NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Northern Ireland Schools Debating Competition

The Northern Ireland Schools Debating Competition is an annual competition involving schools from across the province. It was founded in 1993 by Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle MBE during her time as Chairman of the Belfast Civic Trust. The final of the competition is held every year in the Senate Chamber of Parliament Buildings, Stormont. It is sponsered by News International and is organised by the Belfast Buildings Preservation Trust (BBPT). Dr. Alistair B. Cooke OBE has been President of the competition since 1997 and Mrs. Jay-O'Boyle is Chairman. Lord Trimble and Lord Dubs are patrons. MBE can stand for: Member of the Order of the British Empire Mail Boxes Etc. ... Northern Ireland Parliament Buildings Parliament Buildings, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast, served as the seat of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and successive Northern Ireland assemblies and conventions. ... News International is a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... OBE can mean several things, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, distinction of honour. ... Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth is a United Kingdom politician. ...

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Belfast Royal Academy is the oldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... St. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Coleraine Academical Institution or Coleraine Inst. ... Portadown College is a state funded grammar school in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. ... Bangor Grammar School is an all-boys voluntary grammar school situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Belfast Royal Academy is the oldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Omagh Academy is a grammar school in Omagh, County Tyrone, located at 21-23 Dublin Road. ... Saint Patricks Academy (Acadamh Naomh PÃ¡draig), a voluntary grammar school in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, was formed on September 1, 2003 when the two single-sex Saint Patricks Academies, which coexisted on the same site as two distinct and separate institutions, were merged as one. ... The Royal Belfast Academical Institution, commonly known as Inst. ... Belfast Royal Academy is the oldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Bangor Grammar School is an all-boys voluntary grammar school situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Bangor Grammar School is an all-boys voluntary grammar school situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Cambridge House Grammar School is a mixed, controlled grammar school in the County Antrim town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Bangor Grammar School is an all-boys voluntary grammar school situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Bangor Grammar School is an all-boys voluntary grammar school situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Cambridge House Grammar School is a mixed, controlled grammar school in the County Antrim town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Bangor Grammar School is an all-boys voluntary grammar school situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Thornhill College is the major Roman Catholic girls grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland on the northern coast of the island of Ireland Famous alumni include Dana Rosemary Scallon. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Belfast Royal Academy is the oldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Methodist College Belfast is a voluntary grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Coleraine Academical Institution or Coleraine Inst. ... The Royal Belfast Academical Institution, commonly known as Inst. ... Thornhill College is the major Roman Catholic girls grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland on the northern coast of the island of Ireland Famous alumni include Dana Rosemary Scallon. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

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Category: Debating competitions The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the largest debating tournament, and one of the largest annual international student events in the world. ... The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as Australs) is one of the worlds largest debating tournaments, second only in size to the World Universities Debating Championship, and one of the largest annual student events in the world. ... The American Parliamentary Debating Association (APDA) is one of two major intercollegiate parliamentary debating associations in the United States, the other being the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA). ... The Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID) is the national organization which governs and represents university debating in Canada. ... The North American Debating Championship is the premier parliamentary debating championship in North America, sanctioned by the national university debating associations in the United States and Canada, the American Parliamentary Debating Association and the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate. ... The North American Public Speaking Championship is organized by the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate and the American Parliamentary Debating Association. ... The International Debate Education Association (IDEA) is an association that develops, organizes and promotes debate and debate-related activities in communities throughout the world. ... The World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship is a high-profile annual English-language debating tournament for high school level teams representing different countries. ... The World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) is a high profile annual English-language debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different countries. ... This is a list of top-ranked university debaters from official international competitions, in any debating style. ...

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