MBSSKL is National Interschool Debating Champion

Posted on Apr 26th 2010 at 3:54pm under Announcements by wongck

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MBSSKL was crowned champion in the National Interschool Debating Championship on 20 April 2010. The team comprising third former Viknaraja, fourth former Michael Fork and fith formers Pavitharan and Leong Guobin went through a grueling and intensive five days competition to emerge victors by beating SMK Damansara Utama. The teams had to choose a motion from a given choice of three after negotiation with the opponents. They had to prepare their arguments and get to the venue of the competition all within 30 minutes. A minimum of three competitions were held each day. Truly this was a test of both mental and physical endurance. From an initial rank of 28th, the boys moved up to the third where they remained until the finals. During the quarter finals and semifinals, MBSSKL was the only team which secured unanimous wins from a team of five and seven judges respectively. The best speaker award for the finals was won by Viknaraja. Viknaraja’s strategic and clear laying out of the motions as the Prime Minister, Michael’s immense pool of knowledge to support the argument as the Deputy and Parvitharan’s keen eye for clash points made them too formidable a team to defeat. To cap these qualities were their humility and teamwork; very much the MBSSKL spirit.

This annual debating championship, organised by the International Islamic University, draws some of the best schools in the country – full boarding schools, religious schools, day schools, private schools and even MRSM.