Competition Portal
Welcome to the 2021 Competition Portal. This page is designed for school coordinators and contains all the relevant information required to compete in the competition.
Coordinators Quick Guide:
In the first instance, please familiarise yourself with the Rules and Guidelines of the competition.
Scheduling a debate:
- Access the relevant draw from the links on the right
- identify the required match-ups for your group
- access the 'Coordinator Contacts' page and make contact with other coordinators in your group
- negotiate a time for your debates that are mutually agreed upon with the coordinators from the other schools in your group (matches must occur between May 4th and August 31st)
- Submit a 'Debate Nomination' form (affirmative team to enter) confirming the match-up, date and time (take extreme care to select the correct teams)
- Debate link, time and topic will be confirmed on the draw
- Primary and Junior topics will be released 1 week prior to the debate for prep
- Middle and Senior topics are released at the start of the scheduled match-up by the Masters Academy Coordinator
Completing a debate (matchday):
- at least 10 minutes prior to the debate, retrieve the link from the draw and connect to the Zoom session
- once everyone has connected carry out a sound and video test with the opposition to ensure your connection is good
- Primary and Junior debates: The adjudicator will join and start the debate (you should allow approximately 1 hour for these debates)
- Middle and Senior debates: The Masters Academy Coordinator will join, release the topic and start prep time. The adjudicator will join at the end of prep time and start the debate (you should allow 2 approximately 2 hours for these debates. 1 hour of prep and 1 hour for the debate)