World Schools Debating Championships
 

Hall of Fame

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Top 50 speakers: '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99  '98

 

2005: Calgary, Canada

Convenor: Ron Lee / Norman Leach

Winners: Australia
Julia Fetherston
Steve Hind
Sienna Merope
Tim Mooney
Jack Wright
Coach: Phil Senior

Runners-Up: England
Sam Block
Andrew Goodman
Lewis Iwu (Captain)
Alex Worsnip
Coach: James Acton

Best Individual: Julia Fetherston (Australia)

 

2004: Stuttgart, Germany

Convenor: Angelika Höness

Winners: Australia
Eleanor Bensley
Frances Bevan
Chris Croke
Julia Fetherston
Coach: Phil Senior

Runners-Up: South Africa
Daniel de Kadt
Michael Fargher
Garikai Nyaruwata (Captain)
Vivek Ramsaroop
Coach: Robert Garlick

 

2003: Lima, Peru

Convenor: Sixto Ramos

Winners: Australia
Eleanor Bensley
Frances Bevan
Sasha Bodero-Smith
Chris Croke
Julia Fetherston
Coach: Phil Senior

Runners-Up: Singapore
Shengwu Li
Yong Wei Chan
Hansel Ng
Joshua Tan
Jonathan Chan
Coach: Geetha Creffield / Aaron Maniam

Best Individual: Julia Fetherston (Australia)

 

2002: Singapore

Host: Debate Association Singapore / Singapore International Foundation
Convenor: Gurdip Singh

Winners: Ireland
Barry Glynn
Cian Murphy
Noel McGrath
Ross Kelly
Stephen Coutts
Coach: Dick Wafer

Runners-Up: Australia
Dominic Thurbon
Elizabeth Sheargold
Evan Goldman
Josh Quinn-Watson
Patrick Meagher
Coach: Rob Koh

Best Individual: Patrick Meagher (Australia)

 

2001: Johannesburg, South Africa

Host: South African National Debating Council
Convenor: Steven Budlender

Winners: Australia
Tristan Burt
Kate Mason
Patrick Meagher
Daniel Piccinin
Rachael Young
Coach: Rob Koh

Runners-Up: Scotland
Jack Anderson
Patrick Emerson
Alex Just
Veronica McLean
Diana Tansley
Coach: Diana Gotts

Best Individual: Jonathan Pflug (Singapore)

 

2000: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Host: Duquesne University
Convenor: Sue Wenzlaff

Winners: Australia
Ryan Goss
Tessa Khan
Simon Quinn
Imogen Saunders
Coach: Andrea Coomber

Runners-Up: England
Munish Chopra
Seb Isaac
Jos Lavery
Sarah Monroe (Captain)
Coach: Trevor Sather

Best Individual: Simon Quinn (Australia)

 

1999: London, England

Host: The English-Speaking Union
Convenor: Trevor Sather

Winners:  Scotland
Lindsay Connal
Fiona Dewar
Niall Kennedy
Luke Taylor
Nicholas van Jonker
Coach: Derek Sloan

Runners-Up:  England
Anthony Harrison
Ben Morgan
Sarah Monroe
James Probert
Coach: Alastair Endersby

Best Individual:  Simon Quinn (Australia)

 

1998: Jerusalem, Israel

Host: Siah vaSig
Convenor: Asher Weill

Winners:  Australia
Vanessa Collins
Roland Dillon
Richard Howard
Kateena O' Gorman (Captain)
Mark Thomson
Coach: Andrea Coomber

Runners-Up:  Scotland
Melanie Marshall
Kirsteen Macleod
Jocelyn Nelson
Ewan Smith
Euan Roddin
Coach: Derek Sloan

Best Individual:  Mark Thomson (Australia)

 

1997: Bermuda

Host: Bermuda Debate Society
Convenor: Elizabeth Virgo

Winners:  Australia
Roger Wong (Captain)
Mark Thomson
Pip Webb
Rosalind Dixon
Coach: Andrea Coomber

Runners-Up:  England
Michael Birshan
Zeynep Gurtin
Debbie Newman
Vicky Perkins
James Williams
Coach: Trevor Sather

Best Individual:  Jonathan Walbridge (New Zealand)

 

1996: Canberra, Australia

Host: Australian Debating Federation
Convenor: Christopher Erskine

Winners:  England
James Darrall
Simon Milnes
Spencer Steadman
Bobby Webster
Coach: Alastair Endersby

Runners-Up:  Pakistan
Riaz Hussain
Ahmad Murad Akhtar
Muneeza Zaidi
Mahryar Ghazali
Noor-Us-Sabbah
Coach: Ali Ahsan

Best Individual:  Kirsty McNeill (Scotland)

 

1995: Cardiff, Wales

Host: Welsh Centre for International Affairs
Convenor: David Pritchard

Winners:  New Zealand
Nicholas Flanagan
Julianne Platt
Hayden Ryan
Rachel Smithies (Captain)
Coach: Andrew Stockley

Runners-Up:  Scotland
Alan Merson
Calum Miller
Niall Paterson
Paul Rennie
John Paul Toner
Coach: Cameron Wyllie

Best Individual:  Niall Paterson (Scotland)

 

1994: New Zealand

Host: New Zealand Schools Debating Council
Convenor: Rosemary Dixon

Winners:  USA
Ami Arad
Dan Krebs
Mark Krumholz
Karuna Patel
Jennifer Rotman
Coach: Cat Horner Bennett

Runners-Up:  Pakistan
Shazia Iftekhar
Asad Ali Zaidi
Ali Ahsan
Muhammad Sabieh Anwar
Mevesh Mumtaz
Coach: Aafia Mufti

Best Individual:  Niall Paterson (Scotland)

 

1993: Medicine Hat, Canada

Convenor: John Baty

Winners:  England
Julian Ball
Adam Bromley
Cal Lesser
Benedict Phillips
Coach: Mark Malcomson

Runners-Up:  Scotland
Ben Jackson
Fergus McMillan
Derek Sloan
Gillian Vallance
Coach: Cameron Wyllie

 

1992: London, England

Host: Schools Debating Association
Convenor: David Bussey

Winners:  New Zealand
Vina Araiti
Susannah Bridge
Alexandra Gillespie
Richard Suhr (Captain)
Coach: Rosemary Dixon

Runners-Up:  Scotland
Antonia Love
Sarah Napuk
Shezhad Sacranie
Richard Wilkins
Derek Sloan
Coach: Cameron Wyllie

Best Individual:  Dominic Johnson (England)

 

1991: Edinburgh, Scotland

Host: The English-Speaking Union
Convenor: Brian Gorman

Winners:  New Zealand
Neil Anderson
Neil Miller
Richard Suhr
Catherine Williams (Captain)
Coach: Rosemary Dixon

Runners-Up:  Australia
Declan Roche
Sean Simmons
Kath Cummins
Ben Richards
Coach: Christopher Erskine

Best Individual:  Marc Oppenheimer (USA)

 

1990: Winnipeg, Canada

Host: St John's - Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg
Convenor: John Robinson

Winners:  Scotland
Martin Chamberlain
Jeremy Breaks
Stephen Magee
Coach: Brian Gorman

Runners-Up:  Australia
Martin Sorensen (Captain)
Andrew O'Keefe
Susan Thom
Daniel Lloyd
Neil McIntosh
Coach: Christopher Erskine

Best Individual: Stephen Magee (Scotland)

 

1988: Canberra, Australia

Host: Australian Debating Federation
Convenor: Christopher Erskine

Winners:  Canada
Natasha Affolder
David Campbell
Martin Kennedy
Simon Mullar
Coach: John Baty

Runners-Up:  Australia
Kate Thornton (Captain)
James Hooke
Jeremy Samuel
Ian Wilkins
Coach: Christopher Erskine

 

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