DAV Swannie Award Winners |
Named after Australian debating legend Alan Swanwick, the Swannie Awards have been for many years a way of recognising the best speakers in the DAV Schools Competition.
Listed below are some of the winners of the Swannie Awards, awarded for the best speakers in each grade across the whole of the Schools Competition. Many of these speakers have gone on to have illustrious debating careers, representing schools, universities, Victoria, and Australia... and of course many others have experienced success in other walks of life.
If a year is missing from this list, rest assured that we're looking through our records and doing our best to fill in the gaps! We'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has won a Swannie Award, particularly in the 1990s or earlier: please contact debater@netspace.net.au and let us know what you're up to now!
2007
A Grade: James Wilson (Wesley College)
B Grade: Moira Hale (Mullauna College) and Stephen Hughes (Xavier College)
C Grade: Jenna Kettle (Colac College)
D Grade: Benjamin Needleman (Bialik College) and Amelia Harrison (St Paul's Anglican Grammar School)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2007 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
2006
A Grade: Nicholas Tam (Scotch College)
B Grade: Phoebe Gao (Presbyterian Ladies College)
C Grade: Sarah Lloyd (Brighton Secondary College)
D Grade: Ben Needleman (Bialik College)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2006 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
2005
A Grade: Elizabeth Armstrong (Kilvington Baptist Girls Grammar School)
B Grade: Alex Sinnott (Brauer College)
C Grade: Nisha Karna (Carey Baptist Grammar School), Jaye Dowling (Yarra Valley Grammar School) & Madeleine Jay (Mt Lilydale Mercy College)
D Grade: Laurence Waugh (Xavier College)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2005 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
2004
A Grade: Matthew Eglezos (Xavier College) & Allegra Reinalda (Princes Hill Secondary College)
B Grade: Natalie Devitsakis (Presbyterian Ladies College)
C Grade: Alec Webley (Camberwell Grammar School)
D Grade: Gemma Browne (Santa Maria College) & Jun Qu (Scotch College)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2004 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
2003
A Grade: Jesse Kennedy (Mazenod College)
B Grade: Matthew Eglezos (Xavier College)
C Grade: Natalie Devitsakis (Presbyterian Ladies College) & Siobhan Toohey (Santa Maria College)
D Grade: Jennifer Morris (Tintern AGGS) & Hannah Reich (Mac.Robertson Girls High School)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2003 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
2002
A Grade: Nicole Canal (Mercy College) & Sarah Kemeny (Mac.Robertson Girls High School)
B Grade: Ann Boyapati (Mac.Robertson Girls High School) & Zali Saphin (Brighton Secondary College)
C Grade: Allegra Reinalda (Princes Hill Secondary College)
D Grade: Daniel McNamara (Melbourne High School)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2002 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
2001
A Grade: Caroline Callegari (Santa Maria College) & Bryony McCormack (Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School)
B Grade: Prasanna Venkataraman (Melbourne Grammar School)
C Grade: Rob Celada (St Paul's Anglican Grammar School)
D Grade: Andrew Asten (Carey Baptist Grammar School)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2001 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
2000
A Grade: Daniel Piccinin (St Kevin's College)
B Grade: Natalie Pizzichetta (Mill Park Secondary College), Robert Ross (Plenty Valley Christian School) & Will Ross (Carey Baptist Grammar School)
C Grade: Sarah Azer (Methodist Ladies College), Scott Jordan (Padua College Mornington) & Daniel Kiernan (Penola Catholic College)
D Grade: Nathan Clarke (Plenty Valley Christian School)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 2000 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
1999
A Grade: Alice Muhlebach (Sacred Heart College Newtown)
B Grade: Cassandra Fry (Loreto Mandeville Hall) & Ari Sharp (Bialik College)
C Grade: Kate Mancarella (Strathmore Secondary College)
D Grade: Nick Musgrove (Melbourne Grammar School)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 1999 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
1998
A Grade: Natalie Robinson (Westbourne Grammar School)
B Grade: Danielle Meyer (McKinnon Secondary College)
C Grade: Daniel Piccinin (St Kevin's College)
D Grade: Kristen Knight (Blackburn High School) & Kate Moors (Methodist Ladies College)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 1998 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
1997
A Grade: Georgette Apostolopoulos (Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School)
B Grade: Vanessa Collins (Carey Baptist Grammar School)
C Grade: Paul Houlihan (St Kevin's College) & Jared Morgan (Whittlesea Secondary College)
D Grade: Miranda De'ath (Thornbury Darebin Secondary College)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 1997 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
1996
A Grade: Clare Anderson (Sacred Heart College (Kyneton)) & Jonathan Sise (Haileybury College)
B Grade: Nicole Birkill (Geelong Grammar School)
C Grade: Liz Bennett (Genazzano FCJ College)
D Grade: Christopher Long (Xavier College (Kostka Hall))
(Click here to download a list of winners of 1996 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
1995
A Grade: Ebony Morrison (Brighton Secondary College)
B Grade: Luke Reid (Strathmore Secondary College)
C Grade: Rebecca Wilson (Strathcona BGGS)
D Grade: Emily Anderson (Strathmore Secondary College), Lucia Clarke (St Michael's Grammar School), Anna Hyland (St Columba's College), Cassie McGannon (Tintern AGGS), & Cameron Patterson (Xavier College)
(Click here to download a list of winners of 1995 Regional Swannie Awards (PDF))
1992
A Grade: Fiona Hudson (Mt Eliza Secondary College)
B Grade: Chris Bacon (Haileybury College)
C Grade: Andrew Phillips (The Peninsula School)
D Grade: Vanessa Plain (Geelong Grammar School (Glamorgan)) & Nicole Copey (Kilvington BGGS)
1987
A Grade: Damian Zovaro (Parade College)
B Grade: Helen Brooker (Donvale High School)
C Grade: Megan Bowman (Toorak College)
D Grade: Penny Prideaux (Doncaster High School)
1986
A Grade: Sean Dooley (The Peninsula School)
B Grade: Mark Spaziani (Mentone Grammar School)
C Grade: Andrew Stewart (Trinity Grammar School)
D Grade: Kevin Davey (St Kevin's College)
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