Last Thursday Ranald Clouston and Neil Millar took out the Victoria Shield, beating Kathy Scott-Dowell and Richard D’Ath in the Grand Final. Many thanks go to Chris Bishop for running the competition.

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The Victoria Shield is an impromptu debating competition open to anyone in Wellington. It has been held annually since 1969. For a list of past winners, see http://www.wsu.co.nz/v-shield/past-winners

The tournament is run in Easters style (teams of two, a coin toss to determine topic and sides and then 3 minutes to prepare). Speaking times are 4-6 minutes with 2-3 minute summaries.

This year the tournament will be held on Thursday 17 September in the Student Union Building at Victoria University of Wellington (Kelburn campus) from 6.30pm. It is a knock-out tournament, so once you lose, you are out. All the debates take place on the same evening. The winners receive, appropriately, the Victoria Shield.

To enter, please email cjsbishop@gmail.com by Tuesday 15 September at 5pm. There is a team cap of 16. Teams will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. There is no cost to enter.

If you are interested in judging, please also email cjsbishop@gmail.com

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Team Vivian St – Yogesh Patel and Gareth Richards – won the Victoria Shield tonight, defeating Joe Connell and Kevin Moar in the grand final. Vic Shield is a knock-out competition organised by the WSU and run in Easters style. It was formerly known as the Management Cup.

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Vic Shield is the Wellington Speaking Union Easters style knock-out competition. For more info on the style and competition check out the latest Squirrel under Debsoc Guide > Squirrel. Most of you should have heard about this though – it’s at our usual debating time in the SUB. Entries of two wo/man teams are due by this Wednesday 24th Sept to wsupremgrade@gmail.com. Everyone should give this exciting one night tournament a go – you’ll learn a lot and have a great reunion with our most successful debating style.

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Vic Shield is to be held in the second trimester this year. The date is yet to be decided but make sure you get along to make sure Sayeqa and Stephen don’t make it their third in a row.

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