2003-08-25 Mars Debating Challenge Cup Finals

25th August, 2003

Grades 5/6

That a new Australian flag is needed

Ballarat North Primary School Team 1 - Winner

Sam O'Brien

Ben Hart

Casey Bolton

Buninyong Primary School Team 2 - Runner Up

Ashleigh Lotherington

David Morley

Danielle Maguire

Best Debater - Grades 5/6 - in Heats

1st Rhys Woods, Buninyong Primary School

2nd Alex Armstrong, Pleasant Street Primary School

3rd Ben Hart, Ballarat North Primary School

Honourable Mention Mitchell Simpson, Pleasant Street Primary School

Honourable Mention David Morley, Buninyong Primary School

Honourable Mention Danielle Maguire, Buninyong Primary School

Years 7/8

That charity is being abused

Ballarat High School Team 7 - Winner

Erica Tracksdorf

Amelia Gracie

eleanor Crawshaw

Ballarat & Clarendon College Team 14 - Runner Up

Claire Harris

Elyssia Bourke

Samantha Gardiner

Best Debater - Years 7/8 - in Heats

1st George Rowland, Daylesford Secondary College

2nd Erica Tracksdorf, Ballarat High School

3rd Samantha Gardiner, Ballarat Clarendon College

Years 9/10

That crime pays

Ballarat High School Team 9 - Winner

Richard Marshall

Mathew Walker

lucy Barnet

Ballarat High School Team 4 - Runner Up

Stacey Beacham

Tess Brady

Theonie Scott

Best Debater - Years 9/10 - in Heats

1st Megan Helper, Daylesford Secondary College

2nd Eliza Drake, Loreto College

3rd Ben Shepherd, St Patrick's College

Honourable Mention Mathew Walker, Ballarat High School

Honourable Mention Amy Martin, Ballarat High School

Honourable Mention Kate Stevenson, Ballarat High School

Years 11/12

That you should love or leave your nation

Daylesford Secondary College Team 2 - Winner

Mary Milesi

Alison Frith

Kate Stevenson

Ballarat High School Team 1 - Runner Up

Will Power

Nicole Hirst

Francis Nicholls-Wunder

Best Debater - Years 11/12 - in Heats

1st Francis Nicholls-Wunder, Ballarat High School

2nd Brianna Youngson, Ballarat & Clarendon College

3rd Alison Frith, Daylesford Secondary College