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ACC DEBATING & PUBLIC SPEAKING TEAM

On 23 August, four keen Joey’s students – and myself, travelled to Mazenod College in Melbourne to represent at the ACC Public Speaking Competition. During the day, each student presented two speeches in front of other competing Catholic schools and an adjudicator. There were many exciting, informative, educational and persuasive speeches by all of the Associated Catholic College representatives. Some topics from our boys included: discrimination, populism, China’s political landscape, and the Kokoda experience. As part of the competition the boys also had to do an improvisation speech with only five minutes to rehearse. The boys gave it their best and overall our public speaking team finished fourth out of the nine schools. – Will Magher

DAV DEBATING TEAMS

What an exciting season in the Debaters Association of Victoria (DAV) Debating Competition, we saw great success for our A, B and D grade teams. With confidence, collaboration and persuasiveness all of the teams experienced wins against tough competitors such as Geelong Grammar, Kardinia International College and Geelong College. At the end of the regional season, the A Graders finished in first place, the B Graders in second place and the D Graders in fifth place. The A Grade team progressed to the playoffs in Melbourne where they competed against Parade College, unfortunately losing by a 3 point margin. Throughout the season, best speaker awards were given to Thomas Newnham, Benjamin Camilleri, Samuel Arnold, Liam Jelley and Kobi Pelletier.

DAV JUNIOR PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION

On 25 May, St Joseph’s College hosted the DAV Junior Public Speaking Competition in the Performing Arts Centre. Students from Geelong Lutheran College, Western Heights College and Sacred Heart College joined us for a great day of training, speeches and activities. Year 7 and 8 students Lachlan Dowling, Samuel Nicopoulos, Jett Sansom, William Baum, Lachlan Demasi and Finnegan Murray created insightful and mature speeches that explored heroism, humanity or history. Congratulations to all of the boys who competed.

VCAA PLAIN ENGLISH SPEAKING COMPETITION

The nation’s most prestigious public speaking competition occurred in Term 2 and Year 12 student Kobi Pelletier and Year 10 student Riley Eggleton were selected to compete from St Joseph’s College. Kobi spoke about the war on drugs, and Riley spoke about the dangers of right-wing populism. Riley won first place in the regional round and progressed to the semi-final where he competed against the top speakers from other Victorian regions. Kobi was awarded with the Victorian Regional Encouragement award; this award recognises one outstanding speaker from regional Victoria. This was the first time both of these students have competed in a public speaking competition, so their results are an impressive achievement. These young men worked diligently to produce memorable speeches, and they are commended for their engaging manner and passion about their topics.

- Christine Rowland, Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator

Legacy 2017

Oscar Morrison

DAV Junior Public Speaking Competition

Samuel Nicopoulos, Finnegan Murray

VCAA Plain English Award

Riley Eggleton, Kobi Pelletier

ACC Debating & Public Speaking Competition

L-R: William Magher, Riley Eggleton, Thomas Newnham, Michael Leach, Ethan Beauglehall, Jesse Pappalardo Absent: Finnegan Murray Staff: Christine Rowland

UNYA Evatt Competition

L-R: Patrick Richards, Joshua Spork, Matthew Walters, Xavier Dowd, Harvey Carmody, Jurrin Romanis Staff: Huon Bertino

DAV Debating

Back Row: Harvey Carmody, Oscar Morrison, Thomas Newnham, Ben Arcoraci, Samuel Arnold, Riley Eggleton, Liam Jelley, Ethan Beauglehall Middle Row: Alexander Lee, Jesse Pappalardo, Connor Gallagher, Kobi Pelletier, Benjamin Camilleri, Finnegan Murray, Nicholas Naumovski, Denzel Rabino, Gabriel Baldero Front Row: Samuel Condie, Xavier Korolis, Jack Cambridge, Thomas Corray, Charlie Bowman, Jett Sansom, Joseph Argus, Tane Berends Absent: Isaac Chatham, Samuel Nicopoulos, Joshua Spork Staff: Christine Rowland