Victoria has a strong history in debating, but also in adjudicating. The New Zealand Universities’ Debating Council has a system of accreditation where people can become officially qualified and able to judge at Joynt Scroll and Easters.

Students accredit through the rigorous system of trainee adjudicating at Easters or Joynt Scroll, where they sit with adjudicators and are then quizzed on how they saw the debate and often asked to practice oral adjudications. Whether or not people accredit as trainees is at the discretiton of the relevant tournament’s Chief Adjudicator and Deputy Chief Adjudicator. Students can also accredit by breaking twice at any of Easters, Joynt Scroll, Australs or Worlds. Since 2007 it has been possible to accredit at the Thropy or Claytons tournaments as well as Easters and Joynt Scroll.

Current NZUDC Adjudicators from Victoria:

Christopher Bishop (Easters 2004 via break rules / Joynt 2003)
James Clark (Easters 2004)
Fiona McAlister (Joynt 2004)
Gareth Richards (Joynt 2004 via break rules / Easters 2004)
Joe Connell (Easters 2005 via break rules / Joynt 2004)
Josh Cameron (Joynt 2005 via break rules / Easters 2004)
Stephen Whittington (Easters 2006 via break rules / Joynt 2005)
Alex Olssen (Easters 2006)
Ioana Gordon-Smith (Easters 2006)
Jamie Eng (Easters 2006)
Michael Mabbett (Easters 2006)
Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna (Easters 2006)
Tom Fitzsimons (Easters 2006 via break rules / Joynt 2005)
Polly Higbee (Joynt 2006 via break rules / Joynt 2005)
Christopher Foulkes (Joynt 2006)
Ellen Thomson (Easters 2007)
Aidan Beckett (Easters 2007)
Yogesh Patel (Easters 2007 via break rules / Joynt 2006)
Hugh McCaffrey (Thropy 2007)
Seb Templeton (Joynt 2007)
Eleanor Bishop (Joynt 2007)
Jenna Raeburn (Joynt 2007)
Kathy Scott-Dowell (Worlds 2008 via break rules / Joynt 2007)
Kathy Errington (Easters 2008)
Chris Blackford (Easters 2008)
Ihaia Tichborne (Easters 2008 via break rules / Easters 2006)
Richard D’Ath (Thropy 2008)
Ella Edginton (Joynt 2008 via break rules / Easters 2008)
Sarah Wilson (Easters 2009)
Frances Ratner (Easters 2009)
Udayan Mukherjee (Thropy 2009)
Nigel Smith (Joynt 2009)
Philip Belesky (Thropy 2010)
Paul Smith (Australs 2010 via break rules / Easters 2010)