Developmental Squad Announcement 2024

January marks the culmination of Northern Ireland’s selection process for selecting the Northern Ireland Developmental Debate Team, which consists of young debaters (generally in Year 10 and 11) who show great potential during the selections. The selected speakers will go on to represent Northern Ireland at a range of national and international competitions.

After four months of try-outs and three rounds of selection, culminating in a residential weekend at Queen’s University Belfast last week, we are delighted to announce the developmental squad:

1. Mei-Ling Chen
2. Priya Nair
3. Ruairí Gallagher
4. Zara Hussain

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers, adjudicators, judges, coaches, pupils, teachers and parents who have supported the selection process and contributed their time, effort and encouragement throughout.

Congratulations to our selected debaters! We wish them the very best as they prepare to represent Northern Ireland on the national and world stage this year.

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