(Happy Moment: Front row from left; lo, Chew and Ritchie happily hold their trophies)

KUCHING: The debating team of Lodge International School here have emerged as the champions of the senior category of the fifth Swinburne Sarawak World Schools Debating Championship. They defeated SMK Green Road's Team A in the finals of the championship held yesterday at the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus here.

Lodge International School's lead debater, Rebekah Dawn Ba'o Ritchie, also grabbed herself two awards, namely the overall bast senior debater and the best debater in the senior final. Her other teammates were Kimberly Lo and Serena Chew.

In the junior category, the championship went to SM Lodge's Team D while SMK Green Road's team C were the runner up. Best debater in the junior final was Aaron Ling from SM Lodge.

Source: The Borneo Post