Hall of Fame

The Oxford Union School's Debating Competition is now in its 15th year. Over the last 14 years:

** Robert Gordon's College (Aberdeen) have won the competition 3 times.

** St Paul's School (London), George Heriot's School (Edinburgh) and Westminster School (London) have all won the competition twice.

** Richard Trainor (Westminster) and Gabriel Brady (George Heriot's) are the only two individuals to have won the competition twice.

** No school or individual has ever successfully defended the title.

Previous Winners of the Oxford Schools' Debating Competition are:

Year Winners
Best Individual Speaker

2009

St. Paul's School
(Ben Woolgar & Ben Zelenka-Martin)

Ben Woolgar (St. Paul's School)
2008

Loreto School
(Rebecca McGrath & Julia Lawlor)

Jennifer Coyne (Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar)
2007

Haberdasher Aske's Boys' School
(James Fox & Ben Lewy)

Ben Lewy (Habs Boys)
and Ben Woolgar (St Pauls)

2006

Westminster School
(Richard Trainor and Jamie MacFarlane)

Max Kasriel (St Paul's)
and Mardi Magregor (Strathallen)

2005

George Heriot’s School
(Gabriel Brady and Thomas Boston)

No award

2004

Westminster School
(Alyson Thompson and Richard Trainor)

Alyson Thompson (Westminster School)

2003

George Heriot’s School
(Gabriel Brady and Alex Just)

Alex Just (George Heriot’s School)

2002

Aberdeen Grammar School
(Patrick Emerson and Sarah Jones)

Patrick Emerson (Aberdeen Grammar)

2001

Robert Gordon’s College
(Jack Anderson and George Molyneaux)

Jack Anderson (Robert Gordon’s College)

2000

High School of Glasgow
(Robbie Gibbons and Nick van Jonker)

Sarah Monroe (James Allen’s Girls School)

1999

St Paul’s School
(John Grealish and Ben Morgan)

Nick van Jonker (High School of Glasgow)

1998

Robert Gordon’s College
(Melanie Marshall and Duncan Sagar)

No award

1997

Dr Challoner’s Grammar School
(Will Garrood and Simon Clayton)

Melanie Marshall (Robert Gordon’s College)

1996

St Paul’s School
(Michael Birshan and Bobby Webster)

Kirsty McNeill (The High School of Glasgow)
and Bobby Webster (St Paul's School)

1995

Robert Gordon’s College
(Clare Dunkley and Alison Reid)

Rufo Quintinvalle (Winchester College)

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