ENGLISH DEBATERS CONTINUE TO EXCEL!
Saturday, July 31, 2021
With the view of training the students in public speaking and critical thinking while giving them the opportunity to expand their minds and increase their understanding of multiple issues, the English debate Society was formed under the leadership of Mrs Dimuthu Liyanamana. At present the team is coached by Mr. Dineth Dinendra Hettiarachchi and we recognize the following achievements of our team over the past two years.
2020
1. Team A (Muftee Mysan, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda, Shakeeb Mohideen) emerged Semi-finalists at the Felix R. De Zoysa debating Championship organized by Stafford International School
2. Team A (Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda, Daniel Victor) emerged Champions at the Dr. N.M. Perera Debating championship organized by Ananda College.
3. Team A (Muftee Mysan, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda, Daniel Victor) broke into quarter finals at the Sri Lanka Schools’ Debating Championship organized by the Faculty of Law.
4. Team A (Muftee Mysan, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda ) emerged runners up at the Dr. Vijitha Weerasinghe Memorial Debating Championship organized by Royal College.
5. Team A (Muftee Mysan, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda ) broke into semi-finals at the Lilian Nixon’s debating tournament organized by Ladies’ College.
6. Team A (Daniel Victor, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda ) emerged Quarter Finalists in an online tournament organized by the Debaters’ Council
7. Team A (Muftee Mysan, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda and Daniel Victor) emerged runners up at the ‘Voice It’ debating tournament organized by Chokolaate magazine.
2021
1. Team Wesley was among the Top 4 schools to qualify for the Debaters’ Council Playoffs for the year 2020 by ranking 3rd on the DC leader board.
2. Team A (Imaadh Ifthikar, Daniel Victor, Akindu Athauda) emerged Champions at Elizabeth Moir impromptu Debating Championship 2021. Team A broke 2nd overall in the preliminary rounds with Akindu and
Imaadh emerging as 4thand 5th best speakers respectively.
3. Team B (Mabroor Ahmed, Akindu Athauda, Aadam Thurab and Akil Jahn) emerged as quarter finalists in a tournament organized by Royal Institute Of Colombo.
4. Team A (Daniel Victor, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda) emerged as Quarter Finalists in an online International tournament organized by CHIREC international school,
Hyderabad and also emerged 3rd in the preliminary rounds by winning 3 out of the 4 rounds.
5. Dr. N.M. Perera memorial Challenge Trophy 2021:
a. Team A (Imaadh Ifthikar, Daniel Victor, Akindu Athauda) emerged quarterfinalists with Imaadh, Akindu and Daniel emerging as 3rd, 8th and 10th best speakers respectively.
b. Team B (Aadam Thurab, Mabroor Ahmad, Shakeeb Mohideen, Akil Jahn) were ranked 13th in the preliminary rounds and missed the partial octos break by one position.
6. “That’s Debatable” – Debating tournament organized by the Mozilla Campus Club of IIT:
a. Team B (Shakeeb Mohideen, Aadam Thurab , Mabroor Ahamed) emerged runners up and also broke 3rd in the preliminary rounds
b. Team A broke 2nd after the preliminary rounds, but lost to Team B in the semi finals. Daniel, Imaadh and Akindu emerged as the 4th, 5th and 8th best speakers respectively.
7. Team A (Daniel Victor, Imaadh Ifthikar, Akindu Athauda) emerged as the octo-finalists at the Sri Lanka Schools’ Debating Championships organized by the faculty of law.
8. We were able to have a recruitment programme with a workshop for students from Grade 6- 9 and started conducting weekly practices for them. An average of 15 students attend
practices every week and are promoted to senior practices based on their performance.
9. Team A (Shakeeb Mohideen, Aadam Thurab, Akindu Athauda) emerged as quarter-finalists in the “Impromptu 21” debating tournament organized by D.S. Senanayake College. Team A broke 7th in the
preliminary rounds with 4 out of 5 wins and Akindu Athauda emerged as the 8th best speaker.
