Debating

Chairperson:  Stacey Irwin

Vice Chair:  Robbie Redmond

 The debating society meets about twice per term (generally). During those meetings the motions are suggested and decided upon. The actual order of the debates and the date on which they occur is decided at the Chairpersons discretion. There are normally about 3 or 4 debates in a full term featuring a wide range of motions, from simple and light hearted debates like “health vs. money” to hard-hitting theological arguments like the old favourite “Does God exist?” But the society doesn’t limit itself to ordinary debates, throughout the year the society experiments with new formats of debates, and of course, the famous end of year balloon debate always attracts a crowd.

This year, the sixth year debaters went to Coleraine to take part in the nationwide “debating matters competition” with Robbie Redmond and Diane Erskine winning their debate based around the controversial topic of “open boarders” while Claudia McClung and Stacey Irwin proposed the motion: “the media lowers the level of public debate”. Having had a very successful day the team ended the competition in second place of their heat.