REVISED RULES AND MOTIONS FOR
THE 2010/11 DEBATING COMPETITION ARE IN PREPARATION.
DETAILS OF THE 2010/11 ROUND
ONE DRAW AND MOTIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE EARLY IN SEPTEMBER, MADE
AVAILABLE VIA THE LINKS BELOW.
Every year Purley (with Sutton)
and Croydon organize a school's debating competition.
This prestigious event has run
for over 40 years and attracts schools from
This year's competition is
kindly sponsored by the Legal and General Assurance Co.
For details of the contacts for
each school, return to the Home page and click on the link marked “Debating
Competition Contacts
On 25th May Sutton High School hosted the Final of Purley with
Sutton UNA UK Branch’s long running Inter-School
debating competition, contested by the last four of 32
schools from across Croydon, Sutton and Surrey.
Wilson’s, Old Palace, Sutton Grammar and Caterham School
debated a variety of topics and were judged by
Les Kemp, Rodney Towner and Pat Cook.
Chaired by Dick Moran the final concluded with The
Lord Tope C.B.E. awarding the Digby-Weightman Shield to the
winners from Sutton Grammar School, represented by Edmund
Bradbury and Max Daly;
the Fowler Cup to the runners up Caterham School
represented by DanielleVaughan and Samantha Rawlinson;
and the Mayoral Trophy to Max Daly as the best
individual speaker.
The format for next year’s competition will be altered
to ensure the final does not conflict with the examination schedules.