Renaissance College stunned recent winners of the tournament, German Swiss International School and Chinese International in emphatic style earning the right to "go for gold" in the 8th HKSDPSC Championships held at their school yesterday, November 9th. Showing strong teamwork and poise under pressure the hosts were the only unbeaten team on the day which saw 32 teams contest 72 debates.
Diocesan Girls' School Team 2 upset top-breaking team South Island 1 in the quarters, then St Joseph's in semis to reach their first ever Grand Final in the Worlds Style. South Island had defeated DGS 2 in Round three of the preliminaries, but the girls turned the tables on SIS 1 in the sudden-death playoffs by one point after breaking 8th. Proving that this win was no fluke, DGS became worthy finalists with a clear win over St Joseph's College in the semi-final.
In the Silver division, Queen Elizabeth School and Diocesan Boys' School surged their way to the top after breaking 15th and 13th respectively.
The Bronze final will be a contest between South Island School's second team and Raimondi College who finished the preliminaries in 17th and 24th place respectively.
The addition of the Crystal section proved popular with lively semi-finals leading to Wah Yan College Hong Kong (broke 25th) and Shatin College (27th) lining up to lift the Crystal trophy.
The Grand Finals evening at Renaissance on November 19th will see 4 consecutive Grand Finals.
Here is the line up for the "night of nights"
Division
Time
Motion
Proposition
Opposition
GOLD 8pm THBT the USA should cease its drone programme. Diocesan Girls’ School 2 Renaissance College
SILVER 6.40pm TH regrets the influence of Hollywood.
Diocesan Boys’ School Queen Elizabeth School
BRONZE 5.20pm THBT team sport should be compulsory in secondary schools
Raimondi College South Island School 2
CRYSTAL 4 pm TH should ban beauty contests. Shatin College Wah Yan College Hong Kong
PATHS TO THE FINALS - DIVISIONAL FLOWCHARTS
HKDPSDC J8 Gold(1)
HKSDPSC J8 Silver
HKSDPSC J8 Bronze
HKSDPDC J8 Crystal