The report to the Double Blue Magazine

The report of the debating society
2005
The English debating team emerged runner-up at the Nixon Challenge Shield organized by Ladies College and became the champions of the R.L. Jayasekara Memorial Trophy championship organized by Sirimavo Bandaranaike School.

2006
The English debating team took part in 4 tournaments this year. The debating team participated in the first British Parliamentary style debating tournament organized by the Law Faculty, where they made their way to the semi finals. Team “A” became semifinalists at the Nixon Challenge Shield organized by Ladies College. Our team emerged runners up in the N.M. Perera Challenge Trophy tournament organized by Ananda College and won the Youth Shield organized by Royal College where Muheed Jamaldeen was named Best Speaker.

2007
This year was also another successful year for debating at Wesley as our team were quarterfinalists at the B.P. debating tournament organized by the Law Faculty, the Nixon Challenge Shield competition organized by Ladies College and the Impromptu Debating Competition organized by Musaeus College. The debating team also managed to become semifinalists at the N.M. Perera Challenge Trophy tournament organized by Ananda College.

2008
Our team took part in the debating tournament organized by the Law Faculty and became the quarterfinalists at the Rev. Dr. Don Stanley Abeysekara Challenge Shield tournament organized by St. Josephs College where Maleen Jayasuriya won the Best Speaker award. At the Inter-School Impromptu Debating Competition organized by Asian International School, our team emerged quarterfinalists. Also at the Nixon Challenge Shield tournament organized by Ladies College our “A” team became semifinalists and “B” team quarterfinalists.
Two of our students, Maleen Jayasuriya and Ashan Rodrigo got the valuable opportunity take part in the Cicero’s Challenge tournament organized by the International Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), held at New Delhi, India. In the tournament with over 140 students participating from over 50 schools (Indian) and 16 overseas schools, our team was able to make it to the finals and securing a place among the top 20 speakers and thus bringing fame to Wesley at the international level.