ESU Schools Mace explained

The English-Speaking Union Schools' Mace is an annual debating tournament for secondary schools in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The competition was founded in 1957 by the journalist Kenneth Harris of The Observer newspaper,[1] and was initially known as The Observer Schools' Mace. Since 1995, the tournament has been organised by the English-Speaking Union, with assistance from several regional convenors.[2]

Schools across the United Kingdom and Ireland are eligible to enter one team in the championships each year, made up of three student debaters from the school. Teams compete in multiple rounds before regional finals, the winners from each of the twelve regions going on to the national final day. Final day is made up of two rounds: the semi-finals, in which the regional champions are split into two groups of six, with the winning team of each group moving on to the last round, and the grand final, the winner of which is crowned national champion, receiving medals and a trophy, as well as having their names put on the Silver Mace the competition is named for.

The equivalent competition for universities in the UK and Ireland is the John Smith Memorial Mace.

Past champions

2024Radley College, Oxford
2023St Paul's Girls' School, London[3]
2022Tonbridge Grammar School, Kent
2021Wellington College, Berkshire[4]
2020None (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2019Saint Francis Xavier's College
2018George Watson's College, Edinburgh
2017St Francis College, Rochestown
2016Loreto College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin
2015St Columba's School, Kilmacolm
2014George Heriot's School, Edinburgh
2013Dulwich College, London
2012Eton College, Berkshire
2011St Paul's School, London
2010Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Hertfordshire
2009St Paul's School, London
2008Dalriada School, County Antrim
2007
2006City of London School
2005St Bonaventure's RC School, London
2004George Heriot's School, Edinburgh
2003The Bishop's Stortford High School, Hertfordshire
2002Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Hertfordshire
2001George Heriot's School, Edinburgh
2000Sandford Park High School, Dublin
1999High School of Glasgow
1998High School of Glasgow
1997Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, Cork
1996Westminster School, London
1995George Heriot's School, Edinburgh
1994Harrogate Grammar School
1993Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
1992Aylesbury Grammar School
1991Watford Grammar School for Boys
1990Solihull Sixth Form College
1989Westminster School, London
1988Ripon Grammar School
1987Lancing College, West Sussex
1986Lowlands Sixth Form College, Harrow
1985Liverpool College
1984St George's College, Weybridge
1983Solihull Sixth Form College
1982Winchester College
1981Hereford Cathedral School
1980Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Herts
1979Sutton High School for Girls
1978City of London School
1977Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Herts
1976Marlborough College, Wilts
1975Ampleforth College, North Yorks
1974Tynemouth College, North Tyneside
1973Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
1972Hereford Cathedral School
1971Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls, Barnet
1970Convent of the Holy Child, Blackpool
1969Hampton Grammar School, Middlesex
1968Bromsgrove School, Worcs
1967St Lawrence College, Kent
1966King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Birmingham
1965Eton College, Windsor
1964Eton College, Windsor
1963Ampleforth College, North Yorks
1962Dulwich College, London
1961Felsted School, Essex
1960Christ's Hospital, West Sussex
1959City of Bath Boys' School
1957Felsted School, Essex

See also

References

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/03/theobserver.pressandpublishing The journalist who saved The Observer
  2. http://www.esu.org/page.asp?p=1837 Schools Mace Debating Competition
  3. Web site: Goodfellow . Natasha . 2023-03-30 . Schools' Mace Debating Competition Winners . 2024-03-17 . ESU . en-GB.
  4. Web site: National Success for Our Debating Champions. 29 April 2021.

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