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Wellington Black win Nationals 2009

Wellington Black defeated Wellington Gold in the Grand Final this morning, in an unanimous decision.

Here are the full list of results from Nationals 2009.

Winners: Wellington Black
Carlos Bowkett
Maria English
Jodie O’Neil

Runners-Up: Wellington Gold
Nick Cross
Julia Wells
Jasmin Moran

Highly Commended speakers:
Tom O’Brien (Canterbury Black)
Jodie O’Neil (Wellington Black)
Kurt Purdon (Otago/Southland)

Rosemary Dixon Cup for the Most Promising Speaker at the 2009 National Championships:
Cameron Price (Hawke’s Bay)

Reserves to the NZ Schools Debating Team:
Corinne Marti (Northland)
Rory Nolan (Auckland Blue)

2009 Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team:
Maria English (Wellington Black)
Nick Cross (Wellington Gold)
Josh Baxter (Auckland Blue)
Aria Newfield (Auckland White)
Jasmin Moran (Wellington Gold)

Russell McVeagh Cup for the Best Speaker at the 2009 National Championships:
Maria English

Andrew Stockley Cup for the Captain of the 2009 Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team:
Maria English

4 comments

4 Comments so far

  1. Pei August 10th, 2009 2:22 pm

    Congratulations guys!

  2. mum August 11th, 2009 8:20 am

    what about the lovely lad who won the cup for most promising speaker?

  3. NZSDC August 11th, 2009 9:24 am

    Apologies; updated now. Done in a rush so was accidentally missed.

  4. mum August 11th, 2009 9:31 am

    Thank you so much. I was suprised and impressed to see the results posted so soon. You must all be very tired after such an amazing weekend – we certainly are and we just had to sit and watch. Thank you & congratulations to all.

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