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2024
Debating in 2024 involved almost 300 Glenunga students as debaters and coaches, with 54 teams entered into SADA and Debating SA.
Our Quarter Finalists:
Debating SA Pink 7 - Lina Berisa, Loraine Chua, Ishanvi Deore, Martha Edson, Sairah Ghuman and Aditi Neyyalga, coached by Glenunga students Eleni Schulze and Lily Maude
Debating SA Blue 9 - Nina Dry, Lily Maude, Zazie Newall and Mia Smerdon, coached by James Labrooy
Debating SA Red 9 - Aahana Anand, Thiseni Dangalle, Maya Holgate, Yiran Jiang and Kashmira Roy, coached by alumnus Emily Yao
SADA Junior A III - Ethan Harish, Neil Iroji, Dhyan Patel, Benjamin Ung and Ryan Kaihong Zhang, coached by Glenunga student Harnoor Sahota
SADA Inter B V - Aahana Kumawat, Angela Paasuke, Lola Wise, Jackie Xu and Isabelle Zheng, coached by Glenunga student Samhita Sundaram
SADA Inter A I - Rashmi Adiga, Jeslet Joy, Tanishka Kondapuram, Katie Ngo and Ivy Shao, coached by Glenunga student Snehitha Satyavolu
SADA Senior B II - Bruce Jian, Asad Khan and Sriya Pechetti, coached by alumnus Isaac Jacobs
SADA Senior A I - Alleena Antony, Sammy Holmes, Telisa Minami and Snehitha Satyavolu, coached by Silas Hansch-Maher
SADA Senior A II - Nathan Aftab, Ahaan Kothari, Samhita Sundaram and Eric Wu, coached by alumnus Andrea Lim
Our Semi Finalists:
SADA Junior A V (pictured right) - Ayodhya Harris, Hannah Hoang, Miranda Li, Sola Nguyen and Vivian Wei, coached by Glenunga student Chloe Nguyen
SADA Inter B I - Sophie Liu, Harnoor Sahota, Ipsha Shrestha and Akshita Yadav, coached by Glenunga student Katie Ngo
Our State Award Winners:
The Most Valuable Debater award in the South Australian Debating Association (SADA) recognises outstanding contribution to the debating community, as well as exemplary performance in the debates themselves. One winner is selected per year from each of the six SADA divisions, with nominations fielded from a range of highly-ranked private and public schools. This year, two of our debating captains, Katie Ngo (Intermediate A) and Nathan Aftab (Senior A) were presented with this award, with Katie winning it for the second year in a row. Congratulations Katie and Nathan; this was well-deserved.
2023
With 58 teams, debating was Glenunga's largest extracurricular activity in 2023, involving 1 in 8 Glenunga students.
Some of our teams achieved exceptionally well and reached the finals.
Our Quarter Finalists:
Aaliyah Basman, Aarvi Bhushan, Adelyn Xavier, Ayaana Gupta and Isobel Doull from Glenunga 7 Lemur, coached by Akeesha Paranawithana, reached the Quarter Finals for Debating SA. They were one of 8 teams out of 130 to get there.
Mehrad Rezaee Yousefi, Samik Dua, Sanvi Wadhwa, Willow Sellar and Zara Shuttleworth from Glenunga Junior A I, coached by Hitaishi Talukdar, reached the Quarter Finals for SADA.
Our Semi Finalists:
Lily Maude, Mia Smerdon, Nina Dry and Zazie Newall from Glenunga 8 Purple, coached by Vedanti Patel, reached the Semi-Finals in Debating SA.
Ayaan Khan, Ashwin Dhull, Josh West, Sasha Glaros, Samarbir Singh and Thomas Barone from Glenunga Intermediate A I reached the SADA Semi-Finals.
Alleena Antony, Polina Maistrenko, Sammy Holmes, Snehitha Satyavolu and Telisa Minami from Glenunga Senior B II, coached by Silas Hansch-Maher, reached the SADA Semi Finals.
Our Grand Finalists:
Addison Phan,
Abhiraj Singh,
Madison Mitchell-Smith and
Tehan Perera
from Glenunga 10 Yellow, coached by Kate Turland, debated in the Debating SA Grand Final at Parliament House.
Samhita Sundaram, Mahdiya Karim, Lillian West, Anna Nguyen, and Chichi Zhang from Glenunga Senior B III, coached by Andrea Lim (far left), debated in the SADA Grand Final at Parliament House.
Akshita Yadav, Harnoor Sahota,
Ipsha Shrestha and Sophie Liu, coached by Katie Ngo (middle) debated in the SADA Grand Final at the Law Courts, and were the 2023 Junior A champions! Harnoor Sahota also won the award for best speaker in this debate.
Our State Award Winners:
Rachael Dospisil (left) won the Debating SA Debater of the Year for Year 10.
Katie Ngo (Intermediate B, middle) and Telisa Minami (Senior B, right) won the SADA Most Valuable Debater Award for their exceptional debating performance and significant contribution to debating.
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