The National Schools Debating Championships (NSDC) are Australia's premier debating competition, coordinated by the Australian Debating Federation (ADF) and held every year in a different Australian capital. Tasmania has hosted NSDC four times, most recently in 2021.
As the sole Tasmanian affiliate of the ADF, the Tasmanian Debating Union selects the state team from a series of selection events held around the state. Tasmania has fielded a team in most Championships, and has won the Championships once, in 1980, and been Runner-Up twice.
NSDC 2024 was held in Adelaide.
Franklin Legg | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Lily Burt | Launceston College | Team member |
Madeleine Fletcher | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Zara Fenton | Hobart College | Team member |
Emi Taylor | Clarence High School | Reserve |
Lily Obod | Hobart City High School | Reserve |
Charlie Pilkington | Coach |
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Kathryn Ellis | Coach |
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Kelly Stone | Official adjudicator |
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Koh Kawaguchi | Adjudicator |
NSDC 2023 was held in Melbourne.
Chelsea March | Hobart College | Team member |
Grace Gregson | Hobart College | Team member |
Michael Reid | The Friends' School | Team member |
Zara Fenton | Hobart College | Team member |
Franklin Legg | Hobart City High School | Reserve |
Lily Burt | Launceston College | Reserve |
Charlie Pilkington | Coach |
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Kathryn Ellis | Coach |
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Kelly Stone | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2022 was held in Canberra.
Charlie Pilkington | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Chelsea March | Hobart College | Team member |
Mackenna Minstrell | Hobart College | Team member |
Mackenzie Stone | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Grace Gregson | St Michael's Collegiate | Reserve |
Kelly Stone | Coach |
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Kathryn Ellis | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2021 was held in Hobart.
Ben Horsham | The Hutchins School | Team member |
Charlie Pilkington | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Gypsy Polacheck | St Michael's Collegiate | Team member |
Mackenna Minstrell | Hobart College | Team member |
Mackenzie Stone | Ogilvie High School | Reserve |
Kathryn Ellis | Convenor |
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Kelly Stone | Coach |
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Vivian Imbriotis | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2020 was held online.
Annwen Roberts | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Gypsy Polacheck | St Michael's Collegiate | Team member |
Harry Tunks | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Maighn Johnson | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Charlie Pilkington | New Town High School | Reserve |
Mackenna Minstrell | Taroona High School | Reserve |
Kelly Stone | Coach |
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Kathryn Ellis | Official adjudicator |
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Vivian Imbriotis | Adjudicator |
NSDC 2019 was held in Darwin.
Bryher McKeown | Hobart College | Team member |
Harry Tunks | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Maighn Johnson | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Kelly Stone | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Annwen Roberts | Elizabeth College | Reserve |
Gypsy Polacheck | St Michael's Collegiate | Reserve |
Finlay McKeown | Coach |
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Isabella Jackson | Coach |
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Kathryn Ellis | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2018 was held in Perth.
Bryher McKeown | Hobart College | Team member |
Isabella Jackson | The Friends' School | Team member |
Isobel Kuo | St Mary's College | Team member |
Koh Kawaguchi | The Hutchins School | Team member |
Harry Tunks | New Town High School | Reserve |
Rose Hensher | St Michael's Collegiate | Reserve |
Kathryn Ellis | Coach |
NSDC 2017 was held in Brisbane.
Finlay McKeown | Hobart College | Team member |
Freya Cox | The Friends' School | Team member |
Isabella Jackson | The Friends' School | Team member |
Sam Watson | The Friends' School | Team member |
Bryher McKeown | Taroona High School | Reserve |
James Barnes | Coach |
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Kathryn Ellis | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2016 was held in Sydney.
Ben Lienert | The Friends' School | Team member |
Jessie Horder-Geraghty | St Michael's Collegiate | Team member |
Johanna Ellis | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Vivian Imbriotis | The Friends' School | Team member |
Anni Zhang | Elizabeth College | Reserve |
Finlay McKeown | Hobart College | Reserve |
Mitchell Woolley | Elizabeth College | Reserve |
Kathryn Ellis | Coach |
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Peter Legg | Official adjudicator |
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Imogen Wurf | Co-manager |
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Katie Parrott | Co-manager |
NSDC 2015 was held in Adelaide.
James Barnes | Hobart College | Team member |
Jessie Horder-Geraghty | St Michael's Collegiate | Team member |
Johanna Ellis | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Ben Lienert | The Friends' School | Team member |
Kathryn Ellis | Coach |
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Michael Cordover | Official adjudicator |
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Imogen Wurf | Manager |
NSDC 2014 was held in Melbourne.
Eli Cropp | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Imogen Wurf | St Michael's Collegiate | Team member |
Johanna Ellis | Ogilvie High School | Team member |
Peter Legg | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Jessie Horder-Geraghty | Launceston Church Grammar School | Reserve |
Kathryn Ellis | Coach |
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Michael Cordover | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2013 was held in Canberra.
Imogen Wurf | St Michael's Collegiate | Team member |
Jessie Horder-Geraghty | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Kathryn Ellis | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Peter Legg | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Michael Cordover | Coach |
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Pat McConville | Official adjudicator |
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Rhiannon McMahon | Manager |
NSDC 2012 was held in Hobart.
Peter Legg | New Town High School | Team member |
Rhiannon McMahon | Elizabeth College | Team captain |
Samuel Smeele | The Hutchins School | Team member |
Kathryn Ellis | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Pat McConville | Chief adjudicator |
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Simon Monk | Coach |
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Mel Ross | Manager |
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Michael Cordover | Convenor |
NSDC 2011 was held in Perth.
Katie Parrott | Hobart College | Team member |
Maegan Boundey | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Martika Palmer | Scotch Oakburn College | Team member |
Rhiannon McMahon | Hobart College | Team member |
Mel Ross | Manager |
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Pat McConville | Coach |
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Michael Cordover | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2010 was held in Brisbane.
Clare Armstrong | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Harry Woods | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Tom Marshall | The Friends' School | Team member |
Tom Whiteley | The Hutchins School | Team member |
Mel Ross | Coach |
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Michael Cordover | Official adjudicator |
NSDC 2009 was held in Adelaide. Tasmania did not send a team to this competition.
NSDC 2008 was held in Sydney.
Liam Carswell | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Mel Ross | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Jo Hudson | Hobart College | Team member |
Ian Meyer | The Hutchins School | Team member |
Frances Bevan | Official adjudicator |
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Michael Cordover | Adjudicator |
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Alex Moores | Manager |
NSDC 2007 was held in Melbourne.
Alex Moores | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Django Merope-Synge | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Jo White | Guilford Young College | Team member |
Niall Maurici | Hobart College | Team member |
Pat McConville | Coach |
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Simon Monk | Coach |
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Frances Bevan | Official adjudicator |
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Michael Cordover | Adjudicator |
NSDC 2006 was held in Darwin.
Alex Moores | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Eliza Forsyth | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Gideon Cordover | The Friends' School | Team member |
Nicky Vreugdenhil | Scotch Oakburn College | Team member |
Pat McConville | Coach |
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Simon Monk | Coach |
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Frances Bevan | Official adjudicator |
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Michael Cordover | Adjudicator |
NSDC 2005 was held in Hobart.
Andrew Carolan | The Hutchins School | Team member |
Eliza Forsyth | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
James Walker | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Theo Wadsley | The Friends' School | Team member |
Lionel Nichols | Chief adjudicator |
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Stephen Monk | Coach |
NSDC 2004 was held in Perth.
Aidan Morrison | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Loren Atkins | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Pat McConville | Hobart College | Team member |
Sienna Merope | Elizabeth College | Team Member |
Andrew Gregson | Coach |
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Stephen Monk | Official adjudicator |
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Frances Bevan | Shadow adjudicator |
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Simon Monk | Manager |
NSDC 2003 was held in Brisbane.
Aidan Morrison | Launceston Church Grammar School | Team member |
Frances Bevan | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Pat McConville | Hobart College | Team member |
Simon Monk | Elizabeth College | Team member |
Bruce Fairfax | Coach |
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Stephen Monk | Coach |
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Tim Sinclair | Coach |