Debating

Nine students worked extremely hard to prepare for the Debaters Association of Victoria Intermediate competition held at Caulfield Grammar over 5 months. Our Year 9 boys were prepared by Mrs Carmel Dwyer, Ms Cate Mcilroy and Mrs Georgina Dwyer. The Year 9 students who participated were Nick Rodway, Antonio Russo, Joe Maccora, Michael Swinnerton, Ryan Moody, Ilia Roytberg, Paul Casey, Jordan Dalgleish and Daniel Lee. Each month the boys worked tirelessly to present the arguments for and against any given topic. They performed to an extremely high standard, and were defeated only once, placing second overall. Congratulations to all the boys who showed great perseverance in their attention to improving and developing the skills of debating, time taken, most often, over their lunch breaks. Congratulations to Michael Swinnerton, who was awarded Best Speaker in three of the five debates.

ACC Intermediate Debating and Public Speaking Competition

In August, ten Year 9 boys represented the College at Parade. The Debating team were Michael Swinnerton, Antonio Russo, Daniel Lee, Darcy Conlan, Jordan Dalgliesh and Paul Casey. The Public Speaking Team were Ryan Moody, Mark McKee, Joe Maccora and Nick Chant. These boys spoke with style and grace and represented our College admirably.

Junior Debating Team

Standing: Jordan Dalgliesh, Michael Swinnerton, Daniel Lee, Darcy Conlan, Joe Maccora, Nick Chant. Seated: Antonio Russo, Mark McKee, Ryan Moody, Paul Casey

ACC Junior Debating and Public Speaking

In November, ten Year 8 boys represented our

College at St Bernard’s, Essendon. The Debating team was Theo Siriopoulos, James Eracleous,

George Vlahogiannis, Darcy Craig, Aaron Li and

Anthony Marsicano.

The Public Speakers were Richard Buckley, Alex Di

Medio, James Koulousias and Michael McMahon.

Michael Swinnerton (Year 9), Richard Buckley (Year 8), Evan Lianos (Year 7), Patrick Hanney (Year 10),

Michael Higginbotham and Daniel Martin (Year 11) represented the College at St James’, Bentleigh in

October. Winners were Evan, Richard and Daniel.

Senior Debating

This year De La Salle was represented by two senior teams in the Debating Association of Victoria debates held at Caulfield Grammar. The Year 11 team, comprising Benjamin Stott, Nicholas Kent, Damian Li, and Daniel Martin had a very successful year, winning most of their debates. Daniel Martin went on to win the Year 11 Division of the Lasallian Public Speaking Competition at St James’. The Year 12 team, represented by Jake Stewart, Xavier Fitzgerald and Anthony Cormick, were also formidable in their division. Mrs Christine Thompson and Ms Kerry Martin, who assisted the boys throughout the year, were impressed by the calibre of debating and congratulate the boys on their efforts.

DAV Debators: Michael Swinnerton, Joe Maccora, Jordan Dalgleish, Mrs Carmel Dwyer, Antonio Russo, Ryan Moody, Paul Casey, Daniel Lee, Nick Rodway Absent: Ilia Roytberg

Senior Debating Team

Standing: Mrs Christine Thompson, Anthony Cormick, Benjamin Stott, Ms Kerry Martin Seated: Steven Ward, Xavier Fitzgerald, Damian Li, Daniel Martin Absent: Nick Kent, Jake Stewart

Mrs Dwyer and Ms McIlroy were proud of the way these young men took on new challenges and honed their skills in Debating and Public Speaking.