4th Claude Martin Debates and Boulone Lise Quiz

The 4^th session of the Claude Martin Debates and Boulone Lise Quiz were held from the 27^th to the 29^th of July, 2017.

This time, the College hosted 12 schools with 5 local schools and 7 outstation  schools,  which included La Martiniere Girls College Kolkata, St. George’s College Mussoorie,  The Lawrence School Sanawar. Shri Ram School -Moulsari, Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) Dehradun, Vasant Valley School Delhi, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla  La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow, Seth M.R Jaipuria School, Lucknow, St. Francis College, Lucknow, Loreto Convent, Lucknow and La Martiniere College, Lucknow.

The event began with the draw of lots being conducted on the 26^th of July, followed by the division of teams into 4 pools comprising of 4 teams each. Qualifying for the semifinals were schools namely La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow, Seth MR Jaipuria, Lucknow, The Lawrence School, Sanawar and our home team La Martiniere College, Lucknow.

The La Martiniere College team comprised of Varenya Vir Singh, the Principal speaker Naman Mishra, the second Speaker, Shikhar Tripathi the third speaker and Naman Srivastava the fourth speaker. The finals were contested between Seth MR Jaipuria School and La Martiniere College. The Chairperson of the debate was Mr Akash Banerjee, alumnus La Martiniere College and former Debating Captain who guided the speakers through the course of the debate. The debate was judged by Mrs. Yvonne Cabral, Principal Methodist School Kanpur, Mrs. Kanak Rekha Chauhan and Mr. Randolph Burn. La Martiniere College were declared the winners.  Shikhar Tripathi was adjudged the best speaker of the final debate. Varenya Vir Singh having four consecutive best speaker awards was adjudged as the ‘Best Speaker of the Tournament’.

The Boulone Lise Quiz took place on the 29^th of July. Six teams qualified the preliminary round. La Martiniere College was represented by Dhaval Gupta and Pranjal Srivastava. Our Principal, Mr. C McFarland conducted the quiz. Samar Naqvi and Raajveer Singh Bisht helped in the proceedings of the quiz.  The Shri Ram School, Moulsari emerged winners while La Martiniere Girls’ Kolkata and St. Francis College, Lucknow were adjudged the first and second runners up respectively.

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