OUDS do well at the Australian Womens Debating The Otago University Debating Society, proudly sponsored by Gallaway Cook Allan Lawyers, had great success at the recent Australian Women’s tournament. The tournament was held at New South Wales University in late September. Both Otago teams reached the quarter-finals, with Otago One finishing fifth, and Otago Two sixth, out of a fifty-two strong team field. Grace Jansen (1st year LLB) and Alice Sowry (2nd year LLB) formed Otago One, while Rebecca Gates (6th year LLB), and Sophia Cameron Christie (Genetics PHD) made up Otago Two. Katarina Schwarz (4th year LLB) was selected to judge the finals series. This is second consecutive time Katarina has judged finals at an international tournament after accomplishing the same feat at Australs this year. Grace and Alice placed highly on the individual speaker rankings. Out of the 104 speakers Grace ranked 11th and Alice 15th. Having the whole squad make the finals was an incredible result given this was the first time OUDS has sent a squad to Australian Women’s in recent memory. The women’s squad would like to thank Gallaway Cook Allan Lawyers, the Vice Chancellor and the Law Faculty for supporting them. Their financial contribution makes it possible to send teams to international tournaments like Australia.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:59:46 +0000