10 February 2012
It's been a busy week for debaters at Abingdon! In addition to our normal Friday and Tuesday debates, we also had strong teams competing in the Rotary Youth Speaks competition (Thomas Munro, Edmund Cornforth, and Michael Bicarregui), the ESU Mace Debating Competition second round (Will Hewstone and Laurence Copson).
To top it all off, last night we hosted a round of the Oxford Union Schools Debating Competition, welcoming 56 debaters from 10 other schools and a team of Oxford University judges. All our three teams performed strongly, and the A team (Will Hewstone and Laurence Copson) were one of only 4 teams selected to progress to the finals day at the Oxford Union in March. Congratulations to them, and to all who took part!