2011 Trials: TBC
2011 Dates: Late August/ early September
2011 Location: Auckland!
Prep Time: 2 weeks+

Speech Length: 10 minutes
Speakers: 3 per team
Points of information: are allowed

Joynt Scroll is the most prestigious of the three national debating tournaments, having been contested since its inception in 1902. It is the only one of the tournaments that is fully prepared and so has a higher emphasis on comprehensive and well structured cases and arguments.

Joynt Scroll is also unique in that it is the tournament with the longest speaking times; ten minutes per speaker. Joynt rotates among the various campuses and this year will be hosted by Otago University Debating Society in Dunedin some time during the mid-semester break of the second semester.

The Society has won the Joynt Scroll in 1910, 1920, 1930, 1936, 1956, 1957, 1973,  1974, 1975, 1989, 1995 and most recently in 2005.

Joynt Scroll 2010:

• A1 (Steph Thompson, Nupur Upadhyay, Ben Milsom) broke to the semi-finals
• Aria Newfield was named member to the New Zealand team
• Steph Thompson received a ‘Highly Commended’ award
• Joshua Baxter received a ‘Promising Speaker’ award

Joynt Scroll 2009:

• A1 (Max Harris, Akif Malik, Glenn Riddell) made it to the final
• A2 (Steph Thompson, Craig Riddell, Gretta Schumacher) broke to the semi-finals
• Max Harris was named a member to the New Zealand team
• Steph Thompson and Glenn Riddell received a ‘Highly Commended’ award

Joynt Scroll 2008:

• A1 (Max Harris, Glenn Riddell, Akif Malik) break to the semi final.
• Max Harris was named ‘Captain of the New Zealand Universities Prepared Debating Team’
• Craig Riddell and Stephanie Thompson received a ‘Promising Speaker’ award.
  

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Joynt Scroll 2006:

• A1 (James Little, Jordan Ward, Glenn Riddell) break to the semi final.

Joynt Scroll 2003:

• Jonathan Orpin and Jesse Wilson are named as members of the NZU Prepared Debating Team.
• Anna-Marie Wallis received a ‘Promising Speaker’ award.

Joynt Scroll 2002:

• A1 break to final (held in Parliament) before losing to Victoria.
• Jesse Wilson was named as Reserve for the NZU Prepared Debating Team.
• Craig Ulyatt and Kimberley Good received ‘Promising Speaker’ awards.
• Aditya Basrur accredited as an NZUDC adjudicator.
• Jonathan Orpin is selected as a member of the NZU Prepared Debating Team.
• Jonathan Orpin is also named Top Speaker of the tournament.

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