The “McLeod Thropy” is a competition targeted at novice speakers in the North Island. As such, it is only open to those speakers who have attended no more than one national tournament. National tournaments for this puprose include: Easters, Joynt Scroll and the Victoria BP Open.

In 2009 Thropy was held in Palmerston North at the Massey campus, and in 2010 it was held in Hamilton.  Thropy is open entry, meaning any speaker who is eligible can compete, although trials are often held for the purpose of assigning teams of similar abilities.

Due to the large contingents sent by the Auckland and Victoria Debating Societies, and the uniting factor of a lack of experience on the national debating circuit, Thropy is well known as a social tournament.

The Executive would strongly encourage all new members to come along to Thropy to get an idea of what university debating tournaments are like.

Thropy in 2010:

• Two Auckland teams (one consisting of Aria Newfield, Charlotte Forster and Josh Baxter, and the other of Alex Chiu, Tim Condor and Hank Bao) made it to the Grand Final, with the former team taking ou the competition
• Charlotte Forster was named as a member of the NZ team
• Aria Newfield was named reserve to the NZ team
• Josh Baxter received a Highly Commended award
• Nupur Upadhyay, Chuan-Zheng Lee and Sam Bookman accredited as national adjudicators

Thropy in 2009:

• Auckland sent a record-breaking 13 teams.
• Two Auckland teams (One consisting of Nupur Upadhyay, Sam Bookman and Emily Adlam and the other consisting of Rupert Nelson, Tim Conder and Mark Zhu) broke to the semi-finals.
• Gretta Schumacher and Emily Adlam received Highly Commended awards.
• Sam Bookman was named as reserve for the North Island Amateur Team.
• Stephanie Thompson accredited as a national adjudicator

Thropy in 2008:

• Asuckland sent a record-breaking 8 teams.
• Two Auckland teams (Auckland Orange: Mark Zhu, Chuan-Zheng Lee, Jason Monigatti and Auckland Yellow: Arena Williams, Jesse Hart and Rupert Nelson) broke to the semi-finals.
• Mark Zhu and Stephanie Thompson received Highly Commended awards.
• Arena Williams and Craig Riddell were named as Members of the North Island team.
• Arena Williams received the ‘Chalice of the Future’ award for Best Speaker of the Tournament

Thropy in 2007:

• A2 (Sam Coldicutt, Rachel McMaster and George Minton) are runners up.
• A4 (Qi Shan Lim…) make it to the semi finals.
• Qi Shan Lim is named as a member of the North Island Team
• George Minton is named reserve for the North Island Team
• Desley Horton and Max Harris accredit as National Adjudicators.

Thropy in 2006:

Thropy in 2005:

• A1 (Desley Horton, Brad Ward, Glenn Riddell) win Thropy.

Thropy in 2002:

• Aditya Basrur named as a member of the North Island Amateur Team

For more information on how the Society has performed at Thropy over the years (or if you have further detail to add to this page) visit the full page on our own wiki, available here.