Date: 27 May 2009 BROCKLEBANK CONGRATULATES MADRAS COLLEGE DEBATING TEAM Commenting on his parliamentary motion congratulating Madras College on reaching the final of the 2009 Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament, to be held in the Scottish Parliament on 11 June 2009, Ted Brocklebank, Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, said;
“I am delighted that Madras College has made it to the final of this year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament. As a former convener of the Madras College debating society I would like to wish the team every success in what I am sure will be a hotly contested and high quality final.
“Madras has a strong tradition in debating and I am pleased that it continues to thrive at the school. I hope the team will enjoy the opportunity of debating in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament and will hopefully succeed in taking the title back to St Andrews.”
Text of Ted’s motion;
Congratulations to Madras College
That the Parliament congratulates Madras College, St Andrews, on making it to the final of the 2009 Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament on Thursday 11 June 2009 in the Parliament; notes that Madras College has a strong history in debating skills and that previous members of the school's literary and debating society have included prominent academics, writers, actors and politicians; further congratulates the team members, Michael Weir and Alice Minnick, and also congratulates the other three secondary schools in the final, George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, The Glasgow Academy and Mearns Castle High School, Renfrewshire.
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