History of Team Action pt.6

(left) young women took their place as top debaters during the prize giving ceremony of Team Action's curtain event of 2006.

Team Action rounded off a fine 2006 by facilitating an Inter-School debate in association with The Bureau for Gender Affairs etitled "Woman Take Your Place."

The debate was centered around gender issues such as "Domestic violence"and "Gender roles."

Schools taking part in the competition were The Garrison Secondary,Deighton Griffith Memorial,

St.James Secondary and the Combermere School.

Each school fielded a team of three participants who took part in parliametary-styled debate which was modified to suit the competiton.

The Judging Panel was made up of three judges one of whom was an executive member of Team Action ,while the other was a teacher and the chief was representative form the Bureau of Gender Affairs,the Chairperson was also an executive member of Team Action .

After three rounds of intense competiton,The Garrison, Deighton Griffith and Combermere entered the finals in a three-way battle for debating supremacy.

Held at the Queen's College several prizes were up for grabs in the finals.The team from Combermere emerged victorious,while the Garrison took second spot just ahead of third place finishers Deighton Griffith.

Despite the Combermerians taking the top prize, a garrisonian who was also a member of Team Action took the top individual prize.