In a gripping round of junior debates, the Founders team—Cruz Sun, Ben Honigwachs, and Jack Townsend—faced off against Gray’s Lorenzo Chen, Tristan Brunton, and Sango Kunene, debating the motion "This House believes that torture is justified." Founders emerged victorious, with Cruz Sun named Best Speaker. Meanwhile, the Birt junior team—Yazeed Lalkhen, Ashil Singh, and Milo Bonadei—also proposed the same motion but narrowly lost to Mallett’s team of Hamaad Badroodien, Nicholas Henry, and Michael Rich. Hamaad earned the Best Speaker title in that debate. In the senior category, the motion was "This House believes that extremism in the defence of liberty is justifiable." The Mallett team—Jack Buckham, Samuel Clarke, and Chris du Toit—proposed the motion, narrowly losing to Gray’s David Lewis and Noah Macnab. Samuel Clarke was named Best Speaker. Shankara Moodley and Zac Rosenberg from the Birt team opposed the same motion against the Founders team of Connor Henriques, Luke Carter, and Singa Mayoyo, securing a win. Shankara was awarded Best Speaker for his performance. Congratulations to all the teams who participated! We now look forward to the thrilling junior final between Mallett and Founders, and the senior final between Birt and Gray, both taking place during Eisteddfod Week