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The A Grade Competition was the premier adult debating competition in Australia. It brought together Victoria’s most accomplished adult debaters in competition for The Age Shield.
The A Grade Competition hails to the 1950s, when speakers such as Geoffrey Blainey and Bob Santamaria occupied the DAV stage. The most infamous team of the era was a Pentridge Prison team, coached and captained by a Melbourne media personality who was doing time. In subsequent years, the competition has featured prominent Australians such as Sir Phillip Lynch and Professor Greg Craven. A Grade has been home to some of Australia’s best debaters, Mollie Missen, Alan Swanwick, Martin Sorensen and Ben Richards a few that spring to mind.
Past 10 A Grade Winners
2001 Kevin O’Cunnings - R D’Cruz, T Hawkins, B Richards
2000 Kevin O’Cunnings - R D’Cruz, T Hawkins, B Richards, D Celm
1999 Kevin O’Cunnings - R D’Cruz, T Hawkins, B Richards, D Celm, A Phillips
1998 Kevin O’Cunnings - R D’Cruz, T Hawkins, D Celm, A Phillips, C Bacon
1997 Kevin O’Cunnings - R D’Cruz, T Hawkins, D Celm, C Bacon
1996 Farewell to Reason - P Talacko, W Irving, J Samuel, C Mitchell
1995 Interlocutor - M Kingston, B Jones, S Harrap, P Moon
1994 Invectives - A Swanwick, C Sparke, D Williams, B Richards
1993 Gommhorites - R Chappell, P Mees, O Grobtuch
1992 Invectives - A Swanwick, C Sparke, D Williams, B Richards |
