
| 23 | Tom Chan | St. Paul’s College | 72.33 |
| 24 | Colin Diersing | Li Po Chun United World College | 72.25 |
Team Rankings
Only the top half of teams are ranked, based on the first 3 debates, and for the top four the semis and final. All teams ranked won 2 or 3 debates in the initial rounds.
| Rank | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Salle College | Champion |
| 2 | King George the Fifth School | Runner-Up |
| 3 = | South Island School | Semi-Finalist |
| 3 = | Diocesan Girls’ School | Semi-Finalist |
| 5 | Li Po Chun United World College | 3 wins /721 pts |
| 6 | German Swiss International | 2/749.5 |
| 7 | Diocesan Boys’ School | 2/745.5 |
| 8 | Heep Yunn School | 2/736 |
| 9 | Chinese International School | 2/735 |
| 10 | West Island School | 2/733.5 |
| 11 | St. Paul’s Co-ed 2 | 2/733 |
| 12 | Shatin College | 2/732 |
| 13 | Wah Yan Kowloon | 2/724 |
| 14 | Queen’s College | 2/720 |
Related blogposts
- 26/09/10 – Individual and Team Rankings
- 24/09/10 – Team List
- 21/09/10 – Updated Schedule and Rules
- 15/09/10 – The Revised Draw
- 14/09/10 – Post Workshop Update and Grand Final Motion
- 13/09/10 – Second Team Opportunity
- 12/09/10 – The draw!
- 12/09/10 – Reminder for the Debaters’/Adjudicators’ workshop
- 04/09/10 – Urgent ueam details needed for snr hksdc
- 25/08/10 – Snr HKSDC update August 25th 2010
- 17/06/10 – Snr HKSDC Registration update
- 14/06/10 – Invitation to join the Snr HKSDC Sep 2010
Pre-tournament matters
This must then be followed up by sending an entry cheque of $300 made out to “South Island School” and posted to Michael Evershed, “The Hong Kong Schools Debating Council”, South Island School, 50 Nam Fung Road Aberdeen. This fee is to cover lunch, trophies etc.
Please send cheques marked:”South Island School” to the value of $300 AFTER you receive an invoice. Send to ‘South island School, 50 Nam Fung Road, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong’. Invoices will be issued by email once a school confirms their entry and coach’s name. The money will be spent on providing a school refectory lunch for all debaters on the day. It is a non-profit fee, if you take my meaning.
Mandatory adjudicator
Formal wear, not school uniforms. For those who have attended the HKMUN, that is the dress style for this event. Put your school uniforms away and get dressed up in a business style / adult world manner. White shirts and ties, business suits, jackets and so on are the order of the day here. We want everyone to feel a sense of unity here through dress as we debate some of the great issues of the day.
FREE WORKSHOP
As with all HKSDC events we will be running a free pre-tournament workshop in which all coaches and debaters new to the Worlds’ Style can be tuned into the nuances of this wonderfully interactive contest. For this event we will have a fully live demonstration debate run by Hong Kong coach Greg Forse. All questions will be answered. The workshop will be held at South Island School Monday September 13th 4-6pm. Experienced teams can also attend.
Thanks to those who have expressed an interest in the HKSDC pre-tournament workshop. The format of the workshop will be different to last time with the feature this time being a “show debate” with discussion of the world’s style.
The starting time has been moved back to 4.30 pm to accommodate schools who finish closer to 4pm, to allow them time to get to South Island School. SIS is a little remote in terms of transport so the best transport is to share a taxi. All the address details and location maps can be found at our website:
The debates will be 6 minutes for the three speakers and 3 for the closing, NOT 8 and 4 as is done n the major tournaments. The day would go on and on if we did the 8/4 format.
I have decided to scrap the impromptu public speaking event for the senior tournament. I will have enough on my plate to take care of on the day. This time, as we wait for the finalists to prepare, might be useful for people to air their views on where HKSDC should go from here.
Teams
NUMBER |
SCHOOL |
COACH/JUDGE |
DEBATERS |
| 1 | South Island School | Michael Evershed | Tiffany Chung, Pavan Hegde, Katriana Milne, Madhav Menon, Saharsha Karki |
| 2 | German Swiss International School | Krystyna Butchart | Heather Pickerell, Sachin Srivastava, Andrew Kwok |
| 3 | Chinese International School | Mr LeShan Kwan | Resa Ng, Emily Tsui, Justin Chan, Lorraine Leung, Joel Chi |
| 4 | Queen’s College | Benjamin So | Jeffrey Wong, Albert Lam, Denis Kwong, Jethro Wong |
| 5 | St. Joseph’s College | Akasha Barickman, Julia Lai | Brian Or, Benedict Tang, Timothy Tai, Matthew Murchie, Julian Got |
| 6 | Island School | Daniel Trump | Deep Vaze, Kim Chan, Charles Appleton |
| 7 | West Island School | Jo Piavanini | Lara Gander, Olivia Scotting, Vincent Wang, Regine Cheung, Andrew Mc Bain |
| 8 | Canadian International School | Shannon Kerry | Xanthia Hargreaves, Spencer Puntnam, Royce Wei, Avinaash Venkatasubramanian, Kitty Wing |
| 9 | Ying Wa College | Greg Forse | Billy Wong, Jonathan Chu, Martin Ho |
| 10 | King George V School | Duncan McIntyre | Sanborn Li, Angela Wu, Raj Amarnani, Amrit Daswani, Alex Su |
| 11 | Hong Kong Academy | Lauren O’Brien | Dylan Sparks, Aaron Francis, Hanne Carlsson, Suhail Bindra, Cynthia Saravia |
| 12 | Ying Wa Girls’ School | Christine Xavier | Ivy Yeung, Joyce Hung, Zoe Lai |
| 13 | Li Po Chun | David David McCracken | Griffith Cheng, Colin Diersing, Tripti Giri, Thomas Yim |
| 14 | Renaissance College | Ray Young | Jack Lau (C), Rebekah Brasher, Kevin Chung, Tracy Kan, Shannon Koh |
| 15 | Discovery College | Flora Mather | Linda Shin, Miranda Skinner, Alisia Zhang, Talise Tsai, Claire Holubowskyj |
| 16 | La Salle College | Brad Schofield | Ben Allen, Raphael Leung, Howard Young, Benson Lam, Justin Lo |
| 17 | Wah Yan Kowloon | / | Ignatius Tan, Barton Wong, Jason Chiu, Ephraim Chan, Ryan Lo |
| 18 | St. Stephens Girls’ School | Julien Hawthorne | Chan Wai Yan Viann, Leona Keung, Cinzia Lau, Luis Ho, Lilian Wong, Selina Cheng |
| 19 | Diocesan Boys’ School | Leo Zen Clark | James Lo, William Leung, Alston Chiu |
| 20 | Heep Yunn School | Steven Lee | Heidi Woo (C), Hayley Kwan, Francine Fu, Chloe Kwan, Serena Wong |
| 21 | Diocesan Girls’ School | Azeem Ebrahim | Nicole Yuen, Tang Ho Fung, Fernanda Lai, Iris Zhang, Natalie So |
| 22 | Shatin College | Annette Chau | Justin Lee, Irving Teng, Austin Lee, Jason Wong |
| 23 | Raimondi College | Ms B Ko | Jeff Lam, Eamon Nung, Bryan Shu, Wong Wai Yi, Hung Yu Ching |
| 24 | St Paul’s CoEd 1 | Mary Bodomo | Jacky Cheng, Kelly Lui, Ashley Leung, Nicole Go, Stefanie Chan |
| 25 | Stewards PKC | Tom Derbyshire | Jessica Tam, Anna Ho, Hugo Lai, Heywood Siu, Benedict Kung |
| 26 | St Paul’s College | Mr Wong, Mr Ng | Tom Chan, Kingsway Tsai, John Choi, Thomas Hui, Toby Pang |
| 27 | Hang Seng School of Commerce | Ms. Cheng Mung Lai Clara, Ms. Fiona Chong | Clarence Shen, Kristy Wong, Vincent Chung, Arthur Chung |
| 28 | St Paul’s CoEd 2 | Mary Bodomo | Simon Shiu, Arthur Poon, Nicole Lee, John Chan |
Round 1 (Prepared debate)9.00 – 10.00 amTHBT the functional constituencies should be abolished from Hong Kong’s Legco |
Round 2 (Prepared debate)10.00 – 11.00 amTHW deny multinational companies access to the natural resources of developing countries |
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| PROPOSITION | OPPOSITION | PROPOSITION | OPPOSITION |
| Ying Wa Girls’ School | St. Joseph’s College | Heep Yunn School | Ying Wa Girls’ School |
| Island School | La Salle College | St. Joseph’s College | Island School |
| Diocesan Boys’ School | Heep Yunn School | St. Paul’s College | Diocesan Boys’ School |
| Queen’s College | St. Paul’s College | La Salle College | Queen’s College |
| Discovery College | Shatin College | West Island School | Discovery College |
| Stewards Pooi Kei College | West Island School | Shatin College | Stewards Pooi Kei College |
| South Island School | Renaissance College | St. Paul’s Co-ed 1 | South Island School |
| Diocesan Girls’ School | St. Paul’s Co-ed 1 | Chinese International School | Diocesan Girls’ School |
| Raimondi College | Hong Kong Academy | KGV | Raimondi College |
| Wah Yan Kowloon | KGV | Hong Kong Academy | Wah Yan Kowloon |
| LPC United World College | Ying Wa College | Canadian International School | LPC United World College |
| German Swiss International School | Canadian International School | Heng Sang School of Commerce | German Swiss International School |
| St Stephens Girls’ College | Chinese International School | Ying Wa College | St Stephens Girls’ College |
| St Paul’s Co-ed 2 | Heng Sang School of Commerce | Renaissance College | St Paul’s Co-ed 2 |
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