Competition Day Eve

Hello from the University City of Oxford.

It’s the eve of competition day, or as one member of our group has been referring to it, massacre day. Tomorrow will see myself [James Bartle] and David Larke challenge fellow debaters from across the UK and the Republic of Ireland in the finals of the International Competition for Young Debaters.

We’re primed with our points of information, our rebuttal and our summations to attempt to try and pull one over on the private schools and win for Heaton Manor.

But before all of that, we spent a rather nice day today in Oxford which was made even better by glorious sunny weather. Our day began with a 9.10am start at Newcastle Central Station and after a couple of train journeys we finally arrived at the site of our greatest test yet. A bit of shopping, a few drinks and tea in a pub, and a walk by the river made our first day in Oxford a rather splendid occurrence.

Tomorrow, though, is why we’re here and with our army of fans behind us, the zeal to win deep in our hearts and a determination to succeed, we will do well tomorrow! Okay; maybe there isn’t a need for such rousing words but we’re going to try our best anyway.

This is James Bartle, signing out for On That Point!

P.S. There has been a slight technical hitch as far as uploading the videos of our exploits to our YouTube channel is concerned. However we have captured many happy images today and as soon as possible these will be made available to you.