NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENTS

Joynt Scroll (NZ Universities’ Prepared Debating Champs) 2009

• Winners: Victoria One - Seb Templeton, Stephen Whittington, Ella Edginton
• Semi-finalists: Victoria Two – Jenna Raeburn, Kathy Scott-Dowell, Richard D’Ath
• President’s Cup for Best Speaker: Stephen Whittington
• Members of the NZU Team: Kathy Scott-Dowell, Stephen Whittington
• 1st Reserve to the NZU Team: Ella Edginton
• 2nd Reserve to the NZU Team: Richard D’Ath
• Highly Commended: Seb Templeton
• Russell McVeagh Cup for Most Promising Speaker: Udayan Mukherjee
• Promising Speaker: Paul Smith

Officers Cup (NZ Universities’ Impromptu Debating Champs) 2010

• Winners: Victoria Two – Seb Templeton & Richard D’Ath
• Semi-finalists: Victoria One – Udayan Mukherjee & Paul Smith
• Dame Catherine Tizard Cup for Best Speaker: Richard D’Ath
• NZU Debating Team: Udayan Mukherjee & Richard D’Ath
• 1st Reserve to the NZU team: Seb Templeton
• Russell McVeagh Cup for Most Promising Speaker: Paul Smith
• Promising Speaker: Sam Ward

Vice-Chancellor’s Cup (NZ British Parliamentary Open Debating Champs) 2009

• Winners: Paul Smith & Udayan Mukherjee
• Finalists: Polly Higbee & Stephen Whittington
• Semi-Finalists: Kathy Scott-Dowell & Richard D’Ath; Josh Cameron & Holly Jenkins; Jono Orpin & Ellen Thomson (Composite)
• Top Ten speakers: Stephen Whittington (2nd), Polly Higbee (3rd),  Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna (4th), Richard D’Ath (5=), Hugh McCaffrey (9=)
• Best Novice: Ellen Thomson

McLeod Thropy (North Island Novice Debating Champs) 2010

• Semi-finalists: Nicola Wood, Cassandra Shih, Julia Wells
• Semi-finalists: Jodie O’Neill, Jasmin Moran, Asher Emanuel
• “Chalice of the Future” for Best Speaker: Asher Emanuel
• North Island Novice Debating Team: Asher Emanuel, Jodie O’Neill
• North Island Novice Debating Team 1st Reserve: Campbell Herbert
• Highly Commended: Jasmin Moran

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

World Universities’ Debating Championships 2010

• Octo-finalists/29th place: Victoria A – Polly Higbee & Stephen Whittington
• Top 100 speakers: Seb Templeton (18th), Polly Higbee (37th), Stephen Whittington (41st), Ella Edginton (41st)
• Breaking judges: Christopher Bishop (Grand Final), Sayeqa Islam (ESL Grand Final, Main semi-finals), Jonathan Orpin (Main semi-finals), Jesse Wilson (ESL Semi-finals), Gareth Richards

Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2010

• Winners: Victoria One (Udayan Mukherjee, Stephen Whittington & Ella Edginton)
• Semi-finalists: Victoria Two (Seb Templeton, Richard D’Ath, Paul Smith)
• Jock Fanselow Cup for Best Speaker in the Grand Final: Stephen Whittington
• Top 20 speakers: Stephen Whittington (2nd), Seb Templeton (7th equal), Ella Edginton (18th equal), Richard D’Ath (18th equal)
• Breaking Judges: Christopher Bishop (Chief Adjudicator, ESL Grand Final), Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna (semi-finals)

WELLINGTON COMPETITIONS

Wellington Premier Grade for the Parliamentary Shield 2009

• Winners: Jonathan Orpin, Stephen Whittington, Gareth Richards

INTERNAL VICTORIA COMPETITIONS

Plunket Medal for Oratory 2009

• Winner: Aidan Kang

Victoria Championship 2009 (for the Victoria Trophy)

• Winners: Richard D’Ath, Philip Belesky, Doug McIntyre

Internal BP Grade 2009 (for the Life Members’ Trophy)

• Winners: Ranald Clouston, Ihaia Tichborne, Tom Mathews

Pro-Am 2009 (for the Pro-Am Cup)

• Winner: Lauren Brazier

BP Pro-Am 2009 (for the Pro-Am Cup)

• Winner: Frances Ratner

BLUES AWARDS

Victoria Blues 2009

• Blues awards for debating: Polly Higbee, Stephen Whittington, Richard D’Ath, Seb Templeton, Ella Edginton

New Zealand Universities Blues 2009

• Blues awards: Stephen Whittington, Polly Higbee and Ella Edginton