Topics And Rules
2019 Topics
All debates in the BGDA Competition are short prep with a preparation time of 60 minutes. The topic areas for the 2019 Competition, which change from year-to-year, are as follows:
1. Politics
2. Sport
3. Technology and science
4. Education
5. Gender
These topic areas are purposefully broad. Although it is unlikely a team will happen upon the exact topic in a given round, keeping up-to-date with developments in topic areas, especially for example in international relations, can only be to a team's benefit.
1. Politics
2. Sport
3. Technology and science
4. Education
5. Gender
These topic areas are purposefully broad. Although it is unlikely a team will happen upon the exact topic in a given round, keeping up-to-date with developments in topic areas, especially for example in international relations, can only be to a team's benefit.
Rules
Below are the BGDA Competition Rules. It is a requirement that each School's Debating Coordinator, on behalf of participants and parents, accepts to abide by these rules before registering teams for the competition. 'Draw and Final Qualification Explanation' and 'Guidelines For Best Speaker' are explanatory documents that step through those processes in a clear and approachable fashion. For the exact, binding processes please refer to the Competition Rules.
Competition Rules
Explanatory Documents
Competition HandbookThis is the handbook that was given to all participants at the start of round 1 in 2016:
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Training Session HandoutsTraining session handouts will be posted here after the training sessions are conducted.
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