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On 29 April AU Debator hosted the inaugural Granite Gavel debating competition in which two debating teams from each Aberdeen university (i.e. The University of Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon University) compete to win a debating gavel donated by Mr Ross MacDonald, formerly of AU Debater. The motion selected was “This House Would Castrate Sex Offenders”. Graham Bruno was in the chair and the judges were Aissa Watson, Gemma Smith and Alastair Sloan. The Placings Were 1st Prop (UOA) - Alastair Kerr & Iain O’Neil 1st Opp (RGU) - Sandy Brownlee & Liam Smith 2nd Prop (RGU) - Michael Hutison & Henning Stock 2nd Opp (UOA) - Karen Reid & Alex Critchley Congratuations to Karen and Alex as the winning team; the judges also made special mention of Sandy’s speech as the strongest outside the winning team and congratulated Liam Smith on making his maiden competitive speech! It was a great night and hopefully the start of an bit of annual friendly rivalry between the two universities! |