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To debate in Sydney

 

Students from Umina campus of Brisbane Water Secondary College are to represent the Central Coast in debating in Sydney.

Emma Hamilton, Lauren Collins, Alex Beaton and Daniel Stone practiced the skills of competition debating, two or three lunchtimes a week.

The team became Central Coast Zone 1 champions, defeating both Berkeley Vale Community High School and Gosford High School.

The team then took on zone 2 winners, Tuggerah Lakes College, to decide who would represent the Central Coast region against zone winners in Sydney.

The team members were a little nervous in their first home debate but were able to demonstrate their intelligence and fighting spirit in successfully defending the proposition that "planting cabbages is better than planting roses".

School newsletter, August 16