2018 Archdale Debating Competition Draw Competition Dates Archdale Preliminary Rounds Round 1 Tuesday, 22 May Round 2 Tuesday, 29 May Round 3 Tuesday, 5 June Round 4 Tuesday, 12 June Round 5 Tuesday, 19 June

Round 6 Tuesday, 31 July Round 7 Tuesday, 7 August

Tie-Breakers Tuesday, 21 August Quarter Finals Tuesday, 28 August Semi Finals Tuesday, 4 September Grand Final Tuesday, 11 September 2018 Draw Formulation The 22 returning were ranked according to their Archdale Shield results from 2017. Group A Group B Group C MLC SCEGGS Kambala Meriden Monte Sant'Angelo PLC Tara Pymble Ladies' College Kincoppal Rose Bay Wenona Queenwood St Vincent's College St Catherine's Ascham Ravenswood Tangara (Randomly Assigned (Randomly Assigned Santa Sabina Group C School) Group B School) Each school will debate against the other schools in their group. • As there are eight schools in Group A, these schools will only debate against other schools in their group. • As there are seven schools in Groups B and C, these schools will debate the other schools in their group and one, randomly allocated school from the other group. Cross Pool debates are marked with an asterix (*) and appear as both Group B and C debates on the draw below. All schools have 7 debates; three away debates and four home debates or four away debates and three home debates.

Updated 2 March 2018 The school listed first on the following draw will host that round and will take the affirmative side in all debates in that round.

Group A Group B Group C Queenwood v Monte Sant' Kincoppal RB v Kambala Ascham v Meriden Angelo Round PLC Sydney v MLC Tangara v Abbotsleigh SCEGGS v Pymble Ladies' 1 22 Roseville v Ravenswood Wenona v Tara College May St Catherine's v Santa * Loreto Kirribilli v Loreto St Vincent's v Danebank Sabina Normanhurst *Loreto Kirribilli v Loreto Normanhurst

Abbotsleigh v Loreto Kirribilli Danebank v Loreto Normanhurst Kambala v Santa Sabina Ascham v Tangara Pymble Ladies' College v St Round MLC v Kincoppal RB 2 29 Meriden v Tara Vincent's Ravenswood v St Catherine's May * Monte Sant'Angelo v SCEGGS v Queenwood Roseville v PLC Sydney Wenona *Monte Sant' Angelo v Wenona

Loreto Normanhurst v Monte Kincoppal RB v PLC Sydney Loreto Kirribilli v Wenona Sant' Angelo Round MLC v Roseville Tangara v Meriden Queenwood v Pymble Ladies' 3 5 May Santa Sabina v Ravenswood Tara v Ascham College St Catherine's v Kambala * Abbotsleigh v Danebank St Vincent's v SCEGGS *Abbotsleigh v Danebank

Abbotsleigh v Tara Danebank v Queenwood Kambala v Roseville Meriden v Loreto Kirribilli Monte Sant' Angelo v St Vincent's Round MLC v St Catherine's 4 12 Wenona v Tangara SCEGGS v Loreto Normanhurst PLC Sydney v Santa Sabina June *Pymble Ladies' College v *Pymble Ladies' College v Ravenswood v Kincoppal RB Ascham Ascham

Danebank v Pymble Ladies' Kambala v MLC Ascham v Abbotsleigh College Round Ravenswood v PLC Sydney Loreto Kirribilli v Tangara Loreto Normanhurst v St 5 19 Santa Sabina v Kincoppal RB Wenona v Meriden Vincent's June St Catherine's v Roseville *Tara v Queenwood Monte Sant' Angelo v SCEGGS *Tara v Queenwood Pymble Ladies' College v Monte Kincoppal RB v St Ascham v Wenona Sant' Angelo Catherine's Round Meriden v Abbotsleigh Queenwood v Loreto 6 31 MLC v Ravenswood Tara v Loreto Kirribilli Normanhurst July PLC Sydney v Kambala *St Vincent's v Tangara SCEGGS v Danebank Santa Sabina v Roseville *St Vincent's v Tangara

Danebank v Monte Sant'Angelo Ravenswood v Kambala Abbotsleigh v Wenona Loreto Normanhurst v Pymble Round Roseville v Kincoppal RB Loreto Kirribilli v Ascham 7 7 Ladies' College Santa Sabina v MLC Tangara v Tara August *Meriden v SCEGGS St Catherine's v PLC Sydney *Meriden v SCEGGS St Vincent's v Queenwood

2018 Representative Debating Competition Dates Wednesday 12 September Monday 17 September

Updated 2 March 2018 Wednesday 19 September

Updated 2 March 2018