On Saturday 25th January, six of our Junior Students took part in the Munster Round of the “National Debating Junior Mace” in Coláiste Choilm.
Representing the school were Ronan Byrne, Conall Conroy, Micheál O’Croinín MacMathuna, John Duggan, Enda Kennedy and Ivan Behan. For some of the students, this was their first time at a competition outside of the school. But that didn’t hold them back!
John and Conall won “Best Overall Team”. John won “Best Speaker of the Day”, a great achievement. Micheál and Ronan have qualified for the “International Competition for Young Debaters”, which takes place in Cambridge this year and hosts Debating teams from all around the world, including as far as India and Australia.
Both teams have qualified for the National Debating Finals in UCD later this year.
This was a very impressive sweep of wins for the boys and all six have made their school very proud! Well done Junior Debaters! We are sure there will be more success to come.
Our Debating Club meets every Tuesday and Friday at lunchtime. Students from every year group are welcome to come along and try it out!
Ms K. Long