August 10, 2015
Kingaroy’s Apex Club isn’t meeting any more but that hasn’t stopped a revival this year of its popular high school debating competition.
A group of “old” Apexians organised a series of debates for local high school students over recent weeks.
The finals were held at Kingaroy State High School last Thursday night.
A team from Nanango State High School won the Senior Debate, successfully arguing “That feminism is irrelevant to young women today”.
In the junior competition, Kingaroy State High School Team 2 won, arguing “That all secondary schools should have adventure playgrounds”.
The two winning teams will now head off to Gympie on August 23 to compete in the Apex Area Finals.
At Gympie, the Juniors will be affirming “That Australian tourists should boycott Bali” while Seniors will be opposing “That we should ban organic farming practices”.
The winning teams from these debates will then compete at the State Final which will be held on Sunday, September 6, at a venue to be announced.
