Joynt Scroll

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Joynt Scroll is one of three university debating tournaments in New Zealand sanctioned by the New Zealand Universities' Debating Council, which has been competed for by New Zealand universities since 1902.

The "Joynt Scroll" itself is a large wooden shield, donated by J.W Joynt, a Professor at Victoria University of Wellington. It is the most prestigious debating tournament in New Zealand. The tournament's more formal name is the New Zealand Universities Prepared Debating Championships. It is held in the mid-trimester break in the second trimester of the New Zealand university year, usually around late August/early September.

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[edit] Format of debating

Probably unique in the debating world, Joynt Scroll is a fully prepared, three-on-three debating tournament. There are five preliminary rounds, semi-finals, and a grand final, with the topic and for each team for each round released at least four weeks in advance of the tournament.

Speeches are ten minutes long, with replies of five minutes. Points of information are permitted.

Each university can enter four teams, so the tournament usually features between 16 and 20 teams.

[edit] Results from past championships

[edit] 2007 (hosts: Victoria University of Wellington)

[edit] 2006 (hosts: University of Auckland)

[edit] 2005 (hosts: University of Otago)

[edit] 2004 (hosts: Massey University)

[edit] 2003 (hosts: University of Canterbury)