Bishops had a very successful weekend at the National Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships at St Mary’s, Waverley in Johannesburg. 

Luca Heesom made the finals for Reading and Persuasive Speaking.

Hamaad Badroodien made the finals for Impromptu Speaking, Debating and Persuasive Speaking. 

Matthew De Jager and Samuel Clarke made all four finals: Debating, Impromptu Speaking, Reading and Persuasive Speaking. 

Matthew De Jager made Grand Finals for Debating and Reading.

Samuel Clarke made the Impromptu Speaking, Persuasive Speaking and Reading Grand Finals and won the Impromptu Speaking and Reading Categories overall. 

Hamaad Badroodien made the Grand Finals for Persuasive Speaking and Debating and won both categories overall. 

Five of our boys have been selected for the National Team that will compete in Bristol, United Kingdom in 2026: Samuel Clarke (2nd overall), Matthew De Jager (4th overall), Hamaad Badroodien (sixth overall), Luca Heesom (twelfth overall) and Daniel Bursey (sixteenth overall).