Teams from Otago / Southland have competed in the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Championships since 1988. Team members are listed below.
2021
Robert Donohoe (Bayfield High School)
Sophie Bowmar (Columba College)
Caleb Oakley (John McGlashan College)
Coaches: Joe Garry and Georgie Lomax-Sawyers
2020
Isobel Fraser (Columba College)
Abby Bowmar (Columba College)
Penelope Hare (Columba College)
Coaches: Connor Seddon and Georgie Lomax-Sawyers
2019
Abby Bowmar (Columba College)
Colby Allan (Otago Boys’ High School)
Isobel Fraser (Columba College)
Coaches: Connor Seddon and Georgie Lomax-Sawyers
2018
Lydia Joseph (Columba College)
Sabrina Swerdloff (Otago Girls’ High School)
Bridget Scott (Columba College)
Coaches: Joe Ascroft and Emily Williams
2017
Lydia Joseph (Columba College)
Paddy Hantler (John McGlashan College)
Sabrina Swerdloff (Otago Girls’ High School)
Coaches: Joe Ascroft and Emily Williams
2016
Selena Ballantyne (Columba College)
Joe Garry (John McGlashan)
Grant McNaughton (Logan Park High School)
Coaches: Joe Ascroft and Emily Williams
2015
Emily Williams (Columba College)
Jacobi Kohu-Morris (Logan Park High School)
Selena Ballantyne (Columba College)
Coaches: John Brinsley-Pirie and Patrick Dawson
2011
James Tocher (Bayfield High School)
Joe Ascroft (John McGlashan College)
Patrick Dawson (Logan Park High School)
Coach: Paul Hunt
2010
Kieran Bunn (Logan Park High School) [Best Speaker, Captain]
Ava Atkinson-Barclay (Columba College)
James Tocher (Bayfield High School)
Coach: Nick Gavey
2009
Alice Waterman (Columba College)
Alice Marsh (Columba College)
Kurt Purdon (Otago Boys’ High School)
Coach: William Chisholm
2008
Alec Dawson (Logan Park High School)
Kim Hannah (St Hilda’s Collegiate School)
Kurt Purdon (Otago Boys’ High School)
Coach: Nicholas Gavey
2007
Emma Hutton (Columba College)
Hana Nyhof (Otago Girls’ High School)
Kurt Purdon (Otago Boys’ High School)
Coach: William Chisholm
2006
Sashika Samaranayaka (Otago Girls’ High School)
Kate Lawson-Bradshaw (Otago Girls’ High School)
Shaun Musuka (Bayfield High School)
Coaches: Laura Fraser & Jesse Wall
2005
Rachel Laing (Columba College)
Kate Lawson-Bradshaw (Otago Girls’ High School)
Shaun Musuka (Bayfield High School)
Coaches: Renee Heal & Victoria Olds
2004
Polly Higbee (St Hilda’s Collegiate School)
Emma Peart (St Hilda’s Collegiate School)
Blair Hughson (Bayfield High School)
Coaches: Holly Walker & Kate Wevers
2003 [Winners]
Polly Higbee (St Hilda’s Collegiate School)
Victoria Nicholson (James Hargest High School)
Laura Fraser (James Hargest High School) [Best Speaker]
Coaches: Holly Walker & Kate Wevers
2002
Victoria Olds (Bayfield High School)
Alissa McKeagg (Southland Girls’ High School)
Laura Fraser (James Hargest High School)
Coaches: Rosy Perry & Max Johns
2001
Renee Heal (St Hilda’s Collegiate School)
Helen Lindsay (James Hargest High School)
Ben Naylor (Dunstan High School)
Coach: Rachel Carrell
2000
Renee Heal (St Hilda’s Collegiate School)
Steven Sutton (James Hargest High School)
Helen Lindsay (James Hargest High School)
Coach: Rachel Carrell
1999
Jarrod Clyne (Otago Boys’ High School)
Kiri Griffin (Columba College)
Helen Lindsay (James Hargest High School)
Coach: Andrea Pannell
1998
If you know who debated for Otago in 1998, please contact the Council.
1997
Emma Bennett (Columba College)
Rachel Carrell (Southland Girls’ High School)
Alan Clark (Otago Boys’ High School)
Coaches: Liz Hall, Andrea Pannell, Greg Gimblett
1996
Nicholas Gillies (Waitaki Boys’ College)
Chris Curran (Kavanagh College)
Virginia Marshall (Columba College)
Coach: Liz Hall
1994
If you know who debated for Otago in 1994, please contact the Council.
1993
Tara Thurlow (Otago Girls’ High School)
Nicola Mutch (Otago Girls’ High School)
Andrea Pannell (James Hargest High School)
Coach: Elizabeth Hall
1992
Sacha Barber (Southland Girls’ High School)
Virginia Fenton (Kavanagh College)
Nicole Joseph (Queen’s High School)
Coach: Jenny Cooper
1991
Claudia Farry (Kavanagh College)
Josephine Johnston (Queen’s High School)
Simon Anderson (Otago Boys’ High School)
Coach: James Palmer
1990
Renee Garner (Queen’s College)
Elana Geddis (Otago Girls’ High School)
Katherine ? (Otago Girls’ High School)
Coach: James Palmer
1989
If you know who debated for Otago in 1989, please contact the Council.
1988
Brenda Thom (Moreau College)
Leonie McCombie (Moreau College)
Pauline Lerooy (Moreau College)